30 August 2026
The Roosters title hunt has taken a significant setback after their star halfback has received some crushing news.
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30 August 2026
One person has died following a serious crash in the lower South Island.
30 August 2026
Labor has suffered a crushing defeat in a WA by election.
30 August 2026
Several roads are closed in Whangārei after heavy rain caused flooding.
30 August 2026
The walls of a teaching hospital are filled with pictures of unidentified victims as authorities collect DNA samples and plan burials before morgues fill up Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Some of them could be sleeping, except for the mud that covers their bodies. Some, it seems, would be impossible to recognise even if you knew them well. Every few hours Nepalese authorities hang pictures of the deceased, who have not been identified, on a wall at the back of a teaching hospital in Kathmandu.
30 August 2026
The Secret Harbour byelection confirms suspicions that One Nation has made inroads into outer suburban Australia, and can draw votes away from Labor heartlands.
30 August 2026
The search for missing pilot Bob Bramley in the remote Northern Territory, and wreckage from the plane he was flying before the crash, have been suspended off Groote Eylandt.
30 August 2026
George Kittle wants to do something heroic and unprecedented in fewer than two weeks, and the 49ers shouldn't let him. They should protect him from himself.
