1+ hour, 26+ min ago   (457+ words) Published 16 August 2026 6:16pm By Hannah Hodson, NITV News Aunty Pat Turner has been named Person of the Year at the 2026 National NAIDOC Awards in Mparntwe Alice Springs. First Nations leaders, artists and young achievers walked the Blak Carpet, as ten awards…...

3+ hour, 8+ min ago   (926+ words) Published 16 August 2026 4:31pm The federal government has confirmed it will slow the processing of working holiday visa applications as pressure mounts to reduce net migration numbers. Nine newspapers first reported on Saturday that the federal government had paused applications for working…...

3+ hour, 48+ min ago   (559+ words) Published 16 August 2026 3:59pm Presented by Hannah Hodson The New South Wales Premier says the state's new gun buyback scheme is expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars. From November, New South Wales will become the first state to roll out…...

4+ hour, 44+ min ago   (393+ words) Published 16 August 2026 3:00pm Labor has downplayed concerns that state-based disability supports won't be ready when needed, as the government pushes contentious NDIS reforms targeting fraud and spending through parliament. A government-led Senate inquiry on Friday recommended National Disability Insurance Scheme changes…...

6+ hour, 29+ min ago   (431+ words) Published 16 August 2026 1:07pm By Biwa Kwan, Josh van Staden Presented by Biwa Kwan "Pink reminds us of the clothes she used to wear and the times when we would go in the evening, you see the sunset and even the early…...

6+ hour, 49+ min ago   (541+ words) Published 16 August 2026 12:57pm Pauline Hanson has doubled down on notorious decades-old comments criticising Sydney's Mardi Gras, saying she thinks people should keep their sexuality "behind closed doors". The comments come only days after a colleague declared One Nation "one of the…...

6+ hour, 54+ min ago   (838+ words) Published 16 August 2026 12:00pm Updated 19m ago 12:29pm Presented by Biwa Kwan New South Wales is set to become the first state to begin a gun buyback scheme announced by the federal government after the Bondi beach terror attack in December last year. From…...

6+ hour, 54+ min ago   (662+ words) Published 16 August 2026 7:24am Updated 10m ago 12:44pm Rescuers have combed through debris for survivors after a powerful earthquake struck off Indonesia's eastern Flores island, killing 48 people and injuring dozens, according to disaster officials. The national disaster management agency (BNPB) raised the death toll…...

14+ hour, 36+ min ago   (333+ words) Published 16 August 2026 9:13am An agreement has been struck on a major federal-state gun buyback following the Bondi shooting massacre, with the Commonwealth and NSW governments to evenly share the cost of the scheme. National cabinet agreed to action the fight against…...

11+ hour, 30+ min ago   (601+ words) Published 16 August 2026 8:12am At least 11 people have been killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese health ministry said, some of the deadliest raids since deals in June eased hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah. The Israeli military said it struck…...