20 August 2026
Australia has snapped strong run of jobs data in July, as the number of people employed fell, according to new data.
This article contains independently written commentary and community perspective from Downunder Voices.
Join our community
Join thousands of readers following news and community stories from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific.
20 August 2026
Ben Carroll releases terms of reference for inquiry that will include examining allegations of CFMEU corruption on state government building sites Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates The Victorian premier on Thursday unveiled details of the inquiry while acknowledging there had been “grift”, “thuggery” and “violence” on taxpayer-funded building sites, after the letters patent formally establishing the commission were signed off by the governor following a cabinet meeting earlier in the morning.
20 August 2026
Crown prosecutor tells Victorian court that all seven of Patterson’s grounds for appeal should fail On Thursday, three judges of Victoria’s court of appeal continued hearing arguments regarding Patterson’s bid to have her conviction overturned.
20 August 2026
Sexual assault claims have led to one of the AFL's biggest teams 'torpedoing' their season but the scandal's impact stretches beyond sport ...
20 August 2026
Marcura’s Janani Yagnamurthy heads to Splash Singapore arguing that AI’s biggest opportunity may be preserving shipping’s institutional knowledge and giving junior staff access to decades of experience from day one. “You learn more from one person explaining honestly about a problem they’ve had to solve than from 10 previews of what’s coming next.” That is …
20 August 2026
Health NZ urged to improve "conditions of detention" by ending all prolonged isolation and improving physical living arrangements for patients.
20 August 2026
But Local Government Minister Simon Watts will not say if the chief executive at Tauranga City Council should be sacked.
20 August 2026
Blake Lee was shanked to death by another inmate in an exercise yard inside Auckland Prison at Paremoremo in 2020.
