abc.net.auadded August 2026
ABC News Australiaby Eden Hynninen14h ago
In short: There have been six deaths in six years on a 16-kilometre stretch of the Western highway between Stawell and Horsham, according to state government figures.
ABC News Australia14h ago
In short: Craig Lowndes says the legacy of legend Peter Brock remains powerful, as Australian motorsport marks the 20th anniversary of his death.
ABC News Australiaby Kimberley Putland and Nicolas Perpitch14h ago
In short: A landmark ruling in the High Court has found planning authorities in New South Wales are required to consider global climate change impacts when approving local fossil fuel projects.
ABC News Australiaby Josh Duggan14h ago
In short: Artists and gallery owners are urging the Tasmanian government to protect the COLLECT Art Purchase Scheme, which provides no-interest loans to purchase art.
ABC News Australiaby Hannah Story14h ago
When Kathryn Marquet was 18, she wasn't interested in anything but making art. "If anyone had told me at 18, 'You have to get married now', I'd have been like, 'What are you talking about?'" the...
ABC News Australiaby Giselle Wakatama15h ago
In short: Vesna Zvicer has lost a medical negligence case against the Hunter New England health district, after alleging doctors wrongfully amputated her lower left leg.
ABC News Australiaby Kristian Silva15h ago
In short: A County Court judge ordered Naotunne Vijitha, 71, to serve 13 years and two months for sexually abusing six girls at a Melbourne temple.
ABC News Australiaby Jamie McKinnell15h ago
In short: CCTV footage of accused double murderer Beau Lamarre-Condon has been shown to a jury in the NSW Supreme Court.
ABC News Australiaby Claudia Williams16h ago
In short: New legislation would grant the police the power to issue a three-year on-the-spot protection order, an expansion of the 12-month directions that came into effect in January.
ABC News Australiaby Georgie Hewson16h ago
A Parisian mayor needed treatment after he attempted to put himself between riot police and students during violent nationwide protests about conditions in French schools.
ABC News Australia16h ago
In short: Mile End resident Koral Chandler says she came home on Wednesday afternoon to discover two bikes had been stolen.
ABC News Australiaby Tyrone Dalton16h ago
In short: Candidates in Victorian local and state elections say they are seeing more threatening behaviour and the theft of campaign signs.
ABC News Australiaby David Taylor16h ago
In short: The $44 billion Australian float of data centre operator Firmus appears to be in trouble.
ABC News Australiaby Luke Pentony16h ago
In short: The Wallabies will keep Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii on the wing for Saturday night's Bledisloe Cup Test at Eden Park.
ABC News Australiaby Tessa Flemming16h ago
Within the past month, the Iranian-backed Houthis and the Saudi-backed Yemeni forces have reignited a decades-long conflict.
ABC News Australiaby Holly Tregenza17h ago
In short: The federal government is under pressure to intervene after the Australian Tax Office announced it would stop accepting credit card payments.
ABC News Australiaby Clare Armstrong17h ago
In short: The federal government wants AI developers to demonstrate their safety systems are effective under proposed laws drawing on banking and aviation regulation.
ABC News Australiaby Stephen Dziedzic, Lice Movono, and Libby Hogan17h ago
In short: The US has sanctioned Chinese Fijian businessman Zhao Fugang over alleged corruption with ties to the Chinese government.
ABC News Australiaby Shiloh Payne17h ago
Sally Beggs has been running for 10 hours. Traversing tough terrain since 6am, it's now late afternoon, and the downhill course allows her to pick up speed.
ABC News Australiaby Erwin Renaldi and Natasya Salim17h ago
Read the story in Bahasa Indonesia A group of civil society organisations in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province has filed a class action lawsuit against the national government over its handling...
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