A landmark report modelling Australia's pathway to carbon neutrality by 2050 finds the country's biggest power grid will need to triple in size within eight years. ⌘ Read more
A landmark report modelling Australia's pathway to carbon neutrality by 2050 finds the country's biggest power grid will need to triple in size within eight years. ⌘ Read more
CS Energy chief and former Brisbane lord mayor, Jim Soorley, has tried to settle a legal dispute relating to allegations he received a $2,500 cash payment to lobby politicians to extend a restaurant lease. ⌘ Read more
Australian sea surface temperatures have been at record levels for more than a month, and it's not just our beaches being affected. ⌘ Read more
A former police officer who hit a man during a street fight avoids jail and is ordered to do community work after being found guilty of perverting the course of justice and assault. ⌘ Read more
Country Australians will benefit the least from the stage 3 tax cuts, a new analysis based on tax data shows. ⌘ Read more
David has terminal cancer. Before he dies he wants regulators to stop funeral insurers 'ripping people off.' ⌘ Read more
Only a small fraction of the nation will experience a total eclipse, which will only be a partial eclipse for the majority of us. Let's unpack why. ⌘ Read more
The organisation responsible for Catholic schools in the Sydney Archdiocese paid almost $400,000 to a mysterious recruitment firm whose emails were signed by a man named Arthur Thorogood. An investigation was never able to find him. ⌘ Read more
Minerals extracted from the dry sands of the Nullarbor Plain reveal when it shifted from a lush forest to the arid landscape we see today, suggests a new study. ⌘ Read more
As the cold weather sets in, the Climate Council has calculated households can save $2,000 on energy bills through insulating ceilings, plugging gaps, and other efficiency measures. ⌘ Read more
More than 20 people have died in a fire at a Beijing hospital that forced the evacuation of dozens of patients. ⌘ Read more
As the sun sets over London, major streets are closed off to allow a midnight rehearsal of the royal procession ahead of the coronation of King Charles III and Camilla. ⌘ Read more
Australia has a housing crisis and so does Spain, but the Spanish government has found their own way to help the young try and overcome the rising cost of living. ⌘ Read more
The peak advocacy body for homeless services is calling on the federal government to increase support payments for renters in next month's budget. ⌘ Read more
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appears in a Moscow court to appeal against his detention on spying charges. ⌘ Read more
The new "Plan Anzac" cooperation agreement will allow both armies to share operational intelligence and technology as New Zealand's new PM prepares to meet Anthony Albanese in Australia. ⌘ Read more
The Kremlin did not state when the visit took place, but said that Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the war with a favoured general from Russia's airborne troops. ⌘ Read more
The coronial inquest hears John Charles Robertson had to physically move his head to the left while driving to make up for a complete lack of peripheral vision and had been criticised by driving assessors as going too fast through intersections. ⌘ Read more
New figures reveal the reopening of Queensland's borders at the end of 2021 ushered in the busiest year ever for one of the state's most sought-after tourist destinations. ⌘ Read more
South Australian man Paul Miller, who died during a fundraising walk along the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea, is being remembered as a much-loved veteran and father who was a "mate to many". ⌘ Read more
Residents at a South Stradbroke Island resort will spend another night without power and water as the state government says it is unable to end a long-running dispute. ⌘ Read more
More than 10,000 comments from fans wish for 29-year-old J-Hope's safe return as he leaves for his military enlistment ceremony. ⌘ Read more
Hosam Soueid followed an 18-year-old woman home from the fast food restaurant, and sexually assaulted her in 2021. ⌘ Read more
Indigenous resistance fighters waged economic war and turned the weapons of their oppressors against them, according to a new book based on "hundreds and hundreds" of historical accounts. ⌘ Read more
Faith Thomas was the first Aboriginal woman to play cricket for Australia, but her most proud achievements came after she turned down international touring to focus on her nursing career. ⌘ Read more
Doctors and paramedics are flagging concerns with a new model of urgent care centres to take the pressure off emergency departments, saying they could confuse patients about where to seek medical help. ⌘ Read more
A 35-year-old woman has admitted to breaking into a country town's skin clinic and stealing cosmetic drugs, including Botox, in broad daylight. ⌘ Read more
Police allege they found 20 kilograms of the drug in a car being driven by a 26-year-old man, who has been arrested. ⌘ Read more
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade says consular assistance is being provided to the family of an Australian woman killed in a car accident in Sri Lanka. ⌘ Read more
Shane Watson, 33, has not been seen or heard from since March 31, and police say they found his Bonython home unsecured when they recently searched it. ⌘ Read more
A cyclist has been struck by a train at Ascot Park in Adelaide's south. The Seaford line is expected to be closed for several hours. ⌘ Read more
The dish features spinach, broad beans and tarragon, a nod to the Coronation Chicken invented for the 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. ⌘ Read more
After starting out by "shuffling" to the local shops and back, Allirra Jennings has now gone on to travel the world and run the world's great marathons and here's how she did it. ⌘ Read more
A Murrumbateman woman on trial in the over the alleged murder of her husband in 2021 has told the ACT Supreme Court she has no memory of shooting him. WARNING: This story contains content that may be distressing to some readers. ⌘ Read more
The remote community of Nhulunbuy in the Northern Territory receives a downpour of 304mm in about 12 hours, as a tropical storm puts on an "impressive" show for locals. ⌘ Read more
The group was stranded on the Rowley Shoals for close to a week after the record-breaking storm. Authorities have confirmed that the men have been discharged from hospital in Broome. ⌘ Read more
World War I surgeon, trailblazer, and child health advocate Vera Scantlebury Brown is memorialised in bronze in her home town of Linton. ⌘ Read more
Court documents obtained by the ABC detail the inner workings of an alleged Northern Territory drug syndicate. ⌘ Read more
Saying the national disability insurance scheme has "lost its way", NDIS Minister Bill Shorten outlines a reset that would purge fraudsters, offer longer-term supports, boost staffing and address rising costs that threaten to make the scheme unsustainable. ⌘ Read more
A Victorian Coroner has recommended that the Health Care Complaints Commissioner investigate the care and treatment a doctor provided to an Oaklands man who died at Albury Base Hospital in 2019. ⌘ Read more
Lynton and Jane Harding have a lifetime of memories at their riverfront shack and after 42 years decided to retire there permanently. But a major flood has left the couple, and the town, picking up the pieces. ⌘ Read more
A week after returning from Bali, 23-year-old Bella walked into a Gold Coast hospital. She would never leave. Now her family wants a life-saving vaccine to be government funded to prevent similar tragedies. ⌘ Read more
The battle between English shooter Eleanor Cardwell and Diamonds defender Courtney Bruce is always a must-watch contest at the international level. Now the pair are set to face each other for the first time in Super Netball. ⌘ Read more
Bins won't be picked up in eight local government areas as the union representing garbage collectors takes industrial action over pay and conditions. ⌘ Read more
Mr Berlusconi was rushed to hospital on April 5, triggering speculation that his life might be in danger and drawing a stream of family and friends to his bedside. ⌘ Read more
The premier says there's "no excuse" for the Greenacre listing but the agent says demand has been high for the uninhabitable home that requires a tenant to pay for a full renovation. ⌘ Read more
After 12 deaths in as many months, a WorkSafe investigation into Western Australia's agricultural sector finds that workplace fatalities are the highest of any industry. ⌘ Read more
Gordon Copeland was 22-years-old when he ran from police and fell into the flooding Gwydir River in north-west New South Wales. ⌘ Read more
Sony World Photography Award winner Boris Eldagsen has refused to accept his trophy during the prize ceremony in London, revealing his lauded photo is actually an AI-generated image. ⌘ Read more
With NT Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker launching legal action against the chief minister and NT government, it remains unclear whether he will return to work this week. ⌘ Read more
Some farmers around Australia have been forced to use pre-technology systems to spray or plant their crops after a satellite outage disabled their tractor’s GPS systems ⌘ Read more
It may look like the beginning of an alien invasion or a portal to the far reaches of the universe, but there is a surprisingly simple reason this spiral appeared in the sky. ⌘ Read more
Barton, who became a 2000s pop culture icon after playing Marissa Cooper on The OC, is coming to Ramsay Street as the soap opera resumes filming. ⌘ Read more
A Basketball Australia panel rules that trans woman Lexi Rodgers is ineligible for the women's NBL1 competition. ⌘ Read more
Tasmanian police are investigating the deliberate ramming of an entrance to a police station on Hobart's eastern shores, saying they do not yet know why someone "would want to do that". ⌘ Read more
The Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator has filed three charges over the 2021 incident, in which the locomotive hit a parked coal train and killed a man. ⌘ Read more
Australian Paralympic champion Madison de Rozario sits on the lower steps of the podium in Boston for the third time since 2019. ⌘ Read more
With the war in Ukraine raging and Moscow facing accusations of war crimes for deporting Ukrainian children, Russia's presidency of the UN Security Council has been the most contentious to date. And it's just at the midway point. ⌘ Read more
Her announcement comes ahead of an expected reshuffle of the Coalition frontbench by Opposition Leader Peter Dutton to name a new shadow attorney-general and minister for Indigenous Australians. ⌘ Read more
A prominent marine biologist says a video showing dozens of hammerheads hunting off a popular Gold Coast beach is the most significant shark activity seen in the area for more than 15 years. ⌘ Read more
After years of community concern about dust levels from the world's biggest manganese mine on a remote island, the NT Environment Department says it is now willing to install a monitoring station. ⌘ Read more
The rupture between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has killed at least 185 and injured more than 1,800. ⌘ Read more
After three years of struggle and anticipation, the widely expected wave of returning Chinese tourists Down Under has turned out to be a trickle. ⌘ Read more
A 35-year-old woman dies after she was found seriously injured at a home in Kewdale in Perth's southern suburbs, with a man known to her later taken into custody by police following a crash nearby. ⌘ Read more
Two protesters interrupt the world snooker championship, with one climbing on a table during the match and throwing orange powder while shouting "oil and gas will kill us". ⌘ Read more
Lawyers for AFL great Gary Ablett Snr say the league and his formers clubs, Hawthorn and Geelong, failed in their duty of care to the player, who has brain damage. ⌘ Read more
Long time heroin user Sean has lost at least six people to fatal overdoses. He says if drug users had the same kind of safe spaces offered to alcohol drinkers, lives would be saved. ⌘ Read more
Local stocks could fall despite gains on Wall Street. Meeting minutes will provide insight into the RBA's decision to pause rate hikes in April. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. ⌘ Read more
The owner of a sheep station that has been training shearers for half a century says the quality of young people coming through the program gives him great confidence in the future of the industry. ⌘ Read more
The spotted trident-blue butterfly was first photographed in 2017, but has only just been formally identified. ⌘ Read more
Alexander Whitrow's debut film Roadkill is a thriller rather than a horror movie — but things took an unexpected turn during filming when his uncle was involved in a light plane crash. ⌘ Read more
The Northern Territory government is offering to buy back takeaway alcohol licences in an effort to reduce alcohol-related violence. With takeaway alcohol an integral part of some small businesses, one owner says he's considering the government's offer. ⌘ Read more
A Queensland council is investigating after a man's finger was bitten off while he was rescuing his pets from a dog attack in Cairns. ⌘ Read more
A new study, which examined the difference in MRI brain images between healthy volunteers and people with OCD, has found a likely cause after researchers discovered changes in how distinct brain regions communicate. ⌘ Read more
More consumer products are claiming to be made from recycled ocean or ocean-bound plastics, but green groups say the claims are difficult to prove and may be misleading consumers. ⌘ Read more
A committal hearing for more than 50 people is taking place in a Sydney court this week, with the group challenging the AFP's use of the AN0M app as a crucial source of evidence in a major sting. ⌘ Read more
Two New York residents have been arrested after allegedly operating a Chinese "secret police station" in Manhattan's Chinatown neighbourhood, the top federal prosecutor in Brooklyn says. ⌘ Read more
A 16-year-old in the US state of Missouri has been shot and injured by a home owner after mistakenly going to the wrong house to pick up his siblings, police say. ⌘ Read more
It's a race competitors say would never happen today. But in 1988, over months across the Australian desert, competitors and their camels defied odds to make history. ⌘ Read more
Australian technology companies that process rental applications for the real estate industry appear to be pulling back their platforms, as consumer backlash grows about the fledgling industry's allegedly "opaque" practices. ⌘ Read more
What to do, what not to do, the gear you need, and how to get it on camera (it's hard). If you read nothing else: Do not look directly at it. ⌘ Read more
Elon Musk's SpaceX calls off a highly anticipated launch of its powerful new Starship rocket, delaying the first uncrewed test flight of the vehicle into space. ⌘ Read more
Airbus and Air France are cleared of "involuntary manslaughter," almost 14 years after an airliner ploughed into the Atlantic en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. ⌘ Read more
A major consulting firm forecasts a 'consumer recession' in 2023, warning hundreds of thousands of Australian households are bleeding cash every month. ⌘ Read more
British parliament's commissioner for standards opens an investigation into UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. ⌘ Read more
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected claims by the Opposition leader Peter Dutton that he failed to act on information provided to him last year, that victims of child sexual abuse were being returned to live with their abusers. ⌘ Read more
Myanmar's military government releases thousands of prisoners to mark a Buddhist holiday, just days after airstrikes targeting rebels killed civilians in the country's north-west. ⌘ Read more
A long-running legal dispute on an island north of the Gold Coast has come to a head, with essential services like water and sewerage cut off to residents amid calls for state government intervention. ⌘ Read more
Following weeks of speculation NT Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker could be removed from his job, he has launched legal action against Chief Minister Natasha Fyles and the NT government. ⌘ Read more
Russian court sentences Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in jail for treason. ⌘ Read more
The arrow, which was accidentally fired by 53-year-old NSW man Andrew Hughes, had to be surgically removed from the boy's head. ⌘ Read more
The body of murder victim Geoffrey McLean was kept at the home of twin brothers in Adelaide's northern suburbs for two weeks before his torso was put in a neighbour's bin, a court hears. ⌘ Read more
On day one of David Alan Bradshaw's trial, the prosecution tells a jury he deliberately set the victim's house on fire, before handing himself into police and confessing twice that he started the fire. ⌘ Read more
Indigenous elders and leaders from western New South Wales have rallied behind the "yes" vote at a parliamentary committee hearing in Orange. ⌘ Read more
One of the clearest, darkest places to see the stars in Australia is being showcased at a Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History exhibition about light pollution in the United States. ⌘ Read more
The Commonwealth will pay more than $50 million in compensation to descendants of the Stolen Generations in the NT, with lawyers acknowledging no amount of money could redress the lasting trauma of the forcible removal of children by a government agency. ⌘ Read more
MSF Sugar will not stand trial for the electrocution death of Brett Quinn after a magistrate ruled he made the decision to direct a crane driver down a roadway near overhead powerlines. ⌘ Read more
The 56-year-old man, who is charged with the murder of his female partner on Darwin's Esplanade on Friday night, has been remanded in custody after facing court. ⌘ Read more
A 48-year-old Australian man has died while hiking the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea, the ABC understands. ⌘ Read more
Greg 'Wheelie' Jordan loved Tennant Creek. Now, he feels unsafe; like a prisoner in his own home. After 34 years, his family is fundraising to relocate the wheelchair user to Queensland, in search of a safer life. ⌘ Read more