Survivor's harrowing story grips chopper crash probe Terrifying accounts of a mid-air collision between two helicopters have been heard at the first week of an inquest into one of Australia's worst air disasters. AAP · Nov 28, 2025
Australia’s ‘protestival’: kayaks, music, a push for climate change action – and the risk of arrest Fossil fuel protesters are making their annual pilgrimage to the NSW city of Newcastle to draw attention to climate policy failure. Police will be there too, with a ‘zero tolerance approach’ The Guardian - AU · Nov 28, 2025
Questions about Australia's deepest lake answered The true depth of Australia's deepest lake, which sits in a picturesque world-heritage national park, has been revealed by the hard work of scientists. AAP · Nov 14, 2025
Woman, 35, crushed by van during Australia cyclone, inquest hears Eleanor Thompson, known as Ellie, was pronounced dead after she was found under the vehicle in Burringbar, New South Wales. Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2025
Princess Anne honours Aussie army amid royal rumblings British royal Princess Anne is celebrating the centenary of the Royal Australian Corps of Signals with a series of engagements in a whirlwind four-day trip. AAP · Nov 9, 2025
Should Newcastle to Sydney bullet train really be first link built of Melbourne to Brisbane route? Infrastructure Australia wants to know why NSW connection should be prioritised over Victorian, ACT and Queensland sections of high-speed rail The Guardian - AU · Nov 6, 2025
Investigators board Coral Adventurer cruise ship after passenger dies on remote Australian island Maritime authority officers investigating the death of Suzanne Rees, 80, board the ill-fated ship on its return to Cairns The Guardian - AU · Nov 5, 2025
A luxury cruise ship stopped at a remote Australian island. Suzanne Rees was left behind and died alone Five hours after the Coral Adventurer left Lizard Island without the 80-year-old, it turned back. Her body was found the next day, and her family want answers The Guardian - AU · Oct 31, 2025
Aussie Grandmother, 80, Found Dead on Remote Island After Being 'Left Behind' by Cruise Ship — What Went Wrong? An 80-year-old Australian woman was found dead on Lizard Island after a cruise ship left without her, sparking investigations into safety protocols. International Business Times UK · Oct 30, 2025
Pictured: Australian grandmother, 80, found dead on remote island after being left behind by cruise ship Suzanne Rees is being remembered as a keen bushwalker and gardener following her death on Lizard Island Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2025
Daughter blames cruise operator after 80-year-old found dead on remote Australian island Katherine Rees says family ‘shocked and saddened’ that ship left Lizard Island ‘without my mum, Suzanne’ The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2025
WWI messages in a bottle found on beach after a century They were written by two soldiers who died not long afterwards The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2025
Questions grow over death of elderly woman left behind on £40k cruise to deserted island The woman, aged in her eighties, is said to have been hiking a steep trail on Lizard Island but did not return to the cruise ship The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2025
Woman in her 80s found dead on Great Barrier Reef’s Lizard Island after failing to return to cruise ship Police say death was ‘sudden and non-suspicious’ after search and rescue operation launched The Guardian - AU · Oct 28, 2025
The Guardian - AU · Oct 27, 2025 Spooky eucy! Let’s celebrate the haunting beauty of Australia’s gum trees this Halloween From skeletal spectres to portals to the underworld, eucalypts have the power to thrill and chill
AAP · Oct 25, 2025 Road to justice nears 50 years for outback trip tragedy It was supposed to be the ultimate outback adventure but ended in mystery, despair and three murders unsolved for almost half a century.
Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2025 How to spend 48 hours visiting Uluru — Australia's crown jewel As the famous rock celebrates 40 years since being handed back to its owners, the Anangu people, Katie Strick has your guide
The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2025 ‘I thought i was a dead duck’: Missing camper found alive after 9 days in Australian wilderness Troy Milne was lost the Gippsland region for more than a week, until he found a way to get the attention of rescue teams
The Guardian - AU · Oct 17, 2025 ‘It’s become a bit meaningless’: why does Australia have so many new Great Walks? Whether a clever marketing ploy or truly great by nature, these walks are attracting hikers in increasing numbers
The Guardian - AU · Oct 11, 2025 Fossicking for a fortune: the price of gold is sky-high, and prospectors in Victoria hope to cash in Gold prices have climbed 45% in 2025, the steepest rise since 1979. It’s reignited interest in prospecting – but the odds of striking it rich are slim
Evening Standard · Oct 9, 2025 Outlander effect on Scottish tourism ‘astonishing’ – VisitScotland Many locations used for filming have seen visitor numbers soar.
AAP · Oct 7, 2025 Decades old outback triple-murder mystery in spotlight Three young friends left for an outback motorcycle trip 47 years ago, only to be later found dead in remote bushland from gunshot wounds.
The Guardian - AU · Oct 5, 2025 Stolen views, shipping containers and ‘shame signs’: do Australia’s tree wars need a new solution? Conservationists and councils have called for bigger fines, a national database about illegal tree removals and even jail time to deter tree killers
The Guardian - AU · Oct 4, 2025 Bodies of two women who died in Victorian high country might have been there ‘two or three days’, police say Police are working to identify the women and ask anyone who had seen two women appearing ‘disoriented’ in the area earlier to contact Crime Stoppers
The Guardian - AU · Oct 3, 2025 Five Great Reads: Blake’s extraordinary father, trying to live forever, and Italy’s pasta grannies Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Claire Keenan