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2024-04-13T12:21:31Z	**What we know about how the Bondi Junction stabbing spree unfolded**
The man who carried out the knife attack on a busy Sydney shopping centre left the scene and then returned shortly after before beginning his deadly killing spree. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-13/how-the-bondi-junction-stabbing-spree-unfolded/103705200)
2024-04-13T12:40:49Z	**Police officer who shot dead Bondi Junction killer hailed a hero**
A senior police officer who acted alone to halt a stabbing rampage at a Bondi Junction shopping centre on Saturday is being lauded for her life-saving bravery. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-13/police-officer-who-shot-man-stabbing-shoppers-a-hero/103705236)
2024-04-13T19:00:00Z	**Crochet is more than gentle craft. For women in the midst of pain and uncertainty, it's magic**
The steady click of needles and hooks on couches around Australia tells us that knitters have been onto the very real therapeutic benefits of crochet for a long time. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/staying-upright-crochet-and-healing-power-of-knitting-needles/103700364)
2024-04-13T19:29:30Z	**'AI Pimps' and their fake influencers are harvesting videos of women, teens to peddle porn**
ABC Investigations has uncovered how an international network of so-called "AI Pimps" are mass-harvesting women's social media videos to peddle porn through fake influencers. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/how-ai-pimps-influencers-are-using-womens-videos/103658046)
2024-04-13T19:27:38Z	**Treating students as 'our own kids': How teachers like Kelsey transformed this 'violent' high school**
Brawls and violence were part of life at Cessnock High. Now it's a model for best practice. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/formerly-violent-nsw-high-school-sets-model-for-teaching/103675354)
2024-04-13T19:25:22Z	**The missing $26 billion and the shocking downfall of Indonesia's 'perfect husband'**
Harvey Moeis's life was idyllic to the point where he was dubbed "the perfect husband" by online users in Indonesia. But that all came crashing down in early April when Indonesian police arrested him and placed him under arrest over a corruption scandal. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/indonesia-perfect-husband-caught-in-corruption-scandal/103673502)
2024-04-13T19:38:28Z	**The landmark ruling, the quiet correction and the ministers frantically seeking to reassert control of Australia's borders**
A minor High Court correction to a landmark ruling embodies how the recent NZYQ saga up-ended Australia's immigration detention system and shaken its political and legal institutions. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/nzyq-immigration-detention-timeline-high-court-government/103699478)
2024-04-13T19:33:36Z	**‘We showed the world what’s possible’: How Arnold Dix became a Himalayan hero**
Barrister, flower farm, truck driver and life saver. This is how Arnold Dix became the ‘international man of mystery’ who helped save 41 men from an underground grave. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/arnold-dix-silkyara-tunnel-rescue-operation/103410314)
2024-04-13T19:57:09Z	**Forget method acting – 'method dressing' is Hollywood's latest obsession**
Whether it's Margot Robbie dressed in head-to-toe pink for Barbie, or Zendaya wearing a robot suit at the premiere of Dune's sequel, celebrities are using fashion to take their storytelling beyond the screen. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/zendaya-challengers-wardrobe-a-lesson-in-method-dressing/103657030)
2024-04-13T19:55:31Z	**Coastal chic and age-gap inequity: Something's Gotta Give is as relevant as ever, 20 years on**
There's plenty to be nostalgic about as the Nancy Meyers' film marks two decades since its release — but when it comes to inequity in age-gap relationships has anything really changed? ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/somethings-gotta-give-at-20-years-old/103696054)
2024-04-13T19:46:12Z	**Critics call him a 'budding dictator' on Australia's doorstep — everyone else just calls him 'Soga'**
Solomon Islands heads to the polls on Wednesday in what experts are calling the most important election in its history. Will the "master of mayhem" get a record fifth term? ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/solomon-islands-election-united-states-china-australia-watching/103679176)
2024-04-13T20:26:56Z	**Iran launches drones towards Israel after threatening retaliation for consulate strike**
Israel has mobilised dozens of planes in readiness for a possible attack by Iran and its allies in the region. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/iran-launches-drones-towards-israel/103705704)
2024-04-13T20:15:58Z	**Police profile attacker who killed six people at Bondi Junction to unravel motive**
Authorities move to formally identify a 40-year-old man shot by police after he fatally stabbed five women and one man at Westfield Bondi Junction on Saturday afternoon. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/nsw-police-investigate-man-stabbing-killed-bondi-junction-sydney/103705294)
2024-04-13T20:30:00Z	**Ten thousand kilograms of hemp won't get you high like marijuana, but it can help you build a home**
Neil Preston decided to hand build his four-bedroom home from "hempcrete" after learning it would be hypoallergenic, sound insulating and cosy all year round. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/swan-hill-couple-build-hemp-house-for-cheaper-power-bills/103694540)
2024-04-13T21:00:00Z	**Many Australians experience loneliness. Why do we judge them for it?**
About one in three Australians report being lonely but talking about it can be hard. To help, clubs and events and have emerged to help people make forge new friendships. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/tackling-loneliness-australia-young-people-form-new-connections/103664112)
2024-04-13T21:10:00Z	**Protests are more frequent than ever in Australia. Here's what you need to know if you are attending**
With protests occurring in cities and towns around the country each week, here is what you should know about protest rights in Australia. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/protesting-explainer-demonstration-rally-laws-police/103625424)
2024-04-13T21:30:00Z	**Young swim team that trains in a muddy river wins respect — and hearts — at state championships**
From laps in outback water holes to Sydney's stadium of Olympic dreams, a tiny NSW primary school defies the odds and raises the roof in the state championships relay race. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/weilmoringle-primary-school-nswpssa-state-swimming-finals/103697374)
2024-04-13T21:34:34Z	**This man set up his dream career playing video games, sparked by NDIS failures**
He struggled through school, couldn't cope at university, and lives with a rare genetic condition, but somehow Will Golding used his disability to create his dream career — and a place to support others like him. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/act-video-games-ndis-service-solution-broken-disability-system/103695684)
2024-04-13T21:33:49Z	**Ryan Reynolds celebrates 'ride of our lives' as Wrexham gains back-to-back promotions**
The most famous Welsh football club in the world is celebrating again, as Wrexham — co-owned by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney — clinches promotion for the second season in a row, to be two divisions away from the Premier League. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/ryan-reynolds-celebrates-ride-of-our-lives-wrexham-promotion/103705938)
2024-04-13T22:27:32Z	**Once a 'serial runaway', Dan is teaching people the 'dying trade' of swag-making**
In the Northern Territory, where homelessness and housing overcrowding is the worst in the nation, one man's swag-making program is starting to make a difference. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/swag-program-helping-jobseekers-in-katherine-northern-territory/103700252)
2024-04-13T22:26:12Z	**Australian speed puzzlers putting the pieces in place at local competitions ahead of championships**
Australia's national jigsaw speed puzzling champ begins her title defence in Tasmania next month. Best beware, she's knocked more than 10 minutes off her time since competing in the last international competition in Spain. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/jigsaw-speed-puzzling-champion-prepares-to-defend-title/103691634)
2024-04-13T22:34:06Z	**Bluey's longest-ever episode is here and so are a stack of Easter eggs**
The 28-minute episode doesn't disappoint with a special wedding and an answer to whether the Heelers sell up and move. But look a little closer and The Sign is full of other hidden treats too. Here's nine you might've missed. Spoilers ahead. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/bluey-special-episode-the-sign-easter-eggs/103684680)
2024-04-13T22:46:51Z	**Australian Antarctic icebreaker hit by technical issues and industrial action**
Two main cranes malfunctioned during the RSV Nuyina's recent resupply mission to Antarctica, adding to a growing list of problems plaguing the $528 million vessel. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/australian-antarctic-icebreaker-rsv-nuyina-crane-failure-strikes/103702828)
2024-04-13T22:58:23Z	**More older Australians are left to navigate aging alone. Here's what help is available**
From helplines to hiring someone to do their paperwork, many of our seniors could use a hand dealing with an increasingly complex aged care system. It "takes a village" to help them too, say advocates, and this is where to start. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/seniors-advocacy-workers-help-older-people-support-services/103541886)
2024-04-13T23:12:14Z	**Critics say 'reimagining' of SA Museum may devastate research capacity and cut jobs**
A union representing South Australian Museum workers has lodged a dispute in the employment tribunal to challenge a proposed sweeping reform of the institution's research wing. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/dozens-protest-sa-museum-restructure-south-australia-museum/103704426)
2024-04-13T23:18:54Z	**'Like a freight train heading downhill': Australia urged to prioritise palliative care as nation ages**
In six years, the first of Australia's baby boomers will turn 85 and the number of Australians requiring palliative care is expected to surge. One leading demographer warns the nation faces a "calamity" without proper planning. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/palliative-care-demand-growing-as-australia-ages/103691844)
2024-04-14T00:16:13Z	**With the freedom to drive thanks to new technology, quadruple amputee Jessica has her sights on a road trip**
As a teen, Jessica Haldin watched on as her school friends learnt to drive and secured their tickets to freedom. Now, at the age of 33, it's her turn. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/quadruple-amputee-jessica-haldin-learning-to-drive-wa/103579374)
2024-04-14T00:06:48Z	**People with difficulty seeing food in front of them are learning to dine with confidence**
Dining out when you can't see the food on your plate is no easy feat, but it doesn't have to be impossible. Here's how people who are blind or have low vision are learning to dine with confidence. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/perth-skills-workshop-helps-people-with-low-vision-dine-out/103670024)
2024-04-14T00:34:17Z	**From corporate suits to cowgirl boots, family lawyer ditches concrete jungle to fix fences in the outback**
A sharp tongue and a quick wit saw Sarah Marsden climb the corporate ladder at speed, until a gap-year on an outback station convinced her to cast aside life in the big city. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/city-lawyer-swaps-corporate-life-for-outback-fencing-queensland/103699800)
2024-04-14T01:24:39Z	**How an 'unlikely place to look for flu' on the Great Barrier Reef led to major influenza discoveries**
Professor Graeme Laver was behind a major influenza discovery in the 1970s when he began testing birds on Tryon Island for the flu. His research led to the development of drugs like Tamiflu. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/tryon-island-great-barrier-reef-influenza-graeme-laver-birds/103701974)
2024-04-14T01:24:09Z	**Treasurer alludes to major foreign investment reform, iron ore to affect budget surplus**
Treasurer Jim Chalmers indicates tax incentives targeted at certain industries will feature in the May budget, plus an imminent overhaul of foreign investment laws, while flagging the iron ore price could negatively influence a possible surplus. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/treasurer-alludes-to-major-foreign-investment-reform/103706014)
2024-04-14T01:23:00Z	**Woman allegedly assaulted during violent home invasion overnight in Alice Springs**
A female resident was allegedly struck in the head before the group of attackers allegedly ransacked the residence, stole two sets of car keys, left the home and then returned a short time later with an axe. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/home-invasion-alice-springs-east-side/103706186)
2024-04-14T01:35:47Z	**State police forces are competing with each other for recruits as they deal with a shortage of officers**
State police forces are facing recruitment challenges that are leaving jurisdictions short of trained officers. Some states are offering incentives for international police officers to relocate. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/police-officer-shortage-recruitment/103705034)
2024-04-14T01:46:07Z	**DeChambeau holes out on 18 to stay in touch with Masters leader Scheffler as Aussies in the hunt**
Scottie Scheffler leads the Masters by a shot after three rounds, but the drama is all behind him, as Aussies Cam Davis and Cameron Smith need to come from a handful of shots back and big-hitter Bryson DeChambeau produces a moment of brilliance to keep his hopes alive. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/dechambeau-hole-out-18-masters-leader-scheffler-aussies-in-touch/103705982)
2024-04-14T02:11:25Z	**100 years since the last mail coach run, Cobb & Co rides again**
Mail travels today by air and truck, but in the 19th century the post came by stagecoach with a five-horse team over rough country, beaten tracks, and bushrangers. This week that was commemorated with an historic Cobb & Co mail run. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/mail-run-marks-100th-anniversary-of-last-cobb-and-co-trip/103689394)
2024-04-14T02:35:10Z	**The age-old art of yabbying still brings a sense of nostalgia to landlocked Aussies**
When you live hundreds or even thousands of kilometres from the nearest coastline, fresh seafood can be hard to come by. Fortunately, rural Australia has an "inland lobster" with a flavour described as "just like eating prawns and crayfish". ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/yabbying-still-brings-a-sense-of-nostalgia-to-landlocked-aussies/103697506)
2024-04-14T02:46:07Z	**Live: Unbeaten Cats make shock late change ahead of Kangaroos clash**
Geelong coach Chris Scott has made an eleventh-hour change to his original line-up as his side hopes to continue its unbeaten start to the season. Follow live. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/afl-round-5-geelong-kangaroos-west-coast-richmond-live-blog/103706356)
2024-04-14T03:18:43Z	**'Beautiful, outstanding human' Ashlee Good named as victim of Bondi Junction stabbing attack**
The 38-year-old mother is among six people confirmed to have been killed in Queensland man Joel Cauchi's attack inside Westfield Bondi Junction on Saturday afternoon. Her nine-month-old baby was also attacked. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/ashlee-good-bondi-junction-westfield-stabbing-victims/103706182)
2024-04-14T04:04:10Z	**Bystanders praised for heroic acts during Bondi stabbing attacks**
In the aftermath of the tragedy at Westfield Bondi Junction, stories have emerged of a man holding back the knife-wielding attacker with a bollard and shop attendants guiding customers to safety in the back rooms of stores. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/bystanders-praised-heroic-acts-bondi-stabbing-attack-sydney/103706206)
2024-04-14T04:03:29Z	**Parents of Bondi Junction attacker sent message of support to officer who shot him, police say**
A Queensland man who killed six people at a Sydney shopping centre had never been arrested or charged in his home state, police have confirmed. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/westfield-bondi-junction-attacker-identified-what-we-know/103706236)
2024-04-14T04:51:50Z	**Do we want Australia's economy to become more self-sufficient?**
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says we must think differently about the role of government, when strategic competition has become a fact of life. But what role should government play in our future economic development? ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/do-we-want-australias-economy-to-become-more-self-sufficient/103704436)
2024-04-14T04:42:55Z	**Decomposing bodies discovered in shipping container shocks community**
Investigations are continuing into the discovery of two bodies in a shipping container in the NSW Central West town of Gulgong. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/gulgong-community-shock-bodies-shipping-container/103706102)
2024-04-14T04:57:52Z	**Murder probe launched after woman's body found by WA police conducting welfare check**
A homicide investigation is underway after police conducting a welfare check discovered the body of a woman in her 30s at a home near Busselton. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/murder-probe-launched-after-woman-s-body-found-near-busselton/103706582)
2024-04-14T05:13:39Z	**From days of tension to balls of light over my Jerusalem balcony, this is how Iran's assault unfolded**
As flashes of bright light flew through the skies over the ABC's Jerusalem bureau, we wondered what the coming days would hold for the Middle East. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/iranian-missiles-fly-through-sky-over-israel/103706244)
2024-04-14T06:15:19Z	**With tears in their eyes, Sydneysiders pay their respects to Bondi Junction's stabbing victims**
As Sydneysiders from across the city gathered outside Westfield Bondi Junction the morning after it became the scene of a brazen knife attack that left six people dead, everyone said the same thing: This kind of thing doesn’t happen here. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/bondi-junction-knife-attack-community-this-does-not-happen-here/103705978)
2024-04-14T07:55:28Z	**'As bad as we've played': Mitchell disgusted by Hawks' effort in loss to Suns**
Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell warns his players to expect a more rigorous training regime after a disappointing loss at the hands of the Gold Coast Suns. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/afl-sam-mitchell-warning-hawthorn-hawks-players-loss/103706868)
2024-04-14T08:16:15Z	**Adelaide man arrested and charged with murder of William Holdback**
A 27-year-old man has been arrested and charged with the murder of William Holdback. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/man-charged-with-murder-of-william-holdback/103706966)
2024-04-14T09:53:33Z	**Teenage track star Claudia Hollingsworth's 'best ever day' ends with Australian Olympic selection**
Nineteen-year-old Claudia Hollingsworth enjoyed her "best ever day" as the breakout track star claimed both a national title and a spot in Australia's Olympics team within a few hours. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/australia-athletics-championships-olympics-claudia-hollingsworth/103706418)
2024-04-14T10:08:04Z	**'On a killing spree': Jason recalls the moment hero police officer confronted Bondi Junction mass murderer**
Jason Dixon vividly remembers the moment he heard a gunshot after deciding to follow a lone police officer into Westfield Bondi Junction on Saturday afternoon. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/nsw-jason-dixon-westfield-bondi-junction-stabbing-sydney/103706854)
2024-04-14T18:37:11Z	**'We were slaves to Bunnings': Plant suppliers to Australia's biggest hardware chain break their silence**
Suppliers of garden plants to Australia's biggest hardware chain are reporting treatment from the company allegedly so severe that the resulting stress on nursery owners has broken up marriages and left some feeling like "slaves" and "serfs". ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/bunnings-growers-suppliers-plants-senate-hearing/103707000)
2024-04-14T18:43:14Z	**Inside an Australian man's mission to help Qatar's World Cup 'slaves'**
Arnold Dix helped thousands of migrant workers who were forced to endure slave-like conditions in Qatar in the lead-up to the 2022 FIFA World Cup. This is why he has been anonymous for so long. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/arnold-dix-helped-migrant-workers-of-2022-fifa-world-cup/103610048)
2024-04-14T19:02:26Z	**Israeli military approves 'offensive and defensive action' following Iranian aerial attack**
The warnings of potential action from both sides come as the world calls for restraint, with US President Joe Biden reportedly ruling his country out of any Israeli counter-attack against Iran. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/israel-approves-offensive-defensive-plans-after-iranian-attack/103707128)
2024-04-14T19:18:11Z	**Last time the High Court heard an immigration case it overturned detention laws. Here's what we know about the next one**
A High Court ruling late last year has seen political brawling over immigration detention reach levels not seen for the best part of a decade. This week another case makes its way to the court and the consequences could again be major. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/asf17-high-court-immigration-case-explained/103706696)
2024-04-14T19:15:59Z	**For five years I've been living my best Bluey life — I'm not ready for it to end**
The latest episode of Bluey (Ghostbasket, aired Sunday, April 7, 2024), ended on a cliffhanger. The bigger question for the Bluey generation of child-wranglers — how do we parent without it? ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/for-five-years-ive-been-living-my-best-bluey-life/103700338)
2024-04-14T19:14:34Z	**Australian victim of fraud syndicate on mission to stop others being burned**
Australians are losing millions to international fraud syndicates posting fake ads on social media. One woman who lost more than $100,000 after being "brainwashed" is determined to stop it from happening to others. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/australians-falling-for-facebook-fake-ads-online-trading-scams/103640678)
2024-04-14T19:12:32Z	**Without change, experts warn Australia's biggest city will become the next Los Angeles**
Data shows Melbourne residents are buying and driving cars at a higher rate since COVID, even though more people are working from home. Here's why. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/vehicle-car-ownership-registrations-traffic-congestion-melbourne/103685800)
2024-04-14T19:37:14Z	**Bondi struggles to understand how a humble trip to the shops turned in to a nightmare**
Bondi Junction Westfield is somewhere people take their kids to the movies on the weekends and teenagers hang out with their friends. Now, people are struggling to process how a mundane trip to the shops has ended in the violent deaths of six people. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/bondi-junction-westfield-murders-shock-shoppers/103706104)
2024-04-14T19:46:54Z	**Bunya tree 'skeletons' spread beyond national parks, but hope for ancient trees on the horizon**
A "heartbreaking" stand of "skeletons" along one of the Sunshine Coast's most popular scenic drives is sobering evidence that bunya pine dieback is spreading, while a team of experts search for ways to save the iconic trees. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2024-04-15/bunya-pine-dieback-symposium-blackall-range/103680512)
2024-04-14T20:00:00Z	**To tell or not to tell? How to handle a secret crush**
Crushes can strike at work, on the bus or between life-long friends. The choice to share your feelings comes with a raft of risks and vulnerabilities. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/crushes-and-how-to-handle-them-advice-from-juniper-muller/103691720)
2024-04-14T20:19:49Z	**Victorian MP Emma Vulin reveals MND diagnosis**
The member for Pakenham has announced that she is in the early stages of motor neurone disease. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/victorian-mp-emma-vulin-motor-neuron-disease-diagnosis/103707462)
2024-04-14T20:30:02Z	**Live: Biden says US won't take part in Israeli counter-offensive against Iran**
The US is urging against further escalation in the Middle East as President Joe Biden warns Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu that it won't take part in a counter-offensive against Iran. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/iran-israel-live-updates-april-15/103706896)
2024-04-14T20:56:00Z	**'It's about reclaiming our shapes': How Olive Gill-Hille uses salvaged 'roadkill' to celebrate the female form**
For centuries, predominantly male wood carvers have fashioned the female figure from timber. But WA artist Olive Gill-Hille is reclaiming this gaze. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/olive-gill-hille-artist-profile/103688060)
2024-04-14T21:02:25Z	**AFL Round-Up: A veteran turns back the clock as a premiership contender makes an important move in its midfield**
Round five produced the unexpected with an undefeated team losing to a winless side, a premiership contender silencing MCG doubt, and several nailbiters keeping us on the edge of our seats. Here are the biggest talking points from every game of round five. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/afl-round-up-four-carlton-lose-brisbane-mcg-fremantle-nailbiter/103702932)
2024-04-14T21:36:17Z	**NRL Round-Up: Golden points galore and the emergence of Shawn Blore**
Between two golden point games, the drama around South Sydney, and a new rule landing firmly in the spotlight, round six in the NRL was another dramatic one. Here's our Round-Up for this week. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/nrl-round-up-golden-point-disruptor-rabbitohs/103702674)
2024-04-14T21:31:07Z	**At least 19 dead, two missing after torrential rain triggers landslide in Indonesia**
Mud slides hit remote villages on the Sulawesi island after a week of heavy rain, reducing homes to planks of wood and concrete. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/at-least-19-dead-indonesia-landslide-tana-toraja-torrential-rain/103707478)
2024-04-14T22:18:07Z	**David got to know Shirley while driving her to chemo sessions. Then they fell in love**
When David asked Shirley to marry him, she told him to ask again when he was serious. A few months later, the pair were married on their farm in regional Victoria. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/volunteering-leads-to-marriage-retired-victorian-farmer-and-wife/103663486)
2024-04-14T22:25:49Z	**How to talk to children about the trauma of the Bondi Junction stabbings**
How do you talk to children about the horror of the stabbings when you struggle to process it yourself. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/how-to-talk-to-children-about-the-bondi-stabbings/103706542)
2024-04-14T22:39:43Z	**The shift in Iran and Israel's shadow war marks a dangerous moment for the world**
Iran's deployment of drones and missiles towards Israel represented a big shift in what had been a shadow war fought through Iran's proxies. The big question now is, what will Israel do in response? ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/iran-israel-shadow-war-becomes-direct-attack-analysis/103707566)
2024-04-14T22:50:46Z	**WA government rules out subsidies for farmers facing feed shortage as 'seasons getting hotter and drier'**
Producers on the South Coast are facing a grim outlook as dams dry up and feed supplies run short, with some saying they have never seen such extremes before. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/wa-farmers-urged-to-act-livestock-feed-in-short-supply-drought/103689118)
2024-04-14T23:24:56Z	**Truth-telling through factual history, culture and issues taught in schools the way forward, advocates say**
Schools and tertiary study centres must re-educate Australians after "heartbreaking" lack of awareness about plight of First Nations people led to the failed Voice referendum, leading Indigenous women say. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/education-needed-after-failed-voice-referendum-say-women/103696932)
2024-04-14T23:20:00Z	**Live: ASX to fall as Wall Street ends sharply lower on mixed earnings**
A fall on Wall Street is likely to send Australian stocks lower, while the US dollar jumped as investors grappled with rising geopolitical tensions and persistent inflation that could lead to diverging monetary policy between the US and Europe. Follow the latest updates in our live blog. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/asx-markets-business-live-news-april15-2024/103707824)
2024-04-14T23:17:43Z	**His book has sold 2.5 million copies and his TV show won him a BAFTA. Meet former doctor Adam Kay**
Adam Kay, the doctor turned writer-comedian whose diaries about his career in medicine became a global sensation, visits Australia for the first time this month. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/adam-kay-interview-this-is-going-to-hurt-british-comedian/103696460)
2024-04-14T23:33:38Z	**A 'disturbance' in Hobart's north is part of a wider problem, and has highlighted the negative power of social media**
A 38-year-old man from New South Wales has been charged with inciting a gathering in Hobart's north at the weekend that allegedly resulted in two police officers being assaulted and three police cars being damaged. A youth leadership coach says it shows the negative influence social media can have on young people. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/bridegewater-disturbance-social-media-impact/103706670)
2024-04-14T23:33:03Z	**'A long time coming': Australian scientists identify three new species of extinct kangaroo**
Researchers from Flinders University have identified three new species of extinct kangaroo, helping to solve a nearly 150-year-long scientific mystery. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/three-unique-extinct-kangaroo-species-discovered-flinders-uni/103699606)
2024-04-15T00:12:30Z	**Smith's Masters heartache continues as Scheffler claims green jacket**
The Masters have once again eluded Australia's Cameron Smith who has recorded yet another top-10 finish as world No.1 Scottie Scheffler has stormed home. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/golf-masters-result-scottie-scheffler-wins-cameron-smith/103707882)
2024-04-15T00:45:00Z	**Tasmania's oldest dress is a fashion masterpiece but its style was originally outlawed**
Hailed as an "exquisite piece of history", this 250-year-old silk gown, or mantua, was controversially created by women in a style that caused quite a stir in its day. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/tasmanias-oldest-dress-mantua-louisa-anne-meredith/103689260)
2024-04-15T01:06:20Z	**Memorial for Bondi Junction attack victims to be established: Premier**
NSW Premier Chris Minns says a similar memorial to the one honouring victims of the Martin Place Lindt Cafe siege would be examined. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/permanent-memorial-for-bondi-junction-attack-victims/103708068)
2024-04-15T01:58:09Z	**Long-standing men's discus world record broken ahead of Olympic Games**
Lithuanian powerhouse Mykolas Alekna took advantage of windy conditions in the unlikely setting of Ramona, Oklahoma, to set a new mark of 74.35 metres. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/mykolas-alekna-breaks-men-discus-world-record/103708542)
2024-04-15T02:14:24Z	**No Sam Kerr, but Tottenham's FA Cup final berth ensures a Matildas presence at Wembley**
Matildas defender Charli Grant helps Tottenham reach its first Women's FA Cup final, beating Leicester City in the final minutes of extra time to set up a showdown with Manchester United. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/matildas-charli-grant-tottenham-in-fa-cup-final/103708534)
2024-04-15T02:30:11Z	**Succession's Sarah Snook wins prestigious UK award for playing 26 characters in one-woman show**
The Succession star has won best actress at the prestigious London theatre awards for her performance as 26 characters in The Picture of Dorian Gray. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/sarah-snook-olivier-award-the-picture-of-dorian-gray/103708350)
2024-04-15T03:10:53Z	**Protesters accused of tampering with traffic lights as 14 people arrested in Melbourne Gaza rallies**
Protesters rallying against Israel's actions in Gaza have caused disruptions in Melbourne and Brisbane as part of a worldwide demonstration. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/gaza-protests-palestine-israel-melbourne-brisbane/103707508)
2024-04-15T03:22:57Z	**Former Liberal defector joins Labor cabinet as SA reshuffle leads to expanded ministries**
The SA government's first cabinet reshuffle since the 2022 election leads to four portfolios for Liberal-turned-independent MP Dan Cregan, with Labor's Nick Champion taking on what the government is calling a "super portfolio" in Housing and Urban Development. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/former-liberal-dan-cregan-joins-sa-labor-cabinet/103707908)
2024-04-15T03:21:55Z	**Homicide squad investigates after bodies of man and woman found in suburban Perth home**
Police found the bodies of the man and woman, who were known to each other, on Sunday morning. They say there are no ongoing concerns for public safety. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/homcide-squad-investigates-discovery-of-bodies-in-carramar/103708854)
2024-04-15T03:52:50Z	**WA teachers set to go on half-day strike next week as union rejects latest pay offer**
WA's teacher union rejects a second pay and conditions offer from the state government, stoking concerns of interruptions at schools as the union threatens to forge on with a potential strike on Tuesday next week. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/wa-teachers-plan-half-day-strike-next-week-as-pay-offer-rejected/103709100)
2024-04-15T03:45:00Z	**A-League Women round-up: Newcastle Jets make history as a former Matilda haunts old side**
Box-office strikers, bonus football, a dramatic penalty shootout, and some good old-fashioned revenge — the A-League Women elimination final delivers all the chaos we know and love. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/a-league-women-elimination-final-round-up/103707920)
2024-04-15T04:02:10Z	**Penelope wanted a social outlet that didn’t involve organised sport. She decided to start her own club**
The First Timers Club is dedicated to helping participants overcome the fear of trying new things and meeting new people that can come with adulthood. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/first-timers-club-sports-team-alternative-new-friends-melbourne/103682338)
2024-04-15T04:21:36Z	**Molly the magpie reunited with Gold Coast family six weeks after authorities swooped**
The Insta-famous magpie that forged a friendship with a Staffordshire terrier pup is returned to the family that raised it without the required permits. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/molly-and-peggy-reuinited-after-magpie-seized-by-authorities/103708896)
2024-04-15T04:15:09Z	**ABC TV chef and broadcaster Ian Parmenter of Consuming Passions dies aged 79**
Best known as the TV host of Consuming Passions and a long-time advocate for the food, wine, and culture of Margaret River and the South West of WA , Parmenter passed away over the weekend. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/consuming-passions-host-ian-parmenter-dies/103708514)
2024-04-15T04:35:50Z	**AFL Commission chair defends league amid accusations of double standards for slur punishments**
Richard Goyder has defended the AFL's decision to suspend Jeremy Finlayson for uttering a homophobic slur despite allowing Alastair Clarkson to continue coaching following a similar incident. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/afl-commission-chair-defends-jeremy-finlayson-suspension/103709700)
2024-04-15T05:08:58Z	**Coachella 2024's biggest surprises, from Grimes's horror set to Taylor Swift at Dom Dolla**
Plus, other entertainment news you might have missed, including Ryan Gosling's best SNL sketches, the NGV's Yayoi Kusama retrospective and more. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/coachella-2024-moments-no-doubt/103708604)
2024-04-15T05:45:32Z	**Perth woman found guilty of attempted murder after injecting ill husband with insulin**
A former nurse accused of trying to carry out a "mercy killing" of her seriously ill husband by injecting him with insulin is found guilty of attempted murder. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/former-nurse-wendy-ruth-sym-guilty-of-trying-to-kill-husband/103695396)
2024-04-15T06:02:46Z	**This man's body was found floating in Maroochy River. Police still don't know who he is**
The man's identity remains a mystery after months of work searching missing persons registers and public appeals. Now police are launching a global appeal to return the man's body to his family. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/police-launch-global-appeal-over-mystery-body-in-maroochy-river/103707954)
2024-04-15T05:57:29Z	**NRL admits Des Hasler was right about offside complaint in golden-point chargedown**
Des Hasler's chief complaint about the refereeing in his Titans' 21-20 loss in Canberra is proven right by the NRL's football boss, but he also points out the bunker could not have reviewed the ruling. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/nrl-referees-des-hasler-ricky-stuart-chevy-stewart-offside/103709816)
2024-04-15T05:55:47Z	**Territory Labor resisted calling a curfew for years. Now they're backing the measure**
The Territory Labor government lauds its youth curfew in Alice Springs a success, leaving the door open to calling one again in the future. It's a stark difference to the position taken by some senior members in recent years. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/alice-springs-youth-curfew-timing-nt-election/103704554)
2024-04-15T06:11:48Z	**'Tormented soul': Andrew Cauchi breaks down speaking about killer son**
The parents of Joel Cauchi describe their son as tormented after he killed six people and wounded several others at Bondi Junction on the weekend. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/bondi-junction-westfield-stabbings-joel-cauchi-andrew-cauchi/103708652)
2024-04-15T06:45:33Z	**FA investigate alleged Nazi salute during A-League derby**
Football Australia is investigating a spectator who appeared to perform a Nazi salute during the A-League derby clash between Western Sydney Wanderers and Sydney FC. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/fa-investigate-nazi-salute-at-a-league-men-derby/103710338)
2024-04-15T06:54:12Z	**Inquest into the murder of Noeline Dalzell hears police failed to protect her from violent ex-partner**
A man who fatally stabbed his ex-partner in front of their three children was wanted by police for months, but they didn't arrest him until she was dead. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/coronial-inquest-into-noeline-dalzell-murder/103709730)
2024-04-15T07:06:31Z	**Human rights groups air concerns and personal testimonies on government migration bill**
The federal government's proposed changes to migration law are "entirely incompatible with human rights" and the government should abandon its bill, human rights groups have told a Senate committee scrutinising the legislation. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/human-rights-groups-air-concerns-testimonies-migration-bill/103710080)
2024-04-15T07:25:12Z	**Former Test cricketer Michael Slater in custody facing stalking, strangulation charges**
The 54-year-old former Test batsman is being held on the Gold Coast over eight charges including assault and one count of breaching bail. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/michael-slater-charged-with-stalking-strangulation-assault/103707956)
2024-04-15T08:14:05Z	**Overseas tourist drowns after being swept into the sea while taking photos on Bombo rock ledge**
The three Bangladeshi tourists were taking photos at the instafamous Bombo Headland Quarry rock ledge when a large wave washed them into the ocean. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/bombo-quarry-kiama-tourist-drowns-after-being-washed-off-rocks/103709486)
2024-04-15T08:09:18Z	**How does an ideologically motivated lie travel from alt-right internet backwaters to a national newsroom?**
In the information vacuum immediately following the mass stabbing at Bondi Junction over the weekend, the alt right exploited the opportunity to spread disinformation and hatred on a favourite, lawless social media platform. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/screenshot-alt-right-exploits-bondi-junction-attack-with-disinfo/103709852)
2024-04-15T08:35:30Z	**Ben went viral after falsely being accused of the Bondi killings. We show you minute-by-minute how this happened**
For 14 hours over the weekend, Sydney university student Ben Cohen was one of the most reviled men on the internet after he was falsely accused of being the knifeman who went on a stabbing rampage in a Sydney shopping centre, killing six people.
Here's how the falsehoods — later amplified by 7 News, which has since blamed "human error" for its role in s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/how-misinformation-spread-after-bondi-junction-stabbing/103708210)
2024-04-15T09:19:33Z	**Who is Lawrence Wong, the man poised to become Singapore’s fourth prime minister, on a $2.5m salary?**
In the 58 years that Singapore has been an independent nation, Australia has had 17 prime ministers, while the island nation has had just three — and two from the same family. So, what can we expect from Lawrence Wong when the deputy leader takes over from Lee Hsien Loong, probably later this year? ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/singapore-lawrence-wong-prime-minister-new-lee-hsien-loong/103516362)
2024-04-15T09:40:24Z	**Cafe footage shows people's panic during Joel Cauchi's Bondi knife killings**
A man who chased the Bondi Junction attacker through the shopping centre says a police officer told Joel Cauchi to drop his knife several times before shooting him. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/inside-bondi-junction-luxe-cafe-during-joel-cauchi-attack/103710780)
2024-04-15T10:45:21Z	**Man in custody, four people injured after stabbing incident at church in Sydney's south-west**
A man in his 50s has been taken to Liverpool Hospital with stab wounds, three others are being treated at the scene, according to NSW Ambulance. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/nsw-man-custody-four-injured-stabbing-incident-church-wakeley/103711236)
2024-04-15T10:58:43Z	**Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case captivated tens of thousands, but it nearly didn't happen**
For the first time, a court has made findings against Bruce Lehrmann, but the dust from today's judgment in his defamation case has yet to settle. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/bruce-lehrmann-judgment-captivated-tens-thousands/103711216)
2024-04-15T18:57:30Z	**Why are we paying more for groceries? It's one question Coles and Woolworths will likely have to answer today**
Woolworths and Coles will be interrogated over their rising prices, growing profits and market power by a dedicated Senate committee examining supermarket prices later today. Here's what to expect from their appearances. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/woolworths-coles-senate-supermarket-prices-appearance/103709736)
2024-04-15T18:47:52Z	**Rust armourer Hannah Gutierrez sentenced to 18 months in prison**
Hannah Gutierrez is jailed for involuntary manslaughter after mistakenly loading a live round into a revolver Alec Baldwin was using which killed Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/rust-armourer-hannah-gutierrez-prison-alec-baldwin/103711308)
2024-04-15T19:09:24Z	**'Potentially hazardous' uranium found in soldier's room at Sydney's Holsworthy Barracks**
A "small amount" of uranium ore and a Geiger counter are secured and contained after being discovered in a solders' bedroom at Holsworthy Barracks. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/uranium-found-inside-soldiers-room-at-sydney-holsworthy-barracks/103717538)
2024-04-15T19:26:19Z	**The power of two: Can we rein in the pricing power of our duopolies?**
For years, big retailers have competed at the check-out while tightening the screws on those who stock their shelves and boosting their profits. It's a far cry from the price-fixing tactics of Visy and Richard Pratt — but it seems the jig is up. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/corporate-pricing-power-tactics-supermarkets-duopolies/103711124)
2024-04-15T19:20:55Z	**'I have no faith in your ability': Tasmanian mayor hurls accusations at fellow councillors after fiery special meeting**
Mayor Loueen Triffitt has taken exception to her fellow Central Highlands councillors after they voted to hold a special meeting to resolve an outstanding matter, without her knowledge. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/tasmania-central-highlands-council-mayor-loueen-triffet-comments/103708648)
2024-04-15T19:40:05Z	**Israel says it will respond to Iran's unprecedented aerial attack, as Israel's allies call for restraint**
Israel's military chief vows that his country will respond to the Iranian attack that saw hundreds of drones and missiles fired at its territory. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/israels-allies-call-for-restraint-after-iranian-air-attack/103727862)
2024-04-15T19:48:37Z	**Man turns mammoth 400kg prize-winning pumpkin into a canoe, paddles it down river**
A fan of shenanigans and the unnecessary, the former commodore of the Tumut Canoe Club donned a captain's hat and pipe to paddle the biggest pumpkin grown in Australia this year down a river, Popeye style. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/man-turns-mammoth-400kg-pumpkin-into-a-canoe/103708438)
2024-04-15T20:02:31Z	**Beloved Victor Harbor Clydesdale horses fall ill with Ross River virus, operator says**
The operator of Australia's last horse-drawn trams says its beloved herd of Clydesdale horses has been impacted by Ross River virus, prompting a reduction in services during school holidays. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/victor-harbor-tram-horses-sick-ross-river-virus/103707850)
2024-04-15T20:31:10Z	**How Israel managed to intercept '99 per cent' of Iran's drone and missile onslaught**
Hundreds of drones and missiles were launched towards Israel in an Iranian attack analysts say was unlike anything the world had seen. This is how Israel was able to thwart the five-hour onslaught. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/how-israel-air-defence-stopped-iran-drone-missile-attacks/103707770)
2024-04-15T20:27:34Z	**New 'virtually undetectable' drone set to track down illegal fishers raiding the Great Barrier Reef**
A drone with beefed up surveillance that can fly higher, further and faster than previous models is deployed to help protect the reef from outlaw anglers. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/long-range-drone-fighting-illegal-fishing-great-barrier-reef/103685532)
2024-04-15T20:39:38Z	**'I always lived off dancing': How Rafael Bonachela went from small-town Spain to working with Kylie**
The artistic director of Sydney Dance Company has come a long way from his hometown in Spain to the top of contemporary dance in Australia. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/sydney-dance-company-rafael-bonachela-creative-types-abc-tv/103710072)
2024-04-15T20:38:25Z	**The youth curfew in Alice Springs has ended. So what did we learn?**
The now-expired Alice Springs youth curfew has triggered mixed reactions, lauded as a "circuit-breaker" by some and a "punitive", "knee-jerk" response by others. Here's a look back at what we learned. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/alice-springs-youth-curfew-ends/103708024)
2024-04-15T21:10:16Z	**Super Netball quick hits – Record breaking crowds, a Diamond finds her feet and South Australia has plenty to cheer about**
The Adelaide Thunderbirds are the biggest winners of Super Netball's opening weekend, with the defending premiers packing out their new home, selling more memberships than ever and announcing a $92 million revamp to their training facilities at Mile End. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/super-netball-2024-quick-hits-round-one/103711304)
2024-04-15T21:04:12Z	**One and done or on the right track — why it's tough to make sense of the situation at the Bulldogs**
There are significant doubts over whether the Western Bulldogs are still poised to contend for an AFL premiership. Here's why they might not be done winning just yet. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/western-bulldogs-luke-beveridge-future-premiership-chances/103663832)
2024-04-15T21:15:52Z	**Live: Woolworths and Coles to be scrutinised over rising prices at Senate inquiry, ASX to fall**
Woolworths and Coles will be grilled over higher prices and rising profits during the cost-of-living crisis at a Senate inquiry in Canberra today, while the Australian share market is set to open lower. Follow live. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/woolworths-coles-supermarket-prices-senate-inquiry-asx/103708696)
2024-04-15T21:30:43Z	**'Iran could do much more': Why the drone attack on Israel sends an important message**
Iran's attack on Israel could have massive implications for the Middle East but experts say the actions of other regional powers could be more important. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/iran-strikes-aimed-at-israel-middle-east-brink-of-war/103709790)
2024-04-15T21:46:07Z	**Former AFP commander and Olympian avoids conviction after crashing car into tree while drunk**
Former Olympian and Australian Federal Police commander Danielle Woodward is disqualified from driving for six months after crashing her car into a tree with a blood alcohol reading nearly three times the legal limit. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/afp-danielle-woodward-disqualified-tree-crash-drink-driving/103710230)
2024-04-15T21:41:50Z	**Prince Harry in legal setback about security protection in UK**
Prince Harry loses his first attempt to appeal against the dismissal of his legal challenge over the British government's decision to take away his police protection when he is in Britain. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/prince-harry-legal-setback/103728014)
2024-04-15T21:58:59Z	**Live moment: NSW premier, police commissioner address attacks on officers responding to church stabbing**
At least two police officers have been injured as large crowds clashed with authorities following the stabbing of a bishop during a live-streamed church service in Sydney's south-west last night. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/nsw-wakeley-church-bishop-stabbing-attack-police-minns/103728120)
2024-04-15T21:58:13Z	**When Mia's school failed to punish her bullies, she took matters into her own hands**
After enduring countless sexist insults, 15-year-old Mia Murphy and her friend decided to call out the haters in a creative way, in Melbourne's Hosier Lane. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/teenage-girls-create-misogyny-artwork-in-hosier-lane-melbourne/103698962)
2024-04-15T22:32:42Z	**Trump's first criminal trial is finally starting. This is what happened in court on day one**
For the next six weeks or so a courtroom on the 15th floor of the New York County Supreme Court will be the setting for a trial that made history before it even started. And once again, Donald Trump is at the centre of unprecedented events. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/donald-trump-hush-money-trial-court-jury-selection/103704128)
2024-04-15T22:45:30Z	**Wisden names Cummins the best cricketer in the world, more than a decade after an Australian last earned the title**
Pat Cummins, Ash Gardner, Travis Head, Mitch Starc and Usman Khawaja are all acknowledged in Wisden's cricket honours. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/wisden-names-pat-cummins-the-leading-cricketer-of-year/103728160)
2024-04-15T23:05:15Z	**Despite a $131m CBD building refurb, UTAS's Law School confirms it won't move from Sandy Bay**
The University of Tasmania's push to move its law school into a purpose-built multi-million-dollar building in Hobart's CBD hits a roadblock, with the faculty head announcing it will instead stay at Sandy Bay. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/utas-law-school-to-stay-at-sandy-bay-campus/103709866)
2024-04-15T23:19:26Z	**Magpies defender Murphy retires from the AFL after ongoing concussion concerns**
Collingwood announces defender Nathan Murphy has retired from the AFL after getting advice from the medical concussion panel. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/nathan-murphy-retires-due-to-concussion/103728352)
2024-04-15T23:43:27Z	**Anthony Albanese calls security meeting in Canberra as leaders condemn Sydney church attack**
Senior cabinet leaders and government agencies are meeting to discuss the incident in Wakeley last night. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/albanese-says-there-is-no-place-for-violence-in-our-community/103728308)
2024-04-15T23:52:04Z	**'Villainous appearance' spurs researcher to name ant species after Harry Potter antagonist**
The ants with slender, ghostly bodies now bear the name of Voldemort, the iconic villain, after being discovered recently in Western Australia's Pilbara region. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/ant-species-named-after-harry-potter-villain-lord-voldemort/103702350)
2024-04-16T00:41:27Z	**What happens when a comedian ends up with a convicted stalker? They turn it into material**
Want to watch a refreshing and heartfelt rom-com? Or an exposé on Brandy Melville? Or a raunchy Korean Australian comedy? You can stream any and all of these right now. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/what-to-watch-april-baby-reindeer-white-fever-streaming/103709108)
2024-04-16T00:58:09Z	**Koa was surfing before he was walking, now he's dreaming of a world title**
Fresh off his first competition win, at the Gero Grom Fest where he won the under eights category and surfed the best wave of the competition, this 6-year-old is already making waves on the competition scene. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/margaret-river-pro-descends-on-koa-davies-hometown/103706904)
2024-04-16T01:30:23Z	**Mostly grown in monsoonal forests, turmeric's been found to thrive in our driest state, fetching up to $60/kg**
About 80 per cent of the crop is grown in India, but Australian farmers have now invested in its growth as its popularity rises due to its health benefits and culinary uses. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2024-04-16/turmeric-farmers-find-success-growing-in-riverland/103689606)
2024-04-16T02:01:53Z	**The important step to take before wiping down your ceiling fans**
For appliances that spend a lot of their time moving, ceiling fans have a tendency to gather a surprising amount of dust. What are the most effective ways to clean them? ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/what-are-best-ways-to-clean-ceiling-fans-and-how-often/103728132)
2024-04-16T02:33:34Z	**Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci threatened with six months prison for holding Senate in contempt**
Woolworths boss Brad Banducci was warned he could face six months in prison or a $5,000 fine if he was held in contempt by the Senate for failing to answer questions at the inquiry into supermarket pricing. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/woolworths-ceo-threatened-with-contempt-by-senate-committee/103728244)
2024-04-16T02:32:51Z	**Seven children, teens held in custody overnight after alleged three-day crime spree in regional WA**
Police say a group juveniles between the ages of 10 and 17 are due to face court today on 18 charges in total, including the alleged theft of three cars. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/seven-children-teens-in-custody-alleged-crime-spree-geraldton/103687418)
2024-04-16T02:28:57Z	**Alice Springs locals say there's more to the town than crime as Parrtjima festival begins**
The town has made news for crime and violence in recent times, but there is cause for celebration as Alice Springs hosts its "beautiful culture" at the annual Parrtjima festival. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/alice-springs-culture-art-light-festival-parrtjima/103695896)
2024-04-16T02:24:51Z	**PM offers permanent visa to Bondi 'bollard man' who fought off knife-wielding attacker**
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese offers Frenchman Damien Guerot a permanent visa for fighting off the Bondi Junction attacker with a bollard on Saturday. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/damien-guerot-bollard-man-bondi-junction-attack-permanent-visa/103728858)
2024-04-16T02:36:00Z	**'Son of the west' Les Twentyman farewelled at state funeral**
Twentyman, who spent more than four decades fighting for Melbourne's underdogs, has been remembered as being "as much a part of this city as our mighty MCG". ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/les-twentyman-youth-worker-state-funeral/103728258)
2024-04-16T02:53:29Z	**Anger and disgust as human poo piles up in and around iconic SA swimming hole**
Little Blue Lake attracts thousands of tourists and cave divers from across the globe, but has no toilet facilities. Appalled residents say it's high time something was done to prevent people from relieving themselves in the water and car park at the site. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/little-blue-lake-mount-gambier-sinkhole-human-faeces/103729160)
2024-04-16T02:51:39Z	**FBI opens criminal probe in Baltimore bridge collapse as fourth body recovered**
The investigation into the collapse will focus in part on whether the crew of the Dali left the port knowing the freighter had serious problems with its systems. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/fbi-investigate-baltimore-bridge-collapse/103728804)
2024-04-16T03:11:01Z	**Aussie 'best friends' get drafted to same WNBA team as superstar Caitlin Clark enters pro league**
Caitlin Clark is taken first in the draft in one of the least surprising decisions in WNBA history, but Nyadiew Puoch is shocked and thrilled to hear she will be linking with fellow Australian Izzy Borlase in Atlanta. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/wnba-draft-caitlin-clark-nyadiew-puoch-isobel-borlase/103729228)
2024-04-16T03:08:03Z	**Tasracing is again moving to ban trainer Ben Yole and three others from race tracks**
Tasracing says it is moving again to ban harness trainer Ben Yole, his brother Tim Yole and harness drivers Mitchell and Nathan Ford from its race tracks. A Supreme Court decision last week has cleared the way for Tasracing to pursue the ban. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/tasracing-again-moves-to-ban-ben-yole-and-others-from-races/103728750)
2024-04-16T03:06:57Z	**Endangered Bornean orangutan born in US zoo**
An endangered Bornean orangutan baby has been welcomed into the world at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Florida. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/endangered-bornean-orangutan-born-in-us-zoo/103729336)
2024-04-16T03:01:08Z	**Teenager accused of church attack was on good behaviour bond for knife crime**
The teenager who allegedly attacked a bishop at a church in Sydney was on a good behaviour bond after being convicted of a knife crime three months ago, the ABC can reveal. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/wakeley-teen-attacker-was-on-good-behaviour-bond-knife-crime/103729224)
2024-04-16T03:30:06Z	**Suppression lifted on identity of man charged with murder of Adelaide mum found after house fire**
The identity of the second person charged with the murder of South Australian mother Krystal Marshall, whose body was found at the scene of a house fire last year, can be revealed after a suppression order on Johnathan Paul Parker was revoked. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/suppression-lifted-on-alleged-killer-of-krystal-marshall/103729076)
2024-04-16T03:28:42Z	**Kenyan explains controversial finish to Beijing half marathon after Chinese runner appears to be waved ahead**
A Kenyan runner who appeared to allow a Chinese opponent win the Beijing half marathon says he was a pacesetter who was trying to help the local athlete break a record. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/beijing-half-marathon-controversy-explained-by-kenyan/103729620)
2024-04-16T04:01:39Z	**Who is the bishop attacked at his Sydney church last night**
A charismatic and controversial figure, he gained a significant online following during 2020 as an outspoken opponent of COVID-19 lockdowns and has given sermons criticising non-Christian religions. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/who-is-bishop-mar-mari-emmanuel-wakeley-church-attack/103728808)
2024-04-16T03:57:04Z	**Michael Slater collapses in court as bail denied after stalking, assault charges**
Michael Slater has been denied bail over allegations that he stalked and assaulted a woman, who he is accused of assaulting earlier this year. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/michael-slater-collapses-bail-denied-stalking-assault-charges/103728650)
2024-04-16T04:05:44Z	**Another major festival silenced as 'panic' ripples through music industry**
The Australian music industry has suffered another damaging blow after the cancellation of Queensland's long-running Caloundra Music Festival. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/caloundra-music-festival-cancelled-sunshine-coast/103728384)
2024-04-16T04:35:05Z	**Police investigating death of woman who fell ill after drink at regional Victorian retreat**
Police are investigating the death of a 53-year-old Victorian woman who fell ill after consuming a drink at a retreat near Ballarat. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/clunes-woman-death-drink-police-investigate/103730340)
2024-04-16T04:55:41Z	**Paramedics hid for over three hours in fear for their lives after Sydney church stabbing**
Emergency responders were confronted with "terrifying and extremely violent" scenes after a bishop was stabbed during a church service. Paramedics had to hide in the church after coming under threat. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/nsw-sydney-church-stabbing-police-and-paramedics/103729960)
2024-04-16T05:10:40Z	**QantasLink pilots suffered dizziness, vision problems while attempting to land, but they didn't use oxygen masks**
A transport safety report reveals how a pilot and first officer suffered hypoxia-like symptoms following a chlorine-like smell in the cabin of a Sydney to Hobart passenger flight last year. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/qantaslink-pilots-dizzy-but-didnt-use-oxygen-masks-safety-report/103729548)
2024-04-16T05:30:27Z	**Driver sentenced to six-and-half years' jail as families of mechanics killed in crash tell of 'life shattering' crash consequences**
Kelly Liddicoat has been sentenced to prison over the deaths of Aaron Pitt and Lleyton Bartlett, after she fatally struck them with her car as the two mechanics worked on a bus on the Sunshine Coast during 2022. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/kelly-liddicoat-sentenced-over-fatal-woombye-crash/103212454)
2024-04-16T05:41:56Z	**How rape can be turned into a culture war boggles the mind. But this case was politicised at the starting gate**
Now might be a good time to reflect on how devotedly and brutally mastheads and prominent commentators seek to undermine, discredit and destroy women who allege sexual assault, or report on it. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/bruce-lehrmann-defamation-case-culture-war-shameful-episode/103728572)
2024-04-16T05:54:42Z	**Calls to reform defamation law to better support sexual assault survivors in wake of Bruce Lehrmann's failed case**
Legal experts are calling for reform of Australia's defamation laws to better protect survivors, journalists, and media publishers producing stories about violence against women, in the wake of Bruce Lehrmann's defeat in the Federal Court. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/act-bruce-lehrmann-defamation-law-reform-support-survivors/103729012)
2024-04-16T06:01:48Z	**WA weighs up strengthening police knife search powers amid 'dreadful trend' of stabbings**
WA's Attorney-General labels the stabbings in Bondi Junction and the attack on a bishop at a church in south west Sydney part of a "dreadful trend", as the government considers strengthening police powers to search people for knives. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/wa-considers-law-response-sydney-knife-crimes-dreadful-trend/103729156)
2024-04-16T06:25:54Z	**Queensland man who spent three hours ramped in an ambulance unlikely to have survived if seen sooner, report finds**
Wayne Irving, 67, was brought by ambulance to Ipswich Hospital with abdominal pain in November last year. Four hours later he was pronounced dead. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/qld-wayne-irving-queensland-health-finding/103730284)
2024-04-16T06:24:27Z	**Charges dropped against New Zealand police officer accused of touching teenager's breast**
67-year-old David Brooke had been accused of touching a 16-year-old female referee's breast during last year's Kanga Cup in Canberra. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/david-brooke-indecent-assault-charge-dropped/103730554)
2024-04-16T06:44:25Z	**'This will save lives': Advocates welcome law reforms to make changing gender easier in WA**
Western Australians will no longer have to undergo medical or surgical reassignment in order to change their sex or gender, under the state government's proposed law reforms. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/wa-government-plans-to-scrap-gender-reassignment-board/103730708)
2024-04-16T07:25:27Z	**Mates recount 'rogue wave' ordeal that left them clinging to capsized tinny overnight in shark-infested waters**
The men were on their way to a camping trip when a "rogue wave" upturned their tinny and swept away their phones, food, water and life jackets, sparking a major search and rescue operation off north Queensland. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/north-queensland-fishers-rescued-overturned-boat-rogue-wave/103729256)
2024-04-16T07:37:19Z	**As it happened — stabbing of Sydney bishop, followers live streamed to social media**
Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was live streaming from his western Sydney church on Monday night when he was approached by a teenager. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/sydney-church-stabbing-explainer/103729236)
2024-04-16T07:43:20Z	**NT corrections exploring keeping Don Dale open as women's prison**
A royal commission recommended the notorious detention centre on Darwin's outskirts be closed by February 2018, and the government has repeatedly said it intends to demolish it once children are transferred to a new facility. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/don-dale-could-remain-in-operation-nt-chief-minister-says/103728930)
2024-04-16T08:06:47Z	**'A pretty tough struggle': Maxwell axes himself from IPL duties**
Glenn Maxwell has taken indefinite leave from the Indian Premier League after a dire start to the tournament with Royal Challengers Bengaluru. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/cricket-ipl-glenn-maxwell-indefinite-leave-rcb/103731562)
2024-04-16T08:49:37Z	**Assassinated bikie boss Nick Martin stole club money to fund lavish home renovation, court hears**
The assassination of bikie boss Nick Martin happened just months after he was asked to step aside over fears he was stealing club money to fund a lavish home renovation, a Perth court has heard. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/court-told-perth-bikie-boss-nick-martin-stole-club-money-/103731764)
2024-04-16T10:03:17Z	**'Our Notre Dame moment': Spire collapses as fire rages at Copenhagen's historic stock exchange**
A fire has broken out at Copenhagen's Old Stock Exchange, one of the Danish capital's best-known buildings, engulfing its spire which collapsed onto the roof in a scene reminiscent of the 2019 blaze at Paris' Notre-Dame cathedral. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/spire-collapses-fire-breaks-out-at-copenhagen-old-stock-exchange/103731906)
2024-04-16T10:54:22Z	**'Exceptional and compelling circumstances' see Cameron freed at tribunal**
Charlie Cameron is free to face Geelong this week after the tribunal overturned his one-match ban. The reason for their decision was one that is rarely seen. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/brisbane-lions-charlie-cameron-afl-tribunal-verdict-result/103732132)
2024-04-16T16:58:25Z	**Julian Assange extradition edges closer after US promises not to seek death penalty**
Julian Assange's bid to avoid extradition to the United States has been dealt a blow, after lawyers for the White House provided the assurances about his treatment a London court had demanded. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/julian-assange-extradition-edges-closer-after-us-assurances/103732454)
2024-04-16T18:44:45Z	**Inside the police unit unmasking child predators**
The AFP Victim Identification Team are often parents themselves, tasked with solving some of the most grim and shocking crimes humans commit. For them, disconnecting from work is a necessity. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/inside-afp-victim-identification-team/103707618)
2024-04-16T18:42:43Z	**Australia's vaccine campaign likely prevented almost 18,000 COVID-19 deaths in NSW, new report says**
A research team uses a computer simulation to predict what the death toll would have been among older Australians without any vaccine campaign at all. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/covid-vaccine-campaign-research/103729522)
2024-04-16T19:01:46Z	**The unusual detections caught coming into Australia**
A live toad, holy water from the Ganges and an aphrodisiac made from donkeys are among the more unusual items detected at Australian airports and mail centres. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/holy-water-seized-at-australian-airport/103729488)
2024-04-16T19:00:48Z	**Critical minerals projects to receive $585 million in federal government loans**
Critical minerals projects in Queensland and South Australia will receive hundreds of millions of dollars in federal government loans as part of the government's plan for a "future made in Australia". ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/critical-minerals-projects-receive-federal-government-loans/103732110)
2024-04-16T19:00:00Z	**The public battle between 'Team Higgins' and 'Team Lehrmann' revealed tribalism's most frightening trap**
Justice Michael Lee leaned in to the Shakespearean tragedy of Bruce Lehrmann's case and with the narrative muscularity of a literary thriller showed simplicity and complexity need not be enemies. As his judgment took form it became clear he had an altogether more useful verdict in mind. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/annabel-crabb-lehrmann-judgment-a-lesson-in-shades-of-grey/103729010)
2024-04-16T19:11:43Z	**A high stakes election day is unfolding in Solomon Islands. So what's about to happen?**
Voters in Solomon Islands will head to the polls today for an election that will be closely watched across the world, ending weeks of campaigning for candidates who have crisscrossed the sprawling archipelago. But the struggle to win government is far from over. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/solomon-islands-election-poll-voting/103728446)
2024-04-16T19:21:39Z	**A woman has died after consuming a drink at a Victorian wellness retreat — here's what we know**
A 53-year-old Melbourne woman has died after ingesting a drink at a regional Victorian wellness centre offering "alternative and holistic health services". Here's what we know. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/ballarat-clunes-wellness-retreat-drink-death/103730712)
2024-04-16T19:30:44Z	**Tasmania is riddled with hundreds of fading and vanishing towns. Where did they go wrong?**
On Tasmania's wild west coast, towns have risen and fallen at the whim of industry. Some of their oldest living inhabitants remember their former homes, and how their communities came undone. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/ghost-towns-in-tasmania-gormanston-princess-river/103633078)
2024-04-16T19:30:00Z	**Behind the fake Dr Karls on Facebook is a murky world of scammers, AI, mystery pills and elusive companies**
Scammers on Facebook and Instagram are using a fake, AI-generated Dr Karl to sell health pills to Australians. When users reported the ads to Meta, the company initially said there was nothing wrong with them. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-04-17/scammers-using-fake-ai-dr-karl-to-promote-health-products/103686044)
2024-04-16T19:46:18Z	**Bondi stabbing offender's path from finding a new 'life' to murdering six people after ceasing schizophrenia medication**
A month ago, Joel Cauchi's parents were relieved to see a text message showing him enjoying life at the beach. Next time they saw him it was on national television as he attacked people in a Sydney shopping centre. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/joel-cauchis-path-stabbing-attack-bondi-junction-shopping-centre/103728968)
2024-04-16T19:43:13Z	**Civil War imagines an America tearing itself apart — and the movie is proving equally divisive**
Called "irresponsible" and potentially "dangerous" simply based on its trailer, Civil War is a blockbuster that defies easy moral interpretation. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/civil-war-kirsten-dunst-cailee-spaeny-interview/103730876)
2024-04-16T20:00:00Z	**Want to see the 'Devil Comet' at its brightest? If you miss it, you’ll have to wait another 71 years**
Australians will be able to see comet 12P/Pons-Brooks aka the 'Devil Comet' this week even without a telescope or binoculars. Here's how to spot it and snap a photo. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-04-17/comet-12p-pons-brooks-science-devil-comet-visible-this-week/103644754)
2024-04-16T20:30:15Z	**Bruce Lehrmann's costs in failed defamation case set to be astronomically high**
What happened between Bruce Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins in a ministerial suite at Parliament House in March 2019 has triggered at least a dozen avenues of legal action so far — and the costs of all this litigation are set to be many millions. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/act-bruce-lehrmann-defamation-case-legal-costs-ten-wilkinson/103731808)
2024-04-16T20:51:26Z	**Rafael Nadal 'taking it easy' as he wins comeback match, setting up clash with Aussie number one**
Alex de Minaur is ranked more than 600 spots higher than Rafael Nadal, but he will have the weight of both players' history against him when they face off in Barcelona. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/rafael-nadal-returns-barcelona-alex-de-minaur-second-round/103732698)
2024-04-16T20:49:38Z	**Riewoldt praises young AFL star's 'agonising' call to retire over concussions**
St Kilda champion Nick Riewoldt praises Nathan Murphy and Angus Brayshaw for being "pioneers" of an era where players put their health and wellbeing first. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/nick-riewoldt-reaction-nathan-murphy-concussion-retirement/103732216)
2024-04-16T21:25:07Z	**Olympic athletes have crossed the globe to visit this skateboarding mecca, but a retail project could change that**
One of the world's most coveted urban skateboarding locations is facing an uncertain future, as Perth property developers plan to turn the site into a retail and commercial office space. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/fremantle-woolstores-skateboarding-site-under-development-threat/103702564)
2024-04-16T21:23:04Z	**Dairy, meat, other groceries in short supply for another week, one month on from devastating WA floods**
It's been more than a month since floodwaters cut off vital freight routes into Western Australia, but supermarket shelves are still suffering. Suppliers now admit stock shortages could last another week. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/wa-supermarket-shortages-still-10-days-from-being-resolved/103729378)
2024-04-16T21:40:27Z	**Live: ASX to fall, as US markets drop on more US Federal Reserve inflation chatter**
The head of the US Federal Reserve is suggesting inflation hasn't been hosed down enough, sparking speculation that rates won't be dropped sooner. Follow the day's events and insights as they happen with our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/asx-markets-business-live-news-april-17-2024/103466998)
2024-04-16T21:51:58Z	**A former soldier and his dog have finally been laid to rest after attempts to find family ends**
Private William Halliday's ashes couldn't be reunited with relatives, but a military funeral on Tuesday put him to rest after an exhaustive search and more than 15 years after he passed. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/private-william-halliday-laid-to-rest-after-nationwide-search/103730668)
2024-04-16T22:12:06Z	**Trump told off for 'muttering' as first jurors selected in hush money trial**
Seven jury members are selected on the second day of Donald Trump's trial at the Manhattan Criminal Court where he is charged with falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/first-jurors-selected-in-trump-hush-money-criminal-trial/103732688)
2024-04-16T22:29:26Z	**Outback miner ditches 4WD for EV amid potential expansion of charging network**
Justin Searle's mates raised their eyebrows when he decided to go electric, but the Queenslander says he is yet to hit a bump in the road. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/more-ev-drivers-taking-outback-roads-in-queensland/103708306)
2024-04-16T23:14:23Z	**'I had to beg and grovel': Why banks are refusing to give older people credit cards**
When Jacqui Bauer applied for a credit card she discovered she had no credit rating, due to only having a joint bank account with her former husband, and was therefore deemed "high risk" by the banks despite earning a stable income. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/why-seniors-are-being-refused-credit-cards/103728528)
2024-04-16T23:24:52Z	**Albanese wants to change how Australians pay off HELP debt — but don't expect it to disappear**
The good news is there's likely to be some change to Australia's HELP scheme, and we're likely to hear about it soon, in the lead-up to the May budget. The bad news for borrowers is it won't be debt relief of the kind Biden is offering. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/joe-biden-cancelling-student-debts-albanese-australia/103730132)
2024-04-16T23:24:18Z	**'That's just misinformation': Late Night with the Devil directors address AI controversy**
Cameron and Colin Cairnes's film broke a box office record in the US, but the success of the 70s horror throwback has been overshadowed by a boycott over AI images. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/late-night-with-the-devil-ai-cameron-colin-cairnes-interview/103709962)
2024-04-16T23:20:24Z	**The cracks in Australia's economy are starting to appear as business insolvencies hit record highs**
Australia's economic cracks are widening, with a record number of businesses now under external administration and many heading for collapse under the weight of weak demand, rising costs and large tax debts. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/business-insolvencies-hit-record-highs-creditorwatch/103732960)
2024-04-16T23:51:33Z	**Tasmanian devil tooth found during archaeological dig 1,000 kilometres north of Perth**
The tooth could provide further historical evidence of inter-community trading in Western Australia and was unearthed in Juukan Gorge, which made headlines in 2020 when its rock shelters were damaged by Rio Tinto blasts. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/tooth-and-artefacts-found-in-excavation-of-juukan-gorge/103729346)
2024-04-16T23:38:59Z	**Agency probed over Christmas party urination claims will not move back to Canberra**
Barnaby Joyce's 2016 decision to move Australia's pesticides regulator to regional NSW "caused massive chaos and disruption", according to Agriculture Minister Murray Watt, who has decided to ignore calls to move it back to Canberra. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/apvma-stay-in-armidale-despite-recommendation-to-return-to-act/103733160)
2024-04-17T00:07:59Z	**Australia's uniform for Paris Olympic Games opening ceremony unveiled**
The outfits that Australia's Olympians will wear into the opening ceremony of the Paris Games in July have been unveiled. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/australian-paris-olympic-games-uniform-unveiled/103733320)
2024-04-17T00:07:00Z	**'Happy to be back together again': Gold Coast couple release heart-warming video of Molly, Peggy and Ruby's reunion**
After more than six weeks apart, the Insta-famous magpie and its best dog friends are back together at home on the Gold Coast — singing and sunning themselves like old times. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/molly-the-magpie-reunites-with-dog-friend-peggy-the-staffy/103733080)
2024-04-17T00:50:05Z	**Astronomers detect Milky Way black hole with mass 33 times that of the Sun**
Astronomers have discovered the second-largest black hole known to be in the Milky Way, and it's located just 2,000 light-years from Earth. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/black-hole-gaia-bh3-in-milky-way/103732966)
2024-04-17T01:00:45Z	**Aubrey remembers being 'very frightened' about prohibited area laws as a child. He wants you to know the history**
Seventy years after law prevented Aubrey Lynch from entering the centre of Kalgoorlie, the Wongatha elder hopes a truth-telling exhibition can provide a way forward. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/prohibited-areas-kalgoorlie-aboriginal-history/103707836)
2024-04-17T01:13:50Z	**Candlelight vigil, permanent memorial planned to honour victims of Bondi stabbing rampage**
Waverley Council says the site of the killing spree is becoming hallowed ground as it works to help the community express its grief over the shocking attack. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/candlelight-vigil-for-bondi-stabbing-rampage-victims/103733356)
2024-04-17T01:28:33Z	**Lawyers tell High Court Iranian man facing deportation would rather be sent to Gaza than back to Iran**
Lawyers for an Iranian man demanding to be released from detention have told the High Court their client would be prepared to be sent to anywhere other than Iran, even war-ravaged Gaza. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/asf17-tells-high-court-he-would-rather-deport-gaza-than-iran/103733240)
2024-04-17T01:54:52Z	**Linda Reynolds says Lehrmann defamation judgement 'set record straight' on claims of cover-up**
Liberal senator Linda Reynolds has responded to the Federal Court's judgement in the defamation case brought by Bruce Lehrmann against Network 10 and Lisa Wilkinson, saying she is beyond pleased the court "has set the record straight" about her treatment of Brittany Higgins. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/linda-reynolds-reacts-to-lehrmann-defamation-judgement/103733876)
2024-04-17T01:52:56Z	**Bondi Junction mall to reopen tomorrow for community reflection after fatal stabbing attack**
The shopping mall at the centre of Saturday's fatal stabbings in Sydney will reopen tomorrow for a community reflection day, before resuming normal trading hours on Friday. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/bondi-junction-westfield-to-reopen-after-fatal-stabbing-nsw/103733718)
2024-04-17T02:01:22Z	**Researchers were worried 'all hope was lost', but these rare frogs have reappeared in the ACT**
For the first time in five years, northern corroboree frogs have been detected in Namadgi National Park. Almost 40 of the critically endangered species were spotted across the park by government ecologists. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/corroboree-frogs-found-in-namadgi-national-park-breeding-program/103733222)
2024-04-17T02:01:10Z	**As more businesses becomes cashless, this country pub is cash-only and there are few complaints**
King River Tavern owner Sam James says her cash-only approach has struck a mostly positive chord in recent years. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/king-river-tavern-wa-cash-only-no-electronic-payment-costs/103730360)
2024-04-17T02:12:37Z	**Optus customer hit by fresh security breach a week after $10,000 was taken from bank account**
Andrew Ryder was recovering from a $10,000 fraud attack when his Optus account was hacked a second time. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/optus-fraud-victim-hit-for-second-time-after-losing-10k/103730686)
2024-04-17T02:10:13Z	**Tips for talking to your doctor about persistent pelvic pain**
Helping women find the language to describe their persistent pelvic pain symptoms can improve their chances of receiving the right care. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/tips-for-talking-to-your-doctor-about-persistent-pelvic-pain/103640362)
2024-04-17T02:31:23Z	**Marles unveils $50 billion defence spending increase over next decade**
Australia's projected defence spending will increase by another $50 billion over the next decade. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/richard-marles-unveils-50b-defence-spending-increase/103734300)
2024-04-17T03:15:05Z	**Port Adelaide's Finlayson vents frustration over three-match ban for homophobic slur**
After apologising for a homophobic slur against an opponent, Port Adelaide's Jeremy Finlayson vents his frustration at the resulting three-match ban. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/jeremy-finlayson-vents-frustration-over-afl-ban-for-gay-slur/103734434)
2024-04-17T03:08:02Z	**Founding member of The Masters Apprentices Gavin Webb dies**
One of the founding members of Australian rock band The Masters Apprentices, Gavin Webb, has died aged 77 after a six-year battle with cancer. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/the-masters-apprentices-bassist-gavin-webb-dies/103734350)
2024-04-17T03:21:36Z	**Man wrongly identified as Bondi Junction stabber pursues defamation case against Network Seven**
University student Benjamin Cohen was falsely accused of being the stabber behind the Bondi Junction Westfield attack on Saturday, following misinformation that was spread online. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/nsw-sydney-bondi-junction-stabbing-defamation-benjamin-cohen/103734072)
2024-04-17T03:28:01Z	**Sons fight back tears in desperate plea for information on mum who disappeared from Gold Coast**
Jyles and Rainey Lebler say their mother wouldn't willingly leave them behind as they beg for information on the woman who was last seen checking out of a Gold Coast clinic in 1995. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/police-reward-tammy-dyson-gold-coast-cold-case-murder/103732814)
2024-04-17T03:37:20Z	**Heavy rains lash Middle East, disrupting flights in Dubai after killing 18 in Oman**
Dubai's major international airport diverts scores of incoming flights as heavy rains flood the United Arab Emirates after leaving 18 dead in Oman. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/heavy-rains-lash-uae-flood-dubai-disrupt-dxb-flights/103733378)
2024-04-17T03:50:34Z	**WA Police about 500 recruits short of recruitment target to boost officer numbers**
WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch says the effort to stem the flow of officers leaving the force is well short of its promised target. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/wa-police-new-recruitment-targets-not-met/103734484)
2024-04-17T03:46:57Z	**Researchers unleash 'teacher toads' in bid to stop goannas eating deadly pest**
The cane toad is spreading in northern Australia, but researchers have found a way to protect apex predators from the toxic pest and it's all a matter of taste. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/researchers-train-goannas-not-to-eat-cane-toads-in-wa/103703408)
2024-04-17T04:07:32Z	**Alice Springs has experienced its first night post-curfew. Here's how locals feel**
After nearly three weeks, kids under the age of 18 are now allowed in the Alice Springs CBD at night. Locals are calling for long-term action to prevent crime from spiralling out of control. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/alice-springs-youth-curfew-lifted-young-people/103730966)
2024-04-17T04:38:57Z	**Jamaican shooter Shimona Jok keeping an open mind as 11th player signing confirms she's eligible for Diamonds**
Super Netball import Shimona Jok was in the headlines after the Mavericks found a loophole to sign her as their 11th player. Now her eligibility for the Diamonds has been confirmed, would she ever go there? ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/shimona-jok-on-being-mavericks-11th-player/103734450)
2024-04-17T04:55:06Z	**What did you do with all your free time during COVID? Data shows how each generation compared**
Fresh data from the Bureau of Statistics Time Use Survey provides a snapshot of how different generations spent their leisure and recreation time during 2020-21. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/how-australians-use-their-time-abs/103728536)
2024-04-17T04:54:35Z	**Outback cattle property to expand national park after 'environmentally significant' government purchase**
An anonymous $21 million donation has helped with the purchase of the 352,589-hectare Vergemont Station near Longreach to create a 1.5 million-hectare "protected corridor" in outback Queensland. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/vergemont-station-to-expand-queensland-national-park/103634794)
2024-04-17T04:53:56Z	**James Fisher-Harris might be the one departure the Penrith Panthers dynasty cannot survive**
Penrith have made replacing some of the biggest names an art form in recent years but James Fisher-Harris departing for the Warriors may be the one loss their title dynasty cannot sustain. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/james-fisher-harris-penrith-panthers-new-zealand-warriors/103735488)
2024-04-17T04:52:53Z	**WA's rental laws are getting an overhaul. Here's everything you need to know about what's changing**
Renters in WA will soon be allowed to keep a pet, hang a painting, and only have their rent raised a maximum of once a year — but they still run the risk of being evicted for no reason. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/wa-rental-laws-explained/103734310)
2024-04-17T05:25:44Z	**The Paris 2024 opening ceremony uniforms have been unveiled. Here's how Team Australia's look has evolved**
From a love letter to Australia's flora and fauna to a downright kitschy get-up, here's what our Olympians have worn to opening ceremonies over the years. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/olympic-uniforms-of-the-past/103733684)
2024-04-17T05:35:48Z	**Could this one pot of government money drastically decrease youth crime?**
Funding limitations are resulting in young people spending more time in detention centres and watch houses, ensuring they "don’t have a proper chance at rehabilitation", according to the head of Queensland community legal centre. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/funding-community-legal-centres-making-youth-crime-worse/103667894)
2024-04-17T05:34:50Z	**Teenaged boy in critical condition after stolen car flips outside Parliament House**
The 15-year-old driver of the vehicle remains in a critical condition after the crash, which occurred on Adelaide Avenue in the early hours of this morning. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/serious-crash-adelaide-avenue-driver-injured/103734958)
2024-04-17T05:45:58Z	**Poverty blamed as regional police lock-up filled with children after alleged crime spree**
A community leader says youth crime will not improve until the impacts of generations of damaging government policy are addressed, after police take a group of children into custody. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/former-state-mp-speaks-out-geraldton-youth-arrests/103731628)
2024-04-17T06:05:34Z	**'He fought for his life': Survival tale emerges weeks after Baltimore Bridge collapse**
It's been three weeks since Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed under the impact of a wayward cargo ship. In the midst of an FBI investigation, a remarkable story of survival has emerged. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/survival-tale-emerges-weeks-after-baltimore-bridge-collapse/103733798)
2024-04-17T06:02:44Z	**How an unexpected call from a debt collector paved the way for one of Mr Luke's biggest financial wins**
It's Pay Day! Luke Springer — better known as Mr Luke — reveals the splurges he refuses to give up, and how getting called upon by a debt collector paved the way for an important financial victory. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/pay-day-mr-luke-springer/103645188)
2024-04-17T06:38:33Z	**Canberra court hears 93yo man who pleaded guilty to killing his elderly wife has only months live**
Donald Morley pleaded guilty to suffocating his 92-year-old wife, Jean Morley, with a pillow last year. A Canberra court today heard he was suffering from terminal skin cancer. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/donald-morley-terminal-illness-court-murder/103735180)
2024-04-17T07:05:29Z	**'Shocked and sad' locals in tiny Goldfields town to band together after being rocked by another death**
The Victorian gold rush town of Clunes is usually quiet, except when the annual Book Fair is being held, but this month it's been in the news for all the wrong reasons. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/clunes-locals-react-another-death-victorian-goldfields-town/103733630)
2024-04-17T07:19:52Z	**Father of teenager alleged to be behind church stabbing was in 'shock' following attack**
The secretary of the Lebanese Muslim Association says he sat with the family of the teenager accused of stabbing a bishop on Monday night, and has called for harmony following the unrest. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/nsw-sydney-church-stabbing-lebanese-muslim-association/103733100)
2024-04-17T07:16:38Z	**UK politicians back first national bill to gradually phase out smoking**
British politicians are working to pass a law similar to one introduced to Tasmanian parliament in 2015 that would have banned the sale of tobacco to people born after January 1, 2000. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/uk-house-of-commons-passes-bill-to-phase-out-smoking/103733496)
2024-04-17T07:31:03Z	**Former Broome Bishop Christopher Saunders charged with more sex offences**
Two new indecent assault charges are laid against the 74-year-old former Broome Bishop after his house was raided by police early on Wednesday morning. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/bishop-broome-christopher-saunders-charges/103736252)
2024-04-17T07:50:01Z	**Manhunt launched after elderly woman suffered 'sickening' injuries in Perth home invasion**
WA Police launch a "significant" response after three people posing as police officers enter a Girrawheen home before tying up one of the occupants and brutally bashing his partner. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/girrawheen-home-invasion-police-launch-manhunt/103736864)
2024-04-17T07:46:51Z	**Push for 'wanding' laws in NSW, though expert says it's unlikely they would have prevented Wakeley or Bondi attack**
The parents of teenager Jack Beasley who died after being stabbed in Queensland in 2019 are pushing to bring "Jack's law" to NSW, which would allow police to use handheld metal detectors without a warrant. Data shows the number of knife crimes is at a 20 year low. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/wanding-laws-stabbing-nsw-wakeley-queensland-bondi/103708486)
2024-04-17T08:05:45Z	**Stephen Docoza's family speak out ahead of Derek Bromley's release**
The family of a man found dead in Adelaide's CBD 40 years ago speaks out ahead of the release of one of the men convicted of his murder. Last month, Bromley, who has always maintained his innocence, was granted parole by the SA Parole Board. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/stephen-docoza-family-speak-out-ahead-of-derek-bromley-release/103735592)
2024-04-17T08:31:12Z	**'Violent' magnitude-4.1 earthquake strikes Jamestown in South Australia's Mid North**
Geoscience Australia says the quake hit an area north-east of the town just after 4pm at a depth of 1 kilometre and could be felt in Adelaide, about 200 kilometres south of the town. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/earthquake-strikes-jamestown-south-australia/103736868)
2024-04-17T08:43:55Z	**First person arrested in connection with riot that followed alleged Sydney church stabbing**
A 19-year-old man has been arrested by NSW Police in connection with a riot that happened after the alleged stabbing of a bishop inside a church in Sydney's south-west on Monday night. More arrests are expected. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/nsw-wakeley-riot-warrant-stabbing-sydney/103735608)
2024-04-17T09:00:14Z	**Canberra United saved from folding by last-minute funding injection from ACT government**
The club's future in the A-League Women competition has been uncertain for months due to a lack of funding. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/canberra-united-aleague-women-team-saved-from-folding/103737066)
2024-04-17T09:29:55Z	**Snowtown 'bodies-in-the-barrels' accomplice Mark Haydon released from prison**
The head of South Australia's parole board says Snowtown accomplice Mark Haydon has been released after serving a 25-year jail sentence. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/snowtown-murders-accomplice-mark-haydon-released/103737300)
2024-04-17T09:29:28Z	**Hundreds protest, arrests made in clash over Brunswick Heads housing development**
Police arrest a number of protesters fighting to block a housing development bound by a tract of coastal heathland in northern New South Wales. The 18-hectare site has been approval for 124 houses in the popular coastal town. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/police-protestors-clash-at-wallum-housing-site-brunswick-heads/103736282)
2024-04-17T09:40:44Z	**Joint Strike Fighter plans face axe under government defence reprioritisation**
Plans to purchase additional Joint Strike Fighter aircraft are being halted under sweeping defence changes unveiled by the Albanese government that would see Australia’s overall military budget almost double within a decade. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/joint-strike-fighter-plans-face-axe/103737244)
2024-04-17T09:51:19Z	**How St Vincent's hospital surgeons treated the injured after Bondi Junction attack**
Hospitals prepare for mass casualty events. At Sydney's St Vincent's hospital, they had to enact that plan on Saturday — this is how they handled the situation. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/inside-st-vincents-hospital-as-staff-treated-bondi-victims/103735244)
2024-04-17T11:02:49Z	**'I would have liked faster': O'Callaghan unsatisfied despite claiming Australian 100m freestyle title**
Mollie O'Callaghan may have beaten the likes of Olympic champion Emma McKeon, Meg Harris and Shayna Jack to the 100m freestyle title at the Australian championships, but she is hungry for more. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/mollie-ocallaghan-australian-swimming-championships-2024/103737518)
2024-04-17T11:32:37Z	**Queensland's youth crime committee dissolves seven months after establishment**
In an extraordinary move, a parliamentary committee examining youth justice issues has been dissolved after it failed to agree on an interim report. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/youth-justice-reform-select-committee-disolved-qld-parliament/103737430)
2024-04-17T11:51:42Z	**NASA's Ingenuity helicopter sends last message from Mars to Earth**
The helicopter, called Ingenuity, has transmitted its final message to Earth and will now serve as an immobile data-gathering unit on the red planet's surface, the space agency says. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/nasa-ingenuity-mars-helicopter-sends-last-message-to-earth/103737592)
2024-04-17T12:20:34Z	**Israel 'making a decision to act' against Iran, as Iran warns of 'fierce and severe response'**
Britain's foreign minister says it is clear that Israel is making a decision to act against Iran for its unprecedented strike on its territory. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/israel-will-strike-back-at-iran-david-cameron-says/103737564)
2024-04-17T18:48:11Z	**Body-shaming, no money and ridicule: Why Japan's female sumo fight inside and outside the ring**
An ancient sport shrouded in mystery, professional sumo wrestling in Japan is reserved only for men. A group of young female warriors wants to change that. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/female-sumo-wrestlers-fight-inside-and-outside-the-ring/103657938)
2024-04-17T19:00:00Z	**Should targeting women count as an act of terror? Two attacks in Sydney have kicked off a debate**
Two horrific attacks in Sydney have sparked debate over what defines an ideologically motivated attack, and whether deliberately targeting women should count as an act of terror. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/two-knife-attacks-bondi-junction-wakeley-terrorism-target-women-/103736578)
2024-04-17T18:54:58Z	**Australia is now 20 years on from the baby bonus. Experts say we might need another one**
Artificial intelligence support workers could be in Australia's future if the fertility rate continues to stay the same. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/australia-fertility-rate-could-predict-the-next-five-years/103692844)
2024-04-17T19:13:56Z	**James died in a unicycle accident and now his mother is calling for tougher e-vehicle laws**
James Barella had no ID on him when he died in a unicycle accident. His mother is calling on the government to regulate e-vehicle ownership and make safety restrictions. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/unicycle-death-mother-calls-for-tougher-small-e-vehicle-laws/103733522)
2024-04-17T19:12:40Z	**DV services getting more calls from women after Saturday's Bondi Junction attack**
The violence that unfolded in Westfield Bondi Junction has left women around Australia shaken and disturbed, leading to a spike in demand for some domestic violence services. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/bondi-junction-attack-women-dv-services-support-nsw/103733484)
2024-04-17T19:36:11Z	**Queensland researchers build device that creates electricity by consuming CO2**
It's hoped the nano-generator will eventually become a new method of industrial carbon capture with the potential to significantly reduce global carbon dioxide emissions. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/qld-uq-researchers-develop-carbon-capture-device/103736758)
2024-04-17T19:29:25Z	**Death-defying stunts and the Karen National Liberation Army — the Asia Pacific this week in pictures**
Death defying stunts to celebrate Eid, Sumo throwing each other about by their loincloths, Thailand's famous and fun water festival — here's a snapshot at the happenings across our region. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/sumo-eid-ramadan-sewol-flood-asia-pacific-pictures/103729822)
2024-04-17T19:46:36Z	**'Byzantine maze' of the NDIS has left clients like Becki Greene in tears 'many, many times'**
NDIS users facing unpaid bills and deteriorating mental health, due to months-long funding delays, call for more compassion and less complexity in the system. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/ndis-users-frustration-builds-over-payment-delays/103573780)
2024-04-17T19:45:07Z	**AI-generated material is the new frontier in combating child exploitation material**
Artificial intelligence is being used to generate child abuse material, and police are increasingly worried about its spread. But AI may also be able to help investigators. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/artificial-intelligence-child-exploitation-material/103734216)
2024-04-17T20:07:32Z	**How Callum Wilkie went from being overlooked by every AFL team to one of the best defenders in the league**
Callum Wilkie can't deny he was disappointed when not a single AFL team took him in what would have been his rookie draft, but since being picked up as a mature-age defender, he has grown into an anchor for St Kilda's backline. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/callum-wilkie-afl-journey-mature-age-draftee-to-st-kilda-star/103733190)
2024-04-17T20:04:20Z	**Parents slammed a proposed four-day school contact week. Now they're seeing the benefits**
A private high school which came under fire for adopting a four-day school week says the feedback to its new timetable, which allows senior students to learn from home on Mondays, has been mostly positive. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/flexible-schooling-reducing-stress-for-students-and-teachers/103735104)
2024-04-17T20:32:46Z	**Queensland's go card to be scrapped, replaced with new public transport fare pass**
The cards used by public transport commuters in South East Queensland for well over a decade will be phased out and replaced with a new fare card system — but Translink is yet to determine when. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/go-card-replaced-by-translink-card-queensland-transport/103736542)
2024-04-17T20:32:25Z	**A restaurant visit can be 'stressful' for people with disabilities — but app Pavely is helping pave the way for change**
For many people living with disability, catching up with friends for a coffee or a night out often involves a level of extra planning – but an app is making crucial information about whether a venue or activity is accessible much more readily available. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/disability-advocates-call-for-more-inclusivity-at-venues/103729332)
2024-04-17T20:43:13Z	**Does more police lead to less crime? Experts say there's more to it**
The Northern Territory government is investing hundreds of millions of dollars into bolstering the police force to deal with crime, particularly in Alice Springs. But will more police officers lead to less crime? ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/nt-policing-and-crime-alice-springs-youth-curfew/103730560)
2024-04-17T21:20:57Z	**De Minaur pays tribute to Nadal after Aussie beats Spanish legend in potential Barcelona farewell**
Alex de Minaur defeats Rafael Nadal in straight sets in what could possibly be the Spanish legend's farewell to the Barcelona Open. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/rafael-nadal-loses-to-alex-de-minaur-at-barcelona-open/103738216)
2024-04-17T22:00:00Z	**Ask more, laugh often, interrupt less: How to have better conversations at work and at home**
Author Charles Duhigg and broadcaster Beverley Wang have made a profession out of having good conversations. They share how deeper listening, laughing more, and slowing down can help. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/supercommunicator-conversation-charles-duhigg-beverley-wang/103696374)
2024-04-17T21:52:30Z	**Former AFL player among six charged in Kimberley alcohol crackdown**
Six people including former Bulldog Zephaniah Skinner and prominent local traditional owner Rosita Shaw face court in Fitzroy Crossing charged with breaching alcohol carriage restrictions. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/zeph-skinner-six-charged-kimberley-alcohol-crackdown/103733962)
2024-04-17T22:49:00Z	**Live: Wall St posts fourth day of losses as investors weigh higher-for-longer rate risks**
The benchmark US share index posted its fourth straight day of losses taking it 4 per cent off its recent record high, although gains in iron ore are expected to push the ASX higher. Follow the latest on our live markets blog. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/asx-markets-business-news-live-updates/103738426)
2024-04-17T22:47:24Z	**Tiny town's population swells as West Australian farmers hold drought crisis talks**
Amid some of the driest conditions in recent memory, hundreds of WA farmers have condemned the state government's response and called for more direct action. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/wa-famers-hold-crisis-meeting-amid-drought-conditions/103729492)
2024-04-17T23:00:00Z	**What tracking heart rates during a marathon concert tells us about the power of music**
New York's famous Carnegie Hall tracked musician and audience heart rates during a live performance. The results show how in sync music can make us. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/yuja-wang-wears-heart-rate-monitor-in-rachmaninov-concert/103701392)
2024-04-17T23:14:31Z	**'Absolutely no regret': Guardiola praises his Man City players as English teams are bundled out of the Champions League**
The Champions League becomes a continental European tournament after Manchester City and Arsenal are both knocked out. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/champions-league-manchester-city-and-arsenal-knocked-out/103738456)
2024-04-17T23:34:36Z	**Non-binary doctors report more discrimination and harassment**
The discrimination and bullying reported by non-binary trainee doctors in the latest Medical Training Survey is double the average for their male and female peers, and they are more likely to be considering dropping out. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/nonbinary-trainee-doctors-double-rate-discrimination-survey/103736786)
2024-04-18T00:05:43Z	**Prince Harry may have to settle Murdoch lawsuit after Hugh Grant deal, his lawyer says**
Prince Harry's lawyer says he may be "forced" to settle a lawsuit against the publisher of Rupert Murdoch's tabloid newspaper The Sun after British actor Hugh Grant agreed on a deal. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/prince-harry-hugh-grant-the-sun-lawsuit/103738536)
2024-04-18T00:00:19Z	**Teenager missing after boat breaks down during overnight trip**
Police report a 16-year-old boy tried to swim to Saibai island from a broken-down dinghy after his younger friend made it to shore and raised the alarm. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/teenager-missing-from-overnight-torres-strait-boat-trip/103738708)
2024-04-18T00:25:34Z	**Bondi Junction Westfield to reopen without retail trading to give public opportunity to reflect**
The Bondi Junction shopping centre will reopen today without trade to give the public an opportunity to reflect on the weekend tragedy. An increased police presence will remain in the area. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/nsw-bondi-junction-westfield-reopen-without-trading-reflections/103738288)
2024-04-18T00:43:00Z	**Indonesia issues tsunami alert as volcano erupts**
Indonesian authorities issue a tsunami alert after eruptions at Ruang mountain send ash thousands of feet high, with hundreds evacuated from the area. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/hunrdeds-evacuated-after-indonesia-volacano-eruption/103738546)
2024-04-18T00:39:18Z	**Speculation 'cloud seeding' caused Dubai record rainfall and floods shot down by experts**
Speculation swirled on social media that the weather technology was to blame for the largest ever rainfall Dubai has seen. But experts say the record rains were on a totally different scale to what seeding would produce. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/speculation-cloud-seeding-dubai-floods-refuted-experts/103738208)
2024-04-18T00:34:01Z	**Toddler in critical condition after stroller hit by truck south of Brisbane**
The child has been rushed to the Queensland Children's Hospital with head injuries. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/qld-toddler-critical-hit-by-a-truck-browns-plains/103738942)
2024-04-18T01:01:49Z	**Murder and disappearance of First Nations women and children examined in Senate inquiry**
A Senate inquiry into missing and murdered First Nations women and children is meeting in Darwin today to hear from grieving families, after a 2022 Four Corners program uncovered scores of unsolved cases. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/nt-missing-first-nations-women-senate-inquiry-darwin/103738468)
2024-04-18T00:57:38Z	**This NBA player passed on information that would have won a bettor more than $US1 million — the player has now been banned for life**
NBA boss Adam Silver hits out at Raptors player Jontay Porter after he was caught betting against his own team and disclosing confidential information to sports bettors. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/nba-jontay-porter-banned-for-life-after-betting-on-games/103738752)
2024-04-18T01:09:34Z	**Cricket champ Lanning opens up about 'unhealthy' relationship with food and exercise before shock retirement**
Australian cricket champ Meg Lanning reveals she was eating two small meals a day and running up to 90km a week when she took a shock break from international cricket. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/meg-lanning-opens-up-on-why-she-retired-from-ricket/103739092)
2024-04-18T01:25:51Z	**'A long ways to go': America faces a challenge to deliver on AUKUS, US Navy head concedes**
The US Navy's head of weapons acquisitions says they have "a long ways to go" to increase shipbuilding to the necessary level to deliver on the AUKUS agreement to provide nuclear-powered submarines to Australia. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/aukus-congress-subcommittee-hearing-procurement-cut/103738952)
2024-04-18T01:20:36Z	**Last year this school had no students. A husband and wife team have helped bring families back**
After community concerns saw Gairdner Primary School lose its entire student population, hard work from staff re-engaging with parents has seen it turn the corner. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/gairdner-primary-school-student-numbers-rebound/103730286)
2024-04-18T01:43:01Z	**Sophie Kinsella, bestselling author of Shopaholic series, reveals 'aggressive' brain cancer diagnosis**
British author Sophie Kinsella, who penned the bestselling Shopaholic series, reveals she has been "diagnosed with glioblastoma, a form of aggressive brain cancer". ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/author-sophie-kinsella-reveals-brain-cancer-diagnosis/103738856)
2024-04-18T01:42:36Z	**The unemployment rate has risen slightly to 3.8 per cent**
The unemployment rate increased slightly to 3.8 per cent in March, after employment fell by 7,000 people and unemployment rose by 21,000 people. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/unemployment-rate-march-2024-3-8-per-cent/103736778)
2024-04-18T01:37:19Z	**Live moment: Police and premier to give update on two Sydney stabbings**
Authorities will speak on the recent Bondi Junction stabbings that killed six people in a Westfield shopping centre, and the live broadcasted attack on a bishop at an Assyrian church in Wakeley. Follow live ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/nsw-sydney-wakeley-church-bondi-junction-stabbing-update/103738870)
2024-04-18T02:00:43Z	**'What is the point': All sides of the youth crime debate express frustration with disbanded bipartisan committee**
The Youth Justice Reform Select Committee has been disbanded after a late night sitting in parliament revealed the members were split along party lines on an interim report due last month. That report will now be released today. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/qld-the-youth-justice-reform-select-committee-disbanded-reaction/103738328)
2024-04-18T02:19:19Z	**Property developer pleads guilty over blaze that destroyed historic $24m Sydney mansion**
The heritage-protected Northwood home went up in flames in September 2022, with 50 firefighters working for more than an hour to extinguish it. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/nsw-court-northwood-fire-house-mansion-steve-nassif/103739696)
2024-04-18T02:10:51Z	**Are you battling one of these popular problem plants in your own backyard?**
Some plants seem full of promise and intrigue at the nursery, but are full of surprises later on — when they're threatening to overthrow the boundary fence. What are the common horticultural culprits? ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/plants-that-can-cause-damage-to-your-garden-home/103690400)
2024-04-18T02:36:47Z	**Security guard stabbed in Bondi attack likely to get permanent visa, PM says**
A shopping centre security guard who helped confront Bondi mass-murderer Joel Cauchi is likely to secure a permanent Australian visa, following the intervention of the Prime Minister. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/bondi-security-guard-stabbing-permanent-visa/103739020)
2024-04-18T02:45:53Z	**Former mayor's sexual assault trial ends as historic charge dropped**
The sexual assault trial of former Dubbo mayor Ben Shields has been aborted after the prosecution decided not to proceed with the case. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/historical-sexual-assault-charges-dropped-ben-shields/103733472)
2024-04-18T03:14:10Z	**Private Halley was reading a book on war memorabilia when he realised he was 50 years overdue for a service award**
A Vietnam War veteran who was involved in carrying out hazardous operations against well-armed Viet Cong guerilla forces and soldiers has finally received his award for service, more than 50 years after returning home. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/private-patrick-halley-vietnam-war-veteran-delayed-service-award/103733582)
2024-04-18T03:20:57Z	**There were fears about the Prime Video adaptation of beloved game Fallout. Here's why they nailed it**
Critics and fans seem to agree that the television adaptation of Fallout doesn't miss. Here's why it's S.P.E.C.I.A.L! (that's a Fallout reference in case you didn't know). ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/fallout-game-prime-video-adaptation-review/103736128)
2024-04-18T03:20:32Z	**Inspired by Hannah Gadsby's genderqueer comedy special, here are five local comics you'll love**
Hannah Gadsby's Netflix special Gender Agenda platformed trans and genderqueer comedians from around the world. So who are the Australian comedians breaking the gender mold? ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/melbourne-international-comedy-festival-australian-comedians/103734008)
2024-04-18T03:49:42Z	**Despite the world's need for more food, farmers could be forced to grow fewer crops this year**
While shoppers battle with the cost of food at the check-out, farmers around the world are expected to sew less crops this year, as the cost of growing some produce is higher than its potential value. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2024-04-18/global-grain-prices-down-input-costs-up-less-corn-wheat-planted/103739024)
2024-04-18T03:58:24Z	**Teens injured in crash with Ghan passenger train, as police investigate other vehicle incidents**
Two teenagers sustained minor injuries after the car they were travelling in crashed into the Ghan passenger train near Baroota, about 260 kilometres north of Adelaide yesterday afternoon. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/teens-injured-in-crash-with-ghan-passenger-train/103738358)
2024-04-18T04:11:13Z	**Brisbane man charged over botched 900kg drug plot which led to bricks of cocaine washing up on NSW beaches**
Australian Federal Police allege the man is the head of a transnational crime organisation behind cocaine plots in Queensland, Western Australia and NSW. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/afp-cocaine-drug-plot-charges/103739792)
2024-04-18T04:11:05Z	**The government says the Bondi Junction attack isn't classed as terror related, but should it be? Could it be?**
Australia's spy boss was asked why Monday night's church stabbing was ruled a terrorist attack, while Saturday's stabbing rampage — where one man and five women were killed in Bondi Junction — was not. He said it wasn't. But should it have been? ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/bondi-attacks-not-classed-as-terror-related-should-it-be/103730586)
2024-04-18T04:15:07Z	**Police arrest six, seek three others in Canada's largest gold heist**
Police arrest six people in connection with what authorities are calling the largest gold heist in Canadian history — a cargo of more than $25 million in gold and currency. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/people-arrested-over-canada-gold-heist/103739776)
2024-04-18T04:41:23Z	**Broome cultural leader Thomas Edgar jailed for seven years over sex assaults**
A cultural leader in Western Australia's Kimberley has been jailed for sexually assaulting two women after being found guilty in a four-day trial earlier this year. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/broome-thomas-edgar-sentenced-sex-assaults-seven-years-jail/103739352)
2024-04-18T04:41:01Z	**Gigantic marine reptile identified from fossil found by 11-year-old girl and father**
A fossil jawbone found by a young girl and her father on a beach in England belongs to a gigantic marine reptile dating back to 202 million years ago that appears to have been among the largest animals ever on Earth. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/gigantic-marine-reptile-identified/103740598)
2024-04-18T05:09:19Z	**'The world has changed a lot': Snowtown accomplice's transition to life after 25 years in jail**
Snowtown accomplice Mark Ray Haydon is being slowly reintroduced to the community, with the head of South Australia's Parole Board saying the "world has changed a lot" since he was taken into custody and he needs to learn how to use a mobile phone, access Centrelink and catch public transport. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/snowtown-murders-accomplice-mark-haydon-at-prerelease-centre/103739346)
2024-04-18T05:32:50Z	**Woman carjacked at knifepoint in regional New South Wales as police arrest four teenagers**
Police say a woman was thrown from her car in Gunnedah by youths before they sped off and later collided with another car that had also been reported stolen. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/gunnedah-knifepoint-carjacking-nsw-police-arrest-four-teenagers/103740632)
2024-04-18T05:30:53Z	**A German far-right leader allegedly used a Nazi slogan twice — his 'extremist' party is one of the country's highest-polling**
Experts say the allegations against him and support for his party are just part of a "concerning" shift towards the far-right and extremism across Europe. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/german-bjorn-hocke-afd-party/103696230)
2024-04-18T05:45:50Z	**Legality of AFP's encrypted Trojan horse app AN0M likely to be challenged in High Court, prosecutor says**
The trial of a Hunter Valley man charged with proceeds of crime offences is postponed, after a judge is told the legality of an app used by police to gather evidence against him is likely to be challenged in Australia's highest court. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/legality-of-afp-encrypted-app-an0m-high-court-challenge-likely/103739656)
2024-04-18T06:11:00Z	**Fire authorities warn of lithium-ion battery risks after two students narrowly escape Melbourne fire**
Fire authorities have warned of the growing risk of lithium batteries after 50 residents were evacuated from a building due to an exploding mobile phone power bank. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/lithium-battery-fire-students-building-fire-carlton/103740394)
2024-04-18T06:16:57Z	**Company behind $1.4b Toondah Harbour development withdraws application**
Earlier this month Tanya Plibersek released an interim decision that found removing 58.7 hectares from the internationally protected wetland was an "unacceptable impact". ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/toondah-harbour-walker-company-wetland-environment/103741652)
2024-04-18T06:32:38Z	**Woolworths admits to underpaying staff  $1.24m**
Today Woolworths admitted in court that it short-changed at least 1,235 former Victorian employees by not properly paying their long service leave entitlements. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/woolworths-admits-underpaying-staff-could-face-hefty-fine/103738850)
2024-04-18T06:50:19Z	**NRL steps in to help depleted Dolphins, coach Wayne Bennett in doubt through illness**
The injury-ravaged Dolphins are again going outside their top 30 with Trai Fuller to play number one against Parramatta, while coach Wayne Bennett may miss the match. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/nrl-steps-in-to-help-depleted-dolphins-bennett-a-doubt/103741770)
2024-04-18T06:57:19Z	**Outback newspaper the Barrier Truth announces closure after nearly 130 years**
The union-run newspaper's shutdown is another blow to Broken Hill, which lost its nightly commercial news bulletin a year ago. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/barrier-truth-broken-hill-union-independent-newspaper-shuts-down/103739834)
2024-04-18T07:15:02Z	**West Australian adult dies from meningococcal, two more people in hospital**
Western Australia records its first meningococcal death since 2020, with two other adults in hospital with the disease, although the cases are not linked. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/wa-person-dies-meningococcal-disease/103742004)
2024-04-18T07:27:15Z	**Powercor pleads guilty to 104 charges including failing to inspect powerlines and cut vegetation, leading to bushfire**
The electricity distribution Today in the Shepparton Magistrates Court electricity distribution company Powercor admitted to failing to cut back vegetation around its powerlines, triggering a risk management failure that resulted in a bushfire in western Victoria. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/powercor-admits-failure-to-mitigate-bushfire-risk/103739324)
2024-04-18T07:23:59Z	**United front needed to defeat venomous fire ants, Senate inquiry finds**
Inquiry chairman calls for authorities to involve the public and work with farmers and pest control companies to stop the spread of the imported pest. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/fire-ants-senate-inquiry-recommendations-matt-canavan/103738608)
2024-04-18T07:47:09Z	**Failed SA Senate candidate who tore hair from police officer found guilty of assault**
Anti-vaccine protester Raina Cruise is found guilty of intentionally causing harm to a police officer after trial by judge alone. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/raina-cruise-found-guilty-of-assaulting-police-officer/103741614)
2024-04-18T08:05:49Z	**Property operator says butchered horses discovered by council were killed to feed his dogs**
NSW man Adrian Talbot disputes reports 500 horse carcasses were found on his property, saying the number was closer to 30 or 40, and the animals were humanely euthanased. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/dead-horses-wagga-wagga-trader-denies-knackery-allegation/103738906)
2024-04-18T08:09:40Z	**Two more charged after woman allegedly stabbed, burnt and left homeless in violent attack**
Police say the 58-year-old woman was attacked at her home in regional Spring Ridge, NSW, by men who then set fire to the house and destroyed it. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/spring-ridge-nsw-stabbing-and-house-fire-men-arrested/103741752)
2024-04-18T08:34:52Z	**Live: Saints and Dogs looking to turn fortunes around with a win on Thursday night**
The Western Bulldogs and St Kilda are coming off losses in round 5 and meet at Docklands, each searching for their third win of the season. Follow live. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/afl-round-six-st-kilda-western-bulldogs-docklands-live-blog/103742120)
2024-04-18T09:06:50Z	**Live: Undermanned Roosters renew rivalry with rejuvenated Storm**
The Roosters will be without halfback Sam Walker for the second week in a row as they lock horns with their old rivals from Melbourne. Follow live. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/nrl-thursday-night-blog-sydney-roosters-melbourne-storm/103742698)
2024-04-18T09:04:13Z	**Specialist says there may have been 'systemic failures' between authorities over the treatment of Joel Cauchi**
A leading neuropsychiatrist says there was a potential "systemic failure" by Queensland authorities when it came to treating and communicating about Joel Cauchi. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/joel-cauchi-communication-failures-queensland-bondi-stabbing/103740548)
2024-04-18T09:23:44Z	**Risk of harm to baby thrown into river by mentally ill father was entirely predictable, coroner says**
The death of a baby girl who was thrown into the Tweed River by her father in 2018 prompts a coroner to recommend greater co-operation between social welfare agencies. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/baby-q-inquest-findings-welfare-mental-family-health/103739668)
2024-04-18T09:36:52Z	**A-League Men's game postponed as Mariners caught up in Dubai flooding**
The flow-on effect from historic flooding in the United Arab Emirates affects this weekend's A-League Men's schedule, with Central Coast Mariners vs Adelaide United off due to the Mariners unable to get home in time from Dubai. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/alm-game-postponed-as-mariners-stranded-by-dubai-flooding/103742682)
2024-04-18T10:55:23Z	**Elderly couple believed to have been killed by ram in NZ**
The ram was shot and killed by police when they arrived at the property. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/man-and-woman-killed-by-ram-in-new-zealand/103742522)
2024-04-18T11:04:36Z	**Police charge teenage boy who allegedly stabbed bishop with terrorism offence**
A 16-year-old boy who allegedly stabbed Sydney bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel at Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley has been charged with a terrorism offence by police. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/nsw-wakeley-stabbed-teenage-boy-charged/103742954)
2024-04-18T18:44:54Z	**Japan needs more immigrants, but some foreigners say racism remains systematic**
A landmark racial discrimination case comes as the country grapples with questions about race, immigration and what it means to be Japanese. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/japanese-police-sued-for-racial-discrimination/103731134)
2024-04-18T18:59:59Z	**For the first time this term, inflation may not dominate the budget. What will?**
Treasurer Jim Chalmers's third budget will be his first not wholly dominated by inflation, which will share the stage with trouble in China and sluggish economic growth. What story will the government seek to tell? ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/inflation-may-not-dominate-budget-night-what-will/103742680)
2024-04-18T19:12:49Z	**Two jurors dismissed from Donald Trump's 'hush money' trial days after being selected**
The dismissals underscore the challenges lawyers are facing in trying to assemble a jury for one of the most high-profile cases in US history. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/jurors-dismissed-from-donald-trumps-hush-money-trial-in-new-york/103743298)
2024-04-18T19:19:48Z	**Even before public controversy forced a Harry Potter event backflip, the local council was given a warning**
In a beloved Melbourne wildlife reserve, Warner Brothers was given the green light to conjure up fantastical scenes straight from Harry Potter. But behind the scenes, the local council was warned this would risk banishing their own, real-world creatures. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/harry-potter-forbidden-forest-owls-briars-mornington-peninsula/103734010)
2024-04-18T19:30:10Z	**Mammoth federal green scheme risks 'zombie projects' that never get built, analyst warns**
The federal government plans to spend tens of billions of dollars building new green energy projects. An analyst is warning against "zombie projects" that go nowhere. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/analyst-warns-federal-green-scheme-could-create-zombie-projects/103740540)
2024-04-18T19:39:04Z	**When Sarah secured a family home near Brisbane for $115 a week, she had no idea of the nightmare that would follow**
An error made by the owner meant Sarah became the sole tenant on the lease for a bargain price, but months later, people started showing up at her door. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/qld-facebook-marketplace-renting-tenants-brisbane-property/102820060)
2024-04-18T19:37:05Z	**Union calls on public not to 're-traumatise' Bondi workers by asking them about attack as shops reopen**
The retail workers union is pleading with the public not to ask retail workers to re-live the Bondi Junction attacks as retail stores re-open today. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/sydney-shoppers-not-to-ask-bondi-westfield-workers-about-attack/103742154)
2024-04-18T19:48:26Z	**Rushed buyers at risk of purchasing homes with defects during property boom, inspector warns**
A Gold Coast building and pest inspector who receives regular call-outs to newly-purchased properties with structural or termite issues says he believes homebuyers are being pressured to sign contracts without doing due diligence. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/building-pest-inspector-warns-buyers-to-do-due-diligence/103700002)
2024-04-18T19:47:33Z	**Ethnic tensions will complicate the Albanese government’s multicultural policy reform**
Australia's multiculturalism is enduring unprecedented strains, with all the difficulties that brings for political and community leaders. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/ethnic-tension-complicate-albanese-multicultural-reform-policy/103743030)
2024-04-18T20:04:07Z	**The denial of land to returned Aboriginal soldiers was a disgraceful injustice. Is Victoria about to do something about it?**
Victoria's First Nations truth-telling inquiry has pressed the state government about the injustices faced by Aboriginal soldiers who served their country but were denied land on their return. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/yoorrook-returned-aboriginal-soldiers-compensation/103740776)
2024-04-18T20:11:38Z	**Drought puts squeeze on King Island farmers as Tasmanian government considers more shipping options**
It is normally lush and green, but King Island is drought-stricken and its farmers are desperate to ship cattle north to Victoria. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/tasmanian-government-king-island-mainland-shipping-drought/103740320)
2024-04-18T20:10:20Z	**It's been called Israel's 'Guantanamo'. A doctor who worked in the secretive facility is now speaking out**
Israel's defence force denies serious allegations of abuse and torture from several Gazan men who say they were detained without charge. WARNING: Readers might find some of the details in this story distressing. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/allegations-of-gaza-abuse/103692464)
2024-04-18T20:20:27Z	**'Inexplicable' that youth justice lawyer role in Cairns not approved, advocates say**
Seven months ago the Queensland government was warned that without an additional youth justice lawyer in Cairns, the number of youth detainees in the Cairns watch house would worsen. Advocates say that’s exactly what happened. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/qld-government-funding-youth-justice-lawyer-cairns/103742000)
2024-04-18T20:19:21Z	**Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department is nearly here, but it could be a logistical nightmare for the Eras Tour**
The Tortured Poets Department could very well break streaming records, but it also poses a headache for Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. How do you include another album into a show that's already over three hours long? ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/taylor-swift-to-fit-tortured-poets-department-into-eras-tour/103728340)
2024-04-18T20:18:21Z	**Faith with a price tag: How much should people pay to connect to God?**
In Samoa, churches spend millions building cathedrals to connect communities to God. But as debts and poverty skyrocket, many are questioning the price tag. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/samoan-churches-cost-coconut-debt-life-savings/103552492)
2024-04-18T20:39:30Z	**Mother of girl taken by crocodile wants more education, not culling**
It's been 15 years since Charlene O'Sullivan lost her daughter to a crocodile in a waterhole near Darwin. She's warning the Northern Territory government against culling. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/mother-warns-against-crocodile-attack-culling-northern-territory/103736134)
2024-04-18T20:39:15Z	**Baby Avery was stillborn at 35 weeks — he's part of a tragic trend that hasn't changed in 20 years**
Every day six babies are, on average, stillborn across the country — and the rate has remained effectively unchanged for two decades. Evidence shows in many cases stillbirth is preventable, but experts are concerned that outdated attitudes and data delays are still holding back progress. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/stillbirth-rates-have-been-static-but-data-could-help-families/103640182)
2024-04-18T20:52:58Z	**Chopper crash kills Kenyan defence chief on visit to combat cattle rustlers**
General Francis Omondi Ogolla and other officials die while travelling in the North Rift region, where armed bandits and cattle rustlers are rampant. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/kenya-military-chopper-crash-kills-defence-chief-senior-officers/103743578)
2024-04-18T21:01:41Z	**Elective surgery wait times almost double in 20 years as patients wait longer in emergency**
Elective surgery wait times are now the longest on record, according to the Australian Medical Association's Public Hospital Report Card. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/elective-surgery-wait-times-almost-double-in-20-years/103742480)
2024-04-18T21:01:36Z	**Victorians are being told to brace for 'hard decisions' in next month's budget — here's why**
Expect tough cuts and even tougher rhetoric when Victoria's budget lands next month. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/victorian-government-debt-budget-jacinta-allan-tim-pallas/103740864)
2024-04-18T21:00:19Z	**Melbourne man faces 150 charges for selling weapons to youth gang members**
A 52-year-old Cranbourne North man, who was arrested in raids on two collectables stores last year, is charged with nearly 150 offences linked to the alleged sale of illegal weapons to known youth gang members. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/man-charged-over-youth-gang-weapons/103743610)
2024-04-18T21:08:31Z	**Teams venture into unknown territory as F1 returns to China**
This weekend's Chinese Grand Prix is the first since 2019, with the COVID-19 pandemic keeping F1 away from Shanghai. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/f1-returns-to-china-holds-first-sprint-race-of-the-season/103741862)
2024-04-18T21:29:43Z	**A day after taking down veteran Nadal, de Minaur stumbles against French teen in Barcelona**
Just 24 hours after knocking 41-year-old Rafael Nadal out of the Barcelona Open, Alex de Minaur goes down in straight sets to a teenage sensation. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/barcelona-open-de-minaur-loses-to-fils-in-straight-sets/103743682)
2024-04-18T21:55:44Z	**Live: ASX to open weakly, US records another strong jobs report**
Australia's stock market is tipped to have a weak start to the day, after another strong jobs report in the US overnight raised the prospect that the US Federal Reserve will delay any planned rate cuts. Follow live. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/asx-markets-business-live-news-april19-2024/103743698)
2024-04-18T21:52:38Z	**United Arab Emirates struggles to recover after heaviest recorded rainfall ever**
The United Arab Emirates tries to wring itself out after the heaviest-recorded rainfall ever to hit the desert nation, with its main airport allowing more flights even as floodwater covered portions of major highways and communities. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/uae-struggles-to-recover-from-record-rainfall/103743612)
2024-04-18T22:00:00Z	**Why are we all so angry right now? Many experts say we're being manipulated for profits**
Anger and fear dominate our world right now, but experts say those who are engineering these emotions are often doing so for the money. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/who-is-causing-fear-and-anger-in-society/103709508)
2024-04-18T22:11:16Z	**Ex-Scottish leader's husband charged with embezzling party funds**
Murrell was re-arrested and questioned after he and Sturgeon were arrested last year in relation to the same investigation. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/ex-scottish-leaders-husband-charged-with-embezzling-party-funds/103743606)
2024-04-18T22:32:06Z	**Teenager travelled 90 minutes to Sydney's south-west before allegedly stabbing bishop six times**
NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb said the teenager is due to face a children's court this morning after he was charged with a terrorism offence overnight. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/nsw-teenager-charged-terrorism-bishop-stab/103743700)
2024-04-18T22:41:03Z	**Trauma of family's lifetime with mental health system brought home by Bondi killings**
The sister of a man whose schizophrenia diagnosis has been part of her family's life for 30 years says the mental health system, as she has experienced it, is non-existent. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/joel-cauchi-bondi-attacker-had-schizophrenia-explained/103738664)
2024-04-18T23:04:32Z	**Insurance companies stalling 'to avoid paying out as much as possible', flood inquiry hears**
Shells of homes, shipping containers and furniture in front yards are fixtures of northern Victorian streets as residents battle insurance companies for compensation 18 months after devastating floods. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/flood-insurance-inquiry-rochester-victoria-housing-struggle/103740128)
2024-04-18T23:10:48Z	**Dreyfus calls on men to 'step up' to stop one woman dying a week from domestic violence**
The nation's chief lawmaker will today ask men to step up to stop women dying every week in a "crisis of male violence". ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/dreyfus-says-men-need-to-step-up-in-domestic-violence-crisis/103743900)
2024-04-18T23:24:01Z	**When Saigon fell in 1975, Vietnamese movie star Kieu Chinh began calling her famous friends**
The 86-year-old star of The Joy Luck Club appears alongside Robert Downey Jr in The Sympathizer, a new black comedy examining the legacy of the Vietnam War. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/kieu-chinh-the-sympathizer-hbo-tv-series/103736304)
2024-04-18T23:20:31Z	**Want to see a pre-teen in ballet flats kill some clueless criminals? Abigail may be for you**
Featuring the last filmed performance of Euphoria star Angus Cloud, Abigail’s cast puts in a lot more than they get out of the ambitious but bloated horror comedy. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/abigail-review-angus-cloud-melissa-barrara-universal-monsters/103740360)
2024-04-18T23:38:37Z	**Expert flags 'incredible' mental health funding need in region with one of world's highest youth suicide rates**
Upgrades to Broome Hospital's high dependency mental health unit were recommended by a coroner in 2021 after the death of an Aboriginal man, but the state government says it still "working through" what is required. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/mental-health-funding-kimberley/103740408)
2024-04-18T23:50:54Z	**Australian men on brink of missing Olympics football after Olyroos suffer shock loss**
The Olyroos fail to score again as Indonesia causes an upset with a 1-0 victory that has almost shattered Australia's Olympic dream. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/olyroos-lose-to-indonesia-as-olympic-dream-fades/103744028)
2024-04-19T00:05:58Z	**Indonesia evacuating thousands after volcano erupts, as tsunami fear looms**
Indonesian rescuers race to evacuate thousands of people after a volcano erupted five times, forcing authorities to close a nearby airport and issue a tsunami warning. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/thousands-evacuated-after-volcano-eruption-in-indoensia/103743916)
2024-04-19T00:42:26Z	**Gem hunters victorious in 'David versus Goliath' battle to keep mining claims long-term**
A small group of sapphire miners celebrate as the Queensland government abandons a proposal to stop the renewal of small-scale mining tenures beyond 15 years. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/gemfields-qld-government-small-mining-reform-sapphire-campaign/103734432)
2024-04-19T00:57:47Z	**Train drivers threaten 24-hour strike during first AFL Showdown of the season**
The Rail, Tram, and Bus Union says workers will strike on the date of the first AFL Port Crows Showdown of the season, if pay demands from metro train staff are not met within the next two weeks. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/train-drivers-threaten-24-hour-strike-during-afl-showdown/103743792)
2024-04-19T00:54:17Z	**Three people seriously injured after hit-and-run in Darwin suburb**
Authorities are urging the public to come forward with any street-facing CCTV footage across three Darwin suburbs as they seek to identify the driver of a light-coloured van. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/nt-triple-hit-and-run-two-critical/103744468)
2024-04-19T01:41:43Z	**Drunk driver jailed over crash that killed 9yo boy heading home with his mum**
Bellingen woman Kristie Merrett drank a bottle of vodka the night before she was involved in the crash that killed James Edds. Now she will spend the next three and a half years minimum behind bars. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/nsw-killarney-vale-drunk-driver-kristie-merrett-sentenced/102927558)
2024-04-19T01:58:17Z	**US officials reportedly say Israeli missiles hit Iran site**
A US official tells US broadcaster ABC that Israeli missiles have struck a site in Iran. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/israeli-missiles-hit-iran-site/103677406)
2024-04-19T02:08:11Z	**Government minister calls for national consistency on knife laws after attacks**
Ongoing police patrols at shopping centres and tougher penalties for people caught carrying knives are among the suggestions being put forward by politicians following the Sydney stabbing attacks. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/government-calls-for-national-consistency-on-knife-laws/103744702)
2024-04-19T02:21:28Z	**India's south has always been immune to Modi's charms. Here's why he's desperate to win them over**
India's Prime Minister has set himself an ambitious goal in the country's marathon six-week election, but to achieve it, he'll have to win over a dubious crowd, writes Meghna Bali. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/modis-india-election-strategy/103744478)
2024-04-19T02:20:50Z	**China critic regains seat in Solomon Islands, vows to block Chinese investment as election counting continues**
Early results are starting to flow in Solomon Islands in the wake of Wednesday's elections, with prominent China critic, ousted Malaita premier Daniel Suidani, regaining his provincial seat. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/solomon-islands-election-sees-china-critic-win-seat/103740032)
2024-04-19T02:46:10Z	**Four boys arrested over 'terrifying' alleged knifepoint carjacking in Darwin CBD**
Northern Territory police have arrested four boys, including two aged 11, over an alleged daylight carjacking in Darwin that left a nurse traumatised. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/nt-woman-carjacked-at-knifepoint-by-boys-darwin-cbd/103743950)
2024-04-19T02:44:52Z	**Meta's amped-up AI agents confusing Facebook users**
Facebook parent Meta unveiled a new set of artificial intelligence systems that are powering what CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls "the most intelligent AI assistant that you can freely use". ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/meta-releases-llama-3-ai-model/103744538)
2024-04-19T02:50:39Z	**'I want to see out my contract': Nelson Asofa-Solomona commits to the Storm following NRL return**
Nelson Asofa-Solomona has shut down talk over his NRL future and declared he wants to repay the Storm after "letting my teammates down" last season. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/nelson-asofa-solomona-melbourne-storm-contract/103744712)
2024-04-19T03:12:39Z	**Live: Iran suspends, diverts commercial flights after reports of Israeli strikes**
Iran is suspending and diverting commercial flights amid reports of an Israeli missile strike near the city of Isfahan. Follow live. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/iran-suspends-diverts-flights-after-reports-of-israeli-strikes/103745148)
2024-04-19T03:22:32Z	**Security guard stabbed during confrontation with Bondi mass murderer granted permanent visa**
Security officer Muhammad Taha has officially been granted a permanent resident visa by the government after he confronted Joel Cauchi during Saturday's mass stabbing at Westfield Bondi Junction. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/nsw-security-guard-stabbing-granted-permanent-visa/103745502)
2024-04-19T03:21:10Z	**The Wiggles release dance album boasting rave remixes of their biggest hits**
The Wiggles most popular songs, including Hot Potato and Fruit Salad, feature on the group's new electronic dance album. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/the-wiggles-release-surprise-dance-album-remixes-of-hits/103745000)
2024-04-19T03:36:52Z	**Canberra zoo's new zebra foal, born into successful breeding program, is already doing 'zoomies'**
The new baby was born earlier this week. Zookeepers can't get close enough yet to check its gender and weight but said  it is already showing signs of a cheeky personality. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/act-zebra-born-at-canberra-zoo/103744620)
2024-04-19T03:43:21Z	**States argue vapes 'recruiting a new generation to nicotine', urging federal parliament to enact bans**
Health ministers from around the country have backed the federal government's proposed vaping bans, arguing e-cigarettes are being used as a tool to recruit new smokers. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/states-back-vaping-bans-urging-federal-parliament-to-act/103745786)
2024-04-19T03:50:06Z	**Surfer left in tears at Margaret River Pro after emotional battle with older brother**
Brazilian surfer Samuel Pupo is reduced to tears after beating his older brother at the Margaret River Pro, and knocking him off the tour as a result. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/margaret-river-pro-samuel-pupo-in-tears-after-beating-brother/103745834)
2024-04-19T04:22:01Z	**Second man found guilty of murdering Mark Boyce in Adelaide's north in 2017**
A South Australian Supreme Court judge has found a second man guilty over the bashing murder of Mark Boyce in Adelaide's north in January 2017. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/tobias-sahlstorfer-found-guilty-of-murdering-mark-boyce/103744760)
2024-04-19T05:07:52Z	**Body found in search for missing teen in Torres Strait has injuries consistent with crocodile attack**
Queensland police believe a teenager who went missing on Thursday was killed by a crocodile after a boat broke down off Saibai Island in the far northern reaches of the Torres Strait. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/body-of-missing-torres-strait-teen-found-crocodile-attack/101045364)
2024-04-19T05:22:34Z	**Second man charged over alleged murder of William Holdback at Welland**
A second person has been arrested and charged over the alleged murder of William Holdback in Adelaide's inner north-west last week. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/second-man-charged-william-holdback-welland-alleged-murder/103746556)
2024-04-19T05:30:44Z	**This 8-year-old is learning to hunt dugong. He's also trying to save them**
The battle over a proposed development on Toondah Harbour may have been won, but the fight to protect the dugong and Quandamooka traditions continues at Moreton Bay. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/tanya-plibersek-chose-to-protect-quandamooka-dugongs/103741914)
2024-04-19T05:41:45Z	**Major tourist stopover to begin three-month trial restricting morning sales of some alcohol in SA**
Some have already described the new alcohol restrictions as a band-aid solution to a complex problem in the South Australian town. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/new-liquor-restrictions-for-ceduna-nullarbor-south-australia/103744560)
2024-04-19T06:06:59Z	**Aussie Gabriela Ruffels in the golf major mix while red-hot Nelly Korda threatens**
Gabriela Ruffels heads the Australians in the women's first major of the year, the Chevron Championship, with American Lauren Coughlin the early leader. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/aussie-gabriela-ruffels-in-major-golf-mix-red-hot-nelly-korda/103746172)
2024-04-19T06:38:15Z	**Australia's second permanent pill testing service opens as experts warn drugs becoming 'more and more risky'**
Drug checking services allow people to have small samples of illicit drugs tested for free to see if they contain dangerous chemicals. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/pill-testing-drugs-mdma/103745962)
2024-04-19T07:04:29Z	**Deceased contractor, 50, operated machinery against instruction, court hears**
A construction worker operated heavy machinery without authorisation twice in the weeks before his death at a remote Northern Territory work site, a court has heard. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/kalidonis-nt-court-hearing-into-death-of-paul-leach-maningrida/103732926)
2024-04-19T07:23:32Z	**Proposed plan to ban recreational access to Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre without cultural permission**
An Arabana representative has welcomed the proposed plan, which would prevent people from driving, walking or boating on Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre without permission, saying previous misuse of the culturally significant site had hurt her elders. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/kati-thanda-lake-eyre-proposed-management-plan-recreation-ban/103744900)
2024-04-19T07:21:49Z	**Premier denies bowing to social media pressure as he visits returnee Molly the magpie at home**
Following a sustained campaign to return Molly to a family and their dogs, Queensland Premier Steven Miles threw his support behind reuniting them. But he denies bowing to social media pressure to intervene in the case. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/premier-steven-miles-visits-molly-the-magpie-on-gold-coast/103744898)
2024-04-19T07:43:31Z	**Taylor Swift's new album is actually two new albums, and the internet has lost it**
Taylor Swift's 11th studio album, The Tortured Poet's Department, has dropped and her fans are feeling a lot of things. Then the pop star managed to pull off a double surprise — sending the internet into meltdown. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/taylor-swift-s-new-album-is-finally-here-and-so-is-the-internet/103742658)
2024-04-19T08:40:36Z	**Live: Resurgent Crows and dangerous Bombers looks to back up impressive wins at Adelaide Oval**
Adelaide kept their season alive with a thrilling win in round five, while Essendon's unpredictability makes them dangerous. Follow this intriguing clash from Adelaide Oval in our live blog. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/afl-round-six-adelaide-crows-essendon-bombers-live-blog/103747322)
2024-04-19T09:03:16Z	**One-punch attacker set free after spending 11 years behind bars**
Kieran Loveridge, who was convicted of the manslaughter of Thomas Kelly after punching him during a night out in Kings Cross in 2012, is being released from Broken Hill Correctional Centre after serving 11 years behind bars. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/nsw-kieran-loveridge-prison-release-broken-hill/103747326)
2024-04-19T09:14:31Z	**'It bloody hurts': Parents of 10yo who took his own life in state care speak of devastation, hit out at government**
The parents of a 10-year-old boy who was under the care of the WA Department of Communities when he took his own life on Saturday speak of the moment they were told their son had died, and why they feel he has been swept "under the rug". ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/family-of-wa-boy-who-died-by-suicide-speak-of-devastation/103744574)
2024-04-19T09:39:30Z	**Man who killed sister outside family home was 'out of reality' at the time, expert says**
Forensic psychiatrists tell a jury Jason Raymond Patterson was not aware his action were wrong when he violently killed his sister — who he believed to be possessed — on the front lawn of their Deniliquin home in late 2021. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/forensic-psychiatrists-evidence-jason-patterson-murder-trial/103745492)
2024-04-19T09:36:08Z	**Former Armidale School teacher, 87, faces court over historical child sex charges**
Leonard Gardiner has denied all charges from his time as a teacher at The Armidale School in the 1960s. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/former-armidale-school-teacher-gardiner-trial-sex-charges/103746860)
2024-04-19T09:48:35Z	**Cause of Melbourne woman's death at wellness retreat is unknown, police say**
Police say an autopsy of the body of Rachael Dixon who died at a retreat near Ballarat has found no cause of death. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/police-say-autopsy-not-found-cause-of-womans-death-clunes/103748060)
2024-04-19T19:00:00Z	**Higgins's rape tested — and largely found wanting — the political leaders of the day. An uncomfortable truth still lingers**
Bruce Lerhmann's defamation case has exposed a continuing hostility to women in the broader Australian community which has seen women too eagerly cast as liars, whatever the nature of the issue that has brought them to public attention. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/justice-lee-bruce-lehrmann-defamation-political-leaders-words/103744482)
2024-04-19T18:52:52Z	**Nathan Murphy speaks out on concussion, panic attacks, and loneliness after AFL retirement at 24**
How does it feel to step away from an elite sporting career at just 24-years-old? Footballer Nathan Murphy opens up to Hack on the six months since his career-ending concussion. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/nathan-murphy-concussion-afl-retirement-24/103746416)
2024-04-19T18:52:03Z	**Jacinda Ardern slashed negative gearing in NZ. Did it drive down house prices?**
Property investors in New Zealand have had several years with a reduced ability to claim their interest payments as a tax deduction, but the new Coalition government has brought it back. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/nz-reinstate-interest-deductibility-on-investment-properties/103685396)
2024-04-19T18:51:33Z	**East coast to soak over the weekend amid possible cyclone, frosty south — and endless WA heat**
Australia's weather will serve up a smorgasbord of variability this weekend, with an expected drenching for the east, wintry nights in the southern states and ongoing heat in the west. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/australia-weather-wet-east-coast-possible-cyclone-wa-bakes/103747022)
2024-04-19T18:50:58Z	**The 'student debt spiral': How HECS loans have ballooned in the past decade**
High inflation means many workers' HECS debts are growing faster than they can pay it off. It shows why calls for change have grown so loud that the prime minister has all but confirmed there will be HECS relief in the budget, national education and parenting reporter Conor Duffy writes. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/hecs-debt-spiral-how-student-university-loans-have-ballooned/103746184)
2024-04-19T19:22:41Z	**Iran signals no retaliation plans after suspected Israeli drone attack**
Iranian officials and state media outlets have refused to name Israel in the aftermath of the suspected drone attack on its territory. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/iran-yet-to-retaliate-after-suspected-israeli-drone-attack/103743190)
2024-04-19T20:07:47Z	**Solomon Islands pro-China PM Manasseh Sogavare retains his seat as counting continues**
This election is the first in Solomon Islands since Manasseh Sogavare struck a security pact with China in 2022. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/manasseh-sogavare-holds-seat-in-solomon-islands-election/103748226)
2024-04-19T19:56:07Z	**Why Japanese couples have little choice over their surname**
Six couples are suing the Japanese government for the right to use different surnames. With the support of big business, there is now growing pressure to allow more options. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/why-japanese-couples-have-little-choice-over-their-surname/103661542)
2024-04-19T19:54:26Z	**'They're wearing me down': Behnam thought he'd won a record $5.2m unlawful dismissal claim against a tech giant but his case is being retried**
Behnam Roohizadegan thought he'd won a record $5.2 million payout against publicly-listed company TechnologyOne, but now the case is being retried, dragging on years of anguish he claims he has suffered at the hands of the big corporation. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/behnam-roohizadegan-bullying-claim-technology-one-retrial/103709862)
2024-04-19T19:50:46Z	**Iran and Israel are in a dangerous game of chicken, with a deadly prize for winning**
The events of the past week have put the Middle East in a strange and uncertain space. Neither Iran, nor Israel would benefit from the prospect of an all-out war with the other, but equally, neither seems prepared to back down. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/iran-and-israel-status-quo-changed-forever/103747494)
2024-04-19T20:40:44Z	**Eight smutty fantasy series to fill the Sarah J. Maas-sized hole in your heart**
We've got you with recommendations for eight series that will make you forget Rhysand ever had your heart — spice rating included. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/what-to-read-after-a-court-of-thorns-and-roses-acotar-romantasy/103740204)
2024-04-19T20:39:44Z	**Power companies on notice as energy regulator flags serious concerns over complex pricing**
For decades a backer of so-called cost reflective power pricing, the Australian Energy Regulator has acknowledged major problems with the roll-out of complex tariffs. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/aer-admits-to-serious-concerns-over-time-of-use-power-tariffs/103737008)
2024-04-19T21:01:01Z	**Coercive control is like ‘psychological warfare’ – and survivors fear police won’t be able to identify it**
Coercive control will become a criminal offence in Queensland next year, carrying a maximum sentence of up to 14 years in jail, but survivors fear police won't be equipped to respond. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/coercive-control-stateline-police-demand-dv-offending/103689972)
2024-04-19T21:00:00Z	**Anthony Scaramucci worked for Donald Trump. Now he's calling his ex-boss 'a lunatic'**
'The Mooch' got up close and personal with Donald Trump during his brief time as White House communications director. Now he's one of his biggest critics. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/scaramucci-trump-biden-global-roaming-us-election/103735676)
2024-04-19T21:00:00Z	**New clues unearthed in 28yo mystery of missing woman Marcia Ryan**
Marcia Ryan was 33 when she disappeared in 1996, her car abandoned by the side of the Princes Highway in Victoria. Her family has never given up hope of finding out what happened to her. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/marcia-ryan-missing-person-cold-case-new-clues/103379920)
2024-04-19T21:32:47Z	**Thirty-three years after another Sydney shopping centre massacre, the Bondi attack triggers fresh grief**
In 1991, seven people were killed when a man entered Strathfield Plaza with a knife and a semi-automatic weapon. For some, the Bondi Junction stabbing attack was a traumatic reminder. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/nsw-westfield-bondi-junction-stabbing-strathfield-massacre/103709918)
2024-04-19T21:56:51Z	**Beijing Half Marathon champion He Jie has medal taken away after rigged finish**
Organisers of the Beijing Half Marathon apologise and revoke the placings of the first four men across the line, after an investigation finds the place-getters let China's He Jie win. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/beijing-half-marathon-champion-medal-taken-away-controversy/103748700)
2024-04-19T22:05:21Z	**'It's really, really frightening': Activists cancel trips to Cambodia after Melbourne man brutally assaulted**
The attack on a Cambodian-Australian visiting his homeland sets a worrying precedent according to community leaders and prompts activists to cancel upcoming travel plans. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/attack-on-cambodian-australian-visiting-cambodia/103740436)
2024-04-19T22:16:35Z	**Chief Justice of the Family Court urges men to call each other out about violence against women**
'We shouldn't put up with it': head of the Family Court says the frequency of violence against women in Australia is a 'national disgrace'. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/chief-justice-family-court-men-must-make-change-family-violence/103748036)
2024-04-19T22:24:06Z	**Man rushed to hospital after setting himself on fire outside court where Donald Trump is on trial**
A man has set himself on fire outside the New York courthouse where Donald Trump's historic "hush-money" trial is taking place. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/man-sets-himself-on-fire-outside-donald-trump-trial-court/103748640)
2024-04-19T22:29:16Z	**This brother and sister bought a farm together. Here's how they made it work**
Would you go into business with a sibling? From a winery to cheesemakers, these Tasmanian entrepreneurs have had a crack, and it's paying off. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2024-04-20/agribusiness-families-tasmanian-siblings-partner-up-in-ventures/103667046)
2024-04-19T22:28:39Z	**SA's cabinet reshuffle sees political players climb, slide backwards or fall off the board entirely**
Cabinet reshuffles can be akin to a game of Snakes and Ladders as all moves were on display in this week's rejig of the South Australian cabinet, writes Rory McClaren. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/south-australian-government-cabinet-reshuffle/103744438)
2024-04-19T23:00:44Z	**Could native bees be driven to extinction while scientists' eyes are elsewhere?**
While there is no shortage of research on European honey bees and the various threats to their survival, experts fear a paucity of data on native species means they are quietly dying out. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/lack-of-research-on-native-australian-bees-problem-for-survival/103738558)
2024-04-19T23:42:40Z	**Students switch off the tech to connect with country in WA**
A program designed to reawaken the connection between children and nature is getting primary school students away from technology and into the bush. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/reconnecting-to-nature-along-geraldtons-chapman-river/103697098)
2024-04-20T00:03:02Z	**The workshops giving wheelchair users the confidence to pop wheelies and conquer their fears**
When Melinda Rea got her first wheelchair, no one showed her how to use it and she ended up almost tipping out onto her steep driveway. Now a skills workshop has given her the confidence to get over her fears. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/wheelchair-skills-workshop-letting-users-overcome-fears/103733968)
2024-04-20T01:06:01Z	**'It's a bit like the Barbie and Oppenheimer thing' says beloved actor as film shoots duel in WA**
Hollywood zombie thriller We Bury the Dead and Australian indie crime caper Frederickstown have both been shooting on WA's south coast, with one star saying WA is on the cusp of a film boom. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/we-bury-the-dead-meets-frederickstown-in-wa-film-industry-boom/103655050)
2024-04-20T01:36:40Z	**Car chase suspect dies in collision with bus near Dubbo, multiple people injured**
Emergency services are at the scene on the Mitchell Highway and police have declared a critical incident. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/fatal-bus-car-crash-dubbo-central-west-new-south-wales/103748820)
2024-04-20T02:16:00Z	**Titmus, McEvoy fire at Australian swim titles**
Ariarne Titmus and Cam McEvoy deliver fine swims to win titles at the Australian championships on the Gold Coast. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/titmus-mcevoy-fire-at-australian-swim-titles/103748868)
2024-04-20T02:06:41Z	**Lee finally feels like her true self — but it took more than 50 years to get there**
In her 20s, Lee Scott says she felt an expectation to get married to a man and have kids. After coming out as bisexual/pansexual in her 50s, she feels like an "enormous weight" has been lifted. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/coming-out-as-bisexual-pansexual-in-your-50s/103549640)
2024-04-20T02:01:29Z	**Bitcoin's fourth technical 'halving' change is complete. What does it mean?**
The change to the cryptocurrency's underlying technology is designed to cut the rate at which new bitcoins are created. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/bitcoin-halving-has-taken-place/103748894)
2024-04-20T02:32:04Z	**The barefoot band of bush kids on a mission to start a cricket team**
Henry Land travels 400km to play cricket every weekend. But after posting hand-drawn flyers around town, the Cunnamulla kid's dream of starting a local cricket team could finally come true. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/cunnamulligrubs-outback-kids-junior-cricket-team-of-cunnamulla/103701654)
2024-04-20T03:04:10Z	**Elon Musk refuses to take down tweets referencing Wakely bishop stabbing**
Politicians from across the country have repeatedly called on social media companies to take down any content that risked further inflaming rising tensions. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/elon-musk-reacts-to-esafety-commissioner-asking-x-to-take-down-/103748930)
2024-04-20T03:01:44Z	**Live: AFL admits Draper free kick error as Magpies battle Port at the MCG**
Collingwood and Port Adelaide kick off a jam-packed Saturday of footy action, which will also see Carlton host GWS, Brisbane tackle Geelong and a Western Derby between West Coast and Fremantle. Follow live. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/afl-round-six-live-blog-coll-pa-carl-gws-bris-geel-wce-freo/103749100)
2024-04-20T03:26:16Z	**'The flames got so big': Two people in an induced coma after Brisbane unit fire**
Several people treated by emergency services after a unit fire in Brisbane's inner city suburb of New Farm. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/qld-new-farm-unit-fire/103749054)
2024-04-20T03:43:37Z	**Just one month after Dolphins and Alternaleaf teamed up, the clinic's cannabis advertising is under fire**
The Dolphins NRL club and Alternaleaf have been partners for a month but as of this week the online clinic is in trouble with the TGA. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/dolphins-coverup-partner-logo-in-tga-trouble/103749068)
2024-04-20T03:55:50Z	**Mark Haines inquest adjourned, but more questions set to be asked**
Gomeroi teenager Mark Haines was found dead on train tracks south of Tamworth 36 years ago. Now the second inquest into the circumstances surrounding his death has been adjourned after possible new evidence emerges. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/mark-haines-inquest-adjourned-as-new-evidence-emerges/103745156)
2024-04-20T04:10:02Z	**Eyre Highway death gives cyclist second thoughts about crossing the Nullarbor for charity**
It has been described as one of the world's most epic cycling crossings, but Charissa Hanrahan found the high number of road trains and news of cyclist being fatally hit by a truck enough for her to redirect her journey. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/cyclist-riding-charity-reconsiders-nullabor-plain-crossing/103700990)
2024-04-20T04:38:11Z	**Live: The Panthers and Tigers play the Luai Bowl in Bathurst**
Rookie Tigers sensation Lachlan Galvin returns from suspension to face his future halves partner, Jarome Luai, as the Panthers take a home game out to Bathurst. Follow live. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/nrl-live-panthers-tigers-titans-manly-broncos-raiders/103749220)
2024-04-20T05:10:14Z	**Identity of three brothers, family friend killed in tragic WA road crash revealed**
The three brothers and their family friend killed in a road crash in Western Australia's Wheatbelt have been named, as authorities continue to investigate the incident. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/authorities-release-names-of-clackline-fatal-crash-victims/103748980)
2024-04-20T05:27:52Z	**Taylor Swift, the Aussie comedy trio, and the secret to pop stardom**
What does pop megastar Taylor Swift have to do with Australian comedians Axis of Awesome? The answer lies in one of pop music's most popular chord progressions. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/taylor-swift-pop-music-popular-chords-axis-progression/103736218)
2024-04-20T05:49:32Z	**Verstappen beats Hamilton to claim first F1 sprint of the season**
Max Verstappen methodically moved his way up the order from fourth, ahead of Lewis Hamilton in second, and Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez in third. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/max-verstappen-beats-lewis-hamilton-chinese-sprint-race/103306304)
2024-04-20T05:58:06Z	**Man arrested after allegedly firing rifle inside WA country pub and threatening staff**
A 41-year-old man is charged with more than a dozen offences including threatening to kill after he allegedly fired a shot inside the pub at Mogumber in Western Australia's Wheatbelt. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/wa-mogumber-shooting-inside-country-town-pub/103749060)
2024-04-20T06:56:49Z	**Alleged Sydney church rioter accused of yelling 'he's not leaving alive' released on bail**
Sam Haddad faces court after being arrested over his alleged role in the riot that erupted outside Christ The Good Shepherd Church, following the alleged stabbing of Assyrian Orthodox Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/sydney-church-riot-man-on-bail-another-arrested/103749070)
2024-04-20T07:15:45Z	**Queensland's forensics lab has reviewed less than two per cent of cases since commission of inquiry**
New figures show Queensland's forensics lab has retested less than two per cent of crime cases since the outcome of a commission of inquiry ordered they be reviewed. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/queensland-dna-lab-review-forensics-inquiry-crime/103748990)
2024-04-20T07:14:43Z	**US emergency rooms refusing to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom**
The cases raise alarms about the state of emergency pregnancy care in the US, especially in states that enacted strict abortion laws after the overturning of Roe v Wade, sparking confusion around the treatment doctors can provide. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/pregnant-women-denied-emergency-care-roe-v-wade-abortion-law/103748896)
2024-04-20T07:26:19Z	**Russia quietly exits Nagorno-Karabakh seven months after Azerbaijani offensive, ceding its clout 'for good'**
Russian troops deployed to Nagorno-Karabakh four years ago to keep the peace between bitter foes Armenia and Azerbaijan. But last September, when Azerbaijani forces swept through the mountainous region and crushed Armenian separatist forces in a matter of hours, the mission looked lost. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/russia-quietly-exits-karabakh-ceding-its-clout-for-good-/103749418)
2024-04-20T08:02:11Z	**'No judgment was ever going to change this truth': Brittany Higgins breaks silence after Lehrmann defamation judgment**
Brittany Higgins has posted a statement following last week's judgment in Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case. Justice Michael Lee found Ms Higgins was raped at Parliament House. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/brittany-higgins-statement-bruce-lehrmann-defamation-/103749514)
2024-04-20T08:24:56Z	**Black ribbons and no music, as Sydney shopping centre 'sombre' a week after deadly attack**
The usually bustling Westfield Bondi Junction has been eerily quiet this weekend as customers gradually return to the shopping centre a week after it became the site of a horrific stabbing attack. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/sombre-sydney-westfield-bondi-junction-one-week-fatal-stabbings/103748988)
2024-04-20T10:06:06Z	**WADA confirms 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive before Tokyo Games, accepted contamination finding**
Multiple media reports said the swimmers tested positive for trimetazidine, months before the COVID-delayed Games began in July 2021. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/wada-confirms-23-chinese-swimmers-tested-positive-tokyo-olympics/103749674)
2024-04-20T10:37:08Z	**Neighbours, Guy Pearce get nods at Daytime Emmys while Dick Van Dyke is up for historical award**
Dick Van Dyke, 98, was nominated as guest performer in a daytime drama series for his part as amnesiac Timothy Robicheaux on Peacock's Days of Our Lives. Here's the full list of nominees. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/neighbours-guy-pearce-up-for-daytime-emmy/103749632)
2024-04-20T11:56:11Z	**Iraq says one PMF member was killed in military base airstrike, US denies any involvement**
The incident in Iraq's Babil province occurred with tensions running even higher than usual across the Middle East, following what sources said was an Israeli attack in the Iranian city of Isfahan on Friday. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/iraq-s-pmf-force-says-base-was-attacked-army-investigates/103749782)
2024-04-20T12:41:39Z	**'Hard being Toby': Kingsley goes in to bat for GWS captain Greene**
Adam Kingsley has leant on the "Toby tax" sentiment in defending Toby Greene as the GWS captain faces scrutiny over high contact on Carlton's Jordan Boyd. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/gws-coach-adam-kingsley-defends-captain-toby-greene/103749820)
2024-04-20T13:11:13Z	**Chess champion completes 60-hour chess marathon in world record attempt**
Tunde Onakoya, 29, hopes to raise $1 million for children's education across Africa through the record attempt that began on Wednesday. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/chess-champion-60-hour-chess-marathon-record-attempt/103749818)
2024-04-20T19:06:40Z	**'Fearless and capable': Rahul Gandhi is the man hoping to topple Narendra Modi in the world's biggest election**
Rahul Gandhi is the only serious challenger Narendra Modi faces in India. And this time, he's fighting with a mega-alliance to "save democracy". ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/india-election-rahul-gandhi-opposition-alliance-narendra-modi/103691332)
2024-04-20T19:02:15Z	**Bit of a self-confessed quiz expert? I’ll be the judge of that. Let’s play, HARD.**
Still bragging about that one time you won trivia? I'll fix that. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/hard-quiz-weekly-trivia/103736060)
2024-04-20T19:00:00Z	**In a country of few guns, knives are young people's weapon of choice — and it's worrying police**
From the east to the west, a spate of knife attacks sent fear through Sydney this week. While violent knife crime is declining nationally, buried under the top-line statistics is a more complicated picture. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/four-days-five-stabbings-sydney-spotlight-on-knife-crime/103743096)
2024-04-20T18:51:17Z	**A mother's message and the hospital that didn't want to hear it**
A dying mum could only communicate by blinking. She needed hospital staff to help convey a message, but they didn't want to hear it. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/patients-blocked-from-accessing-voluntary-assisted-dying/103736512)
2024-04-20T18:45:44Z	**'We had to force ourselves to get married': Why couples in Myanmar are booking weddings to save the bride**
Myanmar has started to impose conscription laws that require young men and women to join the military. But people the ABC spoke to are considering getting married or fleeing the country to exploit a loophole. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/potential-conscripts-in-myanmars-war-are-avoiding-the-draft/103645960)
2024-04-20T18:45:00Z	**'Anyone in the market for a fully intact, embalmed brain?': How an alleged network selling human remains across the US unravelled**
Investigators in the United States allege both morgue staff and collectors were part of an underground community willing to pay top dollar for human remains. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/harvard-morgue-human-remains-theft/103730798)
2024-04-20T19:30:00Z	**Bad behaviour from 'delusional' parents forces sporting codes to take action as athletes, umpires as young as 10 cop verbal abuse**
Abusive adults are ruining the joy of sport for children across Australia, but new campaigns aim to stamp the behaviour out. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/overbearing-parents-sport-codes-action-kids-verbal-abuse/103744434)
2024-04-20T19:28:11Z	**Should MPs be allowed to job-share? These two women are testing the waters**
Two lifelong friends join forces to campaign for a single seat in federal parliament. They want to show that politics can be done differently – but not everyone's convinced it can work. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/bronwen-bock-lucy-bradlow-job-sharing-mps/103666586)
2024-04-20T19:53:08Z	**Kelpies, pugs, poodles — meet the dogs of Bluey**
From poodles and pugs to dalmatians and beagles, Bluey is a hotbed of all the different dogs out there. But what are they like in real life? ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/meet-the-dogs-of-bluey/103730460)
2024-04-20T20:04:11Z	**'It's our purpose': How two young men from the NT combat mental health issues in their community**
When Jahdai Vigona and Danté Rodrigues were heading down the wrong path after high school, they had two options: keep going or make a change. They chose the latter. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/one-percent-better-communities-darwin-nt/103512948)
2024-04-20T20:01:53Z	**50 films a year, casinos, a bankruptcy and those ruby slippers: How one of Hollywood's original studios has survived 100 years**
When MGM peaked, it reached for the stars, creating some of the most famous films in history. But when it struggled, it fell deep, only staying afloat with a Las Vegas tycoon and selling all its memorabilia. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/how-hollywoods-mgm-survived-100-years/103653746)
2024-04-20T20:00:00Z	**Gail, 73, is living proof that age matters when it comes to divorce, as research shows extent of financial impact**
Gail Cocksedge says she has built "a beautiful little nest of people" around her since her husband left her 40 years ago. She is glad she was younger when they separated, given the financial impact. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/grey-divorce-a-significant-financial-risk-on-women-research/103740646)
2024-04-20T20:34:22Z	**China's foreign minister visits PNG, saying Pacific nations aren't 'the backyard' of other countries**
China's top diplomat Wang Yi takes a swipe at the geo-political jostling for influence in the Pacific, saying Pacific Island countries aren't "the backyard of any major country". ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/wang-yi-visits-papua-new-guinea/103749806)
2024-04-20T20:30:00Z	**Twenty-metre floating island appears in Sydney's north following Hawkesbury floods**
There are concerns about the impact on beachgoers and marine traffic near the mouth of the Hawkesbury River as debris continues to appear weeks after torrential rain brought flooding to Sydney's west. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/massive-floating-islands-after-hawkesbury-floods/103745460)
2024-04-20T21:18:01Z	**Aussie sprint ace Torrie Lewis roars to Diamond League win**
Torrie Lewis beats world 100m champion Sha'Carri Richardson en route to a magnificent victory over 200m in her first Diamond League race in China. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/aussie-sprint-ace-torrie-lewis-roars-to-diamond-league-win/103750470)
2024-04-20T21:15:39Z	**'The cost has just about doubled': Cost of living forcing Australians to surrender their beloved pets**
Karen Moore was already fostering nine cats and four puppies at her Adelaide home when she received an email from another family needing to surrender their pet due to the rising cost of living. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/petflation-forces-australians-to-surrender-pets/103739960)
2024-04-20T21:04:27Z	**'Never give up': Archer Ameera Lee targets a spot at Paris Paralympics**
Para-archer Ameera Lee, who lives with multiple sclerosis, is closing in on her Paralympic debut in Paris, thanks to the support of her teenage son. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/never-give-up-para-archer-ameera-lee-targets-paris-paralympics/103737296)
2024-04-20T21:03:16Z	**Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon is a Star Wars wannabe and — spoiler — it's never gonna be**
Rebel Moon 2 shows that the real epic battle is between reckless visionary artists and the Hollywood executives trying to rein them in. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/rebel-moon-part-two-the-scargiver-review/103742306)
2024-04-20T21:34:03Z	**Mineral sands mine sparks land use battle in northern Victoria**
Farmers raise concerns about consultation practices, radiation and the contamination of their crops at a hearing into VHM's proposed Goschen mineral sands and rare earths mine. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/controversial-mineral-sands-mine-sparks-land-use-battle/103664930)
2024-04-20T22:12:03Z	**Rubbish patrol trial helping residents 'to keep the streets cleaned up' by reducing dumping**
In a council area in Melbourne's north, patrols aren't just targeting piles of illegally dumped rubbish on nature strips — they're also helping educate residents about their waste disposal options. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/council-rubbish-patrols-clean-up-suburban-streets/103749084)
2024-04-20T22:39:11Z	**Victims of convicted child sex offender shocked to learn his sentence to be slashed**
A glitch in legislation means convicted sex offender Stephen Mitchell's prison sentence is likely to be slashed. The women at the centre of the case are lobbying the ACT government to ensure the same thing doesn't happen to others. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/act-legislation-child-sex-offenders-jail-time-loophole/103749062)
2024-04-20T22:49:59Z	**Queensland's new renewable energy target was described as historic — but has mountain to climb**
Queensland wants to cut emissions by 75 per cent over the next decade. But it has a long way to go — given the Sunshine State had the lowest renewables contribution to the National Electricity Market last year. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/greenhouse-gases-renewable-energy-cut-emissions-queensland/103747902)
2024-04-20T22:59:15Z	**Trailblazing 'pick your own' strawberry farmers call time after decades of sweet success**
Now a well-worn stop for tourists at the top end of the Sunshine State, Ballantyne's Strawberry Farm is known for its early adoption of agritourism. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/owners-of-ballantynes-strawberry-farm-retire/103738576)
2024-04-20T23:22:04Z	**After decades of rising economic integration, the global economy is fragmenting. What can Australia do about it?**
As the world's economy fragments and more countries assert their right to restructure their economies, what path will Australia take? ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/the-global-economy-is-fragmenting-what-can-australia-do-about-it/103748984)
2024-04-20T23:32:08Z	**Mollie O'Callaghan goes low in 200m Olympics tune-up**
Mollie O'Callaghan staves off Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus's mid-race challenge to post the fastest women's 200m freestyle time of the year. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/o-callaghan-goes-low-in-200m-olympics-tune-up/103750504)
2024-04-20T23:43:40Z	**Restrictions posed on this $30 million fishery could push a remote coastal town to breaking point**
Residents of an isolated fishing community in the Gulf of Carpentaria say the town's survival is at the mercy of a pending Queensland government decision to restrict the use of gillnets to protect threatened, endangered, or protected species. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/gillnet-fishing-restrictions-has-karumba-in-limbo/103735998)
2024-04-21T00:12:56Z	**The eastern quoll has been extinct on the mainland for 60 years but a new $1 million haven could change that**
Conservationists and traditional owners are again trying to re-establish a colony of captivity-bred eastern quolls in a NSW national park. The last attempt didn't end well. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/eastern-quolls-release-jervis-bay/103744114)
2024-04-21T00:14:43Z	**There is only one jurisdiction in Australia where it's legal to have pepper spray. Self-defence advocates want that to change**
Western Australia is the only Australian state or territory which allows people to have pepper spray for self-protection, and there have been calls to legalise the substance country-wide in the wake of Bondi's stabbing attack. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/push-for-pepper-spray-law-reform-after-bondi-stabbings/103739596)
2024-04-21T00:48:28Z	**Why today's A-League semi-final is crucial for regional women's football**
The Newcastle Jets women's side will play their first-ever semi final in their home region today. With ownership issues lingering, it could be among their last games. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/newcastle-jets-melbourne-city-semi-final-importance-future/103733762)
2024-04-21T00:44:48Z	**'Equal parts pride, shame, regret': Ahead of Anzac Day, veterans reflect on the meaning of service**
In the sleepy town of St Helens on Tasmania's east coast, veterans prepare for Anzac Day and reflect on their time in service. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/tasmanian-veterans-reflect-on-what-anzac-service-means-to-them/103740140)
2024-04-21T01:04:29Z	**Musk's response to Sydney stabbing footage prompts fury, as opposition supports crackdown on social media giants**
Elon Musk's attempts to fight orders to remove graphic footage of the Sydney stabbings from X provokes fury among federal politicians, who are renewing their focus on punishing social media platforms that host misinformation and harmful content. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/opposition-backs-social-media-crackdown-after-sydney-stabbings/103750548)
2024-04-21T01:03:58Z	**Search resumes for missing camper in Victoria's high country**
Concerns are growing for Steven, 58, who hasn't been heard from since leaving his campsite for a dirt-bike ride on Friday afternoon. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/missing-camper-near-mount-terrible-victoria-high-country/103750550)
2024-04-21T01:03:46Z	**First Nations artist wins top honour at prestigious Venice Biennale**
Bigambul and Kamilaroi artist Archie Moore becomes the first Australian artist to win the top gong in Venice with his monumental work kith and kin. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/venice-biennale-2024-archie-moore-australia-wins-golden-lion/103750620)
2024-04-21T01:23:10Z	**How long can a professional women's football team survive for on 'the smell of an oily rag'?**
Canberra United has been given a one-off funding lifeline to play in the A-League Women competition next season. But what's their future beyond that? ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/canberra-uniteds-future-not-guaranteed-after-funding-lifeline/103750510)
2024-04-21T01:22:03Z	**After spending two years in the wilderness, this Aussie could help swing the NBA title**
Dante Exum found himself in basketball wilderness for two years out of the NBA. Now he's back and making a major impact on one of the teams that could make a run at the title. Here are five burning questions ahead of the playoffs. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/nba-playoffs-2024-burning-questions-lebron-celtics-nuggets/103737474)
2024-04-21T01:56:00Z	**Arrests in Melbourne as Federal police allegedly smash an international cocaine smuggling ring**
An alleged "cocaine kingpin" and drug mules have been arrested at Melbourne Airport with 30 kilograms of drugs found in their suitcases. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/vic-melbourne-airport-cocaine-arrests-international-syndicate-la/103750568)
2024-04-21T01:53:27Z	**Will Victoria's container deposit scheme follow Queensland's lead on wine, spirit bottles?**
Calls for Victoria's container deposit scheme to follow Queensland's lead and include wine and spirit bottles has been labelled a potential "nightmare" by the wine industry. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/container-deposit-scheme-victoria-australia-wine-and-spirits/103748768)
2024-04-21T02:00:24Z	**More than 3,000km south of the Great Barrier Reef lies a wonderland of sponges, fish and coral**
Below a treacherous group of rocks off the Tasman Peninsula is a colourful deep water reef full of thousands of fish, but it's in an area so rugged, diving it is not for the faint-hearted. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/diving-the-hippolyte-rocks-tasmania-reef/103710344)
2024-04-21T02:45:17Z	**Wild horses couldn't drag Hamish away from the art of making and breaking in steeds**
In an age of urbanisation and big diesel motors, the work of an outback horse trainer remains more vital than ever. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/kimberley-horse-whisperer-hopes-skill-training-lives-on/103695862)
2024-04-21T02:39:55Z	**Live: Swans hosting red-hot Suns with chance for top two spot**
The Sydney Swans have a chance to go up to second on the ladder, but they'll have to beat an in-form Gold Coast side to do it. Later, the Kangaroos will take on Hawthorn as Alastair Clarkson faces his old club. Follow live. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/afl-round-6-swans-suns-kangaroos-hawks-venue-live-blog/103750932)
2024-04-21T03:16:41Z	**Priscilla, Queen of the Desert sequel "happening" with original cast "on board", director says**
A sequel of Australian cult classic The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, is in the works with the original main cast all on board, the film's director says, 30 years after the original's release. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/priscilla-queen-of-the-desert-sequel/103750672)
2024-04-21T03:15:54Z	**Kimberley women's camp highlights importance of reigniting language and culture**
In the heart of Gooniyandi country, hundreds of Kimberley women gathered to connect with culture, undertaking activities like making sandals and bush medicine with materials from country. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/kimberley-womens-camp-highlights-language-and-culture/103744860)
2024-04-21T03:40:21Z	**Comedy helped Riley recover after brain-tumour surgery. Now he wants to be a clown doctor**
For Riley Blackwell, who had two brain tumours more than a decade ago, "laughter is the best medicine". He has joined a disability-led show on the Gold Coast, with the dream of becoming a "clown doctor". ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/laughter-helped-riley-recover-after-brain-tumour-surgery/103746226)
2024-04-21T04:07:16Z	**'Aussie Bullitt' Ford Mustang GT passion project roars to life after McQueen's classic inspires**
With its slick build and muscle car vibes, Mark Johnson's Ford Mustang GT with all the trimmings from Bullitt looks like it belongs on the film set, roaring through the streets of San Francisco. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/steve-mcqueen-ford-mustang-gt-passion-project/103733664)
2024-04-21T03:55:04Z	**After nearly 20 years in refugee camps, this Bhutanese community is giving back with vegetables**
After nearly two decades confined in camps, these Bhutanese families find a unique way to help build a new life in Australia, from the ground up. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/bhutanese-community-farm-fighting-loneliness-and-giving-back/103735400)
2024-04-21T04:48:29Z	**The mining of social media profiles for public photos after newsworthy deaths only exacerbates trauma**
In the wake of horrific, newsworthy events, many journalists turn to social media for details and photographs of the people at the centre of tragedy. But bereaved families deserve respect and control over the lasting images of their loved ones. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/bereaved-families-deserve-respect-around-social-media-photos/103746930)
2024-04-21T05:22:17Z	**Muster dog masters team up to give their tips as more women get involved in herding**
More women are getting involved in art of dog mustering. Who better to learn from than two experts with more than 70 years' experience? ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/muster-dog-experts-more-women-involved/103739334)
2024-04-21T06:22:27Z	**'Some people fainted': Emotional parishioners return to Sydney church after stabbing**
People fainted and others were crying during the first service at Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley since a knife attack on Monday. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/first-service-sydney-church-wakeley-after-bishop-father-stabbed/103750960)
2024-04-21T05:59:26Z	**Teenage boy bitten by shark while fishing off Adelaide beach**
The 16-year-old boy was fishing in a boat off the coast when he was bitten by a small shark which had been caught, authorities say. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/shark-bites-teenage-boy-fishing-off-adelaide-west-beach/103751302)
2024-04-21T06:42:34Z	**Chinese swimming doping case sparks spat between global and US anti-doping agencies**
Revelations of positive doping tests for nearly two dozen Chinese swimmers that went unpunished has sparked an intense flurry of accusations and legal threats between the World Anti-Doping Agency and the head of the US anti-doping organisation. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/chinese-swimming-doping-case-sparks-spat-between-doping-agencies/103751132)
2024-04-21T07:11:31Z	**Baby stabbed in Bondi Junction attack discharged from hospital**
The child, who has been receiving care at Sydney Children's Hospital, has been released home, New South Wales Minister for Health Ryan Park says. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/bondi-stabbing-victim-baby-released-from-hospital/103751502)
2024-04-21T07:22:19Z	**Missing camper Steven Clough found dead in Victoria's high country**
Police believe the 58-year-old, who had been missing for two days, may have died in a motorbike accident. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/missing-camper-steven-clough-found-dead/103751552)
2024-04-21T08:04:56Z	**Japanese navy helicopters crash in Pacific Ocean during training, leaving one dead and seven missing**
Two Japanese navy helicopters carrying eight crew members crash in the Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo during a night-time training flight after possibly colliding with each other. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/japanese-navy-helicopter-crash-in-pacific-ocean/103751236)
2024-04-21T07:48:49Z	**Aussie Jack Robinson wins the Margaret River Pro**
Australian Jack Robinson has won a spectacular men's final at the Margaret River Pro against Hawaii's two-time world champion John John Florence. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/jack-robinson-wins-the-margaret-river-pro/103751530)
2024-04-21T09:26:14Z	**Linda Reynolds welcomes Brittany Higgins's 'olive branch', but says she will continue with trial**
Senator Linda Reynolds said she appreciated Brittany Higgins' apology to herself and Fiona Brown, but said if Ms Higgins does not accept Justice Lee's finding there was no cover-up, she will continue with her defamation trial. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/linda-reynolds-responds-to-brittany-higgins/103751646)
2024-04-21T09:19:18Z	**Ricciardo rear-ended by Canadian rival at Chinese Grand Prix**
Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo's promising weekend in China was foiled by rival Lance Stroll, when the Canadian ran into the back of him. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/formula-1-chinese-grand-prix-max-verstappen-wins/103306300)
2024-04-21T11:26:27Z	**Jepchirchir crushes women's-only world record in winning London Marathon**
Reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya crushed the women's-only world record in winning the 44th London Marathon on Sunday. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/peres-jepchirchir-wins-london-marathon-women-only-world-record/103751794)
2024-04-21T14:43:34Z	**Bluey phenomenon continues as show is recognised in London**
After sparking the imagination of children across the globe, Bluey has now received a special one-off award at Australia House in London. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/bluey-awarded-in-london-for-worldwide-cultural-success/103751814)
2024-04-21T18:47:39Z	**Papua New Guinea was ‘blessed’ with a visit by China just a day ago. Anthony Albanese is hot on their tail**
China's top diplomat, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, will have departed Port Moresby's Jacksons International Airport just a day before Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese touches down for an extended visit to walk the Kokoda Track. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/papua-new-guinea-visit-from-china-albanese-hot-on-their-tail/103751446)
2024-04-21T18:46:12Z	**'I knew it was dynamite': Inside Israel's 'doomsday' development**
World leaders have fought this Israeli "doomsday" settlement plan in the West Bank for decades. But now it's just "two pen strokes" away and some are worried the war in Gaza could change everything. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/why-israel-gaza-war-could-change-e1-west-bank-settlement/103231782)
2024-04-21T19:03:48Z	**Anna found herself in an abusive relationship as a teen. Now she's helping survivors with mum Tanya Plibersek behind her**
Anna Coutts-Trotter was a teenager doing well at school, living at home with supportive parents Tanya Plibersek and Michael Coutts-Trotter. But she was being abused by her then-boyfriend. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/anna-coutts-trotter-survivor-hub-cofounder-/103410436)
2024-04-21T19:02:35Z	**From housing commission to suspected international meth importer: The Australian man of 'significant interest' to police**
A Four Corners investigation has named a 38-year-old Sydney man suspected of being one of the major importers of methamphetamine into Australia. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/daniel-rodney-badger-suspected-meth-importer-four-corners/103750788)
2024-04-21T19:19:52Z	**Victorians know it as Port Phillip Bay — but is that really the right name for it?**
Why Melbourne's Port Phillip, known to many simply as "the bay", may not actually be a bay at all. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/port-phillip-bay-melbourne-naarm-bay-landmark/103692264)
2024-04-21T19:17:00Z	**Federal bulk-billing push being 'killed off' by states increasing tax take on GP clinics, doctors warn**
Doctors warn the government's $3.5 billion investment to make visiting GPs more affordable is being pocketed by states that changed their payroll tax rules, leaving little room to lift bulk billing rates. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/gp-payroll-tax-change-killing-bulk-billing-say-doctors/103732846)
2024-04-21T19:15:02Z	**A room in Barbara's new build is uninhabitable. The cause was a water company failure**
It took nine months to identify a damaged pipe belonging to state water utility TasWater as the cause of a leak damaging Barbara Turner's Launceston home. Two years later, she can't get rid of the mould. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/taswater-water-leak-nine-months-uninhabitable-room-launceston/103689646)
2024-04-21T19:14:34Z	**NSW treasurer warns of tough budget due to $11.9 billion GST hole**
New South Wales is facing a budget shortfall that's worse than the shock experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/nsw-treasurer-daniel-mookhey-warns-budget-shock-11b-gst-hole/103751654)
2024-04-21T19:41:15Z	**As the sun set on Bondi Beach, the community vowed to move on from the horror as one**
Against the backdrop of a golden-hour Bondi Beach, a solemn crowd gathered to pay respects to the six people killed in the Westfield stabbing attack and make sense of the senseless together. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/bondi-community-vows-to-move-forward-together/103751318)
2024-04-21T19:35:06Z	**Farmers seek protection from 'mafia tactics' of big supermarkets**
Fruit and vegetable growers are expected to give evidence behind closed doors, out of fear of retribution, about supermarket price gouging and low farmgate prices. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2024-04-22/queensland-inquiry-into-supermarket-prices-begins/103746398)
2024-04-21T20:04:48Z	**Two-year-old Evelyn Tuckerman is in the battle of her life — but it's one her family is fighting too**
At just seven months, Evelyn Tuckerman was diagnosed with an extremely aggressive bone cancer, and has since been to "hell and back". Along the way, her family has met others grappling with the same illness, and is learning about the impact of childhood cancer on siblings. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/evelyn-tuckerman-bone-cancer-ewing-sarcoma-diagnosis/103741560)
2024-04-21T20:00:20Z	**How to find an Anzac Day service near you**
The Australian War Memorial says the day is a time for the nation to "reflect on the many different meanings of war". ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/anzac-day-dawn-service-times-anzac-biscuit-recipes/103739492)
2024-04-21T19:59:25Z	**More than 100 renewable energy projects are stuck waiting for approval under federal environment laws**
More clean energy projects than ever are being assessed under federal environmental laws and it's slowing down the pace of development, according to investors. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/environmental-laws-biggest-challenge-for-clean-energy-developers/103750830)
2024-04-21T19:58:30Z	**NRL Round-Up: A new leader surges, a new lowest sinks and a new Lomax special**
The congested NRL ladder was shaken up time and time again, with a new leader, a new lowest and still no real premiership favourite. Here is our Round-Up from another weekend of NRL action. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/nrl-round-up-zac-lomax-dragons-state-of-origin-ladder/103748140)
2024-04-21T19:58:07Z	**How can parents help reduce their child's risk of developing a food allergy?**
Australia has the highest rate of food allergies in the world, with one in 10 babies allergic to foods like peanuts, eggs and milk by their first birthday. But did you know introducing these foods early can reduce that risk? ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/qld-food-allergy-foods-to-help-reduce-risk-early-intervention/103653872)
2024-04-21T19:57:21Z	**AFL Round-Up: Blues' big four erupt, Harley dominates the derby and the Pies are looking ominous**
Carlton's superstars blow GWS away, Harley Reid goes supersonic in the west and Collingwood look a lot like Collingwood again. Here are the biggest talking points from every game of round six. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/afl-round-up-carlton-harley-reid-collingwood-western-bulldogs/103742356)
2024-04-21T20:24:19Z	**Some say 'we're going to mine our way out of the climate crisis'. What do they mean?**
We need mineral sands for a number of products, including electric cars and even sunscreen. So how do we mine for them in Australia? And why are farmers worried about the process? ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/explainer-what-is-mineral-sands-mining/103603660)
2024-04-21T20:44:23Z	**Sienna is one of a growing number of women mining a path away from financial stress**
Young people are heading to the mines for higher-paid work and a better lifestyle as the cost of living bites and makes saving a distant dream for many. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/cost-of-living-more-young-people-women-work-in-mining/103733692)
2024-04-21T20:58:07Z	**Matildas to fly the flag solo at Paris Olympics after Olyroos miss out at Asian Cup**
For the third time from the past four Olympic Games, Australia's under-23 team has missed out on qualifying for the men's tournament. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/olyroos-miss-out-on-paris-olympic-games/103752198)
2024-04-21T20:54:34Z	**US set to impose sanction on ultra-Orthodox Israel Defense Forces unit**
The move is in response to accusations that the unit committed human rights violations in the West Bank. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/israeli-leaders-critcise-expected-us-sanctions-against-idf-unit/103752144)
2024-04-21T21:11:00Z	**The heartwarming story of the last primary school bugle band in Australia**
News Breakfast visits the Wooroolin State School bugle band as they prepare for Anzac Day — but after 65 years, there are concerns over how much longer the band can keep going. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/the-heartwarming-story-of-australias-last-school-bugle-band/103750580)
2024-04-21T21:08:41Z	**Lights, camera, possession: Aussie horror film set on a 70s talk show is fun, spooky and entertaining**
Australian brothers Colin and Cameron Cairnes have made waves with their third film, a found-footage horror starring David Dastmalchian. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/late-night-devil-review-talk-show/103746326)
2024-04-21T21:05:49Z	**Ecuador was already under a state of emergency — then it raided Mexico's embassy**
Ecuador and Mexico shared a booming trade and strong international relations. Within days, their diplomacy would crumble over the fate of a convicted former vice-president. What happens next has Latin America on edge. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/ecuadors-raid-of-mexican-embassy-could-pose-trouble/103694238)
2024-04-21T21:03:10Z	**Man dies in cell fire at Melbourne's Metropolitan Remand Centre**
Police said a 22-year-old man has died after a fire broke out in a cell at the Metropolitan Remand Centre at Ravenhall, in Melbourne's outer west. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/death-at-ravenhall-melbourne/103752206)
2024-04-21T21:20:18Z	**Teachers set to skip school for the morning across more than 80 WA schools in latest pay rise push**
More than 80 public schools will sit empty for much of Tuesday as a planned strike action by hundreds of teachers stretches resources thin across Western Australia. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/more-than-80-wa-schools-affected-by-planned-teachers-pay-strike/103746428)
2024-04-21T21:27:21Z	**Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre labelled 'no longer fit for purpose' in scathing report**
An inspection report by the Australian Human Rights Commission has found that the Yongah Hill high-security immigration detention centre in Western Australia was, in part, "no longer fit for purpose", and raised serious concerns over safety conditions and the level of care for detainees and staff. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/yongah-hill-immigration-detention-centre-not-fit-for-purpose/103751804)
2024-04-21T21:51:11Z	**Stigma and small-town life a barrier for families seeking support around illicit substance use**
Estimates suggest every Australian will know someone struggling with addiction at some point in their life, even if they're not aware of it. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/stigma-and-small-town-life-stopping-families-reaching-out/103739488)
2024-04-21T22:00:00Z	**Many older queer people are forced back into closet in aged care, but Julie Peters is refusing that path**
When it comes to aged care, LGBTQIA+ seniors don't have as much choice as the wider community. So what is available and what better options could be provided? ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/ageing-fabulously-compass-julie-peters-queer-trans/103682908)
2024-04-21T21:58:15Z	**Tasmania's ramping 'ban' starts today. One side says it'll kick hospitals into gear, but not everyone is convinced**
While paramedics believe the new policy to transfer patients from ambulance to hospital staff within 60 minutes will lead to better patient flow, nurses fear the emergency departments aren't ready. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/tas-ambulance-ramping-ban-comes-into-effect/103750600)
2024-04-21T22:21:35Z	**NSW Police release new images in search for church rioters accused of 'violence and aggression'**
NSW Police say these men can help with their investigation into the disturbance outside the south-west Sydney church after Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was stabbed while giving a sermon. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/nsw-police-release-images-sydney-church-riot-stabbing/103752288)
2024-04-21T22:18:42Z	**Violence is skyrocketing in Queensland, but young people aren't to blame**
The rate of assaults in Queensland is nearly three times worse than it was four years ago, government data shows, with people aged 30–39 committing nearly a quarter of the offences. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/queensland-violence-on-rise-report-shows-not-just-youth-crime/103751192)
2024-04-21T22:49:43Z	**Good business, as social enterprises help turn purchasing decisions into jobs and hope**
A social enterprise hopes to make money, but it makes a lot more than that for the people involved, and the sector is growing as governments and big business search for social impact. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/good-business-as-social-enterprises-help-deliver-jobs-hope/103686300)
2024-04-21T22:46:33Z	**Kimberley national parks to reopen after damage from WA's worst-ever flood**
The region's stunning landscapes, which attract thousands of people to Western Australia's north each year, will be accessible again following rebuild of roads and infrastructure. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/kimberley-national-parks-reopen-this-week-after-flooding/103735278)
2024-04-21T23:05:10Z	**Ukraine expresses relief over US aid package approval as Russia issues a furious warning**
The Kremlin warned that passage of the bill would "further ruin" Ukraine and cause more deaths. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/ukrainian-and-west-laud-us-aid-package-russia-warns-of-ruin/103752282)
2024-04-21T23:18:22Z	**Klaudia is helping victim-survivors of domestic violence heal as she works through her own trauma**
A Broken Hill woman running a support group for people affected by domestic violence says talking about the problem can help remove the shame and stigma for victim-survivors in small towns. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/domestic-violence-support-group-broken-hill-survivor-hub/103440900)
2024-04-21T23:25:06Z	**Ryan Garcia says he 'drank every day' in lead-up to shock win over Devin Haney**
Ryan Garcia spouted wild conspiracy theories and drank on the scales at the weigh-in before his blockbuster fight with Devin Haney, and proclaims after the fight he "drank every day" in the week leading up to his win over the previously undefeated champion. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/ryan-garcia-devin-haney-boxing-upset-win/103752340)
2024-04-21T23:37:55Z	**Fears for Australian man preparing to sail for Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid as conflict continues**
Surya McEwen is joining an international effort to deliver vital supplies, despite recent deaths of aid workers and warnings from the Australian government to steer clear. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/australian-man-sailing-to-gaza-to-deliver-aid-freedom-flotilla/103728366)
2024-04-22T00:18:11Z	**A-League Women Semifinal Round-Up: Sydney bounces back as Newcastle sets an unexpected record**
In the first leg of the inaugural two-legged semifinal, one game is teetering on a knife-edge while another is over almost over before it began. Here are the five main talking-points. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/a-league-women-semi-final-first-leg-round-up/103744490)
2024-04-22T00:17:54Z	**Why the surging price of gold is set to soar even further**
Wars, currency concerns and inflation pressures are driving up the price of physical gold and Australian mining stocks are finally seeing the upside. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/aussie-gold-price-hits-new-record-mining-benefits/103744568)
2024-04-22T00:29:55Z	**Kayakers come to the rescue after hearing cries of help from fishers after boat flips**
The pair were fishing near Spy Island when they were thrown into the water. Strong tides left them unable to swim, but after a long wait in the water, nearby kayakers heard their cries. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/tas-hawley-beach-boat-capsize-two-rescued/103752360)
2024-04-22T01:02:33Z	**Man arrested after young woman found dead in small NSW town**
Police found the woman's body at a home in Forbes after concerns were raised about a person's welfare. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/woman-found-dead-forbes-house-central-west-nsw/103752854)
2024-04-22T01:13:27Z	**Teen pleads guilty to manslaughter over Uber driver's killing on Fraser Coast**
The second teen accused of killing Uber driver Scott Cabrie on the Fraser Coast last year has admitted to his role in the man's death. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/murdered-uber-driver-accused-pleads-guilty-to-manslaughter/103752932)
2024-04-22T01:13:25Z	**Erin Patterson, accused of killing three people with mushrooms, faces Victorian court**
Ms Patterson's lawyers tell a regional Victorian court they are prepared to wait until next year for the case to progress to a committal hearing, despite an offer from the magistrate to have the matter fast-tracked to a Supreme Court trial. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/erin-patterson-mushroom-alleged-murder-leongatha-vic-court/103752474)
2024-04-22T01:12:45Z	**Aboriginal community elects avid nightclub dancing 'white guy' as local councillor**
David Byrne is a self-described "73-year-old white guy" and "major nightclub dancer". His journey to becoming the local councillor of a far-flung Aboriginal community is as eventful as his first trip there. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/injinoo-residents-elect-david-byrne-nparc-councillor/103729422)
2024-04-22T01:24:45Z	**Council frustrated by costly dead whales calls for state government to foot the bill**
Ahead of the yearly whale migration up WA's coastline, a regional council is worried about being lumped with "staggering" bills for removing washed-up whale carcasses. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/dead-whale-removal-costs-regional-wa-councils/103736974)
2024-04-22T01:53:34Z	**NT Police constable charged with going armed in public while off duty**
NT Police Constable James Kirstenfeldt — who was deployed to Yuendumu in 2019 when Kumanjayi Walker was shot — has been charged with drink-driving and going armed in public after an incident in Darwin over the weekend. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/nt-police-officer-james-kirstenfeldt-arrested/103752548)
2024-04-22T01:45:47Z	**No exports from major NT mine for up to 12 months after cyclone damage**
South32 rules out manganese exports from Groote Eylandt for rest of 2024 after cyclone damage. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/south32-groote-eylandt-manganese-mine-exports/103752974)
2024-04-22T01:36:56Z	**The 'enigmatic' Tasmanian mountain shrimp allows researchers to look back 200 million years**
Hidden in mountain ponds just minutes out of Hobart is a "living fossil" that has barely changed since the Triassic period. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/tasmanian-mountain-shrimp-living-fossil/103680898)
2024-04-22T02:07:44Z	**'He's allowed to contest the ball': Giants to contest Greene, Hogan bans at tribunal**
The GWS Giants are headed to the tribunal in a bid to free skipper Toby Greene and Jesse Hogan after the pair were both handed one-match bans. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/giants-challenge-toby-greene-jesse-hogan-bans-afl-tribunal/103708768)
2024-04-22T03:17:30Z	**Retiring MP Karen Andrews says she couldn't convince any women in her party to contest safe seat**
The former Coalition cabinet minister believes "constant criticism and negativity" directed at those in political roles put women off agreeing to run for preselection in her long-held Gold Coast seat. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/karen-andrews-could-not-convince-women-mcpherson-preselection/103752976)
2024-04-22T02:51:47Z	**Nelly Korda's historic winning run earns her a second major championship**
Nelly Korda etches her name in the LPGA Tour record books, winning her record-tying fifth straight tournament with a two-stroke victory in the Chevron Championship for her second major title. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/nelly-korda-wins-second-major-and-fifth-straight-lpga-event/103753608)
2024-04-22T02:39:18Z	**Live Moment: Steve Gollschewski takes top job as Queensland police commissioner**
One of Queensland's most experienced police officers has been promoted to lead the force. Steve Gollschewski replaces former commissioner Katarina Carroll, who stepped down in March. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/qld-steve-gollschewski-named-police-commissioner/103750970)
2024-04-22T03:37:34Z	**'Deliberate and wilful': Drug-affected driver who caused serious injury to newspaper editor handed four-year sentence**
A drug-affected driver who seriously injured an Adelaide newspaper editor in a high-speed crash in Adelaide's CBD has been sentenced to more than four years in jail. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/luigi-gligora-jailed-over-crash-that-injured-editor-ben-hyde/103752250)
2024-04-22T03:49:04Z	**Is The Tortured Poets Department a sign of genius, or does Taylor Swift need an editor?**
Taylor Swift commands the world's attention yet again with her new album The Tortured Poets Department. We unpack the best moments and greatest disappointments of this two-hour-long emotional rollercoaster. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-review-anthology/103753510)
2024-04-22T04:07:45Z	**A Lamborghini, a hatted restaurant, drugs and cash — ring-leader of Canberra criminal scheme jailed**
Mohammed Al Mofathel pleaded guilty to six charges in the ACT Supreme Court over the drug and money laundering scheme run out of a prestige Canberra restaurant. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/leader-drug-money-laundering-scheme-courgette-restaurant-jailed/103752862)
2024-04-22T05:11:48Z	**Former butcher who killed sister in violent attack not criminally responsible, jury finds**
Jason Patterson, who killed his half-sister while experiencing a psychotic episode in late 2021, will be transported to a secure mental health facility, where he will be kept until he is deemed safe to return to society. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/jason-patterson-verdict-not-criminally-responsible-deniliquin/103753286)
2024-04-22T05:05:21Z	**Queensland councils pushing to charge property developers more for local infrastructure**
The Local Government Association of Queensland says councils are facing an infrastructure funding gap of more than $2 billion over the next four years that may add hundreds of dollars to rates bills. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/qld-councils-call-for-greater-infrastructure-charge-cap/103753112)
2024-04-22T04:57:35Z	**Worried her language could be lost a second time, Patricia is teaching Dhurga to everyone – Indigenous or not**
Fifty years ago, students would be punished for taking this class. Now they're bringing this Indigenous language back. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/non-indigenous-australians-learning-dhurga-indigenous-language/103686878)
2024-04-22T04:45:01Z	**Man dead after being shot by police on Bruce Highway**
The incident happened after police intercepted an alleged stolen vehicle south of Gladstone. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/police-fatally-shoot-man-alleged-stolen-car-central-queensland/103753920)
2024-04-22T05:18:50Z	**'White elephant' outback hostel back up and running to help Indigenous people amid housing crisis**
Kununurra's much-maligned $12 million hostel has sat empty in recent years and now the Commonwealth has agreed to hand the reins to two Indigenous organisations who want to get more young people into employment. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/indigenous-groups-repurpose-white-elephant-hostel/103747702)
2024-04-22T05:35:53Z	**Ponga out for 'months' with foot injury in massive blow for Knights and Maroons**
Kalyn Ponga's hopes of a State of Origin recall are in tatters as Newcastle confirms the full-back faces several weeks out with a foot injury. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/ponga-out-for-months-with-foot-injury-knights-maroons/103754750)
2024-04-22T05:24:49Z	**Victoria defends call not to bid to host Matildas matches for 2026 Women's Asian Cup**
Despite spruiking its state as the "home of the Matildas", the Victorian government opted not to make a pitch and will miss out on hosting matches for the 2026 Asian Cup. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/matildas-womens-asian-cup-2026-victoria/103754414)
2024-04-22T05:50:52Z	**Venomous snake brought into hospital in a plastic lunchbox prompts plea from doctors — 'please don't do this'**
Hospital staff came face-to-face with one of the world's most deadly snakes after a patient brought it to the emergency department in a snap-lock lunch container. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/bite-victims-warned-stop-bringing-snakes-to-emergency-department/103752506)
2024-04-22T05:48:30Z	**Woolworths NZ staff to wear body cameras to protect them against customer abuse**
Woolworths NZ has seen a 75 per cent increase in physical assaults, in stores in the last three years. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/woolworths-nz-introduces-body-cams-to-protect-staff/103754258)
2024-04-22T06:40:11Z	**'Sammy is the light of our lives': Footballer in hospital after incident at Port Lincoln hotel**
West Adelaide footballer Sam May, 24, remains at the Royal Adelaide Hospital after an incident at Port Lincoln at the weekend. SA Police said emergency services were called to the Pier Hotel on Sunday morning after reports a man had fallen through the roof. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/sam-may-in-hospital-after-incident-at-port-lincoln-hotel/103754752)
2024-04-22T07:32:36Z	**Super Netball round-up: NZ teams hope to join, confusion over suspensions, and is the league as close as we think?**
Is it wise for New Zealand and Australia to link up in a netball league again? And what about those discrepancies over player suspensions? We've got the biggest talking points covered in our Super Netball round-up. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/super-netball-round-up-of-round-two/103754606)
2024-04-22T08:10:20Z	**'Strong evidence' suggests parasitic disease killed 150 NT cattle**
Investigations into the deaths of about 150 Northern Territory cattle suggest the likely cause was a parasitic disease called coccidiosis. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/coccidiosis-likely-killed-150-nt-cattle/103754586)
2024-04-22T08:08:57Z	**Identity of alleged Victorian serial killer revealed after Supreme Court lifts suppression order**
The identity of Victorian man Steven Leslie Hainsworth — who is charged with murdering three South Australians between 1998 and 2011 — can be revealed for the first time. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/sa-supreme-court-lifts-steven-hainsworth-suppression/103755172)
2024-04-22T08:45:02Z	**'You'll get rolled': Inside Australia's dark and dangerous crystal meth supply chain**
Australians are among the biggest users of ice in the world. Four Corners investigates where some of that crystal meth is coming from. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/inside-crystal-meth-supply-chain-four-corners/103747348)
2024-04-22T08:20:20Z	**The unintended consequences of Elon Musk's Bart Simpson moment and surprising bugs in Meta's new AI chatbot**
In this week's round-up of the best, worst and strangest in tech news, Elon Musk chucks a Bart Simpson in — figuratively — mooning the Australian government, and Meta's new AI claims it has a disabled child. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/screenshot-tech-news-elon-musk-and-meta-ai-chatbot/103754408)
2024-04-22T08:19:27Z	**A 'generosity of spirit': Sir Andrew Davis, former Melbourne Symphony Chief Conductor, has died**
Sir Andrew Davis made a significant impact on cultural life in Australia during his tenure as Chief Conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra from 2013 to 2019. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/conductor-sir-andrew-davis-has-died-aged-80/103755288)
2024-04-22T08:19:25Z	**Houseboat resident's crocodile encounter among multiple weekend sightings putting Far North Queenslanders on alert**
Two problem crocodiles have been targeted for removal by rangers after one came within "inches" of a marina houseboat resident and two canoeists spotted another while training. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/problem-crocodiles-far-north-queensland-wildlife-officers/103754064)
2024-04-22T09:11:19Z	**Pair get prison time for offences in lead up to crash that killed woman and three children**
Dean Cluney and Tyrone Gardner were sentenced after pleading guilty to breaking into a home, then intimidating two female occupants before crash that killed Tania Murphy, her sons and a nephew at Yanco. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/dean-cluney-tyrone-gardner-sentenced-griffith-yanco-crash/103700694)
2024-04-22T09:05:08Z	**WADA accepts Chinese swimmers tested positive to banned substance due to contaminated kitchen**
The World Anti-Doping Agency says it stands firmly by its investigation into the case of 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive to the same banned substance, as questions are raised over claims of food contamination. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/wada-accepts-chinese-swimmers-s-contamination-claims-doping/103755806)
2024-04-22T10:13:02Z	**Former home affairs boss Pezzullo issues warning on China, admits his mistakes cost him his job**
Former home affairs secretary had a decorated career in the public service before a series of leaked messages cost him his job. He now admits he has no one to blame but himself. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/mike-pezzullo-admits-mistakes-warns-of-china-threat/103754858)
2024-04-22T11:32:04Z	**Floods swamp southern China, fears for future of 'world's factory floor'**
Floods have swamped a handful of cities in southern China following record-breaking rains, sparking worries about the region's defences against bigger deluges induced by extreme weather events. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/floods-swamp-southern-china/103755962)
2024-04-22T12:19:20Z	**'I have carried that black day with me ever since': Israeli military intelligence chief resigns over October 7 attack**
The head of Israeli military intelligence, who last year accepted responsibility for the failures that allowed the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, has resigned, the military says. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/israeli-intelligence-chief-resigns-over-october-hamas-attack/103755926)
2024-04-22T14:47:24Z	**BBC presenter who announced Queen's death resigns months after explicit photo scandal**
Huw Edwards, the long-time BBC presenter often picked to anchor coverage of major news events, resigns nine months after he was the subject of a pornography scandal. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/huw-edwards-resigns-from-bbc-nine-months-after-photo-scandal/103756340)
2024-04-22T18:41:04Z	**Fed up with being left out of the solar boom, renters go bush to find their slice of sunshine**
A five-hour drive from Sydney, a community garden of sorts has sprouted. But instead of sharing tomatoes or lettuce, 'gardeners' harvest solar energy. And it's already a hit with people otherwise excluded from the rooftop solar boom. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/australia-s-first-solar-garden-/103657946)
2024-04-22T18:59:30Z	**What can the government do about X's refusal to take down violent videos?**
Amid the rise of misinformation, disinformation and a reported increase in violent extremism online, can the government control what Australians see online? ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/what-can-the-government-do-about-x/103752600)
2024-04-22T18:57:46Z	**After 101 treks across the Kokoda Track, one guide says it's too full of 'death traps' to go back**
Charlie Lynn led trekkers across the rugged Kokoda Track for three decades — but after one trip last year, he decided the mountainous trail had fallen too far into disrepair for him to return. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/kokoda-track-tourism-decline-disrepair-png-papua-new-guinea/103743934)
2024-04-22T18:55:44Z	**Supermarket promotional labels accused of 'confusing' and 'potentially misleading' shoppers**
Research from consumer group Choice suggests some price labels at major supermarkets are misleading consumers, who believe they are receiving discounts when they are not. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/woolworths-coles-aldi-labels-may-confuse-consumers-choice/103754822)
2024-04-22T19:08:04Z	**The government's favourite spots for mobile speed cameras – which have already paid for themselves**
They look like pizza ovens parked on the side of the road and they're racking up millions of dollars in fines for drivers. Data shows where they're most likely to be parked in Tasmania, and how many motorists are falling foul of the machines. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/tasmania-mobile-speed-camera-result-in-10-million-dollars-fines/103754990)
2024-04-22T19:56:52Z	**This invasive species is a threat to our economy, health and environment — and it's spreading rapidly**
Colleen Lavender has raised her kids to love the outdoors but they no longer walk around barefoot after her daughter disturbed a fire-ant nest at a park. She's worried the spread of the ants could change the outdoor lifestyle Australians know and love. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/fire-ants-threat-to-outdoor-lifestyle-economy-environment/103740690)
2024-04-22T19:56:47Z	**'Nothing short of horrifying': Rental affordability in Australia the worst it's ever been, report says**
There is not one property across Australia that is affordable to someone on youth allowance, as experts call for the federal government to build 25,000 homes a year for the next two decades to ease the crisis. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/anglicare-australia-rental-affordability-report/103754274)
2024-04-22T19:56:33Z	**One fateful night Keith Payne saved 40 lives. Now he’s calling for help to save others**
Keith Payne was awarded the Victoria Cross for extreme bravery in Vietnam. More than 50 years on, he still can’t shake the trauma of war. But he's learned how to live with it. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/qld-last-surviving-vc-keith-payne-marks-anzac-day/103750708)
2024-04-22T20:16:48Z	**Funding boost to childhood dementia research to help kids 'fulfil their dreams'**
Childhood dementia kills as many Australian children as cancer but the former receives much less funding. The South Australian government has stepped in to help families like Renee Staska whose three children are living with the illness. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/sa-government-contributes-funding-childhood-dementia-research/103754490)
2024-04-22T20:16:21Z	**Why are Drake and Kendrick Lamar fighting? And why is their feud great for hip hop culture?**
Why are rap's biggest names fighting? And why is that good business for everyone involved? Here's your answers. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/drake-kendrick-lamar-beef-drama-explained-taylor-made/103753752)
2024-04-22T20:13:54Z	**Christine is in stable housing now, but for a while she was among a 'growing crisis' of working homeless**
An "alarming" new report has found an increasing number of employed Victorians are experiencing homelessness. Christine was one of them. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/growing-crisis-of-working-homeless/103755384)
2024-04-22T20:12:17Z	**Ballarat family violence support staff are fielding increased calls in wake of women's deaths**
There is a heightened awareness of personal safety following the high-profile deaths of three local women, support services say. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/spike-in-calls-to-ballarat-family-violence-support-services/103752852)
2024-04-22T20:40:49Z	**It took this GP a decade to find relief from migraine — but he's got a plan to shorten the suffering for others**
Andrew Leech suffered with migraine for years. It was only when he studied to become a doctor that he found help was out there. Now, he wants to make it easier to find relief. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/migraine-diagnosis-delay-gp-push-more-prescription-power/103681118)
2024-04-22T20:33:14Z	**MasterChef isn't cooking with fossil fuels this season, so why are gas companies sponsoring the show?**
By sponsoring the latest season of MasterChef, the gas industry is pushing back on the ban of gas appliances like stovetops to promote biomethane and hydrogen — but experts say it's a cynical attempt to maintain control of infrastructure. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/gas-industry-sponsoring-masterchef-australia-hydrogen-biomethane/103753000)
2024-04-22T20:55:38Z	**No confidence motions fails against Port Hedland councilor who praised 'transparent' Russian election**
Less than a month after Port Hedland councillor Adrian McRae made national headlines by endorsing Russia's election process, a motion of no confidence in him fails at a special council meeting. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/adrian-mcrae-no-confidence-vote-russian-election/103744606)
2024-04-22T21:11:06Z	**Katherine Bennell-Pegg has 'pinch me' moment after graduating from European astronaut program**
After 12 months walking underwater in spacesuits, undertaking simulated weightlessness flights, and learning to speak Russian, there is no certainty Katherine Bennell-Pegg will go to space. But she is first in line if Australia launches a mission. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/australian-katherine-bennell-pegg-graduates-astronaut-program/103756002)
2024-04-22T21:30:26Z	**New sexy tennis film Challengers a 'libidinous spectacle' and 'unabashed pleasure'**
Zendaya plays a tennis star cut down in her prime in Challengers, but that's just the beginning. The newest film from Luca Guadagnino looks at lust, betrayal and manipulation. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/challengers-review-zendaya-josh-oconnor/103742620)
2024-04-22T21:24:37Z	**Independent review of Palestinian refugee agency finds no evidence that hundreds of members are terrorists**
A review commissioned in response to Israeli claims finds the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has more robust neutrality frameworks than similar groups, and that there is no evidence that hundreds of staff are involved with terrorist organisations. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/unrwa-report-finds-robust-framework-no-israeli-evidence/103756518)
2024-04-22T21:49:36Z	**In a desperate, unauthorised mission, three Australian activists set sail for Gaza**
Just weeks after aid worker Zomi Frankcom was killed, three Australians are participating in an unauthorised mission to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. As they sail to the coastal enclave, the government urges Australians "not to try and break the naval blockade". ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/freedom-flotilla-ships-sail-to-gaza-to-deliver-aid/103688056)
2024-04-22T21:47:38Z	**Aussie 14yo honoured at global sport awards for skateboarding first**
Arisa Trew was just 13 years old when she became the first female skater to land a 720 in competition. Now, at the ripe old age of 14, she is honoured at the Laureus Sports Awards in Spain. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/arisa-trew-wins-laureus-sport-award-for-world-first-trick/103756646)
2024-04-22T22:00:00Z	**Susannah was the subject of research from infancy for 30 years. She says the study was 'like a third parent'**
From her early childhood well into adulthood, Susannah Breslin was studied by US researchers who became like parent figures to her. She has mixed feelings about the study's impact on her life. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/susannah-breslin-and-the-decades-long-block-study-research/103741872)
2024-04-22T21:57:21Z	**Inside Eli Katoa's journey from a village in Tonga to the Melbourne's Storm star factory**
As a Storm back rower, Eli Katoa has a lot to live up to. But given his journey from his village in Tonga to NRL stardom is still just getting started, the young tearaway seems more than up for the challenge. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/eli-katoa-melbourne-storm-nrl-tonga/103755872)
2024-04-22T22:13:26Z	**Police to re-enact bus crash in Brisbane's CBD that killed 18yo Tia Cameron**
Brisbane's lord mayor has confirmed the bus crash that claimed the life of an 18-year-old woman was not due to a mechanical fault, with police set to re-enact the collision to determine the cause. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/qld-police-close-edward-street-to-recreate-fatal-bus-crash/103756528)
2024-04-22T22:13:20Z	**We fact checked Jim Chalmers on saving budget revenue windfalls. Here's what we found**
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says that over two budgets and a MYEFO the government has banked 88 per cent of revenue upgrades, compared to the Coalition's 40 per cent. RMIT ABC Fact Check runs the numbers. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/fact-check-revenue-upgrades-budget-savings-surplus/103745224)
2024-04-22T22:12:37Z	**Dalrayne waited months for surgery after being diagnosed with cancer. Her family wants answers**
Trevor Kuskopf says after 45 years together he watched his wife die in pain because by the time she did receive care she was too weak for radiotherapy to ease her symptoms. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/cancer-treatment-delay-waitlist-rockhampton-hospital-cq/103728778)
2024-04-22T22:31:47Z	**Live: ASX tipped to open higher, Wall Street has positive session**
The ASX200 is expected to jump higher on the opening bell, Wall Street's three major stock markets all finished higher overnight. Follow live. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/asx-markets-business-live-news-april23-2024/103756240)
2024-04-22T22:29:31Z	**Bringing a baby to a theatre show? Some reckon you might be breaking an unwritten rule**
A Melbourne mother says she felt intimated after comedian Arj Barker asked her to leave his show after her baby started making noises during the performance. But some in the comedy field have backed his response. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/arj-barker-comedian-melbourne-comedy-mum-baby-ejected/103756182)
2024-04-22T22:39:56Z	**A dad's lesson about crying, saying 'it'll do you good', inspires teacher's debut kids' book**
Victorian writer Andrew Kelly's book Cry Hard Chucky has been commended for its themes of resilience, empathy, and positive father-son relationships. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/victorian-writer-debut-kids-book-normalising-crying/103742684)
2024-04-22T22:47:03Z	**UK police charge two men with spying for China, including a parliamentary researcher**
British police charge two men with spying for China, including one reported to have worked as a researcher in Britain's parliament for a prominent politician in the governing Conservative Party. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/uk-police-charge-two-men-with-spying-for-china/103756654)
2024-04-22T23:03:23Z	**How vertical farming may put Australia's ancient edible plants on our dining tables**
Vertical farms grow plants quickly, using less water and land than traditional farming. One newcomer to the industry hopes it can put native herbs into supermarkets. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2024-04-23/vertical-farms-plans-to-bring-native-plants-to-consumers/103699708)
2024-04-22T23:16:01Z	**'We can't outsource it': The importance of supporting loved ones who breastfeed**
Most mothers start out breastfeeding their baby, but by the time babies are five months old, exclusive breastfeeding drops to 15 per cent. Valuing breastfeeding as work could help change that. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/recognising-breastfeeding-as-reproductive-work/103658912)
2024-04-22T23:47:37Z	**Cartoon depicting council's first female CEO wielding broom slammed as 'sexist trope'**
This cartoon of a Victorian council's first female leader has fallen flat with women's advocates but the Australian Cartoonists Association says it is a depiction of the phrase "a new broom sweeps clean". ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/victorian-council-ceo-cartoon-to-prompt-complaint-press-council/103749178)
2024-04-23T00:11:13Z	**Victorian government scraps plans for a second supervised injecting room in Melbourne**
Melbourne's second supervised injecting room will not go ahead following a report from former Victoria Police Commissioner Ken Lay. The existing safe injecting room in Richmond will continue to operate. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/melbourne-cbd-safe-injecting-room-scrapped-drug-service/103756920)
2024-04-23T00:28:24Z	**Struggling to breathe and 'really out of it', baby Isabelle's RSV trauma prompts a mother's warning**
The West Australian County Health Service says more than 100 cases of RSV have been recorded in the Kimberley over the past month, compared to a monthly average of 20-30. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/rsv-rates-in-kimberley-parents-infection-warning/103753100)
2024-04-23T00:27:41Z	**Bruce Lehrmann refused offer to settle from Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson before defamation trial began, court documents reveal**
Court documents reveal Bruce Lehrmann refused an offer to settle with Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson before his failed defamation case had begun hearings. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/bruce-lehrmann-refused-settle-offer-network-ten-wilkinson/103755196)
2024-04-23T00:57:41Z	**Native forest logging cleared to go ahead next to Derby's world-famous mountain-biking trails**
A High Court challenge against the "self-regulating" aspect of Tasmania's public forestry company fails, clearing the way for native forest logging at two coupes near Derby to resume. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/derby-logging-high-court-decision/103755942)
2024-04-23T01:12:23Z	**Remote op shop initiative wins NT Rural Women's Award**
An op shop project which donates clothes to Indigenous communities is set to expand after its win at the 2024 NT Agrifutures awards. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/remote-op-shop-project-set-to-expand-nt-women/103745494)
2024-04-23T01:18:07Z	**NT government signs deal to buy fracked Beetaloo Basin gas**
Chief Minister Eva Lawler says the nine-year agreement with Tamboran Resources will provide the NT with 40 terajoules of gas per day, starting next year. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/nt-beetaloo-basin-power-nt-generators/103757000)
2024-04-23T01:46:23Z	**Belgian man acquitted of drunk driving because his body creates alcohol**
A Belgian man with a very rare metabolic condition that causes his body to produce alcohol has a drink-driving charge against him dismissed in court. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/belgian-man-acquitted-of-drunk-driving-auto-brewery-syndrome/103757582)
2024-04-23T01:59:49Z	**Crown Resorts given green light to operate Sydney casino**
Crown Resorts has kept its license to run its Sydney casino after an independent commission said it was a vastly different business after a probation period. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/nsw-independent-casino-commission-crown-sydney-license-granted/103757252)
2024-04-23T02:14:39Z	**'Give us a raise, not praise': Thousands skip school in WA teacher strikes**
Thousands of WA public school teachers walk off the job for the first time in more than a decade in a bid for better pay and working conditions ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/wa-public-school-teachers-strike-for-better-pay-and-conditions/103754326)
2024-04-23T02:22:26Z	**Man charged with murdering Molly Ticehurst was on bail for charges of rape, stalking, court hears**
NSW man Daniel Billings has faced court charged with murdering childcare worker Molly Ticehurst, 28, whose body was found at a house in Forbes. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/man-charged-murdering-young-woman-forbes-faces-court/103756950)
2024-04-23T02:34:57Z	**Irwin sibling rivalry comes out of shell after scientists' snail discoveries**
Scientist Dr Lorelle Stanisic could not help but notice an envious look on Robert's face several years ago when a new species of snail was named after his sister Bindi. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/robert-irwin-snail-species-named-science-qld/103757244)
2024-04-23T02:49:21Z	**An appeal to send two neo-Nazis back to jail over an attack on hikers in Victoria has been dismissed**
Thomas Sewell and Jacob Hersant avoid further jail time after they were convicted of a 2021 attack on hikers at a Victorian state park. Prosecutors appealed their sentence claiming it was "inadequate", but today lost. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/neo-nazis-thomas-sewell-jacob-hersant-appeal-verdict/103757736)
2024-04-23T03:00:00Z	**Surprises, injuries, NSFW lyrics: the best (and worst) of Coachella week two**
Special guests, broken feet, saucy lyrical nods - here's everything that went down at Coachella 2024's second weekend. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/coachella-week-two-doja-cat-blur-grimes-sabrina-carpenter/103753764)
2024-04-23T03:19:08Z	**'I just stuck to my beliefs': Ezra Mam has no regrets about how he handled Spencer Leniu's racial slur**
The focus of the NRL spotlight shifted to racism when Ezra Mam called out Spencer Leniu for a racial slur, and the young Broncos superstar says he is proud of having stood up for his culture. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/ezra-mam-reflects-on-spencer-leniu-racism-incident/103758316)
2024-04-23T03:39:30Z	**Feral pigs attacking humans, killing livestock and destroying crops as numbers explode in NSW**
A $13m control program has led to more than 69,000 feral pigs being culled in the state, but landowners say there is plenty more to be done. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/feral-pig-population-booms-in-nsw-despite-culling-program/103756928)
2024-04-23T04:42:53Z	**Surfer's tendons torn in shark bite at popular WA surfing spot**
Augustin Sanchez says he tried not to show fear during an agonising paddle back to shore as blood streamed from a shark bite wound. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/argentinian-surfer-bitten-by-shark-bombie-near-exmouth-surgery/103757646)
2024-04-23T04:53:52Z	**Despair for homeless residents as 'safe haven' for 20 years is forced to close**
Reid's Guest House in Ballarat has provided crisis accommodation to thousands of people over the past 20 years. Now it Is set to close and residents have to get out within months. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/uniting-closes-reids-guest-house-homeless-accommodation-ballarat/103755624)
2024-04-23T05:02:03Z	**Canberra scientists using DNA to try to stop the parrot trafficking trade**
You may be familiar with the use of DNA technology for catching criminals and solving crimes, but a group of scientists from Canberra and the UK are using DNA to save trafficked parrots. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/canberra-scientists-using-dna-to-fight-trafficked-parrot-trade/103756904)
2024-04-23T05:11:25Z	**Alcohol, meth and failure to take basic safety precautions behind Wynyard boating deaths, coroner finds**
A coroner finds Isaiah Dixon, Bree-Anna Thomas and Thomas Courto's drownings off Tasmania's north-west coast to be "wholly avoidable". ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/coroner-finds-wynyard-boating-tragedy-wholly-avoidable/103758326)
2024-04-23T05:28:18Z	**'Fear and anxiety': Lewis's CTE plea as concussions end Sharks star's career**
League icon Wally Lewis has given a raw insight into his life after being diagnosed with probable CTE on the same day Sharks co-captain Dale Finucane was forced to retire due to repeated concussions. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/dale-finucane-retirement-wally-lewis-cte-investment-plea/103758830)
2024-04-23T05:27:35Z	**'I thought we were past this': Mums share their experiences of taking breastfed babies to live gigs**
We spoke to mothers to hear about their experiences of taking their breastfed babies to live gigs such as the theatre and concerts, including one who welcomes babies at shows of her own. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/mothers-share-experiences-taking-breastfed-babies-to-live-gigs/103757952)
2024-04-23T05:37:51Z	**'It was just surreal': Woman recounts gunman's home invasion in lead-up to fatal shooting by police**
Tracey Rawlings says she doesn't know if she can be alone again after a 36-year-old man with a rifle walked into her home demanding her car. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/woman-terrified-by-gunman-home-invasion-police-shooting-qld/103756948)
2024-04-23T05:47:38Z	**'Treat your nicotine products like you would any other poison': Rise in poisons hotline calls prompts warning**
Children under five are increasingly being put at risk of nicotine poisoning because of the availability of vapes and e-cigarettes, child accident prevention authorities in South Australia have warned. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/rise-in-vaping-e-cigarette-related-child-poisoning-reports/103751212)
2024-04-23T06:04:28Z	**Fourth man charged over Wakeley church riot faces court**
Fairfield Local Court heard Nikolaj Mikic had turned himself into police after investigators released images of 12 men they believed were involved in a riot outside the Christ The Good Shepherd Church. Mr Mikic is the fourth man to be charged over the violent riots. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/nsw-wakeley-riot-fourth-man-charged-sydney/103759200)
2024-04-23T06:17:43Z	**Sharks star stood down for short term over 'failed drug and alcohol tests'**
Cronulla believes it is more important for Braydon Trindall to focus on his 'health and welfare issues' after he allegedly failed roadside illicit drugs and alcohol tests. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/nrl-braydon-trindall-stood-down-cronulla-sharks-drug-tests/103759286)
2024-04-23T06:40:13Z	**Adelaide casino may be slapped with $75m fine in search for 'accountability'**
The operator of the Adelaide Casino could soon face heftier penalties of up to $75 million if it is found to engage in misconduct, under a proposed overhaul of South Australia's gambling laws. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/sa-proposed-laws-to-increase-penalties-against-casino/103758964)
2024-04-23T06:43:59Z	**Elon Musk and Anthony Albanese aren't arguing about free speech. They're arguing over power**
There has been no shortage of criticism from across the political aisle levelled at tech billionaire Elon Musk for refusing to take down graphic footage in a Sydney church. But this spat is about more than just free speech; it's about power. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/elon-musk-anthony-albanese-church-court-injunction-x/103757040)
2024-04-23T06:56:07Z	**Former party paradise Great Keppel Island a step closer to new 'glory' with plans for eco-resort and glamping**
The crumbling former tourism resort on Great Keppel (Woppa) Island will be one of the first things to be revived under a new master plan for the lush, tropical island. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/great-keppel-island-master-plan-released-to-revive-tourism/103757110)
2024-04-23T07:00:38Z	**Alleged victim fought off chainsaw-wielding neighbour with croquet mallet after dog dispute, court hears**
Horace Monching was getting ready for bed when he heard a noise outside. It was his neighbour, allegedly wielding a chainsaw, a court has heard. A tussle ensued, resulting in traumatic injuries. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/woman-stands-trial-over-alleged-chainsaw-attack/103757272)
2024-04-23T07:19:42Z	**'Emotional moment' as spears taken by Captain Cook are returned to Indigenous community**
Four spears stolen by Captain James Cook and his crew after he arrived at Botany Bay more than 250 years ago are handed back to traditional owners at a ceremony in England, in what is among the most significant repatriations of Indigenous objects to date. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/gweagal-spears-captain-cook-took-handed-to-indigenous-community/103756446)
2024-04-23T07:27:05Z	**Racism tainted investigation into 1987 deaths of Aboriginal teenagers, coroner finds**
The NSW State Coroner finds racism tainted an "inexplicably deficient" police investigation into the 1987 deaths of two Indigenous girls. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/mona-lisa-and-jacinta-smith-inquest-findings-handed-down/103755854)
2024-04-23T07:37:41Z	**After a long and arduous 25 years, birthing is reborn at this remote hospital and mums-to-be are lining up**
Planned births are returning to one of Australia's most remote towns for the first time in  a quarter of a century, saving women in the region an exhausting 2,000 kilometre-round trip to hospital. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/maternity-services-return-to-weipa-hospital-after-25-years/103756936)
2024-04-23T07:59:07Z	**Beneath the flat plains of the Nullarbor lies a 'honeycombed' network of caves, hiding in plain sight**
The Nullarbor Plain is famous for being dry, flat and featureless — but it's a very different story beneath the surface, with an intricate cave system that has remained mostly untouched. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/nullarbor-caves-renewable-energy-development-proposal/103758050)
2024-04-23T07:54:35Z	**Transurban warned NSW government about traffic 'hotspots' before Rozelle Interchange opened, inquiry hears**
A parliamentary inquiry into the Rozelle Interchange has heard from Transurban's general manager for Westconnex, Denise Kelly, who said the toll-road operator warned the previous NSW government about traffic issues before the motorway opened. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/nsw-rozelle-interchange-inquiry-transurban-contractors-sydney/103760106)
2024-04-23T08:11:20Z	**A Tesla driver who made false claims the car was in autopilot when she crashed into a pedestrian has pleaded guilty**
Sakshi Agrawal, who spent two years fighting charges against her, has entered a last minute guilty plea after she crashed into a pedestrian in Melbourne in 2022 and falsely blamed the car's autopilot feature. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/tesla-autopilot-crash-sakshi-agrawal-pleads-guilty/103759746)
2024-04-23T08:38:29Z	**Mariners forward Torres stood down amid sexual assault charge**
Central Coast Mariners striker Angel Torres was arrested on Monday in relation to an alleged sexual assault of a woman in March, and has been stood down by the club ahead of his court date next month. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/angel-torres-sexual-assault-charge-mariners/103760350)
2024-04-23T11:55:07Z	**GWS Giants star Toby Greene's suspension upheld after AFL tribunal hearing**
This is the eighth time in his career the GWS Giants captain has been suspended. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/afl-gws-giants-toby-greene-tribunal-result/103760024)
2024-04-23T13:04:47Z	**'Lost' Johnny Cash album from 1993 has never seen the light of day. Until now**
An album recorded just months before Johnny Cash began his acclaimed American series of releases has been unearthed from the archives and will be released this June. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/johnny-cash-lost-new-album-songwriter-unearthed-vince-gill/103758266)
2024-04-23T14:08:34Z	**Modi accused of using 'hate speech' for calling Muslims 'infiltrators' at election rally**
India's main opposition party has accused the prime minister of using "hate speech" after he called Muslims "infiltrators" at an election rally. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/indian-pm-narendra-modi-accused-of-hate-speech/103760810)
2024-04-23T18:53:38Z	**How were Chinese men able to walk ashore and enter WA's Truscott airbase undetected?**
Locals are alarmed that Chinese men dropped on a remote beach were able to enter an Australian airbase undetected, given the ramping up of surveillance along the crocodile-infested coastline. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/chinese-boat-arrivals-airbase-western-australia/103742276)
2024-04-23T18:49:07Z	**'Elon v Australia' returns to court today. Here's what to expect**
The social media platform X is expected to return to the Federal Court today to argue why it should not have to hide footage of the Wakeley stabbing. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/esafety-commissioner-x-elon-musk-in-court-over-injunction/103760572)
2024-04-23T19:03:09Z	**A Senate committee has called for a royal commission into Australia's COVID response. Here's why it's not happening**
A Senate committee has recommended a royal commission to examine Australia's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts on the community, including of lockdown and quarantine measures. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/senate-committee-calls-for-covid-royal-commission/103760670)
2024-04-23T19:00:34Z	**Five new albums that will please fans of Fleetwood Mac, Nick Cave, BROCKHAMPTON and more**
Maggie Rogers's Fleetwood Mac-inspired third album is one of the best new releases you should wrap your ears around this week. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/new-music-maggie-rogers-vampire-weekend-emma-donovan-1300/103753614)
2024-04-23T19:00:00Z	**Whether you side with Arj Barker or the breastfeeding mum, real life is more nuanced than our tit-for-tat culture wars**
It really should come as no surprise to Arj Barker that the eviction of a breastfeeding mother from his Melbourne show has whipped up another round of culture wars, but these situations are complicated by differing experiences and emotional triggers — and culture wars aren't good with detail. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/arj-barker-show-breastfeeding-debate-real-life-is-nuanced/103759026)
2024-04-23T19:22:50Z	**Top cop and spy boss urge social media companies to do better on encryption**
Social media companies are slammed by Australia's top police officer for "pouring accelerant on the flames" of misinformation and extremism on their platforms, while the boss of ASIO raises concerns encrypted chat services are a "safe room for terrorists and spies". ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/social-media-companies-blamed-for-extremism-by-law-enforcement/103760706)
2024-04-23T19:45:38Z	**Brittany Higgins is fighting her former boss in court. Here's what you need to know**
Senator Linda Reynolds sues her former political staffer Brittany Higgins and Ms Higgins's partner David Sharaz for defamation over a series of social media posts — and neither side appears willing to back down. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/brittany-higgins-david-sharaz-linda-reynolds-defamation-action/103755670)
2024-04-23T19:56:04Z	**Catholic Church seeks millions more in compensation from Victorian government over land acquired for Melton hospital**
The Catholic Church is taking the Victorian government to VCAT seeking an extra $8.5 million dollars over the acquisition of land at Melton. The government acquired the land from the church to build a major new public hospital. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/catholic-church-melton-hospital-dispute/103733530)
2024-04-23T19:51:00Z	**'A bomb in the house': Calls for stronger laws to protect buyers when batteries explode**
Summer Van Andel and her younger brother were sitting on their couch when a toy car powered by a lithium-ion battery exploded while on charge in December last year.  It's just one of more than 1,000 fires caused by the batteries in Australia in 2023. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/lithium-ion-battery-laws-in-queensland-risk-fires/103753436)
2024-04-23T20:04:21Z	**Rechel is trying to find a home but can't compete with people bidding for rentals**
Every Australian state has now outlawed or promised to ban rental bidding, but families are still being priced out of rentals or forced to move back in with their parents. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/outlawed-rent-bidding-still-occurring-australia/103754394)
2024-04-23T20:10:13Z	**Marcia Ryan disappeared 28 years ago. Now police are reopening their investigation**
Police say compelling information has been uncovered as a group of five country officers bring a renewed focus to giving Seaford woman Marcia Ryan's family the answers they have been seeking since 1996. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/police-reopen-investigation-into-missing-woman-marcia-ryan/103757630)
2024-04-23T20:30:00Z	**Looking for the real story behind the budget? Turn to about page 87 and everything will become clear**
If you are looking for the truth, flip your way to about page 87 of the main budget document, where the government must make clear what it is doing and why. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/budget-beyond-the-spin-what-to-expect/103758950)
2024-04-23T20:27:25Z	**'Crisis': Eleven more women have died violently compared to the same time last year**
Childcare worker and mother Molly Ticehurst was found dead in a regional New South Wales home on Monday morning. The Forbes local was 28 years old. And, she was the 25th woman to die from gender-based violence in Australia this year. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/eleven-more-women-have-died-violently-compared-to-last-year/103759450)
2024-04-23T20:26:09Z	**Hospitals take scalpel to waste as health sector's carbon footprint is double that of aviation**
Doctors say carbon emissions and waste generated by the health sector pose a massive threat to public health. Healthcare workers are finding novel ways to de-carbonise hospitals, reduce medical waste and re-use medical devices. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/hospitals-reducing-carbon-footprints-medical-waste/103758166)
2024-04-23T20:41:32Z	**Australia's oldest textile mill still spinning yarns after 150 years in Tasmania**
Tasmania's Waverley Woollen Mills survived the Great Depression, both world wars and several near-closures. Can Australia's oldest continuously operating textile mill spin onwards into the next century? ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/waverley-woollen-mill-turns-150-oldest-textile-mill-australia/103752752)
2024-04-23T20:39:38Z	**A chance encounter with a wombat in the ocean leaves experts questioning 'unusual behaviour'**
A couple holidaying in Tasmania's remote north-west have captured a wombat foraging in the ocean. The footage has surprised wombat experts, who say the behaviour is highly unusual. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/tasmania-ocean-wombat-video/103757932)
2024-04-23T20:38:40Z	**Couples seeking IVF to get $2,000 rebate if Canberra Liberals win ACT election**
The Canberra Liberals announce a policy that would see couples experiencing fertility difficulties receive rebates of up to $2,000 for in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and up to $1,000 for intrauterine insemination (IUI) if the party wins the ACT election in October. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/canberra-liberals-ivf-fertility-treatment-rebate-cost-barrier/103758932)
2024-04-23T20:38:24Z	**'The damage is just phenomenal': Coastal erosion to impact Darwin's famous sunset markets**
Each dry season thousands of tourists flock to Darwin's Mindil Beach Sunset Markets, but this year wet season tides and waves have washed away half the beach, restricting access. It's left Darwin council the latest scrambling to find a solution to coastal erosion. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/mindil-beach-erosion-to-impact-darwin-markets-climate-change/103759048)
2024-04-23T20:56:51Z	**Bonza confirms changes to Queensland flight schedules but denies reports of engaging financial advisory firm**
After less than 18 months in the sky, the budget airline is facing questions over its financial viability and mounting criticism of its customer service. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/bonza-denies-reports-engaging-korda-mentha-financial-advice/103757704)
2024-04-23T21:14:14Z	**Mother of Indigenous 15-year-old who died in car crash while in state care says the system failed him**
The mother of a teenager who died in a car crash in Canberra says she wasn't told her son had been missing for three days before the crash which claimed his life. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/act-indigenous-teen-died-car-crash-family-call-systemic-change/103760058)
2024-04-23T21:12:27Z	**UN rights chief horrified by reports of mass graves at destroyed Nasser, Al-Shifa hospitals in Gaza**
Several mass graves are being exhumed in the ruins of the Nasser and Al-Shifa medical facilities in Khan Younis, Gaza, with reports some of the bodies have their hands tied. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/un-horrified-by-hospital-destruction-mass-graves/103761366)
2024-04-23T21:23:10Z	**Marcus Stoinis breaks IPL century drought, smashing Super Giants to victory in another run-fest**
Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis reaches three figures for the first time in nine IPL seasons, smashing 19 off the last over to get his Super Giants home. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/marcus-stoinis-clobbers-ipl-century/103761430)
2024-04-23T21:36:51Z	**Daniel's military service takes on new meaning after discovering links to first Indigenous soldiers**
After 14 years with the Australian Army Reserve and the Australian Border Force, Daniel Dawson decided to investigate his Indigenous past. He found 32 family members who served during world wars I and II, and a special Boer War connection. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/indigenous-soldiers-send-letters-home-during-boer-war/103751276)
2024-04-23T21:44:58Z	**Live: Elon Musk motors through Tesla profit announcement**
Follow the day's events and insights as they happen with our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/asx-markets-business-live-news-april-23-2024/102440924)
2024-04-23T22:01:36Z	**'You're losing all credibility,' judge tells Trump's lawyer, and other key moments from the 'hush money' trial**
A former newspaper publisher outlines how he bought and buried negative stories about Donald Trump, and the former president's lawyer is chastised by a judge, as the "hush money" criminal trial continues in New York. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/donald-trump-hush-money-trial-david-pecker-court/103761246)
2024-04-23T22:16:52Z	**Dumped goldfish grow into hefty ferals, but their days in this murky river paradise are numbered**
Some of the world's largest feral goldfish have been found in a river flowing through a popular WA tourist town. Now, the dumped pets are being removed. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/pest-goldfish-vasse-river-water-quality-concerns/103742088)
2024-04-23T22:13:55Z	**Albanese and PNG PM walk, talk and catch a breath together, as they climb Kokoda Track**
As Anthony Albanese and James Marape continue an unprecedented joint trek up and down the mountains and valleys, they walk with a shared purpose: to acknowledge their history, to embody the friendship of two nations and to promote peace in the region. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/albanese-marape-walk-kokoda-track-anzac-day/103761502)
2024-04-23T22:25:02Z	**Voyager 1 talking to Earth again after NASA engineers 24 billion kilometres away devise software fix**
Humanity's most distant spacecraft — which fell silent in November — is once again sending status reports after NASA engineers working with a two-day communication delay devised a software fix for a failed computer chip. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/voyager-1/103761504)
2024-04-23T22:37:20Z	**Why plans to power this outback town with renewable energy are 'ahead of the game'**
A new report has outlined four pathways to help power Alice Springs by 50 per cent renewable energy within six years, providing a roadmap to put the town years ahead of Darwin, Katherine, and the national energy market. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2024-04-24/report-shows-pathways-to-power-alice-springs-by-renewables-2030/103728274)
2024-04-23T22:35:38Z	**Pedestrian killed in outback highway crash near SA-NT border**
A 26-year-old Port Augusta man is hit by a car along the Stuart Highway about 30 kilometres south of the Northern Territory border. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/pedestrian-dies-in-crash-near-sa-nt-border/103760606)
2024-04-23T22:50:23Z	**This Japanese film is 'one of the most deceptively beautiful movies of the year so far'**
Drive My Car director Ryusuke Hamaguchi follows his Oscar-winning film with the story of a glamping site development in a rural Japanese village. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/evil-does-not-exist-review-ryusuke-hamaguchi/103754314)
2024-04-23T23:03:39Z	**Homicide squad investigating death of woman in northern Victoria**
Homicide squad detectives are speaking to a 39-year-old man believed to be known to the woman who was found deceased in a home in Cobram yesterday afternoon. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/homicide-squad-investigate-death-of-woman-cobram/103761646)
2024-04-23T23:00:00Z	**'Like a marriage': What it’s like playing one of the world's rarest violins**
Australian violinist Emily Sun has become the custodian of "The Adelaide", a violin purchased by the people of South Australia in 1955, currently valued at $US1 million. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/violinist-emily-sun-custodian-guadagnini-adelaide/103753214)
2024-04-23T23:12:20Z	**NSW premier flags domestic violence-related bail laws review in wake of Molly Ticehurst's alleged murder**
Premier Chris Minns says he had requested that Attorney-General Michael Daley review the circumstances leading up to the alleged murder this week. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/nsw-domestic-violence-bail-laws-review-to-be-announced/103761638)
2024-04-23T23:28:35Z	**Councils explore cutting red tape for tiny homes with big planning requirements**
Coby Koster found her way out of the rental market by purchasing a tiny home but says planning hiccups among local governments are holding other people back. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/councils-explore-easing-red-tape-on-tiny-home-establishments-nsw/103700328)
2024-04-23T23:44:21Z	**Prince William and Princess Kate issue photo, taken by Kate, to mark the sixth birthday of Prince Louis**
Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate thank the public for messages marking the sixth birthday of their youngest son Louis, who beams at the camera in a portrait taken by the Princess of Wales. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/prince-william-and-kate-middleton-louis-birthday-photo/103761616)
2024-04-24T00:22:28Z	**Pro-Palestine protests spread across US colleges, with students arrested at Yale, NYU and Columbia**
Student protests in the US over the war in Gaza intensify and expand, with a number of encampments now in place at colleges including Columbia, Yale, and New York University. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/palestine-gaza-war-protests-us-college-campus-columbia-yale-nyu/103761630)
2024-04-24T00:43:43Z	**New police chopper for Cairns as Queensland government announces plans to recruit 900 extra cops**
Far North Queensland will receive a dedicated police helicopter to fight crime from the sky as the state government announces an ambitious plan to boost the front line with 900 new officers. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/police-helicopter-for-cairns-900-extra-officers-to-join-service/103761632)
2024-04-24T01:09:00Z	**Investigation underway after man dies at WA mine site**
The Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety has confirmed the fatal incident occurred yesterday and investigators are at the scene. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/worksafe-investigating-worker-death-at-kambalda-mine-site/103762112)
2024-04-24T01:27:44Z	**Darren Weir cleared of allegations he intended to corrupt the outcome of the 2018 Melbourne Cup**
The champion horse trainer has been cleared of allegations that he used a jigger on racehorses with the intention of corrupting the outcome of the 2018 Melbourne Cup. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/victorian-racing-tribunal-darren-weir-cleared-corruption/103761634)
2024-04-24T01:42:37Z	**Inflation rises more than expected, with prices increasing by 3.6 per cent in last year**
Inflation has come in higher than expected during the March quarter, dampening expectations of interest rate cuts by the later in the year. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/inflation-consumer-price-index-march-quarter-interest-rates-hecs/103757332)
2024-04-24T02:03:24Z	**HECS indexation is expected to be 4.7 per cent. Check how much extra you could be paying with our calculator**
Now we have the latest inflation data, we can work out how much HECS debts will be indexed by — but that's only if the Australian Tax Office uses the same formula as last year. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/hecs-indexation-rate-2024-student-debt-increase-calculator/103734984)
2024-04-24T02:15:13Z	**How a DIY ramp made from plywood went onto turbocharge skateboarding culture ​​​​​**
Unable to skate "vert" like Tony Hawk, a group of ragtag skaters decided to build a ramp in Newcastle that would become the centre of Australian skateboarding culture. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/skateboarding-history-newcastle-newsouthwales/103754410)
2024-04-24T02:25:04Z	**'This is not my daughter': Mother pleads for reforms to Victoria's eating disorder hospital system**
Vanessa never thought her child's reduced food intake would turn into a long-term, life-threatening eating disorder. Now, after 25 hospital visits in the past year, she's calling for more long-term care and support to stop the cycle of readmission. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/eating-disorder-reforms-victoria-hospital-system-readmissions/103685250)
2024-04-24T02:24:18Z	**Premier Rockliff seals deals with key independents to prop up Tasmanian Liberal government**
Key Tasmanian independent MPs David O'Byrne and Kristie Johnston give formal guarantees of confidence and supply to the Liberal minority government. Here's what in the deals. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/david-o-byrne-and-kristie-johntson-reach-deal-with-rockliff-gov/103762394)
2024-04-24T02:39:02Z	**Deaths of two greyhounds in 10 days at the same track prompt calls for urgent independent inspector**
Two greyhounds have died in 10 days at the same regional SA race track, prompting calls for action. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/greyhound-racing-deaths-mount-gambier-sa-independent-inspector/103757606)
2024-04-24T03:03:07Z	**Another WA builder has buckled under pressure, and one lobby group says they won't be the last**
One of Perth's best-known residential building companies has been placed into administration, with one lobby group expecting more will follow suit. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/perth-builder-collier-homes-collapses-after-60-years/103762526)
2024-04-24T03:06:02Z	**Oscar-winner Anne Hathaway kissed '10 guys' in chemistry audition in a practice she describes as 'gross'**
While promoting her new film The Idea of You, actor Anne Hathaway described as 'gross' previous practices she's been subjected to involving chemistry auditions where she had to kiss a long list of potential co-stars, one after the other. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/anne-hathaway-chemistry-auditions-kissed-10-guys-gross/103762950)
2024-04-24T03:45:09Z	**Hundreds more crocodiles to be killed in Top End annually following fierce culling debate**
Less than a year since a 67-year-old tourist was bitten at a popular Top End swimming spot, the NT government has upped its annual quota for saltwater croc harvest by 900. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/nt-crocodile-culling-increase-commercial-hunting-flagged/103753884)
2024-04-24T03:44:55Z	**Outback NSW health services are in 'crisis' and rely too heavily on fly-in locums, inquiry chair says**
Two years after a scathing report was handed down, a parliamentary committee touring the health system in Far West New South Wales says it must work "harder and a lot smarter" to attract and retain healthcare professionals. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/select-committee-health-tour-far-west-nsw-locums-reliance/103758364)
2024-04-24T03:33:29Z	**LIV boss Norman rejects other states, locks in Adelaide**
LIV Golf's chief executive says he's rewarding the South Australian government for taking an initial risk by knocking back other interest. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/liv-boss-norman-rejects-other-states-locks-in-adelaide/103763762)
2024-04-24T03:54:00Z	**HECS-HELP debts are set to rise 4.7pc in June. Here's why Nellie's not paying extra this year**
The release of March inflation data means student HECS-HELP debts are set to rise by 4.7 per cent on the first of June. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/hecs-help-debt-indexation-june-2024-should-you-repay-early/103754992)
2024-04-24T04:02:04Z	**A 'dilapidated' outback pub faces closure, but the tenants are fighting back**
A popular and historic pub in WA's Goldfields faces closure over safety concerns, while the tenants say they are being unfairly forced out. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/menzies-hotel-future-uncertain-dispute-owner-tenants/103753364)
2024-04-24T04:19:45Z	**Fans hunting down the stalker depicted in Netflix's Baby Reindeer are missing the point, says creator**
Baby Reindeer is currently the most watched TV title on Netflix but some fans are taking the real life story of a stalker and the man she stalked too far. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/baby-reindeer-who-is-the-real-martha-richard-gadd-sean-foley/103762588)
2024-04-24T04:39:18Z	**'A pretty special young man': Ross Lyon remembers late Harley Balic**
The death of 25-year-old Fremantle player Harley Balic will reportedly be looked at as part of a probe into the AFL's illicit drugs policy, with former coach Ross Lyon speaking emotionally about Balic as "a pretty special young man". ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/harley-balic-death-ross-lyon-afl-illicit-drugs-policy/103763822)
2024-04-24T04:56:03Z	**Tasmanian factory workers walk off job over pay gap claims with mainland colleagues**
Workers at a major cheesemaking plant in Burnie say they are sick of being treated like the "poor cousins" of mainlanders doing the same job for the same company. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2024-04-24/saputo-dairy-australia-workers-strike-burnie-pay-gap-mainland/103627846)
2024-04-24T04:52:54Z	**Former Kangaroo and NSW Origin player Terry Hill dies**
Terry Hill, one of the best centres in Australian rugby league in the 1990s, has died aged 52. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/former-nrl-player-terry-hill-dies-aged-52/103764528)
2024-04-24T04:48:06Z	**Victoria Police search for Home and Away actor, charged with assault, who failed to appear at a Melbourne court**
Victoria Police are searching for Orpheus Pledger after he failed to present to court. The Home and Away star is facing several assault charges. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/orpheus-pledger-home-and-away-warrant-for-arrest/103763960)
2024-04-24T05:19:00Z	**'Not safe for women': Widespread sexual harassment and discrimination found within Border Force's marine unit**
A workplace review of the Australian Border Force's marine unit has found sexual harassment and discrimination is so widespread, "immediate intervention" is needed to make it safe for the women working within it. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/border-force-review-sexual-harassment-bullying/103764440)
2024-04-24T05:35:37Z	**Bishop Emmanuel wants footage of his stabbing in church to stay online, court hears**
The eSafety commissioner and social media platform X are back in Federal Court to debate the status of posts featuring footage of the Wakeley church attack. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/bishop-emmanul-wants-stabbing-footage-injunction-extended/103764228)
2024-04-24T05:49:33Z	**Growing up in public housing taught Jioji Ravulo the art of budgeting. His number one tip: Always buy the specials**
It's Pay Day! Professor Jioji Ravulo explains how sharing his money with his extended family was part of life from his very first pay cheque and why, even now, he's always on the hunt for a good bargain. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/pay-day-with-professor-jioji-ravulo/103753956)
2024-04-24T06:01:58Z	**Woodside shareholders unlikely to back climate action plan, company bosses warn**
Woodside is being forced to defend its climate transition plan, with the gas giant's bosses saying it's unlikely to win the support of its own shareholders. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/woodside-shareholders-poised-to-reject-climate-action-plan/103764840)
2024-04-24T05:55:53Z	**Investigation launched as millions of litres of sewage flow into popular Gold Coast river**
More than 400 million litres of raw sewage spilled into a river before it was detected by Gold Coast City Council, with the spill being investigated by the state government. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/gold-coast-sewage-spill-albert-river-yatala-investigation/103762292)
2024-04-24T06:08:36Z	**Police arrest eight people who allegedly fled fatal car crash in Alice Springs**
NT Police have now arrested everyone who allegedly fled the scene of a car crash last month in Alice Springs. The fallout from the incident has been linked to the social unrest that led to the recent youth curfew in the town. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/nt-police-alice-springs-fatal-car-crash-arrests/103763796)
2024-04-24T06:06:24Z	**Meta AI has rolled out on our social media apps to a mixed reception. Here's why and what to do with it**
The launch of Meta's artificial intelligence tool has generated a wave of confusion among users as the AI bots descended upon familiar social media apps and began interacting with real people. Here are five quick questions on what the new tool means for users. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/can-you-turn-off-meta-ai/103762644)
2024-04-24T06:23:48Z	**Driver who fatally hit cyclist while watching YouTube on his phone handed two-and-a-half year sentence**
Damon James Turnbull-Fielding was watching an instructional YouTube video while driving his vehicle on NSW's Central Coast during 2021 when he failed to negotiate a right-hand turn and fatally struck a 68-year-old cyclist. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/damon-turnbull-fielding-sentenced-kincumber-fatal-crash-nsw/103762438)
2024-04-24T06:57:58Z	**Man allegedly murdered heavily pregnant lover after she refused to abort his baby, court hears**
A Perth man is on trial for murder after he allegedly used a claw hammer to kill his lover, a nurse who was eight months pregnant with his baby. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/perth-man-on-trial-for-pregnant-janet-dweh-murder/103765254)
2024-04-24T06:57:02Z	**Greek skies turn orange as dust clouds roll in from Sahara Desert**
Video footage shows skies over southern Greece turning an orange hue as dust clouds blown from North Africa engulf the Acropolis and other landmarks in Athens. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/skies-over-athens-greece-turn-orange-from-sahara-dust-storm/103765222)
2024-04-24T07:12:20Z	**Motorcyclists' crash deaths leave families devastated as ice-affected shearer jailed**
Mates Barry Holland and Ross Stewart died after they were struck by a father of two who had been using methylamphetamine to combat fatigue, a court has heard. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/drug-driver-ashley-mcdonald-jailed-crash-motorcyclists-goorambat/103759760)
2024-04-24T07:26:51Z	**Police reviewing how image of Brittany Higgins's texts was obtained by Seven ahead of Bruce Lehrmann interview**
Australian Federal Police commissioner Reece Kershaw told the National Press Club today police were reviewing the matter to see whether an investigation was needed into how an image of Brittany Higgins's text messages came to be in the possession of the Seven Network. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/australian-federal-police-brittany-higgins-seven-network/103765060)
2024-04-24T07:51:46Z	**'The facts here are different': Barrass unable to overturn ban on 'good guy' defence**
The West Coast defender attempted to use the same tribunal tactic Charlie Cameron used a week ago, but this time there were not enough "exceptional and compelling circumstances". ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/tom-barrass-afl-tribunal-ban-upheld/103765748)
2024-04-24T08:29:51Z	**Live: Tigers and Dees begin Anzac Round in front of anticipated massive MCG crowd**
Richmond take on Melbourne at the MCG on Anzac Day Eve in a meeting of recent premiers at different ends of the ladder. Follow the ceremonies and all the action in our live blog. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/afl-live-updates-richmond-melbourne-mcg-anzac-day-eve/103765338)
2024-04-24T09:06:23Z	**Emotional scenes as family of Tiwi Islands woman performs emotional tribute on final day of inquest**
The family of a Tiwi Islands woman who died inside the Royal Darwin Hospital's secure mental health unit have performed an emotional tribute to their much-loved family member on the final day of a coronial inquest into her death. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/pukumani-alimankinni-nt-coronial-inquest-royal-darwin-hospital/103758962)
2024-04-24T09:59:57Z	**Escaped army horses bolt through central London, one person injured**
Two army horses that were seen galloping through central London at rush hour on Wednesday have been contained, police and media reports say. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/escaped-army-horses-london/103766216)
2024-04-24T12:31:57Z	**'We will never forget' people of PNG: Albanese to speak at dawn service at Isurava**
The prime minister will tell the crowd at an Anzac Day dawn service in Papua New Guinea that Australia "will never forget" the help the country's people provided to Australian soldiers during World War II. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/pm-gives-dawn-service-address-at-isurava-png/103766126)
2024-04-24T13:40:39Z	**Mental health chair resigns, calling out government 'inactions'**
The Chair of Mental Health Australia has taken a swipe at the Albanese government's "inaction" on mental health, as he resigned from the top role of the peak non-government organisation representing the sector. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/mental-health-chair-resigns-calling-out-government-inactions-/103766414)
2024-04-24T18:53:10Z	**Xi is urging Chinese women to get pregnant for the good of the country. Here's why many are ignoring him**
After decades of forcing Chinese couples to limit themselves to just one child, Beijing has now reversed course and is urging people to have more babies. The trouble is, many young people aren't interested. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/fertility-rates-in-china-dropping/103654528)
2024-04-24T18:50:45Z	**Domestic violence commissioner calls national roundtable to assess number of women's deaths, says conversation is shifting**
There is a crisis in Australia and women don't feel safe. The Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence commissioner wants that to change. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/domestic-violence-commissioner-calls-national-roundtable/103765000)
2024-04-24T19:00:00Z	**The government wants a future 'made in Australia'. The productivity commissioner isn't convinced**
While Anthony Albanese says we're in a "race for jobs" with other countries offering big government subsidies and can't afford to be "left behind", Productivity Commissioner Danielle Wood isn't sure it's a race we should even be in. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/productivity-commissioner-government-future-made-australia/103763714)
2024-04-24T19:12:04Z	**Memories of Australia's worst peacetime naval disaster remain vivid for one of the last men off the ship**
Brian Hopkins was one of the last people to escape after two Australian naval ships collided. Living with terminal cancer, he revisits his former life and considers his legacy. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/navy-veteran-survivor-voyager-brian-hopkins-legacy-hmas-voyager/103732834)
2024-04-24T19:24:22Z	**The census asks you about your ancestry and country of birth. Some experts say that's not enough**
The ABS has scrapped plans to collect information about ethnicity in the 2026 census, and some experts say it is missing a huge opportunity. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/abs-census-ethnicity-ancestry-australia-population-data/103638672)
2024-04-24T19:23:30Z	**Darren Moffitt comes from a long line of military men. This is how their family story began**
After World War II, Darren's grandfather didn't reveal much about his service or choose to march on Anzac Day. Only on the day of his grandfather's funeral did Darren find out why. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/first-nations-contribution-to-anzac-day-and-the-wars/103765104)
2024-04-24T19:50:07Z	**The living legacy that grew from one family's sacrifice and generosity**
In the last days of 1943 a brave young Australian soldier, whose family played an influential role developing Australia's irrigation industries, lost his life trying to save wounded comrades in the mountains of Papua New Guinea. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/mccaughey-memorial-trust-coree-agricultural-scientists-research/103635880)
2024-04-24T20:10:37Z	**'It's not my thing': 106-year-old war veteran opts out of Anzac Day marches**
World War II veteran Colin Wagener joined the military with three friends in 1938. He returned to Australia in 1945 after serving in Borneo, but has never joined an Anzac Day march. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/war-veteran-opts-out-of-anzac-day-march/103762566)
2024-04-24T20:04:45Z	**Scientist fears it might be 'our last best chance' to boost endangered species in the Mary River**
The first extensive study in decades of one of Australia's most unique rivers reveals the rare and endangered species that call it home aren't bouncing back like they should. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/mary-river-release-program-rare-and-endangered-species/103752518)
2024-04-24T20:31:39Z	**Five decades after fighting in Vietnam, John Bryant has returned to help find the bodies he buried**
John Bryant has dedicated his life and life savings to uncovering the bodies of missing Vietnamese soldiers he and his battalion killed in combat. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/vietnam-war-veteran-returns-to-help-uncover-mass-graves/103766062)
2024-04-24T20:31:29Z	**Man charged over the death of woman in Cobram, in Victoria's north**
A 39-year-old man faces numerous charges following the death of a 49-year-old woman in Cobram, in Victoria's north this week. Police believe the pair were known to each other. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/man-charged-over-cobram-death/103766876)
2024-04-24T20:28:27Z	**US secretly ships long-range ballistic missiles to Ukraine**
For the first time Ukraine has begun using long-range ballistic missiles provided secretly by the United States. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/long-range-missiles-us-ukraine-russia/103766820)
2024-04-24T20:46:10Z	**Defence may have to airdrop coffee, other supplies, to Antarctic expeditioners after Nuyina's failure**
A Senate inquiry has heard the Department of defence has been enlisted to potentially deliver supplies, including much-needed coffee, to Mawson Station after an earlier resupply voyage was disrupted when cranes malfunctioned on Australia's $528 million icebreaker. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/antarctic-expeditioners-may-get-airdrop-of-supplies/103764960)
2024-04-24T20:58:01Z	**Alternative wedding ceremony 'literally ties bride and groom together' at medieval fair**
Self-described nerdy couple Michael and Kirilee wanted to do away with modern tradition for their wedding so they borrowed customs from the 1500s. Their celebrant says they're part of a growing trend. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/mount-gambier-medieval-fair-rise-in-alternative-weddings-sa/103753590)
2024-04-24T20:55:26Z	**'Acts of corruption' feared ahead in 'extraordinary’ process to find Solomon Islands PM, as election counting finishes**
An intense period of political horse-trading is underway in Solomon Islands after no political party won enough seats in last week's election to form government on its own. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/solomons-election-counting-complete-as-mps-select-prime-minister/103762224)
2024-04-24T21:01:40Z	**Nikita Tszyu dominates Danilo Creati as he goes the distance for the first time**
Danilo Creati rocked Nikita Tszyu in the sixth round, but Tszyu says he "wasn't concerned" as he romped to a unanimous points win. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/nikita-tszyu-taken-deep-beating-danilo-creati/103766916)
2024-04-24T21:19:27Z	**Confidence trick: Why, for this week at least, the West Coast Eagles have some swagger back**
After one of the more perplexing Western Derby results in years, all of a sudden the West Coast Eagles have some swagger. How did the club get its confidence back? ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/west-coast-eagles-fremantle-dockers-confidence-shop/103764476)
2024-04-24T21:13:45Z	**'You cannot do anything like that again': Intellectually disabled WA man who raped child is released**
A man who repeatedly raped a young girl after breaking into her home in an ordeal lasting hours is released into the community because he is unfit to plead to the charges against him. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/intellectually-disabled-child-rapist-released-not-fit-to-plead-/103747040)
2024-04-24T21:49:43Z	**'Do they really want to win the league?' Liverpool's title hopes dealt near-fatal blow in shock derby loss to Everton**
Second-placed Liverpool will struggle to track down Arsenal or hold off third-placed Manchester City after a 2-0 loss to Merseyside rivals Everton, sitting just above the relegation zone at the other end of the table. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/everton-stuns-liverpool-merseyside-derby-premier-league/103766980)
2024-04-24T21:46:00Z	**Family's legacy of love, sacrifice, and service across three wars to be recognised**
The Copeman family's commitment to the country spans generations from WWI to Vietnam. Now their legacy will live on in a memorial garden south-west of Sydney. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/copeman-family-war-service-to-remembered-in-memorial-gardens/103757154)
2024-04-24T22:08:14Z	**How rest and preparation dictate AFL performance**
In the 2024 AFL season football will be played on at least six of the seven days of the week across 21 different start times. It has brought the schedule for each team into focus. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/how-rest-and-preparation-dictates-afl-performance/103762636)
2024-04-24T22:19:23Z	**Tasmania's special autumn tree is 'peaking' with colour. Here's how to see it**
Thousands will head out on an annual pilgrimage to see the fagus change colour this weekend, making it a perfect time to get to know a little more about this special plant. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/tasmania-cold-climate-deciduous-tree-fagus-golden-colours/103757198)
2024-04-24T23:03:06Z	**Five teenagers charged after counterterrorism raids in Sydney**
New South Wales Police has confirmed that five people aged between 14 and 17 have been charged, following counterterrorism raids yesterday in Sydney. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/five-teenagers-charge-anti-terrorist-raid-sydney/103767332)
2024-04-24T23:11:40Z	**In Australian heist drama Swift Street, a father-daughter duo must hustle $26,000 in 10 days**
We catch up with lead actress Tanzyn Crawford and creator and director Tig Terera to chat about the fast, funny and big-hearted urban heist escapade shot in the streets of Melbourne. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/swift-street-sbs-crime-drama-tig-terera-tanzyn-crawford/103763812)
2024-04-24T23:09:24Z	**Fishers are reporting more encounters with sharks. So are numbers rising or declining?**
Global concern about shark sustainability is at odds with the experience of some WA anglers who are reporting more encounters with the animals. So for the first time data collected off the state's coast will confirm the numbers. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/scientists-count-sharks-off-wa-coast-population-debate/103739440)
2024-04-25T00:00:00Z	**How the internet's algorithmic recommendations are flattening our culture and controlling our attention**
Algorithmic feeds should personalise our online experiences, but instead they are "deadening our tastes" and fostering a dull conformity. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/how-social-media-algorithms-are-flattening-culture/103735868)
2024-04-25T00:16:36Z	**Veteran recognised with British medal after being knocked 'arse over head' by nuclear bomb test**
Sam Darke said he and other servicemen were "shocked" when they bore witness to Britain's nuclear bomb test at South Australia's Emu Field, feeling treated like "guinea pigs" who wore no protection and were simply told to cover their eyes. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/atomic-bomb-test-1953-sam-darke-british-nuclear-test-medal/103765408)
2024-04-25T00:28:51Z	**Chicago's 'rat hole' removed after city determines footpath was damaged**
The imprint has been a quirk of a residential block in Chicago’s North Side for years, but it found fresh fame in January on social media platform X. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/rathole-moved-chicago-neighbourhood-internet-famous/103767300)
2024-04-25T01:07:38Z	**Lucky loser Saville wins through to second round as sole Australian in women's draw in Madrid**
For the third time this year, there is only one Australian woman in the main draw of a WTA 1000 event, with Daria Saville beating qualifier Hailey Baptiste to reach the second round on the Madrid clay. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/daria-saville-flying-the-flag-solo-at-madrid-open/103767376)
2024-04-25T01:14:01Z	**Dozens of whales beach themselves in WA's south in mass stranding event**
Authorities are responding to a whale stranding in WA's south-west, with dozens of animals in distress. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/mass-whale-stranding-in-dunsborough-western-australia/103767744)
2024-04-25T01:40:04Z	**It may not be in a war zone, but peacekeeping can be 'tricky' and dangerous work**
Australian Defence Force personnel and federal police officers have participated in 62 global peacekeeping missions since 1947. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/bendigo-veteran-stories-highlight-australian-peacekeeping/103708988)
2024-04-25T02:14:44Z	**'I told her in the Costco car park': Readers discuss how they shared their cancer diagnoses**
A recent ABC News feature about how to share news of cancer diagnoses prompted some of our readers to share their own experiences. These are their words. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/readers-share-how-they-dealt-with-their-cancer-diagnoses/103661630)
2024-04-25T02:21:59Z	**Rescue plan in the works after eight travellers found stranded in outback WA**
Police say they are working out how to retrieve the travellers from the flood-stricken area between Kalgoorlie-Boulder and the remote community of Tjuntjuntjara. A group of seven was rescued last month after running into similar trouble. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/police-working-on-plan-to-rescue-stranded-travellers-in-wa/103767838)
2024-04-25T03:02:20Z	**Arizona grand jury indicts 11 Republican 'fake electors' who falsely declared Trump won the state in 2020**
The Republicans, who had submitted a document to the United States Congress falsely declaring that Donald Trump beat Joe Biden in Arizona in the 2020 presidential election, are charged with conspiracy, fraud and forgery. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/arizona-indicts-republicans-donald-trump-election-fraud/103767788)
2024-04-25T02:58:33Z	**'I'm on their island': French tourist bitten by dingo at K'gari wants others to learn from her experience**
Tea Baudu wasn’t anticipating making headlines for a snappy encounter with Australia's iconic wild dingo while sunbathing on the heritage listed Queensland island of K’gari last year. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/french-tourist-bitten-dingo-kgari-fraser-island-behaviour/103767362)
2024-04-25T03:32:59Z	**After seeing footage of Hersh's arm being blown off by a grenade his parents thought he was dead — 201 days later he is in a Hamas hostage video**
Rachel Goldberg and Jon Polin had assumed they would never see their son again — but that changed when Hamas released a hostage video featuring a one-armed Hersh. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/hamas-issues-video-showing-hostage-hersh-goldberg-polin/103767902)
2024-04-25T04:18:19Z	**'Silly' to demand global takedowns: Dutton weighs in on eSafety case**
The eSafety commissioner's bid for the worldwide removal of footage of the Wakeley church stabbing is "silly", Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has said. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/dutton-says-esafety-silly-over-global-takedowns/103768346)
2024-04-25T04:16:23Z	**Homicide investigation launched after man found dead, woman left with severe head injuries north of Brisbane**
A 26-year-old has been taken into custody after police discovered the body of a man in his 70s at a home north of Brisbane this morning. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/qld-body-of-man-discovered-by-police-in-burpengary-east/103768352)
2024-04-25T04:12:17Z	**Live: Questions over Bombers' big selection call ahead of Anzac Day clash**
Essendon coach Brad Scott has made a major selection gamble for the match-up against Collingwood. Will it pay off? Follow live. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/afl-anzac-day-r7-essendon-collingwood-gws-brisbane-live-blog/103769020)
2024-04-25T04:41:31Z	**Bluey prompts questions around road rules and safety of front passenger seat for children**
In the much-anticipated Bluey special The Sign, the titular character is allowed to seat in the front passenger seat in line with Queensland road rules, prompting increased search traffic on the subject and calls to child safety organisations. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/bluey-prompts-conversation-around-rules-and-safety-of-front-seat/103752848)
2024-04-25T05:26:14Z	**One of A-League's smallest and poorest clubs chases four trophies this year**
The Central Coast Mariners keep alive their dream of winning four trophies this year, including another premiership, after claiming the AFC Cup inter-zonal final. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/central-coast-mariners-afc-asian-cup-soccer-trophies/103768880)
2024-04-25T05:24:26Z	**Susan Coyle to become the first female chief in the military's 'war-fighting domain'**
Space is the frontier for Major General Susan Coyle, the soon-to-be highest-ranking woman in Australia's military, whose future is bright as she oversees new areas of conflict. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/susan-coyle-first-woman-leader-australian-military-warfighting/103765092)
2024-04-25T05:22:05Z	**Could the fight between Elon Musk and Australia get X banned from your phone?**
In a worst-case scenario for Elon Musk, could Australia ban his platform if he refuses to taken down all videos of the Wakeley church stabbing? ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/elon-musk-x-versus-australia-on-sydney-church-stabbing-video/103761694)
2024-04-25T06:03:21Z	**Man critical after falling 20 metres in wind tower collapse north of Mackay**
Emergency crews were called to a property at Lake Proserpine following the incident earlier today. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/man-falls-20m-in-queensland-wind-tower-collapse/103769542)
2024-04-25T06:49:49Z	**Albanese's PNG trip comes with it a subtle jab at Morrison. King's was about as subtle as a sledgehammer**
Anthony Albanese's two-day hike along the Kokoda Track with his PNG counterpart was an opportunity to forge closer ties with Australia's closest neighbour — and send a message to his predecessor, too. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/anthony-albanese-kokoda-job-sharing-mps-federal-budget/103768040)
2024-04-25T07:06:15Z	**Gold Coast's iconic break Snapper Rocks to rejoin World Surf League championship tour**
Snapper Rocks was axed from the championship tour during when the pandemic hit but the world's best surfers will return from 2025. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/world-surf-league-snapper-rocks-back-on-championship-tour/103757892)
2024-04-25T07:19:55Z	**Joe Biden has signed the bill banning TikTok in the US over security concerns. Here's what you need to know**
A ban on TikTok is now almost inevitable in the US as President Joe Biden signs legislation banning the app unless the Chinese-based parent company ByteDance sells the app to an approved buyer.  Here's what you need to know. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/joe-biden-signs-legilsation-banning-tik-tok-explained/103769240)
2024-04-25T07:47:42Z	**Woman found dead in regional Victorian home remembered as a 'well respected' and 'lovely' person**
Tributes have poured in for Emma Bates, 49, who was found dead in a home in the regional Victorian town of Cobram on Tuesday. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/emma-bates-cobram-death-tribute/103769174)
2024-04-25T07:45:56Z	**Albanese facing pressure to bring relief to Australians with HECS-HELP debt**
2.9 million people with HECS-HELP debt will be hit by an increase of 4.7 per cent when their debts are indexed on June 1st, but there are calls for massive change. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/albanese-under-pressure-hecs-help-changes-for-budget/103765618)
2024-04-25T07:55:07Z	**Influential alleged former IS member Wassim Fayad raided in Sydney counter-terror blitz**
An influential former Islamic State supporter who was released from a supervision order last year was questioned in yesterday's police raids on an alleged terrorism network involving a group of Sydney boys. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/wassim-fayad-targeted-in-anti-terror-raid-after-church-stabbing/103767804)
2024-04-25T08:24:34Z	**Sails of iconic Paris cabaret club Moulin Rouge fall overnight**
The iconic Moulin Rouge windmill in Paris is missing its sails, which fell to the ground overnight. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/moulin-rouge-paris-windmill-sails-fall/103769998)
2024-04-25T08:47:16Z	**Overcrowded Venice introduces first payment charge for tourists**
Venice has become the first city in the world to introduce a payment system for tourists in an effort to thin the crowds that throng the canals during the peak holiday season. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/venice-introduces-first-payment-charge-for-tourists/103770130)
2024-04-25T08:42:17Z	**Can Sam Walker's Anzac Day masterclass be the start of something big for the Roosters?**
Roosters halfback Sam Walker tore the Dragons apart on Anzac Day with the kind of big-play brilliance that comes naturally. But is it the start of something special or another false dawn? ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/nrl-anzac-day-sam-walker-sydney-roosters-/103770120)
2024-04-25T09:09:56Z	**Bushy carries family tradition in what could be Australia's most picturesque dawn service**
Since the 1980s, down-to-earth station owner Paul Hansen has welcomed folks to his riverside rural homestead for an Anzac Day dawn service like no other. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/kulcurna-anzac-dawn-service-murray-river-north-west-nsw/103769478)
2024-04-25T10:07:21Z	**Victoria Police arrest Home and Away actor who failed to appear at Melbourne court over assault charge**
Orpheus Pledger, who starred in Home and Away and other Australian soap operas, has been arrested after police issued a warrant on Wednesday. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/home-and-away-orpheus-pledger-arrested-after-police-search/103770336)
2024-04-25T11:38:23Z	**First official portrait of King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denamrk released**
The official gala portrait of King Frederik and Australian-born Queen Mary is shows her wearing the crown jewels for the first time since ascending the throne in January. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/first-photo-of-queen-mary-of-denmark-wearing-crown-jewels/103770422)
2024-04-25T13:18:44Z	**Emergency warning issued as 'deliberately lit' bushfire threatens WA properties**
An emergency warning is in place as a bushfire burns in "parched" bushland near Western Australia's south coast. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/walpole-bushfire-leaves-residents-on-high-alert-overnight/103770510)
2024-04-25T13:35:54Z	**New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction from #MeToo trial**
New York’s highest court has overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-25/harvey-weinstein-rape-conviction-overturned-by-appeals-court/103770576)
2024-04-25T18:44:20Z	**All-white jury, female wailing and necrophilia: How an outback man got away with 'some very bad things'**
On a road out the back of Bourke, the lives of two Indigenous teenage girls ended in 1987. They were failed by the police as the lawyer for the defendant played on racial tensions in the town. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/mona-lisa-cindy-smith-bourke-inquest-lawyer-police-racism/103769098)
2024-04-25T19:00:00Z	**Australia shouldn't tolerate terrorism — but our normalisation of 'intimate partner terrorism' has become a national emergency**
Our leaders agree that violence against women is a national crisis — an emergency. But a national emergency requires an emergency response. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/intimate-partner-violence-terrorism/103769202)
2024-04-25T18:59:15Z	**The pistol shooting federal MP hoping to make the Paris Olympics team**
Labor politician Dan Repacholi is just two qualifying events away from getting a ticket to his sixth Olympics. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/dan-repacholi-hoping-to-compete-at-the-paris-games/103768070)
2024-04-25T18:57:03Z	**In 20 pictures: The Asia Pacific this week**
A pink Moon rises, baby otters meet the public for the first time, a rare white squirrel is spotted playing in a Beijing park and China hosts an amazing sand sculpture competition — it's been another busy week across the vast Asia Pacific region. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/asia-pacific-in-pictures-photostory/103763396)
2024-04-25T18:52:51Z	**'You have to be agile and pivot': Kim keeps showing off his daughter — and it may be for his own survival**
The elevation of Kim Jong Un's female relatives coincides with the growing economic and social power of women living inside secretive North Korea. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/north-korea-rise-of-women/103115408)
2024-04-25T19:06:13Z	**Molly Ticehurst's death exposes fault in justice system, former magistrate says**
Molly Ticehurst was allegedly murdered by her ex-boyfriend just two weeks after he faced court charged with other violent offences. A former magistrate and law expert say this show a gap in the system that puts victims at risk. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/nsw-molly-ticehurst-justice-system-bail-domestic-violence/103768390)
2024-04-25T19:16:56Z	**Haiti's exiled prime minister resigns as new council tries to bring stability**
Ariel Henry hasn't been in Haiti since February, when gangs coordinated an attack on the country's police stations, hospitals and prisons. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/haiti-prime-minister-ariel-henry-resigns-after-gang-violence/103770700)
2024-04-25T19:23:24Z	**Nationwide company lifts rents on seniors, even after regulator deemed increase 'unreasonable'**
Eureka Group is one of Australia's largest providers of independent living units for seniors. But tenants are having to spend 80 per cent of their age pension on rent just to live there. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/eureka-villages-rent-rises-on-aged-pensioners/103735936)
2024-04-25T19:44:20Z	**When these uni students don their graduation gowns, they'll collectively owe more than $750,000 in HECS debt**
The country collects more in HECS repayments annually than it does in tax from oil and gas — and experts say changing that could pay down the HECS debt within three years. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/hecs-indexation-cpi-figures-uni-student-debt-higher-education/103757858)
2024-04-25T19:49:31Z	**'I just had no idea what was going on': Joal was five when she experienced homelessness for the first time**
When Joal was homeless as a child no-one bothered to ask her how she was feeling or what she needed. She now advocates for children going through a similar experience. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/dependent-children-homelessness-service-calls-for-support/103770138)
2024-04-25T20:00:00Z	**Think snakes are scary? These lizards have evolved to make snakes the snack**
Snakes and lizards in the Australian outback are locked in a battle of survival. Which is predator and which is prey comes down to strategies they've evolved to resist deadly venom, a study suggests. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-04-26/the-evolutionary-battle-between-australian-snakes-and-lizards/103582504)
2024-04-25T20:07:33Z	**Social media companies can’t be immune from the need for a social licence**
The fight between Elon Musk and the government is in court, but in the court of public opinion, Anthony Albanese’s rejection of the up-yours attitude of the man he labels an arrogant egotistical billionaire is likely to resonate with many, writes Michelle Grattan. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/michelle-grattan-australian-government-elon-musk/103769978)
2024-04-25T20:13:43Z	**Double J is a place for people who love music. Here are 10 highlights from its first decade on air**
Ten years ago, the ABC launched a brand-new radio station aimed at music lovers who weren't being served elsewhere. Here's a quick look at some of the finest moments in Double J's history so far. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/double-j-10th-birthday-10-highlights-music-myf-warhurst-zan-rowe/103765170)
2024-04-25T20:11:48Z	**Australia's six-way contest for three spots in the women's marathon at the Olympics**
The depth in Australian women's marathon ranks is at an all-time high, and it means selectors must make tough decisions when deciding which athletes will go to the Paris Olympics. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/six-way-contest-three-spots-womens-marathon-paris-2024-olympics/103768154)
2024-04-25T20:23:54Z	**Australian-grown juniper berries could prove the perfect ingredient for local gin makers**
With most Australian gin distilleries importing juniper berries from Europe, this NSW farmer is on a mission to create a potentially superior, scientifically backed homegrown juniper industry. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/juniper-berries-gin-distilling-imports-research/103656350)
2024-04-25T20:30:26Z	**South Australian Museum restructure on hold as state government launches review**
A planned restructure of the South Australian Museum has been put on hold by the state government, amid protests and concerns about its future direction. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/sa-government-holds-review-museum-planned-restructure/103767994)
2024-04-25T20:42:46Z	**'Demand far exceeds supply': Getting a shingles vaccine in the ACT is easier said than done**
Paul Dowden has had shingles three times, and says it is ''the worst pain" he's experienced. He's urging people to get vaccinated, but as demand "far exceeds" supply in the ACT, that is easier said than done. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/demand-for-shingrix-vaccine-soars-in-canberra/103762210)
2024-04-25T20:41:17Z	**'We shouldn't be calling children terrorists': How young people get radicalised**
ASIO chief Mike Burgess says there has been a rise in the number of minors identified in his counterterrorism caseload. The "vulnerable cohort" has increased again, and the question now is who they are, how they get radicalised, and what Australia can do to prevent it. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/how-do-young-people-get-radicalised/103763418)
2024-04-25T21:00:00Z	**Jennei wants to find a 'glimmer of who I used to be'. Now, she feels like the government has intervened**
The TGA wants to protect vulnerable Australians from cosmetic enhancement advertising. But some warn new guidelines could cause more problems. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/tga-cosmetic-injectable-crackdown-botox-filler-social-media/103754654)
2024-04-25T21:12:42Z	**Roy was distraught when police seized his beloved roosters, saying 'I have failed as a father'**
Roy Cristuta felt shame and despair when he got a knock at the door from two police officers who had come to take his roosters following noise complaints to council. He's hoping the premier can intervene as he did with Molly the magpie. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/roy-cristuta-loses-pet-roosters-over-noise-complaints/103761904)
2024-04-25T21:11:38Z	**Weekly news quiz: A breastfeeding row, a celebrity snail, plus Prince Louis's birthday**
It's time to test your knowledge about the news of the week. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/weekly-news-quiz-april-26/103752316)
2024-04-25T21:09:07Z	**Harvey Weinstein's had a huge court victory, reversing a landmark #MeToo ruling. Here's why he won**
Weinstein's successful appeal is a blow to the #MeToo movement against powerful men who prey on vulnerable women. And a New York judge warns it's set a precedent that will help serial sexual predators. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/harvey-weinstein-rape-conviction-overturned-court-explainer/103771118)
2024-04-25T21:40:46Z	**Warlpiri animal trackers teach young people to 'listen, understand, and keep on teaching'**
Expert Indigenous trackers from the Tanami Desert in outback Northern Territory are teaching others how to track and identify animals. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2024-04-26/warlpiri-preserve-language-and-culture-for-next-generation/103736240)
2024-04-25T21:40:19Z	**Live: Price data pushes out US rate cut chances, while AUD pushes above 100 Japanese Yen**
The latest PCE data out in the US has a "real shock" that analysts say pushes the chance of US rate cuts this year down even further. Meanwhile, the Japanese Yen has dropped and the AUD is strong, making a Japanese holiday tempting for Australians. Follow live. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/asx-markets-business-live-news-april-26-2024/103771266)
2024-04-25T22:10:42Z	**National Enquirer publisher says he wrangled with Donald Trump over who should buy sex stories**
Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testifies at Donald Trump's criminal trial that he wrangled with Mr Trump and his former lawyer ahead of the 2016 election over who should buy the silence of women who said they had sexual encounters with him. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/tabloid-publisher-says-he-wrangled-with-trump-over-sex-stories/103771108)
2024-04-25T22:18:27Z	**Nadal sets up de Minaur rematch after taking down American 21 years younger than him**
Alex de Minaur will take on Rafael Nadal on Spanish clay for the second time in as many weeks after the 22-time major winner beat 16-year-old American Darwin Blanch in a match that featured the biggest age gap in Masters history. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/rafael-nadal-sets-up-alex-de-minaur-rematch-madrid-open/103771262)
2024-04-25T22:41:14Z	**New laws could see offenders jailed for up to 14 years for 'outrageous' targeting of first responders**
Offenders who target emergency service vehicles could face up to 14 years behind bars under proposed new laws in Queensland. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/tougher-penalties-for-ramming-emergency-service-vehicles/103771286)
2024-04-25T22:38:59Z	**Flying foxes are coming to a town near you, and experts say we need to learn to live with them**
Grey-headed flying foxes move into new locations in search of food and habitat, and their defenders say residents need to learn to live with the sometimes noisy and smelly creatures. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/grey-headed-flying-fox-new-locations-victoria/103736368)
2024-04-25T23:03:46Z	**Outback chopper rescue prompts warnings for tourists heading to wild, unforgiving remote areas**
Travellers set to explore one of northern Australia's most renowned tourist destinations are being urged to properly prepare for remote travel as vast areas welcome visitors for the dry season. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/northern-australia-kimberley-travel-warning-after-chopper-rescue/103768068)
2024-04-25T23:31:33Z	**Body found floating in waters near Pirrama Wharf in Sydney Harbour**
NSW Police has confirmed that an unidentified body of a man in his 50s was found in Pyrmont. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/body-found-near-sydney-s-pirrama-wharf-/103771588)
2024-04-25T23:27:21Z	**'WADA's reputation is under attack': Independent review to look into handling of Chinese swimmers' positive doping tests**
An investigation led by a Swiss prosecutor will look into how the World Anti-Doping Agency handled positive doping tests of 23 Chinese swimmers in the lead-up to the Tokyo Olympic Games. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/wada-independent-review-of-chinese-swimming-doping-case/103771530)
2024-04-25T23:39:03Z	**Australia's tax rate increase was the biggest in the world last year, and those on lower incomes paid the price**
Data from the OECD shows Australia recorded the biggest increase to average tax rates in the developed world last year due to bracket creep and the end of a tax offset, but a separate report finds Australia is still a relatively low-taxing nation. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/australia-income-tax-rate-changes-oecd-taxing-wages/103769612)
2024-04-26T00:03:25Z	**Scott Morrison says he took medication for anxiety as prime minister**
Former prime minister Scott Morrison reveals his experiences with acute anxiety while serving as the nation's leader, saying it is a conversation that should be normalised in federal politics. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/scott-morrison-anxiety-medication-while-prime-minister/103771560)
2024-04-26T00:16:35Z	**Cameron Green topples Pat Cummins in IPL battle of Australia's superstars**
Australian all-rounder Cameron Green produces a match-winning display with bat, ball and in the field to topple Test captain Pat Cummins and remind everyone why he was one of the IPL's big buys. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/cameron-green-pat-cummins-ipl-challengers-sunrisers/103771636)
2024-04-26T00:12:31Z	**National pony racing series inspires kids like Stacey to aim for careers in racing industry**
Thirteen-year-old Stacey Edwards is keen to become a jockey after a winning run in an initiative that encourages children to consider various job opportunities in horse racing. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/casterton-national-pony-racing-series-children-careers/103762080)
2024-04-26T00:28:38Z	**This regional town is challenging leadership stereotypes by showing 'women are welcome in the bush'**
Rural Australia has more men than women, but in this outback town in Western Australia women are dominating senior community roles. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/women-in-majority-leadership-roles-mount-magnet-wa/103759118)
2024-04-26T00:41:53Z	**Controversial Pinkenba quarantine facility to be repurposed by Australian Federal Police**
Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has hit out at plans to turn the controversial Pinkenba quarantine facility into a police training centre rather than repurposing it for the homeless. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/pinkenba-quarantine-facility-to-become-police-training-centre-/103771600)
2024-04-26T01:04:48Z	**Homicide detectives scour Jenolan Caves bushland for signs of missing woman Jessica Zrinski**
The NSW Homicide Squad begins a second search for missing Sydney woman Jessica Zrinski around the Jenolan Caves area in the NSW Central Tablelands. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/second-bushland-search-for-missing-woman-jessica-zrinski/103771940)
2024-04-26T01:18:32Z	**Man misidentified as Bondi Junction stabber by Seven settles defamation case with the network**
Ben Cohen, who was falsely identified as the person behind the Bondi Junction stabbing attack by the Seven network, has settled his defamation case. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/man-misidentified-bondi-junction-stabber-seven-settles-defam/103772376)
2024-04-26T01:28:23Z	**NSW suspends brumby rehoming after discovery of hundreds of dead horses**
The program will be halted pending an investigation after hundreds of horse carcasses, including brumbies, were allegedly found on a property near Wagga Wagga. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/nsw-suspends-wild-horse-rehoming-program/103771662)
2024-04-26T01:48:15Z	**Cobram man faces court on assault charges following the death of Emma Bates**
The accused faced multiple family violence charges as he faced Shepparton Magistrates' Court following the death of Emma Bates, who was discovered deceased in her Cobram home on Tuesday. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/john-torney-faces-court-after-death-of-cobram-woman-emma-bates/103771494)
2024-04-26T02:06:05Z	**Two military horses that broke free and ran loose across London have undergone surgery**
Two military horses that bolted through the streets of London after being spooked by construction noise are in serious condition after undergoing surgery. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/military-horses-that-broke-free-undergo-surgery/103772386)
2024-04-26T02:02:46Z	**Ryan Gosling brings comedy and charm to stunt-filled, high-octane romance The Fall Guy**
Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt star in an action movie that's also an ode to the art of filmmaking, a musical nostalgia-fest, and a love story. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/the-fall-guy-review-ryan-gosling-emily-blunt/103765612)
2024-04-26T02:16:31Z	**Why are there so many caterpillars this year — and can you keep them at bay?**
Persistent rain has created some of the most impressive poinciana blooms in recent years, but it's also led to ideal breeding conditions for some caterpillars. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/why-so-many-caterpillars-this-year-can-you-keep-them-at-bay/103763358)
2024-04-26T02:31:55Z	**A chilly, grumpy Trump and Biden's growing youth vote problem: This week in US politics**
Almost every week in US politics is action-packed. This one featured Trump grumbling about the aircon in court and Biden under pressure as campus tensions spiral, writes Jade Macmillan. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/the-week-in-us-politics-trump-in-court-and-bidens-youth-problem/103767674)
2024-04-26T02:29:56Z	**'Quit my job or move to Melbourne': Families face confronting choices as childcare hub shuts**
Erin Paech's "gut just dropped" when she was told her north-west Victorian town of Hopetoun's only childcare centre would be closing after being unable to fill two vacant qualified educator roles. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/families-face-challenges-lack-of-regional-childcare-places/103745952)
2024-04-26T02:29:35Z	**Peak Islamic groups call for revision of national terrorism laws to remove concept of 'religiously motivated terrorism'**
Three of Australia's peak Islamic groups have called for a revision of terrorism laws and a review into Wednesday's counterterrorism raids. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/peak-australian-islamic-groups-revision-terrorism-laws-stabbing/103771484)
2024-04-26T02:52:32Z	**Missing chapter in Rebel Wilson's memoir redacted for legal reasons**
The Australian publishers of Rebel Wilson's memoir have confirmed a chapter will be redacted due to legal issues when the book is published in May. A spokesperson for Sacha Baron Cohen has responded saying the publisher didn't fact check the chapter prior to publication and that claims made about the Borat star are "demonstrably false". ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/rebel-wilson-memoir-rebel-rising-legal-issues-chapter-redacted/103772432)
2024-04-26T03:00:54Z	**Construction company fined $115k after worker fell from scaffold onto star picket**
A leading Tasmanian construction company is fined after a worker was left with "terrible physical and psychological injuries" when he fell onto a star picket. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/construction-company-fined-star-picket/103772192)
2024-04-26T03:21:14Z	**Energy analyst, gas producer criticise secretive NT government gas deal**
The NT government's decision to ink a major gas contract without an open tender process, and refusing to disclose the cost to taxpayers, draws criticism from both industry and experts. But the chief minister says "this is the way negotiations happen". ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/concerns-over-nt-government-and-tamboran-beetaloo-gas-deal/103769966)
2024-04-26T03:18:25Z	**Anglo American share price spike raises questions as BHP pursues takeover of rival mining giant**
A spike in the share price of BHP target Anglo American's London-listed shares before the Australian multinational had formally announced a $60 billion takeover bid has raised questions about possible leaks. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/anglo-american-share-price-spike-raises-questions-bhp-bid/103772782)
2024-04-26T03:29:05Z	**'A lesson the world should not forget': Survivors of Rwandan Tutsi genocide turn pain into education**
Thirty years since the genocide against the Tutsi of Rwanda, survivors Faina Iligoga and Aubert Ruzigandekwe plan to create a documentation and healing centre in their adopted home of Tasmania. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/30th-commemorations-rwandan-genocide-as-healing-centre-planned/103765868)
2024-04-26T04:09:17Z	**Raise JobSeeker by $17 a day, advisory committee tells government**
An expert panel tasked with advising the federal government on income supports says the JobSeeker unemployment payment must be increased by about $17 a day as a "first priority" in next month's budget, arguing any move would have a "negligible" inflationary impact. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/raise-jobseeker-17-a-day-advisory-committee-tells-government/103773198)
2024-04-26T04:23:49Z	**Australian-born judge David Lambourne closer to deportation from Kiribati**
An Australian judge is a step closer to being deported from Kiribati after the country's parliament voted in favour of his removal from the High Court. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/australian-judge-david-lambourne-deportation-kiribati/103772620)
2024-04-26T04:22:26Z	**Domestic violence service based in town where Molly Ticehurst died barred from applying for extra funding**
A domestic violence support service that helps women in an area half the size of NSW says it has been blocked from applying for funding that would employ 148 extra workers. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/catholiccare-domestic-violence-service-blocked-from-funding/103772882)
2024-04-26T04:57:38Z	**Bruce Lehrmann agrees to pay more than $4,000 to journalist Peter FitzSimons to cover costs incurred during defamation trial**
Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann is ordered to pay thousands of dollars to journalist Peter FitzSimons for costs incurred in Mr Lehrmann's failed defamation case. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/bruce-lehrmann-agrees-to-pay-4616-wilkinson-peter-fitzsimons/103773586)
2024-04-26T04:57:28Z	**Jill Dando was the BBC's 'Princess Diana' — decades after her murder, the case remains unsolved**
Journalist Jill Dando was at the height of her career and preparing for a fast-approaching wedding when she was murdered in 1999. Now 25 years later, there are still unanswered questions. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/jill-dando-murder-25-years-bbc/103763480)
2024-04-26T05:08:08Z	**Queensland woman granted bail over the alleged murder of Senior Constable Dave Masters three years ago**
The police officer was hit and killed by a stolen car while he was laying road spikes in an attempt to stop the vehicle on the Bruce Highway in 2021. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/qld-kari-obrien-police-hit-and-run-court-bail/103773602)
2024-04-26T05:17:54Z	**Why this sport pivoted away from skin fold testing years ago**
Is the outrage surrounding the AFL's decision to ban skin fold tests in the pathway warranted? One expert working across a range of sports says many have been phasing them out for a while. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/skin-folds-in-netball-comparison-to-afl/103772674)
2024-04-26T05:57:30Z	**Sydney barrister awarded $150k in defamation damages over story about stolen dog**
Sydney barrister Gina Edwards has been awarded $150,000 in the Federal Court after bringing a defamation case against Network Nine over a series of stories that implied she had stolen her dog. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/gina-edwards-awarded-150k-in-damages-defamation-cavoodle/103771666)
2024-04-26T05:57:12Z	**Police commander targets 'high-risk, prolific offenders' in family violence proposal**
A senior Victoria Police commander has issued a renewed call for family violence perpetrators to be put on a register in the same way as sex offenders. Her comments come as breaches of family violence intervention orders recorded by police more than doubled in a decade. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/family-violence-lauren-callaway-victoria-police/103772224)
2024-04-26T05:57:09Z	**Households choosing food over insurance cover despite financial planners warning of big risks**
There is mounting evidence that basic forms of insurance are becoming unaffordable for many Australians as the cost-of-living crisis deepens. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/home-insurance-luxury-cost-of-living/103773818)
2024-04-26T06:17:27Z	**Canberra prisoners win right to sue government over alleged human rights breaches**
An Alexander Maconochie Centre detainee wins the right to sue the ACT government for allegedly breaching the Human Rights Act by denying him an hour of open air and exercise each day while in solitary confinement — opening the door for a dozen or so similar cases. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/act-inmate-human-rights-breach-jail-win-case-to-sue-government/103773168)
2024-04-26T06:10:11Z	**Faraz Tahir, security guard who tried to stop Bondi attacker, remembered as a national hero**
The security guard who died trying to save shoppers from a knife attack at Bondi Junction Westfield is being remembered as a hero at funeral service in north west Sydney. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/faraz-tahir-funeral-bondi-junction-westfield-attack/103769778)
2024-04-26T06:47:05Z	**Man seriously injured after crashing plane at Perth's Jandakot Airport**
The light plane crash happened at a major airport in Perth's southern suburbs, with the sole person on board rushed to hospital with serious injuries. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/jandakot-airport-plane-crash-man-seriously-injured/103774602)
2024-04-26T07:03:01Z	**Drought relief package welcomed by some WA farmers, but others say it's just a 'bandaid'**
Millions of dollars in financial and mental health support will be made available to West Australian farmers next month as drought conditions cause dams to dry up and feedstock to dwindle. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/wa-drought-relief-package-announced-amid-crisis-for-farmers/103773648)
2024-04-26T07:41:01Z	**Murdered pregnant woman Janet Dweh pursued by second married man before death, defence lawyer claims**
Defence lawyers for a man accused of killing his pregnant lover claim another married man was in love with her and was "desperate to know" who the father of her unborn child was. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/hassan-jabbie-accused-murder-heavily-pregnant-janet-dweh/103773520)
2024-04-26T07:35:53Z	**'Unnerving' quake aftershocks rattle residents south of the Flinders Ranges**
Residents of a South Australian community are hoping for an end to the low magnitude aftershocks that are rumbling through the region thanks to upwards pressure on tectonic plates. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/jamestown-residents-rattled-after-multiple-quakes-/103774598)
2024-04-26T08:28:10Z	**Nine per cent pay rise over two years for SA train drivers in new 'in principle' deal**
Train drivers have called off a strike during next week's AFL Showdown between Port Adelaide and the Adelaide Crows after reaching an "in principle" agreement over a pay dispute. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/keolis-downer-train-union-reach-pay-agreement/103774384)
2024-04-26T08:25:39Z	**Woman's body found in Perth home damaged by fire, police treating death as 'murder'**
The body of a 30-year-old woman is found in the bedroom of a fire-damaged home in the southern Perth suburb of Warnbro, with police treating her death as suspicious. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/woman-allegedly-murdered-in-warnbro-home/103774760)
2024-04-26T08:24:26Z	**Wildlife authorities search for man spotted fishing on top of baited crocodile trap**
Authorities say a man spotted fishing while standing barefoot on a baited crocodile trap in North Queensland was risking his life — and he faces fines of up to $18,000. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/man-seen-fishing-on-top-of-baited-croc-trap-north-queensland/103774862)
2024-04-26T08:30:21Z	**Live: Eels travel to Manly looking for redemption after Dolphins thumping**
Parramatta is coming off a second half collapse last time out, while Manly looks to be a contender in 2024. Follow live. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/nrl-live-updates-manly-sea-eagles-parramatta-eels/103764150)
2024-04-26T08:47:37Z	**Live: Pressure on Power to bounce back at Adelaide Oval against the Saints**
Port Adelaide let a big lead slip against Collingwood last week — now the Power look to bounce back with a win at home over the struggling Saints. Follow all the action in our live blog. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/sport-afl-round-seven-friday-live-blog-port-adelaide-st-kilda/103774442)
2024-04-26T09:03:32Z	**Catholic school employee charged with sexual abuse offences**
A 34-year-old man who worked at a catholic school in northern Tasmania has been charged with child sex offences following a police investigation. ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/catholic-school-employee-charged-with-sexual-abuse-offences/103774444)
2024-04-26T08:54:24Z	**Eagles rested Reid after internal tests showed scary injury reality**
Harley Reid's match-winning heroics in the Western Derby last week were made even more amazing when West Coast's internal measurements showed his body was "flagging". ⌘ [Read more](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/afl-harley-reid-rested-west-coast-eagles-body-flagging/103774970)