The Latest Breaking News from Australia

A broad trough has dragged in warm, moist air and offers perfect ingredients for heavy rainfall and even supercells

An anxious wait for peak sporting bodies will finally end when the 2032 Olympic venue plan is revealed, more than four years after Brisbane was named host city.

Gamers in Australia eagerly anticipating the release of "Silent Hill f" might not get to play the game at all.

Queensland and the federal government have reached an agreement on school funding. This means all Australian states and territories are now signed up to new arrangements, which officially began at the start of 2025.

Protests against the dumping of Australia's art team for the Venice Biennale continue, with hundreds of artists and curators demanding government action.

This summer, an intense marine heatwave struck off northwestern Australia, driving sea surface temperatures up to 4°C above the summer average. The large mass of warm water has slowly moved south from the Kimberley region and through the Pilbara, leaving a wave of underwater destruction behind. Now Ningaloo Reef is…

Confronting images of dead seadragons, fish and octopuses washed up on South Australian beaches – and disturbing reports of “more than 100” surfers and beachgoers suffering flu-like symptoms after swimming or merely breathing in sea spray – attracted international concern last week.

Pilot Tom Slingsby says team yet to determine if Australia made an error ‘or did the boat fail?’

“Their story is a tale as old as time for modern dating. Ask any single person in Australia what’s frustrating about dating in 2025, and I bet they say it’s the constant false starts.”

Despite hopes Sam Kerr would be poised to make her return from injury, the Matildas will again be without the striker for their friendlies against South Korea.

Why has it taken so long to reach an agreement and does Queensland signing up really spell the end of ‘the education wars’?