Rural communities feel locked out of national childcare fund
ABC News Australiaby Jay Carstens·3d ago
In short: Rural childcare advocates and outback councils say their communities are being locked out of a national fund designed to reduce the number of childcare deserts.
Basin communities feeling drained as more water buybacks considered
ABC News Australiaby Emma Field, Fiona Broom, and Petra Oates·3d ago
In short: A draft Murray-Darling Basin report shows a massive water efficiency project will fall short of its target.
Trauma support urged for witnesses of Knights fans car crash
ABC News Australiaby Giselle Wakatama; Keely Johnson; Ben Clifford·3d ago
In short: Trauma experts have warned people who witnessed the Newcastle Knights crowd crash need support. Thousands of Knights fans were lining Newcastle Link Road when a car struck 10 pedestrians.
Concerns as new $1.2b recycling facility will service data centres
ABC News Australiaby Digby Werthmuller and Nabil Al-Nashar·3d ago
In short: Concerns are being raised about a $1.2 billion water facility meant to bolster drought resistance being directed to service data centres.
'Huge gap' between employers and abuse survivors over workplace support
ABC News Australiaby Thomas Morgan and Rudi Maxwell·3d ago
In short: Research by the Humans for Purpose Academy has found the vast majority of survivors felt inadequately supported by their workplaces as they escaped domestic and family violence (DFV).
SA government advertising spend hits record levels
ABC News Australiaby Thomas Kelsall·3d ago
In short: The Malinauskas government has spent nearly $200 million on advertising in its first four years in office, including a record spend last financial year.
Do you have what it takes to be a delivery driver in China?
ABC News Australiaby Allyson Horn·3d ago
Qi Yuesen has only had one day off in the last two months. The 20-year-old can't stop yawning as he gets ready for another 13-hour day of delivering food across Beijing.
Overdose death involving possible synthetic opioid sparks health warning
ABC News Australiaby Bec Pridham·3d ago
In short: Authorities in Tasmania have called on health care professionals to be prepared with opioid counteracting drugs.
Jobseekers exploited by scammers on LinkedIn
ABC News Australiaby Yiying Li·3d ago
Tony Young is one of many Australians who have applied for work only to realise afterwards it was a scam.
Ex-cop allegedly attacked by teens stealing from supermarket calls for change
ABC News Australiaby Bec Pridham·3d ago
In short: A former police officer who was allegedly attacked by teenagers stealing from a supermarket says the strategy to combat crime is failing and that more needs to be done to keep the...
Bruising lead-up to inquiry as OpenAI executive set to take stage
ABC News Australiaby Cam Wilson·3d ago
It is a bruised OpenAI that is set to limp into the Australian political spotlight today. It had been pencilled in for a centre stage performance, tapping into a bit of Silicon Valley star power...
A 'broken Britain' mentality has taken hold. Alastair Campbell sees a way out
ABC News Australiaby Rhiannon Shine·3d ago
Alastair Campbell is a self-described pessimist, and the past decade of UK political turmoil certainly hasn't helped.
Ways to financially protect yourself in a relationship — even a healthy one
ABC News Australiaby Lacey Filipich·3d ago
If you're in a new relationship, you're likely more focused on the buzz of the romance than planning out any financial pitfalls.
Tracey Moffatt is known to be 'controlling' but now she's letting go of all her work
ABC News Australiaby Rudi Bremer·3d ago
When Tracey Moffatt was five years old, she won a children's art competition and was asked to donate her winning entry to the local children's hospital. The problem was, it wasn't Moffatt's work.
Greens think tank wants public supermarkets to challenge 'duopoly'
ABC News Australiaby Jake Evans·3d ago
In short: The Greens' research institute has called for a publicly owned supermarket chain to challenge Coles and Woolworths.
Why unemployment is the more reliable gauge when declaring recession
ABC News Australiaby Ian Verrender·3d ago
Remember the good old days? The time when life was simple and opportunities endless? Except of course, often they aren't always so great.
They built a business empire to cash in on veterans. It's made millions
ABC News Australiaby Amy Donaldson, Elise Worthington, and Maddy King·3d ago
From the outside the only clues something was up in the industrial estate office building in Brisbane's south, were the expensive cars with personalised plates clogging the driveway.
'Concerning' death of Russian 'plague' laboratory employee being monitored
ABC News Australiaby Riley Stuart·3d ago
In short: Officials in Russia have provided conflicting information about the death of an employee at a Siberian "anti-plague" laboratory.
US moves bombers from UK airbase after suspected Iranian plot
ABC News Australia·3d ago
In short: The United States has withdrawn all its B-1 bombers from a UK air base. The UK government insists the RAF Fairford site is safe following a recent incident involving masked men.
Teenager loses hand as French student protests escalate
ABC News Australia·3d ago
In short: A 15-year-old student has lost a hand picking up a police grenade as part of nationwide protests in France over classroom conditions.
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