'Unfair': $50k arts degrees lumping students with debt Australian students being forced to pay $50,000 for arts degrees are being left in a financial hole after they graduate, a vice-chancellor warns AAP · Nov 6, 2025
'I'll be ready': SA quick hoping for Ashes squad call South Australian paceman Brendan Doggett has recovered from a hamstring injury and says he's ready and hoping for a call-up to Australia's Test squad. AAP · Nov 4, 2025
Everyone says they are worried about hate crimes. But Australia’s laws to combat them are all over the place Some state police forces have specific laws and units relating to hate crime, others have neither. Experts say a national definition is needed The Guardian - AU · Nov 1, 2025
New Report Ranks Electorates Based On Wellbeing, See How Your City Stacks Up The lowest-scoring electorates included Sydney (NSW), Melbourne (VIC), Blair (QLD), and Spence (SA). Pedestrian.tv · Oct 26, 2025
Ancient ‘salt mountains’ in southern Australia once created refuges for early life Salt is an essential nutrient for the human body. But hundreds of millions of years before the first humans, salt minerals once shaped entire landscapes. They even determined where early life on Earth could thrive. The Conversation · Oct 23, 2025
October heat records broken across Australia as Sydney braces for temperatures way above the norm Birdsville sets new high as BoM forecasts more record hot weather, with heatwave warnings in place in some states The Guardian - AU · Oct 21, 2025
Jailed MP loses seat, assets and freedom over thefts A disgraced ex-Liberal MP has been sent to jail for ripping off a scheme aimed at helping disadvantaged students. AAP · Oct 21, 2025
East coast to sizzle after record October temperatures in Australia’s west Multiple locations across Australia’s eastern states are facing temperatures up to 18C above average over the coming week, BoM says The Guardian - AU · Oct 20, 2025
October heat records could tumble in multiple states as hot weather sweeps east through central Australia Unusually high temperatures in the low to mid 40s to hit parts of NSW, Queensland and SA, the Bureau of Meteorology predicts The Guardian - AU · Oct 18, 2025
Search ends for four-year-old boy missing in South Australia’s rugged outback Authorities found no new evidence in case of boy whose disappearance captured the nation’s attention The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2025
'Path to recovery': algae bloom summer plan revealed A $102.5 million algal bloom plan has been unveiled as a state tries to bounce back months after being struck by an ecological and economic disaster. AAP · Oct 14, 2025
Taskforce established as search expands for missing boy Police don't believe a boy who disappeared at a sheep station more than two weeks ago met with foul play as a task force is established to expand a search. AAP · Oct 14, 2025
Police expand search for missing boy Gus in outback SA after advice from ‘survival specialists’ South Australian commissioner says police leaving ‘no stone unturned’ in effort to recover body of four-year-old who went missing in late September The Guardian - AU · Oct 14, 2025
Outback search to resume for missing four-year-old boy More than two weeks after he went missing, police are set to resume their search for a four-year-old boy who disappeared at an outback sheep station. AAP · Oct 13, 2025
The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2025 Footprints, fake AI images and few clues: Mystery over four year-old boy who vanished in the Australian Outback Four-year-old Gus Lamont went missing while playing in a sandpit in South Australia
AAP · Oct 8, 2025 Better powers urged to help protect Indigenous children Each state and territory needs an independent commissioner dedicated to Indigenous children, advocates say, urging governments to "be bold".
The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2025 Search scaled back for four-year-old missing in Australian outback Police say boy unlikely to be alive ‘due to passage of time, his age, and nature of terrain’
The Guardian - AU · Oct 3, 2025 SA Ambulance received no alerts from service meant to notify authorities during Optus triple zero outage last month Exclusive: Despite being signed up to a new alert system, the South Australian emergency service was not notified during September’s triple zero outage
The Guardian - AU · Sep 30, 2025 Optus’s triple-zero outage could boost Telstra’s customers – and allow it to charge even more No longer competing on price, Telstra is benefitting from consumer inertia, a strong regional network and Optus outages, consumer advocates say
The Guardian - AU · Sep 30, 2025 Optus boss ‘has a lot of work to do’, Anika Wells says after meeting telco in wake of triple-zero outages Minister asks parent company to appoint external reviewer in attempt to restore Australians’ faith in emergency calls
The Guardian - AU · Sep 29, 2025 Anika Wells to meet Singtel’s boss as Optus experiences second triple-zero outage in less than two weeks Optus says it confirmed the welfare of all callers who called triple zero after an issue affected Illawarra region in NSW
AAP · Sep 24, 2025 Where's it going?: expert's grim warning on algal bloom Effective methods for treating algal blooms have so far only been successful on outbreaks that are significantly smaller than SA's bloom, a US expert says.
AAP · Sep 23, 2025 Coal down, solar up: Australia halfway to 2030 target Growing rooftop solar installations and more large-scale energy projects are pushing Australia closer to its renewable goals, the market operator says.
The Guardian - AU · Sep 20, 2025 Optus confirms fourth death after CEO reveals warnings of failed triple zero calls not escalated Emergency calls were offline for nearly 14 hours, during which four people died – including an eight-week-old baby
AAP · Sep 8, 2025 Veterans on frontline for algal bloom response Defence force veterans are set to patrol Adelaide beaches, helping clean up thousands of marine creatures wiped out by a harmful algal bloom.