The Daily Aus

Today's headlines include: Erin Patterson is expected to appeal her guilty verdict, a month after she was sentenced to life behind bars. Papua New Guinea (PNG) has signed off on a landmark defence treaty with Australia. Dozens of children remain trapped beneath the rubble of an Indonesian school, which collapsed on Monday. And today’s good news: 26 sites have been added to UNESCO’s lis...

This week, a woman was awarded $93,000 by a NSW court over an unlawful police strip search at a 2018 music festival. Strip searches are supposed to be conducted under exceptional circumstances only, but recent figures suggest they’re being conducted more frequently. Over the past decade, the number of young people alleging they were searched unlawfully, often in humiliating and invasive circ...

Today's headlines include: The NSW Police Commissioner has apologised for the unlawful strip search that led to a class action against police.  Up to 69 people have been killed and hundreds injured after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Philippine province of Cebu. The U.S. Government has shut down after the Senate rejected a short-term spending measure that would have f...

Buying your first home just got easier… the Government hopes. Its new home ownership scheme comes into effect from today, allowing first-time purchasers to secure a home with a 5% deposit, down from the standard 20%.  The Government says it wants to ensure more renters own a home but the Opposition has called it "a dark day for the Australian dream". It comes as property experts warn t...

Today's headlines include: The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has left the cash rate on hold at 3.6%. U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have announced a new ceasefire proposal.  Paralympic champion James Turner has won Australia’s first gold medal at the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships in India.  And today’s good news: The New...

Optus has confirmed its second triple-zero outage in less than two weeks. The latest incident affected thousands of NSW customers, and it follows an outage linked to four deaths earlier in the month. So, what’s going on with our triple-zero system?  In today's podcast, we'll unpack these latest outages and explain how Australia’s emergency call service works, who is responsible fo...

Today's headlines include: Treasurer Jim Chalmers has handed down the Federal Government’s final Budget outcome for the 2024-25 financial year. A police chase through Melbourne’s CBD has ended with the arrest of four teenagers and a woman being hospitalised.  Four people have been killed during a church shooting in the U.S. state of Michigan.  And today’s good news: Eat...

You may have seen headlines that there could be a possible challenger to the leadership of the Liberal Party. It’s only been a few months since Sussan Ley took over from Peter Dutton, becoming the first ever woman to lead the party.  But Andrew Hastie, who is the Shadow Home Affairs Minister, has started expressing some frustration with the party’s position on different issues lik...

Today's headlines include: U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a 100% tariff on pharmaceutical imports. A Qantas flight from Sydney to Auckland has made a mid-air mayday call, after the pilot flagged concerns of a possible fire in the plane’s cargo hold.  Celebrations are underway in Victoria ahead of tomorrow’s AFL grand final.  And today’s good news: A new dinos...

25 years ago today, Australia was waking up in the aftermath of one of the greatest gold medal races of all time - Cathy Freeman’s win in the 400m. It was the undeniable high point of the Sydney 2000 Olympics, a Games that changed the city and set a high bar for other cities to follow. On today’s episode, we’re taking a walk back in time to the year 2000, explaining how the Games...

Today's headlines include: The eSafety Commissioner will consider extending the Government’s upcoming social media ban for under-16s to include more platforms.  Former Liberal candidate Gisele Kapterian has withdrawn a High Court challenge contesting the federal election result in Bradfield.  At least 18 people have died as a super typhoon continues to wreak havoc across East Asia....

In just a few months time, four NASA astronauts will embark on the first crewed lunar mission since 1972. Artemis II is scheduled to take off in February next year for a ten-day trip around the moon ahead of a crewed mission to the lunar surface in 2027. It comes amid what’s been dubbed “the second space race,” as the U.S. and China push to get back to the moon first. Today, we&r...

Today's headlines include:Prices rose by 3% in the year to August, according to new monthly inflation figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).Optus has been fined $100 million by the federal court for selling products to hundreds of vulnerable customers, including people with mental disabilities, who could not afford them. A Florida court has found a man guilty of attempting to assa...

One of the world’s most common pain relief medications has dominated headlines after recent comments from the Trump administration linking paracetamol to autism. Warnings from the U.S. about the use of Tylenol (a brand of paracetamol) during pregnancy prompted Australian Health Minister Mark Butler to seek urgent advice from the Therapeutic Goods Administration. Today, we’ll take you t...

Today's headlines include: The Albanese Government says the Australia-U.S. relationship is “in a good place,” despite another failed meeting opportunity between the two countries' leaders.  NSW public school students in years 5-12 will have access to generative AI in the classroom from next month, the State Government has announced.  A New Zealand woman has been found guilty...

Early on Monday morning, Australian PM Anthony Albanese announced the Government had recognised the State of Palestine. Albanese joined the heads of Canada and the UK in making the announcement, ahead of the UN General Assembly in New York City this week. Then, early this morning, countries met at the UN to discuss the future of the two-state solution. In today’s podcast, we’ll explain...

Today's headlines include: The head of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has told Government officials that the economy is in a "very good position in terms of inflation." A review into Victoria’s exams body has found a “culture of fear” and a lack of leadership. Evacuation orders are in place for thousands of people in the Philippines, as super typhoon Ragasa is expected to cr...

More stress, less friends, and fewer babies: These are some of the key trends that have come out of a major longitudinal study. The Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey, aka 'Hilda', released its latest annual statistical report on Friday.  The findings show the lasting impacts of the pandemic on all Australians, including young people, whose well-being and social lives ha...

Today's headlines include: The Australian Human Rights Commission will launch an investigation into Merivale after it accepted a racial discrimination complaint against the Sydney hospitality group.  Seven people have been charged over the alleged stabbing murders of two children in Melbourne’s outer-west. The wife of Charlie Kirk will take over as the head of his political advocacy gro...

Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show has been pulled off the air "for the foreseeable future" after the host made comments about political reactions to the killing of Charlie Kirk. The move by Disney, which owns ABC, came after a major TV station owner said it would drop the show, and the head of the U.S. communications regulator threatened regulatory action. Today we're unpacking what Kimmel said, why...

Today's headlines include: The Federal Government has announced its anticipated 2035 emissions reduction target, committing to cut emissions by 62-70%. Prosecutors have downgraded charges against retired broadcaster Alan Jones.  U.S. President Donald Trump has attended a banquet hosted by the British Royal Family at Windsor Castle – his second state visit to the UK.  And today&rsqu...

Israel has launched a ground offensive into Gaza City, displacing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. The country’s leadership says the city is the last stronghold of Hamas, while international governments and the UN have condemned the attacks. The offensive began shortly after a UN commission of inquiry announced it had found Israel was carrying out a genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. In...

Today's headlines include: Sussan Ley has described debt as an “issue of intergenerational fairness” during her first major economic address as Opposition Leader. Thousands of Palestinians are fleeing Gaza City after Israel launched its ground offensive on Tuesday.  U.S. President Donald Trump has revealed he’s planning to meet with Anthony Albanese when the Prime Minister v...

In the past two weeks, both Poland and Romania have reported Russian drones flying in their airspace. Importantly, NATO forces shot down Russian aircraft for the first time in the alliance's 75-year history. Both countries are neighbours of Ukraine, which continues to face Russian airstrikes and ground offensives as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues.  But there’s a key d...

Today's headlines include: The Federal Government has handed down its official guidelines for social media platforms, ahead of its under-16s ban coming into effect.  One person has died and seven others are injured after a gas leak at a Sydney restaurant.  U.S. President Donald Trump has announced plans to file a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit against the New York Times. And today’s...