Australian news from late August to early September 2026 included an investigation into Powerhouse Parramatta museum, a fatal home invasion in Sydney, a teenager pleading guilty to planned terrorist attack, a domestic violence murder trial, a record surge in EV sales, and political corruption allegations.
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‘Opera House of the west’ still slated to open to the public as scheduled on 7 November, NSW arts minister says Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast An investigation is under way into allegations of misconduct involving senior executives at the soon-to-be-opened Powerhouse Parramatta. The $915m museum in western Sydney,
Alleged offenders at large after man in his early 20s fatally shot in early hours of Tuesday Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A man in his early 20s has been fatally shot in an alleged home invasion in Sydney’s south-west that police believe was a “targeted attack”. A homicide investigation is under way, with the al
Boy, 16, testifies he was radicalised on TikTok before connecting to extremists on Telegram Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A school student has testified about falling down a social media rabbit hole that led him to planning to bomb the Sydney Opera House in a terrorist attack. The 16-year-old boy, who cannot be i
Cotality data reveals property prices are now falling in more than 90% of Australian suburbs, while analysts expect market downturn to continue Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The prospect of the steepest property market downturn in history will not stop the Reserve Bank from delivering a fourth interest rate hike as it battles to bring inflation back under control , e
Seventy beaches across New South Wales are part of the $34m dawn-to-dusk drone monitoring program, which one expert has called ‘the best technology we have at the moment’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast “Hey Taha, what’s the visibility like?” shouts a man with a towel slung over his shoulder. “Uh, nice,” says Surf Life Saving New South Wales drone operator Taha Kafil-H
Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia will step up its support to fight trans-national drug trafficking flowing through the Pacific, with a $600 million package. Anthony Albanese announced the new investment at the Pacific Islands Forum in Palau, which aims to stop the contraband arriving in Australia. This is crucial, and the detail in a
Other families have been unlawfully compelled to be case managed without consent, watchdog finds Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast More than a third of all reports raising concerns about the future welfare of unborn children were closed due to a shortage of allocated caseworkers, while families were unlawfully compel
Hundreds of university staff were stationed at picket lines, calling for stronger protections around the use of AI Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The same week union members at the University of Sydney agreed to a 24-hour strike, staff received the results of an internal survey. In the faculty of arts and social s
A man shot dead in Merrylands West was not known to police, in a case with similarities to Monday’s killing in Campbelltown Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast New South Wales police are investigating the death of a man who was shot dead in a home in Sydney’s west as a potential case of mistaken identity, marking the second fatal shooting incident in as many days. Emergenc
As a major new biography of the former prime minister goes on sale, he talks about meeting the Queen, Trump’s aims, and why his big vision will never fade Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Queen Elizabeth II met Paul Keating “alone, to her credit” in what the prime minister was informed was her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria’s, favourite room at Balmoral Castle.
ABS’s snapshot of Australia’s accounts shows economic growth – albeit low – in the face ‘challenging international circumstances’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Australian Bureau of Statistics released its latest set of national accounts, which give us a snapshot of how the economy is performing in the quarter, and what’s happening under the hood. Here are the thr
Exclusive : Eyad Shadid launches civil case in district court after charges against him dropped, alleging he was ‘battered’ near Sydney’s town hall in February Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A Palestinian Australian man who alleges he was punched in the face when trying to stop police from harassing Muslim men praying during an anti–Isaac Herzog protest is suing New S
Treasurer says he acknowledges concerns about inflation, cost of living and real wages were on voters’ minds. Follow the day’s news live. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Nick Visser with the main action. Let’s begin. Continue reading...
NSW police called to Redfern on Wednesday night found a 17-year-old with a partially severed hand Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A teenage boy will face court today after a “near-complete amputation” of a boy’s hand during an alleged assault in Sydney on Wednesday night. New South Wales police were called to Redfe
Tony Ticehurst confronts Daniel Billings during sentence hearing in regional NSW, stating: ‘When she died, part of me died with her’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The family of Molly Ticehurst, who was murdered by her abusive ex-boyfriend Daniel Billings in her home in central western New South Wales in 2024, has
Queensland open-cut Saraji mine will be able to keep digging until 2055 as Anthony Albanese denies tensions with Pacific leaders over fossil fuels Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia’s new national agency for environmental protection has approved its first coal project, allowing a Queensland open-cut mine to
Brother of the former premier says he lied to developer Jean Nassif about doing political work for him and rejects accusation he is fabricating evidence Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Charles Perrottet has repeatedly denied taking payments from the property developer Jean Nassif to achieve political outcomes for h
Helen Paterson’s work on advancing how police and courts understand memory is recognised in prestigious Eureka prizes Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Memory is an imperfect thing: research shows that recollections of single events – a purse being snatched, say – differ to those about repeated or ongoing events, such as incidents of domestic and family violence. “What o
Bureau of Meteorology suggests El Niño has already broken records, with Pacific ocean temperature change exceeding 2C in six months Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here The growing El Niño weather phenomenon to Australia’s east is already breaking heat records, with forecasts showing it will l
The new ACTU secretary, Melissa Donnelly, says One Nation ‘says one thing and does another’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Nick Visser with the main action. The new secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, Melissa Donnelly, has said cost of
Daniel Billings said ‘I did what I did’ in call from friend’s house after 2024 domestic violence murder Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Two hours after Daniel Billings murdered his ex-girlfriend Molly Ticehurst in a frenzied stabbing he spoke to a woman he had met on Tinder. “I’m sorry I murdered her,” Billings tol
New record for Australia as more than 27,000 EVs sold in August, driven by the rising cost of fuel and new government policy Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Electric vehicle sales in Australia exceeded petrol cars for the first time last month as a transformation driven by high fuel prices and government policy enc
Charles says claims by developer Jean Nassif in an intercepted phone call that ‘we’re reshuffling the government’ did not reflect promises allegedly made to Nassif Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The younger brother of Dominic Perrottet has denied asking his brother to appoint a cabinet minister to achieve outcomes