A traditional owner on a north Australian island has captured rare photos of an “enchanting” masked owl, adding to a limited knowledge base surrounding the endemic and culturally significant bird.
The humble footpath could be the answer to being more active, with new research showing regional Australians living in “walkable towns” travelled 75 minutes more on foot each week.
A Chinese company’s publication of AI-enhanced satellite images of US bases in the Middle East is helping Iranian forces identify targets, US intelligence believes.
For the first time in 21 years, a tropical cyclone could make three separate landfalls on the Australian mainland, carving out a 3,000-kilometre-long path of destructive winds and flooding.
Might be a bit further southwest but they should consider the value of putting a defense hub smack bang next to the mines and ports in the Pilbara. There’d be lots of complementary industry to work from in naval and mechanical there. Might even make it more viable for the engineering firms in Perth to expand their workshops further.
If there ever was a strategy behind Donald Trump’s decision to blow up the Middle East, it is lying in tatters as the second week of the Iran war draws to a close.
“People are complex, and there are grey areas. He has some adverse criminal records, but then in the moment that counts, he shows great, great bravery,” she says.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is investigating price gouging concerns as fuel prices jump…Fuel prices are more than $2.50 a litre in some places, with price increases daily.
the 25-year-old fatal hit-and-run driver who fled the scene of a crash and then sent text messages calling the victims “dogs” has been allowed to keep his driver’s licence over the incident.
Finity principal Stephen Lau said an increase in disasters caused by climate change and an increase in building costs had been the main drivers for insurance price hikes.
In Monday’s hearing, the lobby group Coal Australia defended sending almost $4 million to “Australians for Prosperity” last financial year, which is a third-party group that attacked Labor, Greens and teal independent candidates during the 2025 federal election campaign.
Riders embroiled in a dispute over pay and conditions with food delivery company HungryPanda in Sydney say Chinese police have summoned family members back home and even threatened to have them arrested upon return as part of a pressure campaign to stop them protesting.
The condition, known as tattoo-associated uveitis, can lead to permanent vision loss, glaucoma, and patients requiring immunosuppressants for the rest of their life.
Using the title that the ABC has used but the important part I think is the announcement of $87 million in helping support survivors in redress, family tracing, and trauma-informed care.
Australia’s Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind determined in 2024 that Bunnings breached privacy laws by scanning hundreds of thousands of customers’ faces without their proper consent.