Australia

The country’s cyber security agency says AI is helping criminals and state-backed hackers exploit vulnerabilities faster, as recent incidents expose risks to government systems and critical infrastructure. #Australia

Dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, accounted for more than 10% of all deaths for the first time, new data reveals * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Dementia has accounted for more than 10% of all deaths for the first... #Australia

New Australian Federal Police data has analysed teen boys being radicalised, shattering previous intelligence assumptions about who is targeted. #Australia

United Nations experts have released a statement calling on the Australian parliament to progress reforms for women and children in custody after legislation on shackling and strip-searching was blocked. #Australia

The South Australian town of Tungkillo fears its rolling hill landscape, which is part of Australia's first dark sky reserve, is at risk of being tarnished if a proposed hyper-scale data centre goes ahead. #Australia

The Australian Bureau of Statistics says it is the first time the deadly condition has accounted for more than 10 per cent of all Aussie deaths. #Australia

A statue of colonial figure William Crowther, toppled in Hobart’s Franklin Square in 2024, has been replaced by a native garden ringed with inscribed bronze, in a project believed to be the first of its kind in Australia. #Australia

The most comprehensive study of its kind confirms that jumping spiders go through two phases of sleep, including a REM-like state that is associated with human dreaming. #Australia

Because Israel does not allow citizens to vote remotely, including at embassies, many expatriates have flown home to vote. Turnout appears particularly high among opponents of Benjamin Netanyahu, who have traveled from New York, Washington, Paris, Lo... #Australia

Utopia is one of Australia's best Angus bulls: jet black, muscular, he sires big, fast-growing cattle with superb meat quality. #Australia

As the Adelaide Festival launches its program for next year, its director confirms Palestinian-Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah has accepted an invitation to appear at next year's Adelaide Writers' Week. #Australia

A judge agreed that denying the staple restricted the prisoner’s cultural rights but ruled that keeping drug dogs focused and cells free of illicit home brew was more important. #Australia

If proposed copyright reforms proceed, Australia will become a global IP-laundering paradise. Why would a UK business license its TV shows here if they can be scraped at will? Australia and the UK have always had a shared love of creativity. We consu... #Australia

Australia’s public debt may be well below that of France but there are lessons to be taken from its economic woes * Get our daily political email, free app or daily news podcast The explosion of discontent that led to major protests and violence in F... #Australia

Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The husband of a Victorian Liberal party candidate has allegedly been assaulted during a confrontation over election signs. A Liberal party spokesperson on Monday ... #Australia

Exclusive: EPA flags oil spill risk from proposed gasfield and threat to pygmy blue whales * Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Woodside Energy’s plan to drill for gas off Western Australia’s north... #Australia

Former New Zealand prime minister will focus on leadership, social cohesion and public health in new role The former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern will lecture and mentor at the University of Sydney after moving to Australia earlier this ... #Australia

Australian Signals Directorate chief says advanced AI tools are needed to defend against ‘AI-enabled attackers’ * Get our daily political email, free app or daily news podcast Australians should prepare for more basic and important online services to... #Australia

The recent hack of Australian health data is a reminder that this is the biggest cyber security threat facing the UK #Australia

The world’s largest battery-powered passenger ship offers a solution for parts of an industry grappling with rising emissions. #Australia

Prohibition of salty, yeast-based condiment in Victoria’s prisons remains after convicted murderer claimed it denied him right to ‘enjoy his culture’ A murderer who claimed a refusal to allow him Vegemite in prison is a breach of his human rights as ... #Australia

Written the day before Sunday’s grand final, Blake Mackenzie’s poem covers brain rot, loneliness and environmental degradation in the age of AI * Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Loneliness, brain rot and early exposure to porn. Twelve-yea... #Australia

A damning report has laid bare serious concerns about the use of Australia's automated aged care funding system. #Australia

Perfection Fresh Australia has admitted fixing the price of broccoli, cauliflower and lettuce sold to Aldi stores in New South Wales. #Australia

It has been a month since the Wyndham Aboriginal Youth Corporation in northern Western Australia closed its doors without warning. The organisation has been credited with reducing crime rates. #Australia

Report from commonwealth ombudsman finds ‘technological black box’ ignores transparency recommendations from robodebt royal commission * Follow our Australian politics live blog for latest updates * Get our daily political email, free app or daily ne... #Australia

WA paid Deloitte $166,000 for flawed feasibility study on merging the University of Western Australia, Curtin university and Murdoch university * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Western Australian government has said i... #Australia

Translators and illustrators team up with the Australian Federal Police to create two picture books to teach parents and children about online safety. #Australia

Forty students from seven schools compete to see who can sound most like a kookaburra, Australian raven, or yellow-tailed black cockatoo — and be crowned best bird caller. #Australia

Foodbank Australia’s latest hunger report found 3.6 million households in Australia are going hungry, 100,000 more than reported last year. #Australia

Robbie’s storylines in the famous soap will be recut into vertical micro-episodes to be watched on phones – but her fellow cast members say they haven’t been consulted The long-running Australian soap opera Neighbours is being recut with AI into a mi... #Australia

Amid an increase in abuse and harassment of female MPs, young women in Western Australia say they are not intimidated. #Australia

BoM predicts hail, damaging winds, flash flooding and power outages across southern Queensland, western NSW, the ACT and eastern Victoria on Sunday afternoon * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Large parts of eastern Austral... #Australia

Commissioner Krissy Barrett says women are more often singled out, often with threats of sexual violence Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia’s top federal law enforcement official has drawn a direct link between poli... #Australia

Kiwis around the world will head to the polls on November 7, including New Zealanders who live in Australia and have an eye on the future of the country. #Australia

An ‘audit’ of the Bureau of Meteorology main dataset for measuring climate change claims it contains ‘widespread errors’. It doesn’t stack up * Want to get this in your inbox when it publishes? Sign up for the Clear Air Australia newsletter here Aust... #Australia

Despite being here for generations, so much Chinese Australian history is now lost and forgotten. But an ignorance about the past will only hold this country back. #Australia

Yakka skinks are social reptiles that prefer to remain in the same area and live in family groups. While their predictable nature puts the species at risk of predators, a PhD student is using it to their advantage. #Australia

* Updates as the Jillaroos and England meet at HBF Park * Kick-off time in Perth is 5.05pm local/8.05pm AEDT/10.05am BST * Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email Hello and welcome back to the Rugby League World Cup! It has been a lot of fun so far,... #Australia

* Pool A: Jillaroos 78-0 England * Australia run in 15-tries-to-none in one-sided contest at HBF Park The Jillaroos sent a reminder to English rugby league that it is losing touch with the best in the world with a 78-0 hammering in Perth. The 15-trie... #Australia

The family of Donna Nelson, who was jailed in Japan for drug smuggling after being duped in a love scam, say they are ecstatic to have her back in Western Australia. #Australia

* Australian defeats Cailtin Simmers in World Surf League women’s final * Griffin Colapinto scores near-perfect barrel to beat ⁠Gabriel Medina Australia’s reigning world champion Molly Picklum won the Portugal Pro in thumping tubes on Friday, claimin... #Australia

An energy-rich country is spending billions to keep its aluminum smelters operating. Its policy choices help explain why. #Australia

Journalist Will Murray was reporting on flooding outside Brisbane when a man entered floodwater in his four-wheel drive, which then stalled and started to sink. #Australia

Natural gas power generation in Australia’s main grid fell to its lowest third-quarter average in more than a quarter of a century, as a surge in battery capacity reduced the need for the fossil fuel. #Australia

Ms Haines remains in a critical condition in a Melbourne hospital, four days after the 65-year-old was struck by a car outside her electorate office in Victoria's north-east. #Australia

A world-first cancer vaccine has been shown to radically reduce the risk of melanoma recurrence and death. #Australia

Discarded fingernails, sequins, a pair of high heels, a beer can, and a dismembered Barbie doll have been used to capture the likeness of Australia's most celebrated drag queen. #Australia

The high court found NSW is responsible for emissions from burning exported coal. What message does it send when the government can step in and bypass the law? * Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here ... #Australia

The ABC is among the more than two dozen Australian government critical infrastructure, universities and media organisations that researchers claim were targeted by an Israel-based company. #Australia