Naturalist adventure in Victoria's east draws new wave of twitchers
ABC News Australiaby Rachael Lucas·21d ago
A new wave of birdwatchers, nature lovers, poets, artists and dreamers are finding catharsis and connection in the Australian bush along the east coast of Victoria thanks to a new art and nature...
US flights in chaos as communications fail and cable accidentally cut
ABC News Australia·21d ago
In short: Thousands of flights have been delayed or cancelled across the US after a backup fibre cable in New Jersey was accidentally cut, causing a telecom outage.
'Messy but beautiful' tree among nine vying for Victoria's annual gong
ABC News Australiaby Anna McGuinness·21d ago
In short: Nine trees are finalists in the 2026 National Trust Victorian Tree of the Year competition. A woman whose bunya pine is a finalist says her tree is a landmark in her street. What's next?
Live: Bragg to reignite super fight with housing plan
ABC News Australiaby Courtney Gould·21d ago
live Federal politics live: Bragg to reignite super fight with housing plan A plan for Australians to use their superannuation to make it easier to secure a home loan is set to be floated by Shadow...
Cold and flu supplements containing controversial herb to face recall
ABC News Australiaby Joanna Woodburn·21d ago
In short: The Therapeutic Goods Administration has announced Andrographis paniculata will no longer be able to be classified as a low-risk ingredient.
Paramount settles with US states, clearing way for Warner Bros merger
ABC News Australia·21d ago
In short: Paramount has reached a legal settlement with a group of US states opposed to its $US81 billion merger with Warner Bros Discovery.
NSW set to change how sexual assault complainants give evidence
ABC News Australiaby Emily Baker·21d ago
In short: Pre-recorded testimony for adult sexual assault complainants may soon be allowed in NSW under proposed government changes.
Taxpayers paid $4,500 for dead man's chair amid aged care delays
ABC News Australiaby Emily Anderson·21d ago
In short: Older Australians are continuing to die while waiting for aged care at home funding. There were 107,000 people on the federal government's Support at Home waiting list in June.
Sister of Snowtown murder victim says she would never forgive killers
ABC News Australiaby Briana Fiore·21d ago
In short: Karen Davies’s brother Ray was murdered in the Snowtown serial killings. She says she is still having panic attacks about his death decades later.
Salesman's 'superhero' branding triggers DC Comics trademark dispute
ABC News Australiaby Zaarkacha Marlan and Lucy Thackray·21d ago
In short: Dubbo businessman Matthew McKay is in a trademark dispute with DC Comics over the "Fanman" character he created to promote his lighting and fan business.
More than one in four Brisbane council parking spots now pay by app only
ABC News Australiaby Stephen Clarke·21d ago
In short: Brisbane City Council data shows more than one in four paid parking spaces now require a driver to use a mobile app to pay.
Wet winter increases risk of active hayfever season in Victoria
ABC News Australiaby Melissa Brown·21d ago
In short: More extreme grass pollen days are expected in Victoria this spring It follows Victoria's wettest winter in a decade and the warmest on record in Melbourne. What's next?
Bushfire strategy must change, expert says, after Tasmanian scare
ABC News Australiaby Lucy Shannon·21d ago
In short: Amid criticism of the Tasmania Fire Service (TFS) over no fire ban being imposed on a windy, warm and dry day which resulted in prescribed burns going ahead, one fire expert says the...
Two new stick insect species emerge from Queensland forests
ABC News Australiaby Holly Richardson·21d ago
In short: Two new species of stick insect have been identified in Far North Queensland during research conducted by the University of Sydney.
Brownlow simply latest chapter as Daicos continues rewriting AFL history
ABC News Australiaby Chris De Silva·21d ago
Thu, 3 Sept, 8:10 pm, Final score, Dockers 40, Hawks 72 When Nathan Buckley's decade-long tenure as Collingwood coach came to an end midway through 2021, there was a silver lining for the club amid...
Victoria unveils data centre strategy with renewables requirements
ABC News Australiaby Richard Willingham and Leanne Wong·21d ago
In short: Victoria will require new data centres to source their own renewable energy under a strategy unveiled by Premier Ben Carroll on Tuesday.
Thirteen-year-old surfer breaking records as first Indigenous world champ
ABC News Australiaby Daniela Intili and Johanna McDiarmid·21d ago
Leihani Zoric almost didn't compete in El Salvador, but now the 13-year-old is the youngest International Surfing Association (ISA) Under 18 World Junior Champion in history.
Teen suffers memory loss after Indonesian school-meal poisoning
ABC News Australiaby Hellena Souisa and Tim Swanston·21d ago
Read the story in Bahasa Indonesia A new spate of mass food poisonings linked to Indonesia's nationwide free meals program has renewed calls to suspend or cancel the program, as police investigate...
Why younger Australians are facing a tough economic future
ABC News Australiaby Ian Verrender·21d ago
Ask any soothsayer. Forecasting is a mug's game. It is difficult enough to predict what will happen next month, let alone 40 years from now.
Dating app safety shouldn't be left to women, researchers say
ABC News Australiaby Clare Armstrong·21d ago
In short: Almost all women surveyed in a new Australian study reported encountering harmful behaviour on dating apps, with many taking their own precautions to stay safe.
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