Government confirms no fuel excise relief | Midday News Bulletin 15 September 2026

Pauline Hanson apologises over comments about First Nations people; Snowtown killer James Vlassakis wins his bid for freedom; And Mitch Marsh to play his 100th One Day International for Australia.

Government confirms no fuel excise relief; South Australian Premier is confident someone will buy the Whyalla steelworks; And Sydney Swans hope midfielder Justin McInerney will be fit for the finals.

An attack on a major Saudi oil pipeline to put more pressure on global supply; An investigation into the death of a Queensland child in care; And in NRL, Wests Tigers prepare for their first NRLW finals appearance.

Hundreds of jobs to go at Whyalla steelworks; More than one-and-a-half million Australians face cuts to private health insurance rebates; And Alexander Zverev claims the men's US Open title.

One Nation reveals its plan to cut 750 thousand migrants from the annual intake; Canada builds closer trade ties with the European Union; And Alexander Zverev claims the men's US Open title.

Two women in a critical condition after being hit by a police car; A Russian drone strike hits a train near the Ukrainian border carrying officials back from Kyiv; And in cycling news, Enric Mas wins the Vuelta a Espana.

Dire warnings around AI's near-future capabilities; The prime minister stunned over comments made about his mother; And in sport, the Olympic flame arrives in north AfrIca ahead of the Youth Olympics.

Australians join a walk calling for an end to violence against women and children; Russia responds to Volodymyr Zelenskyy's offer to meet with Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit in Miami; and in tennis, Elena Rybakina wins her first US Open title.

Calls for an artificial intelligence slowdown; the 11-nation BRICS group of countries calls for calm in the Middle East; and in sport, Spanish rider Mikel Landa wins his first Grand Tour stage in nine years at the Vuelta a España.

Saudi Arabia closes a major oil pipeline over drone strikes fired from Iraqi territory; teenager charged with murder in apparent mistaken identity shooting; Alexander Zverev and Ben Shelton through to the US open final.