The WA government offers financial compensation to owners of now-illegal rapid release firearms and introduces another general buyback scheme, as the minister apologises for the "trouble" caused by the scheme. ⌘ Read more
The WA government offers financial compensation to owners of now-illegal rapid release firearms and introduces another general buyback scheme, as the minister apologises for the "trouble" caused by the scheme. ⌘ Read more
Nicole Kidman reprises the role of a well-coiffed tradwife beginning to see past the idyll of her cushioned middle-class existence in eerie new film Holland. ⌘ Read more
The RBA board has kept its cash rate target unchanged at 4.1 per cent this month, after delivering its first cut since November 2020 at its Feburary meeting. ⌘ Read more
Key players react to the release of a scathing Tasmanian Planning Commission draft report which outlines a slew of concerns with the Macquarie Point stadium project. ⌘ Read more
The opposition leader has slammed the prime minister's response to a Chinese research ship south of Australia, saying he believes the vessel is gathering intelligence and mapping the route of Australia's undersea cables. ⌘ Read more
James May has confirmed that he, Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond have split, saying a reunion between the famous motoring trio is now highly unlikely. ⌘ Read more
A Peruvian soccer game took an unexpected turn when a referee defended himself by kicking an individual who rushed to attack him. ⌘ Read more
A strange routine keeps paying off for Sam Draper, and the Lions remain composed playing from behind as the Suns continue to reap rewards from the AFL's helping hand. Here's what we learned from round three of the AFL season. ⌘ Read more
A 45-year-old man and a 16-year-old are due to appear in court charged in connection with the alleged supply of homemade guns in south-east New South Wales. ⌘ Read more
Talison Lithium expresses "regret" for underestimating the impacts of dust, noise and light pollution of its Greenbushes mine expansion project on the local community in South West WA. ⌘ Read more
Facing your abuser in court as a victim-survivor of domestic and family violence is daunting and difficult, to say the least. It's Erin Hunt's job to make that easier. ⌘ Read more
We have a "relatively low" smoking rate, but the Cancer Council says 66 Australians are still dying from smoking-related illness every day. ⌘ Read more
The Coalition is promising to relax home lending rules if elected, to allow prospective buyers to borrow more. But will this actually make it easier for first home buyers to break into the market? ⌘ Read more
Young people who come into contact with the justice system in Queensland are over four times more likely to die prematurely than their peers, according to new research. ⌘ Read more
AFL premiership coach Paul Roos pays tribute to the late Andrew Krakoeur, describing the former Collingwood, Richmond, Swan Districts and West Perth player's story as one of redemption. ⌘ Read more
For Stacey Donchi, a shared love of Dungeons and Dragons, Star Wars and board games with Steve Lyon far outweighed her family and friends' concerns about her dating a man with no legs and one arm. ⌘ Read more
You won't see award-winning filmmaker George Miller's eyes glaze over if you start to talk about your dreams. He tells Virginia Trioli he finds inspiration in the space between sleep and consciousness. ⌘ Read more
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams didn't shy away from accepting some of the blame for Boeing's bungled test flight. ⌘ Read more
Police have confirmed the body of a missing man last seen swimming near Kununurra has been found. ⌘ Read more
An updated list of grievances published by the United States trade office has set its sights on Australia's pharmaceutical sector, biosecurity protections and laws requiring the social media giants to pay for news. ⌘ Read more
A decline in cigarette sales amid a boom in illegal tobacco has added to the stress for small businesses already struggling. ⌘ Read more
The New Mexico ruling blocks the release of any images showing the bodies of Gene Hackman or Betsy Arakawa, but does allow the release of other images and documents, including autopsy reports. ⌘ Read more
Donald Trump signed the directive in the Oval Office, with singer Kid Rock standing next to him in an American flag-themed outfit. ⌘ Read more
The Matildas will miss experienced midfielder Katrina Gorry when they take on South Korea in two upcoming internationals on home soil, while Sam Kerr is not named but will rejoin her teammates for a camp ahead of the games. ⌘ Read more
Radio News: On 31 March ABC Radio News reported that current and former members of the New South Wales Law Enforcement Conduct Commission were calling for further investigation into corrupt policeman Mark Standen's crimes. This was incorrect. It was the parliamentary oversight body. ⌘ Read more
On any given week in Mowanjum, a remote community more than 2,300 kilometres north of Perth, most households experience electricity cuts at least two to three times. ⌘ Read more
Recently appointed SIA chief executive Sarah Benson says the nature of threats to fair play will evolve leading into the 2032 Brisbane Olympics. ⌘ Read more
While there is no research to indicate swearing around children is directly harmful, some experts say it may be damaging in ways we don't expect. ⌘ Read more
After years of doing three gigs a night, Ugandan-born, Brisbane-based comedian Anisa Nandaula was finally able to follow her passion right to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. ⌘ Read more
At least 105,000 sheep, cattle and goats are feared to be dead or missing amid catastrophic flooding in the state, but the true scale of the loss will not be known until the ordeal is over. ⌘ Read more
Following WA Labor's emphatic election win, Premier Roger Cook is making changes that will impact a third of government departments, while adding a new one into the mix. ⌘ Read more
The BOM says rainfall is expected to continue across the next couple of days, including for parts of the state grappling with a flood emergency. ⌘ Read more
The financial regulator says household debt is already high and its "serviceability buffer" is appropriate. The Coalition says the high buffer is out of date and relaxing it would help more first home buyers into their own place. ⌘ Read more
The Commonwealth and Kakadu traditional owners are set to sign a new agreement over the jointly-managed national park ahead of Gunlom Falls' long-anticipated reopening this dry season. ⌘ Read more
US stocks gyrates wildly and world markets fall sharply as the world awaits Donald Trump's tariff reveal on "Liberation Day". Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. ⌘ Read more
A freight bypass estimated to divert up to 420,000 trucks a year from congested Adelaide thoroughfares is back on the agenda following the federal budget. ⌘ Read more
Macquarie Point is hemmed in by a highway, a working port, heritage buildings and a knoll, with just enough space for a stadium. The Planning Commission has laid bare the problems. ⌘ Read more
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese starts his fourth full day of campaigning in South Australia, while Peter Dutton is on his way to Melbourne to announce plans to scrap a major rail project. Follow live. ⌘ Read more
Frances Flemming gave her brain to science after choosing voluntary assisted dying. Donations such as hers are crucial to understanding multiple sclerosis, which affects tens of thousands of Australians. ⌘ Read more
The haphazard and irresolute messaging tariffs from the White House, the lack of open consultation and the constant shifts in position have created chaos on the world's financial markets. And none more so than in New York, writes Ian Verrender. ⌘ Read more
Voices for Victims has the ear of the LNP government in Queensland, consulting the premier on the state's youth justice law changes — but the group remains adamant it has no political affiliations. ⌘ Read more
Human rights lawyers and Aboriginal leaders lodge a complaint urging the United Nations to address Australia's "discriminatory" and "punitive" youth justice policies. ⌘ Read more
Wests Tigers face the biggest test of their season on Saturday, but the match-up against Brisbane could be personal for the Broncos coach Michael Maguire, according to injured Tiger Adam Doueihi. ⌘ Read more
In recent years, the familiar symptoms of the flu might kick us into reaching for at-home testing kits. But on the eve of the next flu season, public health experts say the best approach is what we've always done. ⌘ Read more
The Department of the Environment says it is likely that a small freshwater crocodile found on a suburban Gold Coast street is an escaped pet or has been taken illegally from the wild. ⌘ Read more
Some of the worst violence in years drives members of a minority sect linked to fallen Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to flee for their lives, and many worry the new government is not serious about punishing those responsible. ⌘ Read more
Footage emerges of three government-funded security guards kicking and stomping on a man on a Darwin street. ⌘ Read more
Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says a Coalition government would fund Melbourne's Airport Rail Link project and scrap federal funding for the Victorian government's Suburban Rail Loop, which he calls a "cruel hoax". ⌘ Read more
Ferocious floodwaters in outback Queensland have not only taken homes, but entire livelihoods. ⌘ Read more
Botswana's elephant population has doubled in recent decades, creating chaos for many who live alongside them. ⌘ Read more
Australians are being encouraged to swap American goods for home-grown products at the check-out, but is it that easy? ⌘ Read more
Australia's leading universities cut ties with Confucius Institutes, but don’t cite concerns of foreign interference. ⌘ Read more
Australian officials continue to talk to their American counterparts, but Labor is reluctant to pay a substantial price to win an exemption from fresh US tariffs. ⌘ Read more
The six individuals targeted by the sanctions include Hong Kong's police chief and a senior justice secretary. ⌘ Read more
Tony Mokbel is seeking to be released on bail after serving nearly two decades in prison for drug trafficking. ⌘ Read more
More than three days since the massive earthquake that rocked the region, rescuers are finding survivors under the rubble but time is fast running out to save others who haven't been found. ⌘ Read more
Authorities are still searching for a fourth soldier, after the armoured vehicle they were travelling in went missing while participating in a military drill. ⌘ Read more
Investment bank Goldman Sachs says there is now a 35 per cent chance of a recession in the US in the next year. ⌘ Read more
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society and Gaza's civil defence agency staff disappeared last week, after the Israel Defense Forces opened fire on a convoy of ambulance and fire trucks. ⌘ Read more
After a brief downturn home prices have rebounded to new heights, but analysts say growth is likely to be contained. Rents have also reached record highs but growth is expected to slow. ⌘ Read more
Federal Labor pledges to contribute $150 million towards a new $300 million healthcare centre planned at Flinders University, if re-elected in May. ⌘ Read more
A mother has been charged with the attempted murder of her three children after an alleged domestic violence-related incident in Sydney's north-west. ⌘ Read more
Shadow Energy Minister Ted O'Brien and Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic face voters as the election campaign gears up. Follow live. ⌘ Read more
The Anglo American-owned Moranbah North in central Queensland has been safely evacuated after dangerous gas levels were detected. ⌘ Read more
A tiny town of Thargomindah in south-west Queensland is bracing for the full impact of floodwater from upstream to hit. ⌘ Read more
A Paris court has convicted French far-right leader Marine Le Pen of embezzling money from the European parliament. ⌘ Read more
The mother of a teenage boy killed in a car crash in Melbourne's south-east says she has been left devastated by the tragedy. ⌘ Read more
The principal of St Edmund's College in Canberra says two teenage boys who were allegedly hit by a stolen car on Friday morning outside the school are in serious but stable condition, and face "a long road to recovery". ⌘ Read more
Sandra Shipley had just started chemotherapy that could prolong her life for five more years. Instead, a Northern NSW Hospital has apologised after she died at home. ⌘ Read more
Gout Gout has begun to transcend the sport of athletics in Australia, but his surprising loss at the weekend served as a reminder that he's still a teenager and ultimately success is never guaranteed. ⌘ Read more
SA Premier Peter Malinauskas has announced more funding for the arts, but none to help build a long-delayed First Nations cultural centre in Adelaide's CBD. ⌘ Read more
A fatal group brawl that took the life of 19-year-old Girum Mekonnen has landed 10 men behind bars, with the Supreme Court judge saying the attack on an innocent man showed "a mixture of gangster bravado and blood-lust". ⌘ Read more
As Parramatta's former king plans to return to the court he once ruled, Clint Gutherson is showing the Dragons a new way to live the only way he knows how. ⌘ Read more
More than 2,300 cases of the flu have been recorded in SA so far this year — 690 more than the same time last year — and the government is urging parents with young children to get their free vaccination. ⌘ Read more
Cameron Green is ready to play cricket again, six months on from spinal surgery that forced him out of Australia's drought-breaking series win over India last summer. ⌘ Read more
The first week of the official election campaign is well underway as both leaders take to the radio and another Chinese ship floats past Australia. ⌘ Read more
Inside the jail courtyard Adam felt out of place. He had just signed a media deal and was looking forward to stepping into the limelight until it all came crashing down. At the top of his list is one man, a corrupt cop charged with drug offences. ⌘ Read more
Emergency crews are hopeful a man swept away by floodwaters on the NSW mid-north coast may still be alive. ⌘ Read more
A sovereign citizen who abducted her child in a hire van before she was intercepted by police en route to a supposed "sovereign state" is sentenced to two years' jail. ⌘ Read more
Five players and two coaches are ejected after a fight breaks out in the second quarter of the Minnesota Timberwolves' victory over the Detroit Pistons. ⌘ Read more
When former Australian bowler Ryan Harris stepped into the coach's shoes for South Australia's men cricket team, he told them he was here to win trophies. Seven months later, that promise has been realised. ⌘ Read more
The Duke of Sussex has been accused of "harassment and bullying at scale" by the chair of a charity he founded. ⌘ Read more
Expectant mothers on the NSW Central Coast now have to travel to Sydney or Newcastle to birth in a private hospital after the region's only private maternity ward shut down. ⌘ Read more
Scientists say land managers in Queensland's Wet Tropics are winning the war against one of the world's worst invasive ant species but fear the gains could be lost if federal funding is allowed to run out. ⌘ Read more
The Canberra man, aged in his 50s, is accused of committing over 50 offences against his former wife and three children between 2013 and 2022, including aggravated assaults causing grievous bodily harm and repeated threats to kill. ⌘ Read more
The rescue is a glimmer of hope as teams race against time to save more lives during the critical 72-hour "golden period" after the magnitude-7.7 earthquake. ⌘ Read more
New polling commissioned by Q+A shows Australians are still struggling with bills and want leaders to focus on financial support during the election campaign. ⌘ Read more
Japanese director Soda Kazuhiro has made documentaries about fishing villages and the impact of modernisation. This time he's focusing on a pack of entitled cats, and what they can tell us about the humans who live with them. ⌘ Read more
Newmont Corporation, owner of the Cadia mine at Orange in New South Wales, is convicted of exceeding dust regulations on five occasions between 2021 and 2023. ⌘ Read more
The Department of Health has been told to investigate price gouging practices by health insurers after one fund ignored a warning from the Health minister to stop exploiting a loophole to increase prices above the government-approved cap. ⌘ Read more
Maritime tracking websites have recorded the Tan Suo Yi Hao — a high-tech Chinese research vessel — passing the Victorian coastline in recent days, after it completed joint surveys with New Zealand. ⌘ Read more
A teenager who pleaded guilty to the stabbing murder of a 19-year-old man has been attacked in court by the victim's family on Monday. ⌘ Read more
The war veteran has been awaiting a decision in the appeal for more than a year, after the Federal Court previously found the publisher had proven, to the civil standard, allegations he was involved in four murders in Afghanistan and an allegation of bullying. ⌘ Read more
Labor is distancing itself from original modelling that predicted a thwarted $275 cut to power prices, as the Coalition also keeps modelling on its gas plan at arm's length — refusing to put a dollar figure on its predicted price reduction. ⌘ Read more
Australia's electoral commissioner has urged voters to "carefully consider" who they give their personal information to as the election campaign gets underway. ⌘ Read more
Nothing is quite as it seems on this Australian cattle farm in the near future, where ecological disaster means they have to experiment with animal cloning. But what else is the husband hiding? ⌘ Read more
The actor, martial artist, and choreographer worked on more than 80 films in his career. ⌘ Read more
The pill will be available for free at pharmacies in order to "reduce inequalities", according to the Department of Health and Social Care. ⌘ Read more
For many Australians, May 3 will be the first time they head to the polls. Here's how you enrol to vote. ⌘ Read more
Under the US constitution no president can hold government more than twice, but Mr Trump tells US media there are "methods" that he could use to secure a third term. ⌘ Read more