Explore the ABC Gold boom leaves little room for tourists in outback mining city Demand for accommodation for mine workers throughout Kalgoorlie-Boulder has tour operators worried there are not enough rooms available for other visitors. Topic: Tourism and Leisure Industry Thu 10 Sep 2026 at 12:52pm Thu 10 Sep 2026 at 12:52pm Thu 10 Sep 2026 at 12:52pm Gold boom leaves little room for tourists in outback mining city Demand for accommodation for mine workers throughout Kalgoorlie-Boulder has tour operators worried there are not enough rooms available for other visitors. Topic: Tourism and Leisure Industry WA detectives allege music teacher produced child exploitation material A music teacher employed at several Perth private schools who also conducts private tutoring is due in court accused of producing child exploitation material and indecently recording a child. Topic: Child Sexual Abuse Thu 10 Sep 2026 at 10:15am Thu 10 Sep 2026 at 10:15am Thu 10 Sep 2026 at 10:15am WA detectives allege music teacher produced child exploitation material A music teacher employed at several Perth private schools who also conducts private tutoring is due in court accused of producing child exploitation material and indecently recording a child. Topic: Child Sexual Abuse Former VicRoads staff blame privatisation for state's crumbling roads Former VicRoads staff say privatisation and road-building techniques are behind the horrific state of Victoria's roads. Topic: Roads Thu 10 Sep 2026 at 9:28am Thu 10 Sep 2026 at 9:28am Thu 10 Sep 2026 at 9:28am Former VicRoads staff blame privatisation for state's crumbling roads Former VicRoads staff say privatisation and road-building techniques are behind the horrific state of Victoria's roads. WA's $30 million 'State of Energy' ad campaign under fire from opposition An advertising campaign by Western Australia's government to promote the state's efforts to transition to renewable energy is blasted by the opposition as a waste of money. Topic: Renewable Energy Thu 10 Sep 2026 at 7:41am Thu 10 Sep 2026 at 7:41am Thu 10 Sep 2026 at 7:41am WA's $30 million 'State of Energy' ad campaign under fire from opposition An advertising campaign by Western Australia's government to promote the state's efforts to transition to renewable energy is blasted by the opposition as a waste of money. Topic: Renewable Energy The shortest player in the AFL has become a big part of the Fremantle Dockers Plucked from state footy three years after being passed over by all 18 AFL clubs at the national draft, Isaiah Dudley reflects on his improbable rise as the Dockers look to bounce back in the finals. Topic: AFL Thu 10 Sep 2026 at 8:10am Thu 10 Sep 2026 at 8:10am Thu 10 Sep 2026 at 8:10am The shortest player in the AFL has become a big part of the Fremantle Dockers Plucked from state footy three years after being passed over by all 18 AFL clubs at the national draft, Isaiah Dudley reflects on his improbable rise as the Dockers look to bounce back in the finals. Australia's love for coastal living faces $850b reckoning Australian researchers find more than 267,000 coastal properties and 2 million hectares of land across the country will face flood damage by 2100. Topic: Rising Sea Levels Thu 10 Sep 2026 at 5:18am Thu 10 Sep 2026 at 5:18am Thu 10 Sep 2026 at 5:18am Australia's love for coastal living faces $850b reckoning Australian researchers find more than 267,000 coastal properties and 2 million hectares of land across the country will face flood damage by 2100. Topic: Rising Sea Levels 'Wrong decision': New babies' hospital plans slammed by doctors The WA government unveils revised plans for the new Women and Babies Hospital, including upgraded infant transfer facilities, but the doctors' lobby is unimpressed. Topic: Healthcare Facilities Wed 9 Sep 2026 at 7:22pm Wed 9 Sep 2026 at 7:22pm Wed 9 Sep 2026 at 7:22pm 'Wrong decision': New babies' hospital plans slammed by doctors The WA government unveils revised plans for the new Women and Babies Hospital, including upgraded infant transfer facilities, but the doctors' lobby is unimpressed. Topic: Healthcare Facilities Company admits failures for fatal Curtin University roof collapse Elsdon, which provided the steel supports for the roof that collapsed at Curtin University, pleads guilty to failing to ensure workers' safety. Topic: Courts Wed 9 Sep 2026 at 7:02pm Wed 9 Sep 2026 at 7:02pm Wed 9 Sep 2026 at 7:02pm Company admits failures for fatal Curtin University roof collapse Elsdon, which provided the steel supports for the roof that collapsed at Curtin University, pleads guilty to failing to ensure workers' safety. Susan's chopping down her giant tree while she still can, ahead of rule change A home owner in Perth’s south plans to cut down a “beast” of a tree, a 20-metre-tall Norfolk Pine, in order to beat the introduction of the council's policy to protect large trees amid a dwindling tree canopy. Topic: Trees Wed 9 Sep 2026 at 6:03pm Wed 9 Sep 2026 at 6:03pm Wed 9 Sep 2026 at 6:03pm Susan's chopping down her giant tree while she still can, ahead of rule change A home owner in Perth’s south plans to cut down a “beast” of a tree, a 20-metre-tall Norfolk Pine, in order to beat the introduction of the council's policy to protect large trees amid a dwindling tree canopy. Lynagh makes timely return after Wallabies fly half Gordon breaks leg Tom Lynagh's timely return at number 10 for the Queensland Reds and Zac Lomax's move to the centres for the Western Force will have Wallabies ramifications in a pre-season Ballymore hit-out. Topic: Rugby Union Wed 9 Sep 2026 at 3:58pm Wed 9 Sep 2026 at 3:58pm Wed 9 Sep 2026 at 3:58pm Lynagh makes timely return after Wallabies fly half Gordon breaks leg Tom Lynagh's timely return at number 10 for the Queensland Reds and Zac Lomax's move to the centres for the Western Force will have Wallabies ramifications in a pre-season Ballymore hit-out. Topic: Rugby Union Coal workers back strike action at heart of WA's energy grid Talks between Chinese-owned Premier Coal and workers have fallen through, leaving industrial action on the cards for WA's coal-mining heartland. Topic: Coal Wed 9 Sep 2026 at 3:06pm Wed 9 Sep 2026 at 3:06pm Wed 9 Sep 2026 at 3:06pm Coal workers back strike action at heart of WA's energy grid Talks between Chinese-owned Premier Coal and workers have fallen through, leaving industrial action on the cards for WA's coal-mining heartland. Black dust pollution sparks push to change Chinese-owned miner's licence An investigation into dust pollution around Geraldton has found magnetite from industrial activities is directly contributing to the levels of dust throughout the community. Topic: Mining Environmental Issues Wed 9 Sep 2026 at 3:06pm Wed 9 Sep 2026 at 3:06pm Wed 9 Sep 2026 at 3:06pm Black dust pollution sparks push to change Chinese-owned miner's licence An investigation into dust pollution around Geraldton has found magnetite from industrial activities is directly contributing to the levels of dust throughout the community. Topic: Mining Environmental Issues The departing Panther who shapes as Penrith's finals wildcard Jack Cole's time at Penrith is coming to an end, but ahead of his NRL finals debut his final weeks as a Panther could prove to be his most important. Topic: NRL Wed 9 Sep 2026 at 1:19pm Wed 9 Sep 2026 at 1:19pm Wed 9 Sep 2026 at 1:19pm The departing Panther who shapes as Penrith's finals wildcard Jack Cole's time at Penrith is coming to an end, but ahead of his NRL finals debut his final weeks as a Panther could prove to be his most important. Boy with scalp ripped off forced to wait two days for RFDS flight to Perth Rachel McKay says her eight-year-old son was left waiting with his skull exposed after an accident in the Kimberley, with no emergency flights available. Topic: Road Accidents and Incidents Thu 10 Sep 2026 at 7:54am Thu 10 Sep 2026 at 7:54am Thu 10 Sep 2026 at 7:54am Boy with scalp ripped off forced to wait two days for RFDS flight to Perth Rachel McKay says her eight-year-old son was left waiting with his skull exposed after an accident in the Kimberley, with no emergency flights available. Topic: Road Accidents and Incidents Years of waiting for diagnosis causing mental distress for women For Samantha Banton, accessing an endometriosis diagnosis in WA's Pilbara took a significant toll on her mental health, and new research indicates she is not alone. Topic: Women's Health Wed 9 Sep 2026 at 7:58am Wed 9 Sep 2026 at 7:58am Wed 9 Sep 2026 at 7:58am Years of waiting for diagnosis causing mental distress for women For Samantha Banton, accessing an endometriosis diagnosis in WA's Pilbara took a significant toll on her mental health, and new research indicates she is not alone. Topic: Women's Health Can Australia produce another outback film classic? Forty years on from Paul Hogan's iconic role as Crocodile Dundee, tourism and production houses are still riding an economic high on its success. But could another box office hit be hard to recreate? Topic: Film Industry Wed 9 Sep 2026 at 4:55am Wed 9 Sep 2026 at 4:55am Wed 9 Sep 2026 at 4:55am

Can Australia produce another outback film classic? Forty years on from Paul Hogan's iconic role as Crocodile Dundee, tourism and production houses are still riding an economic high on its success. But could another box office hit be hard to recreate? Topic: Film Industry 'I made mistakes but I am not a murderer': Backpacker's boyfriend breaks silence More than 20 years after he last spoke publicly, Tobias Moran tells the ABC he did not kill his girlfriend Simone Strobel in Lismore in 2005 and accuses the police of unfairly targeting him. Topic: Homicide Wed 9 Sep 2026 at 11:06am Wed 9 Sep 2026 at 11:06am 'I made mistakes but I am not a murderer': Backpacker's boyfriend breaks silence More than 20 years after he last spoke publicly, Tobias Moran tells the ABC he did not kill his girlfriend Simone Strobel in Lismore in 2005 and accuses the police of unfairly targeting him. Topic: Homicide Small town's lasting effort to remember horrific chapter of Australian military history Bill Beard's last message to his sister June was a note scrawled in the notorious Japanese POW camp, acknowledging his birthday. He died a month before the end of the war. Topic: World War II Tue 8 Sep 2026 at 6:24pm Tue 8 Sep 2026 at 6:24pm Tue 8 Sep 2026 at 6:24pm Small town's lasting effort to remember horrific chapter of Australian military history Bill Beard's last message to his sister June was a note scrawled in the notorious Japanese POW camp, acknowledging his birthday. He died a month before the end of the war. Topic: World War II Six-day RFDS wait for boy with a shattered kneecap Ten-year-old Noah Ross has spent six days in Karratha hospital waiting for an RFDS flight to Perth for urgent specialist care. Topic: Public Health Tue 8 Sep 2026 at 5:03pm Tue 8 Sep 2026 at 5:03pm Tue 8 Sep 2026 at 5:03pm Six-day RFDS wait for boy with a shattered kneecap Ten-year-old Noah Ross has spent six days in Karratha hospital waiting for an RFDS flight to Perth for urgent specialist care. Topic: Public Health Border Force seizes 1.7m cigarettes, thousands of vapes in WA, NT raids The Australian Border Force has seized more than 1.7 million illegal cigarettes and thousands of vapes with a street value of more than $800,000 in a joint operation across Western Australian and the Northern Territory. Topic: Smoking Tue 8 Sep 2026 at 7:32pm Tue 8 Sep 2026 at 7:32pm Tue 8 Sep 2026 at 7:32pm Border Force seizes 1.7m cigarettes, thousands of vapes in WA, NT raids The Australian Border Force has seized more than 1.7 million illegal cigarettes and thousands of vapes with a street value of more than $800,000 in a joint operation across Western Australian and the Northern Territory. Tow truck called in to pull car out of 'crazy' sinkhole on Perth street A burst water main in Canning Vale in Perth causes a car to plunge into a sinkhole overnight and impacts the water supply to nearby homes. Topic: Road Accidents and Incidents Tue 8 Sep 2026 at 2:33pm Tue 8 Sep 2026 at 2:33pm Tue 8 Sep 2026 at 2:33pm Tow truck called in to pull car out of 'crazy' sinkhole on Perth street A burst water main in Canning Vale in Perth causes a car to plunge into a sinkhole overnight and impacts the water supply to nearby homes. Topic: Road Accidents and Incidents Erin Phillips and Bruce McAvaney given SANFL's highest honour Erin Phillips and Bruce McAvaney have been inducted into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame at a ceremony at the Adelaide Oval. Topic: Australian Rules Football Tue 8 Sep 2026 at 8:44am Tue 8 Sep 2026 at 8:44am Tue 8 Sep 2026 at 8:44am Erin Phillips and Bruce McAvaney given SANFL's highest honour Erin Phillips and Bruce McAvaney have been inducted into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame at a ceremony at the Adelaide Oval. Topic: Australian Rules Football Witnesses 'intimidated' before murder trial over brothers killed in Mexico Witnesses have been intimidated in the lead-up to the trial for three men accused of killing two Australian brothers in Mexico, prosecutors tell a Mexican court. Topic: Courts Tue 8 Sep 2026 at 1:39pm Tue 8 Sep 2026 at 1:39pm Tue 8 Sep 2026 at 1:39pm Witnesses 'intimidated' before murder trial over brothers killed in Mexico Witnesses have been intimidated in the lead-up to the trial for three men accused of killing two Australian brothers in Mexico, prosecutors tell a Mexican court. Government cites cost of living as reason to break its promise on recycling Industry groups say they were left blindsided by the federal government's decision to scrap mandatory standards for packaging. Topic: Recycling and Waste Management Tue 8 Sep 2026 at 5:01am Tue 8 Sep 2026 at 5:01am Tue 8 Sep 2026 at 5:01am Government cites cost of living as reason to break its promise on recycling Industry groups say they were left blindsided by the federal government's decision to scrap mandatory standards for packaging. Topic: Recycling and Waste Management Former childcare worker's husband avoids jail for sharing child exploitation material Ronald Houghton received a suspended jail term after he was caught bragging to undercover officers about his experience abusing children in an online chat. Topic: Courts Mon 7 Sep 2026 at 7:29pm Mon 7 Sep 2026 at 7:29pm Mon 7 Sep 2026 at 7:29pm Former childcare worker's husband avoids jail for sharing child exploitation material Ronald Houghton received a suspended jail term after he was caught bragging to undercover officers about his experience abusing children in an online chat. WA detectives allege music teacher produced child exploitation material WA detectives allege music teacher produced child exploitation material WA facing nation-high $231b bill as love for coastal living proves costly WA facing nation-high $231b bill as love for coastal living proves costly Gold boom leaves little room for tourists in outback mining city Gold boom leaves little room for tourists in outback mining city The shortest player in the AFL has become a big part of the Fremantle Dockers The shortest player in the AFL has become a big part of the Fremantle Dockers WA's $30 million 'State of Energy' ad campaign under fire from opposition WA's $30 million 'State of Energy' ad campaign under fire from opposition 'Wrong decision': New babies' hospital plans slammed by doctors 'Wrong decision': New babies' hospital plans slammed by doctors Company admits failures for fatal Curtin University roof collapse Company admits failures for fatal Curtin University roof collapse Susan's chopping down her giant tree while she still can, ahead of rule change Susan's chopping down her giant tree while she still can, ahead of rule change Boy with scalp ripped off forced to wait two days for RFDS flight to Perth Boy with scalp ripped off forced to wait two days for RFDS flight to Perth 'How is that fair': Small businesses fume over shock Australia Post fees 'How is that fair': Small businesses fume over shock Australia Post fees