Can a mushroom make music? Devon exhibition explores ‘cultural world’ of fungi 30. September 2026 (06:00) Exeter museum to host DJ’s ‘collaboration’ with woodland fungi and artist’s map of her own body’s mycobiomeFor one of the installations, a musician spent hours in woodland “collaborating” with fungi to create a soundscape inspired by the electricity they emit.Another is a kinetic sculpture of an extinct fungus that honours Beatrix Potter not for her tales of mischievous rabbits but for her lesser-known skills as a mycologist – a fungi expert. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Concern over Sydney airport as near misses and runway incursions at 20% above national average 30. September 2026 (05:39) Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigating staffing gaps as key factor in four incidents in July and AugustFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastModelling by Sydney airport’s air traffic control operators predicted elevated fatigue risks for staff at the time of a series of major safety incidents, with a review identifying runway incursions and near misses at 20% above national averages.Staffing gaps at Sydney airport are being investigated as a key factor in four incidents in July and August this year, according to the investigating authority, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau [ATSB]. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
ABC finance journalist Alan Kohler to retire after three decades as Jim Chalmers says he will be ‘really missed’ 30. September 2026 (05:28) The 74-year-old says he is leaving to spend more time with his family, including his six grandchildrenFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSign up for Guardian Australia’s free weekly media newsletter hereFinancial journalist Alan Kohler, a familiar face on the ABC’s 7pm news bulletin, will retire in December after three decades as the public broadcaster’s highly respected financial guru.Now 74, Kohler has been presenting finance, complete with idiosyncratic graphs, on the ABC for almost a quarter of a century, signing off each evening since 2002 with the catchphrase: “And that’s finance”.Sign up to get Guardian Australia’s weekly media diary as a free newsletter Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Judge ends federal oversight of Oakland police department after 23 years 30. September 2026 (04:02) Group of officers known as ‘riders’ in 2000s prompted longest arrangement of its kind in US historyAfter 23 years, a district judge has released the Oakland police department (OPD) from federal oversight, marking the end of the longest arrangement of this kind in US history.In the early 2000s, a group of police officers known as the “riders” were exposed for offenses like planting evidence, falsifying reports and using excessive force against primarily young Black men. These actions led victims to file more than 100 civil lawsuits against the department. In 2003, as a part of the settlement of these cases, OPD was put on a federal court-ordered reform program. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
An EV sold every 100 seconds: Australian demand for electric cars more than doubles 30. September 2026 (04:02) A record 157,957 new EVs were sold nationally between January and June, according to the Electric Vehicle CouncilFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralians are buying electric vehicles at record levels, with sales more than doubling year on year and occurring at a rate equivalent to one EV sold every 100 seconds.A record 157,957 EV sales occurred between January and June – an 117% increase on the same period last year, according to a new report released by the Electric Vehicle Council. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US Senate blocks resolution demanding accountability over Israeli violence in West Bank 30. September 2026 (02:16) Nine American citizens have been killed by Israeli settlers or security forces in occupied West Bank since 2022The US Senate on Tuesday evening rejected along mostly party lines a Democratic resolution that would have forced the state department to report to Congress on violence in the occupied West Bank, including the killings of nine American citizens by Israeli settlers or security forces over the last few years.The resolution, led by the Maryland Democrat Chris Van Hollen, would have given the state department 30 days to report to Congress on those deaths and on wider human rights conditions in the territory, including Israel’s detention of Palestinian children. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
David Shoebridge launches leadership bid ahead of Greens ballot at party retreat 30. September 2026 (02:02) Shoebridge to stand on a joint ticket with Steph Hodgins-May – a first-term senator from VictoriaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastNew South Wales senator David Shoebridge has joined the race to become the Greens’ new leader, with an increasingly crowded field revealing splits among the 11-member party room.Shoebridge said on Wednesday morning he would stand on a joint ticket with Victorian senator Steph Hodgins-May as his proposed deputy, facing off with the deputy leader, Mehreen Faruqi, and communications spokesperson, Sarah Hanson-Young.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here Continue reading...(The Guardian)
77-year-old man put to death in Florida, 16th person to be executed in the state this year 30. September 2026 (00:46) Curtis Wilkie Beasley was executed for the 1995 killing of Carolyn Monfort, after supreme court declined to interveneA 77-year-old Florida man was put to death on Tuesday for his conviction in a deadly hammer attack on a woman decades ago, becoming the 16th person executed to date this year in the nation’s busiest death chamber.Curtis Wilkie Beasley was pronounced dead at 6.12pm following a lethal injection at the Florida state prison near Starke, authorities said. He was convicted of first-degree murder, robbery and grand theft auto in the 1995 hammer attack on Carolyn Monfort at her home south of Orlando. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent in Texas charged with assaulting an officer 30. September 2026 (00:18) Garcés Pérez, who was shot in his car by agents, is accused of striking officer with side mirror while trying to drive awayFederal prosecutors on Tuesday announced an assault charge against a Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot in his car by a federal immigration agent in Texas, accusing the man of striking an officer with his side mirror while trying to drive away.Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, 28, was charged with one count of assaulting, resisting and impeding a federal officer, according to a criminal complaint. Garcés Pérez, whose attorney has said still has a bullet lodged in his back from the 20 September shooting, made an initial court appearance in an Austin federal court on Tuesday, according to the US attorney’s office in the western district of Texas. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Australia news live: Shoebridge and Hodgins-May ticket expected for Greens leadership; Home Affairs orders ‘rapid’ cyber stocktake 30. September 2026 (00:00) Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWho is potential Greens deputy leader candidate Steph Hodgins-May?So who is the first-term senator expected to announce a leadership ticket tilt with David Shoebridge?Get your dirty hands off our kids, that is our message to the fossil fuel industry, who have no place in early-learning centres, in schools, or in our cultural institutions in this country.Children should go to school to get evidence-based education, not to be brainwashed by fossil fuel corporations seeking to build social licence. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
