• 1 minute 44 seconds
    US holds September 11 services, Optus outage | ABC News Top Stories

    The United States has held ceremonies to remember almost three thousand victims of September the 11th, 25 years after the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. Authorities have confirmed an outage on the Optus phone network yesterday has affected calls to triple zero.And a teenager will face court today, accused of being involved in the fatal shooting of an innocent man in Sydney's west. 

    12 September 2026, 12:13 am
  • 4 minutes 5 seconds
    Why are Pauline Hanson and Andrew Hastie feuding?

    One Nation leader Pauline Hanson and Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie are in the midst of a very public spat.

    It's escalated recently over an animated cartoon video created by One Nation which labels Mr Hastie a traitor.

    10 September 2026, 11:00 pm
  • 3 minutes 33 seconds
    Is AI about to 'kill us all'?

    AI could kill us by the end of the decade.

    That is the alarming claim being made by an AI expert in the US who has quit his job over fears that the tech could wipe out humans.

    10 September 2026, 2:00 am
  • 4 minutes 5 seconds
    Is Trump becoming toxic for Republicans ahead of midterms?

    The midterm election in the US are fast approaching, less then a couple of months to go.

    And at the moment things are not looking good for the Republican party.

    So US President Donald Trump is throwing a two-day convention in Texas in a bid to boost the fortunes of his Party - before the November poll.

    10 September 2026, 1:45 am
  • 3 minutes 18 seconds
    How failed SPF tests led to a multi-million dollar court case

    Twenty sunscreens were pulled from the shelves recently after failing to meet their SPF claims.

    Behind them all is one manufacturer - Wild Child Laboratories - that supplies the brands with their base formula.

    it's now being sued in the federal court by one of the sunscreen brands caught out: Ultra Violette.

    9 September 2026, 10:45 pm
  • 3 minutes 30 seconds
    Can LIV Golf survive without Saudi backing?

    LIV Golf promised to revolutionise professional golf when it launched with billions of dollars in Saudi backing. 

    Now, just four years later, the competition has filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States. 

    So what went wrong, what happens next, and what does it mean for the future of its Adelaide tournament?

    9 September 2026, 7:00 am
  • 4 minutes
    What's behind American football's push into Australia?

    One of the biggest sporting events on the planet is about to land in Melbourne. American football's opening weekend is coming to Australia for the first time, with tens of thousands of fans expected at the MCG.

    9 September 2026, 2:00 am
  • 4 minutes 19 seconds
    What is pork-barrelling?

    Labor's use of grants is raising eyebrows.

    A Centre for Public Integrity investigation found the $560 million so called 'Major and Local Community Infrastructure' grants program was overwhelmingly directed into safe Labor seats and marginal seats the party wanted to win at the 2025 federal election. 

    Chair Anthony Whealy called it as he saw it: pork-barrelling. 

    So what exactly is it?

    8 September 2026, 10:45 pm
  • 4 minutes 2 seconds
    The crackdown on social media algorithms revealed

    Will you boot the social media algorithms if you get the chance? 

    The government has revealed a draft of the Digital Duty of Care in Australia law that would force digital platforms to block certain content from children, take proactive measure to prevent harm and give everyone the option to opt-out of the algorithm that picks what comes up next on your feeds. 

    The federal government insists a global reckoning is coming for big tech. 

    How will it work?

    8 September 2026, 8:45 am
  • 3 minutes 21 seconds
    The degenerative brain disease CTE and rugby league explained

    New research on the degenerative brain disease CTE, has revealed its prevalence in former rugby league players.

    The Australian Sports Brain Bank can now confirm that 31 players both professional and amateur had the condition when they died.

    That result came from studying the 51 brains that have been donated so far.

    The wife of one late rugby league footballer is calling for more players to agree to donate their brains to research. 

    8 September 2026, 8:35 am
  • 3 minutes 8 seconds
    What do we know about the murders of Jake and Callum Robinson?

    A trial is underway in Mexico over the murders of two young Australians two years ago.

    Jake and Callum Robinson and their American friend Carter Rhoad were murdered while on a surfing holiday in Baja in April 2024.

    So what do we know about what happened to them?

    7 September 2026, 10:45 pm
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