21 August 2026
It is the fourth reported safety incident at the airport in as many weeks.
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21 August 2026
The body of Lily Hooper, 18, has been airlifted from a national park in the Southern Highlands following an eight-day search.
21 August 2026
Anton Raymond Illich is accused of threatening the life of the One Nation leader by posting on social media he would "hunt her down and kill her", a Perth court has heard.
21 August 2026
The country's top 10 wildflowers have been revealed, with the Flannel flower crowned the winner, in a tightly contested battle of the blooms.
21 August 2026
Russian fleet launched missile drill near what Moscow calls the Kuril Islands but Japan regards as its Northern Territories Japan has criticised missile tests carried out by Russia’s navy around the disputed islands visited by Vladimir Putin last week amid continuing tensions between the two countries. Russia’s Pacific fleet said on Thursday that it had fired Bastion surface-to-ship missiles from Etorofu, the largest island in the disputed archipelago, simulating an attack on enemy vessels, hitting all of its targets approximately 300km away.
21 August 2026
China's ambitious space program will take it to the moon as soon as next month, and it's looking for water.
21 August 2026
The new government of Peter Magyar hoped to use the suite overlooking the Danube as evidence of an autocrat’s indulgence. The trappings fell short.
21 August 2026
The lawyer was sentenced to supervision after pleading guilty to the assault and has name suppression.
