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Bob Montgomery, an 82-year-old Australian cyclist, died peacefully just one day after completing what he had called "One Last Ride," a 5,200-kilometre charity cycling journey across Australia with his 18-year-old grandson, Tom Malcolm. The pair finished the six-week ride in Bowral, New South Wales, on 2 August 2026 after travelling from Broome in Western Australia to raise money and awareness for Motor Neurone Disease (MND).

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Something unusual may be unfolding in the Southern Ocean. In late June, whale watchers in southwest Western Australia reported a sharp drop in humpback whale sightings, around 60% below normal, just when the whales should have been migrating north to calve and feed.

A long-term shift in the tropical Pacific Ocean has played contrasting roles in wildfire activity on opposite sides of the world, amplifying fire-prone conditions in the southwestern United States while easing them in eastern Australia. According to a new study published in the journal Nature Communications, the Pacific Ocean pattern increased drying-related burned forest area in the U.S.

Quoting the rules of Islam, the lawmaker said the comment made her feel uncomfortable and singled out because of her religion and culture.

The bus was returning from a wedding in the Hunter Valley wine region when it overturned.

An Aboriginal elder is suing the federal government in an unprecedented legal case that could have widespread implications for other areas of law.

Tax concessions on retirement savings are costing the budget billions and some people are accumulating mega balances

News of the death of an elderly couple, whose bodies were found in their Western Australian home at the weekend, has made headlines back in their homeland.

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