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• 19 Sept, 01:00 · Culture · Queensland A sea of hands, a giant ‘lifesaver-saurus’ and a melting robot: Queensland’s SWELL sculpture festival 2026 – in pictures The beach becomes a giant art gallery each year as SWELL sculpture festival takes over Currumbin in Queensland’s south-east. The works are on display until Sunday 20 September.
• 19 Sept, 01:00 · Politics The fight over immigration could decide the next election. Labor has to take the gloves off | Tom McIlroy Little more than an hour before he spoke, the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics confirmed Nom was 292,000 in the 12 months to March.
• 19 Sept, 01:00 · Politics · Victoria Alleged underworld supporters and unfounded health claims: One Nation rolls out more Victorian election candidates Candidates contesting the Victorian state election for One Nation include a former Liberal who has won support from alleged underworld figures.
• 19 Sept, 01:00 · Science · United States Australia claims it is a global pioneer in preventing online harm – should other countries follow suit? As Anthony Albanese heads to the US to discuss social media reform, he has shown a level of leadership not always expected from a smaller country.
• 19 Sept, 01:00 · Courts · Germany Swedish teenager jailed for attempted murder, rape and assault committed online, with victims in Germany and Australia A Swedish teenager known as Chai has been sentenced to more than 10 years in jail for tried murder, rape and aggravated assault – crimes committed via the internet.
• 19 Sept, 01:00 · Sport · Sydney, NSW From ‘nappies at the ballpark’ to MLB: how Australia’s Travis Bazzana made baseball’s big leagues When Sydney’s Travis Bazzana made his debut in Major League Baseball on 28 April, it was the culmination of a journey that began when he was a toddler.
• 19 Sept, 01:00 · Sport Premier League schedule today: How to watch, TV channels & live stream Brentford enter Friday’s match on the back of a 10-game unbeaten run. Chelsea have the attacking potency and individual quality to harm any opponent, making Friday’s fixture a compelling encounter.
• 19 Sept, 01:00 · Science Australia’s renewables transition is well under way – but meeting its 2030 target will be ‘extremely challenging’ A gap looms between the Albanese government’s goal of 82% renewable energy and planned solar and wind projects.
• 19 Sept, 01:00 · Science Opinion Australia’s big polluters rely on carbon offsets for climate credibility. But the system looks like a house of cards | Adam Morton Credits are treated as a like-for-like swap for emissions, but carbon stored in nature is different to burning millennia-old fossil fuels. Offsets can be a mind-deadening subject, but they matter.
• 19 Sept, 01:00 · Culture Robinhood’s Abhishek Fatehpuria on winning the modern financial consumer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Join the conversation with Abhishek Fatehpuria on October 13–15 at Moscone West in San Francisco, where 10,000+ founders, investors.
• 19 Sept, 00:57 · Culture ‘A critical moment’: concern UK is not up to speed in acting on AI risks Andy Burnham’s focus on immediate domestic problems leads some to fear issue has dropped off government’s radar.
• 19 Sept, 00:53 · Sport · United Kingdom Brydon Carse will not face charges after police drop investigation into alleged assault Brydon Carse will not face any charges after Derbyshire police dropped an investigation into an alleged assault in Derby city centre last month.
• 19 Sept, 00:39 · General Millions of Aussies put oral health at risk as they skip dentist visits to save money On any given workday, patients might be seated in Dr Monica Farrelly’s dental chair for a multitude of reasons; a routine examination, a scale and clean, an extraction, filling.
• 19 Sept, 00:30 · General The Street Fighter movie popcorn bucket is goofy We've seen several fun popcorn buckets over the last few years, including a Yoshi one for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Street Fighter will hit theaters on October 16.
• 19 Sept, 00:30 · Culture Inertia co-founder Jeff Lawson’s next big bet is fusion: Go inside it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Jeff Lawson has already helped build a company with more than $4 billion in revenue and 300,000 customers worldwide.
• 19 Sept, 00:28 · General · Perth, WA Fraser-McGurk's SA fireworks halted by Perth rain South Australia have been forced to settle for a share of the spoils against WA after rain halted their One Day Cup match in Perth.
• 19 Sept, 00:25 · General KDE turns 30 and someone's brought an AI-native desktop proposal KDE's annual conference takes place this weekend at Graz University of Technology in Austria, with an AI-native desktop proposal likely to divide attendees.
• 19 Sept, 00:24 · Business BrewDog creditors owed £190m will not be paid in full, say administrators Earlier this year, the US cannabis and drinks company Tilray snapped up BrewDog’s brand, intellectual property, UK breweries and 11 bars in a rescue deal for about £33m.
• 19 Sept, 00:24 · General The biggest ‘red flag’ when a separated couple attempts to reconcile For years, the couple faced rumours of trouble brewing in their relationship before Jada confirmed in a candid interview with US talk show Today that they have been separated since.
• 19 Sept, 00:21 · Business BBC cash reserves hit lowest level in a decade after big single-year spend Reserves at public service arm drop 66% as broadcaster undertakes large cuts in effort to save £500m.
• 19 Sept, 00:18 · Sport Oxford United apologise for launching ‘United 93’ clothing range around 9/11 anniversary Range pulled from website two hours after launch. Oxford United have abandoned a new range of American style-sportswear after it inadvertently referenced the incident of September 11.
• 19 Sept, 00:10 · Sport First person My son’s death during a college football workout was preventable. Lessons must be learned Arizona State hockey player Matthew Mayich is fighting for his life after collapsing during practice. What happened to Mayich in Arizona isn’t only about what happened on 20 August 2026.
• 19 Sept, 00:09 · Courts Teen jailed in UK for piloting Channel boat crossing A teenage asylum seeker who piloted an overcrowded 14-metre-long dinghy across the English Channel with 165 people on board has been jailed.
• 19 Sept, 00:05 · General · Sydney, NSW Sydney Swans coach Dean Cox heads into change rooms to congratulate Fremantle after preliminary final victory Sydney coach Dean Cox has shown his class after his side’s preliminary final loss to Fremantle, heading into the Dockers’ change rooms to congratulate the winners.
• 19 Sept, 00:03 · General · Sydney, NSW 'We will be immortals': Dockers eye off history Fremantle will feature in just the second grand final of the club's history after coming from behind to defeat Sydney by 12 points at the SCG.
• 19 Sept, 00:02 · Courts · Queensland Moreton Bay teen charged with extremist offences after FBI tip-off An 18-year-old man accused of operating extremist social media accounts has been arrested at his Moreton Bay home in Queensland following a tip-off from the FBI.
• 19 Sept, 00:00 · General · Fremantle, WA Fremantle Dockers coach Justin Longmuir says Hayden Young’s preliminary final effort justifies club’s plan Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir has declared the club’s plan to get star midfielder Hayden Young fit for finals has worked.
• 19 Sept, 00:00 · Science Researchers used Anthropic’s Claude to hack into OpenAI In a twist that captures the new state of AI security, independent security researchers have used Anthropic’s Claude to break into OpenAI, exposing cracks in the ChatGPT-maker’s defenses.
• 19 Sept, 00:00 · Culture The clock is ticking: Final 24 hours to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 From October 13–15 at Moscone West in San Francisco, 10,000+ founders, investors, operators, and tech leaders will be at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 looking for startups to back, products to use.
• 19 Sept, 00:00 · General Review Apple AirPods 5 review: The choice is clear Apple also upgraded the ANC performance and sound quality on both AirPods 5 models.
• 18 Sept, 23:59 · General Test your general knowledge with the Good Weekend quiz Test your general knowledge with the Good Weekend quiz.
• 18 Sept, 23:56 · Science · China Meet the winner of Nikon's Small World in Motion video contest A Chinese optical engineer is the winner of this year’s Small World in Motion competition, sponsored by Nikon.
• 18 Sept, 23:55 · General · South Australia WA’s One-Day Cup opener against South Australia declared no result due to rain Inclement weather has spared WA from a situation in their first game of the new One-Day Cup season.
• 18 Sept, 23:38 · Science NASA’s Hubble Spots an Out-of-Sync Galaxy Unlike many other spiral galaxies, like this one recently photographed by Hubble, NGC 4698’s delicate spiral arms are only prominent in the outer reaches of the disk.
• 18 Sept, 23:37 · General · Sydney, NSW Young plays down 'fluke' game-turning goal for Dockers Hayden Young says he wasn't confident of nailing his after-the-siren set shot against Sydney but was glad it went in after copping a mouthful from Swans fans.
• 18 Sept, 23:36 · Sport · Melbourne, VIC AFL grand final: Qantas and Virgin add 24 extra flights between Perth and Melbourne after Dockers’ prelim win Australia’s two biggest air carriers have responded quickly to Fremantle booking their grand final berth.
• 18 Sept, 23:30 · Science Researchers used Claude to hack OpenAI Cyber researchers broke into OpenAI using its rival Anthropic’s software, highlighting vulnerabilities in the ChatGPT maker’s security as leading AI companies face scrutiny over safety.
• 18 Sept, 23:28 · Sport Flight disruption for hundreds of thousands was caused in ‘millisecond’ by software error Hundreds of thousands of passengers had their travel disrupted after the Nats failure on Tuesday 8 September.
• 18 Sept, 23:25 · General · Brisbane, QLD Airlines urged to make safety changes after passenger’s anxious flight with peanut allergy A woman has sounded the alarm about how airlines deal with passengers with allergies after an anxiety-ridden flight.
• 18 Sept, 23:22 · General Microsoft fixes the fix that broke Excel paste – partly Hotfix covers only Excel 2016 and may still come unstuck around conditional formatting. Microsoft has issued a partial fix for the Excel bug that causes paste operations to fail.