One media giant now owns Top Gun, Harry Potter and CNN. What does that mean?
ABC News Australiaby Kristy Sexton-McGrath·1d ago
Paramount has completed its $US113 billion ($162 billion) takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, creating one of the world's biggest entertainment and media companies.
Sydney constable killed in car crash posthumously awarded honours, funeral told
ABC News Australia·1d ago
In short: Constable Mia Lay has been posthumously awarded the national police service medal. The police officer was killed in a car crash while responding to reports of a car theft in September.
Detective describes finding bodies to Lamarre-Condon trial
ABC News Australiaby Jamie McKinnell·1d ago
In short: A senior police officer has described to a jury finding the bodies of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in surfboard bags at a rural NSW property.
'Looking at Australia': Sidney Nolan in six definitive paintings
ABC News Australiaby Hannah Story·1d ago
Australian artist Sidney Nolan was interested in the stories and myths we tell about ourselves, from the life of bushranger Ned Kelly to the trials of saints.
Black Sea tanker attack off Russia's Olympic city sparks 'fire of oil'
ABC News Australia·1d ago
In short: A Liberian-flagged tanker has been attacked off the coast of the Russian Olympic city of Sochi.
Farming family's trusted bookkeeper jailed for $2.8m fraud
ABC News Australiaby Christopher Testa·1d ago
In short: Michelle Kathleen Lawson admitted to systematically transferring almost $2.8 million over six years from businesses belonging to a Far North Queensland farming family.
Former Broome bishop jailed for sexually abusing young men
ABC News Australiaby David Weber·1d ago
The former Bishop of Broome, once one of the most senior and longest-serving Catholic clerics in the country, has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for sex offences against two young...
Are Test cricket batters getting worse? The stats say yes
ABC News Australiaby David Mark·1d ago
Australia's men's head cricket selector, George Bailey, pointed out some home truths recently when questioned on the woes of Test number three Marnus Labuschagne.
Man who murdered uncle spoke of desire to kill him days before attack
ABC News Australiaby Bec Symons·1d ago
In short: Maffra man Jethro Curtis spoke about killing his uncle Stephen Curtis in the days leading up to his murder.
News anchor Richard Morecroft remembered as a 'great Australian'
ABC News Australia·1d ago
Late veteran news anchor Richard Morecroft is being remembered as a consummate professional and "a great Australian".
Eva Marie Saint, last star of Hollywood's Golden Age, has died at 102
ABC News Australiaby Marcus Harmes·1d ago
Eva Marie Saint, who has died aged 102, was showered in awards across her long career. Her performances spanned from her first stage appearances in 1942 to her final film appearance in 2019.
Grieving veterans say training safety a delicate balance after fatality
ABC News Australiaby Jane Bardon·1d ago
In short: Former soldiers in Darwin say it is heartbreaking that another Australian Defence Force member has been killed while training in the Northern Territory following the death of Corporal...
Landowner pushes back against opposition to Goolwa's first McDonald's
ABC News Australiaby Malcolm Sutton·1d ago
In short: A property in Goolwa is under contract to the fast-food giant, subject to state planning approval.
Licence granted for controversial mineral sands mine
ABC News Australiaby Nethma Dandeniya·1d ago
In short: Resources Victoria has approved a mining licence for the Avonbank Mineral Sands Project in Dooen, near Horsham.
Queensland's mayors call on Canberra to drop disaster fund changes
ABC News Australiaby Claudia Williams·1d ago
In short: In June, the federal government announced a proposal to change the disaster recovery model to a 50-50 split with states.
Costa the Garden Gnome plants seedlings for the future in Utju
ABC News Australiaby Elsie Lange and Meredith Lake·1d ago
In the garden of a yellow brick house that backs onto the ranges and riverbed that wrap around the remote community of Utju / Areyonga, Joy Kunia points to where she hopes a fruit tree will be...
New birthing suite lays dormant as hospital fails to find staff
ABC News Australiaby Lauren Pezet and Peter Sanders·1d ago
In short: Women can't have their babies in new suite unveiled in Gunnedah in January as the hospital has been unable to recruit GP obstetricians.
Why Darwin could become 'a major interconnection point' for global data
ABC News Australiaby Joseph Hathaway-Wilson·1d ago
In short: Development applications show Google and Inligo Networks want to connect subsea fibre-optic cables to infrastructure in Darwin's Fannie Bay.
Big Red Bash says 2027 will be the outback festival's last hurrah
ABC News Australiaby Heidi Sheehan and Jay Carstens·1d ago
In short: The Big Red Bash will be held one last time in Birdsville in 2027. The outback festival has been a major tourism drawcard for 13 years. What's next?
Bilbies' predators caught on camera in Great Sandy Desert
ABC News Australiaby Esse Deves·1d ago
In short: The first camera survey of a sacred Aboriginal site in Western Australia's Kimberley region has detected a "concerning number" of feral cats and foxes.
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