Tasmania's alarming family violence numbers keep going up
ABC News Australiaby Lucy MacDonald·8d ago
In short: Tasmania's family violence rates continue to rise. Advocates say that attitudes towards women are not changing fast enough, while many remain in dangerous situations in a system that...
Israelis recognised for landing plane with 'close to zero' survival chance
ABC News Australiaby Claire Campbell and Girish Sawlani·8d ago
In short: Israel has honoured five of its citizens who prevented a passenger plane from crashing with heroism awards. One pilot told the ABC it was a miracle people survived. What's next?
Brisbane's bid to celebrate home-grown artists ahead of Olympics
ABC News Australiaby Liz Gwynn·8d ago
Jarad Danby has transformed public spaces across the world with his art, and now, for the first time, he has a mural in his home city of Brisbane.
Are we in the Anthropocene Epoch? Scientists can't decide
ABC News Australiaby Jacinta Bowler·8d ago
In short: Anthropocene is a popular term for the current time in history but is not an official geological age.
The 10 albums we couldn't stop playing last month
ABC News Australiaby James Brennan, Dan Condon, Courtney Fry, and Al Newstead·8d ago
Spring has sprung, footy finals have wrecked our nerves, and Christmas decorations are already creeping in: must be September. Here are 10 great albums released this month. Want more?
Renee Good's family sues Trump administration over fatal Minneapolis shooting
ABC News Australia·8d ago
In short: The family of Renee Good is suing the Trump administration over her fatal shooting at the hands of an immigration agent.
School and nuclear facility hit in latest wave of Russian strikes
ABC News Australia·8d ago
In short: A nuclear facility and a school have been hit by Russian forces amid mounting air-strikes on Ukraine's capital.
Labor will go after lawyers trying to 'game' the visa system
ABC News Australiaby Clare Armstrong·8d ago
In short: Labor will target lawyers and migration agents who profit from visa applications and protection claims with little or no prospect of success.
War criminal Biljana Plavsic, dubbed Serbia's 'Iron Lady', dies aged 96
ABC News Australia·9d ago
In short: Former Bosnian Serb leader Biljana Plavsic has died at the age of 96. Plavsic pleaded guilty at a United Nations tribunal to persecution as a crime against humanity for her role in...
Heeney wins Sydney Swans best and fairest award amid club suspension
ABC News Australiaby Kyle Pollard·9d ago
Isaac Heeney has won Sydney's best and fairest award following his club imposed sanction for breaching club standards.
WA police ban 'excluded persons' from protesting at defence expo
ABC News Australiaby Courtney Withers·9d ago
In short: At least a handful of people have already been banned from protesting at a major defence conference next week in Perth.
'It's coming for everything': Eddie Perfect on AI and his new satire
ABC News Australiaby Hannah Story·9d ago
Eddie Perfect doesn't want his teenage daughters talking to AI chatbots. "We have a rule in our house that no one talks to the machines," he says.
Former union delegate and bikie fined $2,000 over illegal debt collection
ABC News Australiaby Kristian Silva·9d ago
In short: Victorian prosecutors have dropped a blackmail charge against a former CFMEU delegate with links to criminal bikie gangs.
Perth's western suburbs councils take steps toward merger
ABC News Australiaby Mya Kordic and Mark Gibson·9d ago
In short: The Town of Claremont has become one of the first councils in Perth to express its openness to merging with another western suburb council.
Why Malaysia is deporting thousands of Myanmar asylum seekers
ABC News Australiaby Will Jackson and Girish Sawlani·9d ago
Malaysia this week deported about 1,500 Myanmar nationals, including children, as part of a refugee repatriation program.
Safety team hits Hobart CBD amid reports of youths 'causing havoc'
ABC News Australiaby Monty Jacka·9d ago
In short: The Hobart council has rolled out a trio of safety liaison officers to patrol the CBD. The move comes amid reports groups of youths are regularly causing incidents across the city.
The last thing Albanese needed was free advice from his own side
ABC News Australiaby Courtney Gould·9d ago
Welcome back to your weekly federal politics update, where Courtney Gould gets you up to speed on the happenings from Parliament House.
Brumby advocate challenges legality of wild horse removal in NSW alps
ABC News Australiaby Adriane Reardon·9d ago
In short; Brumby advocate Carmen Jackson has questioned the legal authority to remove wild horses using passive trapping in Kosciuszko National Park It is the only control method currently in use...
'Where illegal e-bikes go to die': Compliance crackdown ramps up
ABC News Australiaby Miriah Davis and Penny Burfitt·9d ago
In short: A number of illegal e-bikes were destroyed at a wrecking yard in Western Sydney. The e-bikes were seized by northern beaches police under new laws to streamline enforcement capabilities.
Pilot's prophetic words one year before stabbing
ABC News Australiaby Natalie Whiting and Som Patidar·9d ago
During a podcast interview uploaded just 11 months ago, Captain Smit Machchhar reflected on what would be needed "when things are going wrong" on a flight.
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