abc.net.auadded August 2026
ABC News Australiaby Harry Frost18d ago
In short: An ACT court has ordered the commonwealth pay a fine of $140,000 after a child was left with serious burns from an exhibit at Canberra's Questacon in 2022.
ABC News Australiaby Monte Bovill18d ago
In short: ACT public school teachers have taken industrial action for the third time this year, with schools opening two hours later on Thursday.
ABC News Australiaby Josh Duggan18d ago
In short: An award-winning, internationally acclaimed lichen scientist is set to lose his job managing the Tasmanian Herbarium, as the state government's job cuts hit the science sector.
ABC News Australiaby Jamie McKinnell18d ago
In short: A jury has been shown CCTV of Beau Lamarre-Condon buying a surfboard bag days before he allegedly shot Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.
ABC News Australiaby Malcolm Sutton18d ago
In short: The Cape du Couedic wave buoy was due to be redeployed last week but had satellite communication issues.
ABC News Australiaby Brad Ryan18d ago
Key players in some of the world's biggest conflicts were among speakers at the UN on the second day of its annual New York summit.
ABC News Australiaby Loretta Lohberger18d ago
In short: Campsites at 10 Tasmanian national parks and conservation areas will soon require booking.
ABC News Australiaby Tamsyn Buckle18d ago
In short: The Transport Workers Union says about 400 security staff and hundreds of ground service employees of two Qantas freight subsidiary companies have walked off the job this morning.
ABC News Australiaby Vanessa Jarrett18d ago
A central Queensland mine has been abandoned and will now be managed by the state government. Owners of the Bluff coal mine, Bowen Coking Coal (BCC), went into voluntary administration in July last...
ABC News Australiaby Kenji Sato18d ago
In short: Ipswich City Council has amended its media policy so all councillors can use the communications team.
ABC News Australiaby Angus Verley and Justine Longmore18d ago
In short: The National Farmers Federation and the federal government have reached a short-term agreement to fast-track urgent visa requests for backpacker workers.
ABC News Australiaby Charles Geary18d ago
In short: Pollination has started at the Northern Territory's largest date farm, 70 kilometres south-east of Alice Springs.
ABC News Australiaby Stephanie Dalzell and Stephen Dziedzic18d ago
The federal government is demanding answers after an artificial intelligence agent infiltrated a Medicare website, as well as targeting other government sites.
ABC News Australiaby Harrison Tippet18d ago
David O'Brien is in the "echo" of his football career. The 55-year-old reckons he's played about 860 games in his lifetime, and for the past seven years, all those games have all been in Masters...
ABC News Australia18d ago
In short: Uncapped players Hana Lowry, Tori Tumeth and Courtney Newbon have been picked for the Matildas squad.
ABC News Australiaby Alison Branley and Kirsten Aiken18d ago
In short: Warnings of diesel rationing and price spikes if the US goes ahead with an export ban described as a "worrying development" in the fuel market.
ABC News Australiaby Marina Trajkovich18d ago
In short: Wingham's only public pool has been closed since it was severely damaged in last year's record floods.
ABC News Australiaby Rosanne Maloney and Emily Anderson18d ago
In short: The committee examining proposed tougher bail laws in Queensland has concluded regional hearings in Cairns, Mareeba and Townsville.
ABC News Australiaby Olivia Jenkins, Tim Callanan, and Danielle Pope18d ago
In short: Victoria's overall crime rate fell by 3.8 per cent in the 12 months to the end of June 2026.
ABC News Australiaby Al Newstead18d ago
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the ARIA Music Awards, and the nominees vying for the iconic pointy trophy this November have just been announced.
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