MYSTERIOUS: 12 | Mind Blowing Facts

Huge croc caught near tourist spot prompts warnings

Exceptional wet season rainfall is driving increased crocodile movement across the Top End, prompting renewed warnings for people to be "crocwise" around water.

AAP · Jan 8

‘Most Significant In Years’: How This Week’s Heatwave Is Roasting Half The Country

Extreme heatwave conditions are sweeping across multiple Australian states, with total fire bans and 40‑plus temperatures.

Pedestrian.tv · Jan 7

Woman's death in custody a medical incident, police say

The death of a mother of five in an outback town's watch house has highlighted shortcomings in measures to protect detainees' health.

AAP · Jan 5

Far north braces for drenching as monsoon closes in

Residents are bracing for widespread rain as a monsoon trough inches across the far north with fears of isolated rainfall totals of up to 700mm.

AAP · Dec 28, 2025

Far north braces for drenching as monsoon season grips

Wild weather is expected to drench parts of northern Australia while bushfires have begun to ease in the west.

AAP · Dec 27, 2025

WA bushfire downgraded while Queensland and NT brace for monsoonal rain and flooding

Conditions ease south-west of Perth as residents evacuated from Boddington fire on Christmas Day allowed to return

The Guardian - AU · Dec 27, 2025

Puberty blocker bans slammed as harmful to trans kids

Blanket bans on puberty blockers are the biggest risk to trans children globally, an advocate says, after a second Australian jurisdiction outlawed the drugs.

AAP · Dec 21, 2025

Police cleared of misconduct over officer murder charge

A corruption investigator has found no evidence of misconduct by senior police over the decision to charge an officer with murdering a young Aboriginal man.

AAP · Dec 19, 2025

Just 2 in 3 patients are treated on time in emergency departments. Check how your public hospital performs

If you arrive at an emergency department (ED) today, you’ll be triaged. That’s a quick judgement about how urgently you need care. Those in crisis are seen quickly, while others may wait hours.

The Conversation · Dec 18, 2025

How the myth of ‘aqua nullius’ still guides Australia’s approach to groundwater

Indigenous people have coexisted with Australia’s vast and ancient groundwater systems for thousands of generations. Their knowledge extends back through deep time, before our current climate and waterways. It offers insights that Western science is only beginning to quantify.

The Conversation · Dec 17, 2025