Adventure Kokoda's trekking licence has been cancelled by the Kokoda Initiative Committee for allegedly failing to pay fees, a week after a man died while on one of the company's walks. ⌘ Read more
Adventure Kokoda's trekking licence has been cancelled by the Kokoda Initiative Committee for allegedly failing to pay fees, a week after a man died while on one of the company's walks. ⌘ Read more
Graphic content: A writer has explained how Donald Trump allegedly raped her nearly 30 years ago during a a civil trial in the United States. ⌘ Read more
Kathleen Folbigg, 55, has five years remaining of a 25-year sentence, after being convicted in 2003 of three counts of murder and one of manslaughter. ⌘ Read more
Hundreds of thousands of superannuation customers are losing out, staying in dud funds with high fees, according to the latest data from the industry's regulator. ⌘ Read more
After almost four years, one of the most fascinating, yet disturbing series of our decade is coming back. Here's what we know about season six of Black Mirror. ⌘ Read more
International Girls in Information and Communications Technology Day aims to encourage women and girls to pursue careers in the technology sectors and the ABC's Lisa McTiernan proves it's never too late to turn to tech. ⌘ Read more
The state's coroner will not hold an inquest into the death of a woman who took her own life in 2020, following an "exhaustive coronial investigation". ⌘ Read more
The hunt for a "spearhead" key forward is as old as footy itself but, with its unique forward line, the Brisbane Lions are revolutionising the role, write Cody Atkinson and Sean Lawson. ⌘ Read more
The family of a Japanese journalist killed while reporting on Myanmar's 2007 "Saffron Revolution" release footage from a recently obtained video camera missing since his fatal shooting 15 years ago. ⌘ Read more
Rylee Rose Black was 3 when she died after being left in a car during the middle of the day in Townsville. ⌘ Read more
Emergency services are at the scene of a crane rollover where a person is trapped inside, in a critical condition, on the southern Gold Coast. ⌘ Read more
The dog is still on the loose and police are urging Katherine residents to be on the alert. The woman, who was rushed to the local hospital, is expected to be flown to Darwin for treatment. ⌘ Read more
Thanasi Kokkinakis's frustrating defeat at the Madrid Open ends in a spiky confrontation after accusations from his conqueror, Jaume Munar. ⌘ Read more
While it is not unusual to see the endangered species in southern waters at this time of year, scientists are surprised to see a young calf, which would have been born in the area. ⌘ Read more
Reporter Corrado Zunino for the Italian newspaper La Repubblica is injured and his Ukrainian fixer killed in an ambush in southern Ukraine, most likely by Russian snipers, the paper writes on its website. ⌘ Read more
"Very motivated" crooks with the tools and skill to steal a catalytic converter in a few minutes are continuing to target car yards, parking lots and service stations in Queensland, police say. ⌘ Read more
Pope Francis has decided to give women the right to vote at an upcoming meeting of bishops, a historic reform that reflects his hopes to give women greater decision-making responsibilities. ⌘ Read more
There is concensus among international weather modelling that an El Niño looks likely to start before the end of the year. But here's why it could all be wrong. ⌘ Read more
The guard, known as Josef S, had been convicted of involvement in 3,500 deaths at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp between 1942 and 1945. ⌘ Read more
The federal government says upgrading air, naval and land bases across Australia's north are a key part of overhauling the nation's defences. ⌘ Read more
A massive $108 million investment into mental health will see 19 wellbeing centres opened across Queensland. Here's what's planned. ⌘ Read more
Wall Street ends lower again as the banking sector experiences another slump in the shares of troubled bank First Republic, with the Australian market poised to follow. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. ⌘ Read more
Indigenous NRL star Jack Wighton is subjected to torrents of racist abuse after announcing he will leave Canberra to play for South Sydney in the 2024 season. ⌘ Read more
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says the gender pay gap under Labor was 17.4 per cent and fell to 13.8 per cent under the Coalition. RMIT ABC Fact Check looks at the numbers. ⌘ Read more
More than 120,000 people are forecast to attend the week-long Beef Australia event next year. But organisers are so desperate for accommodation they're considering chartering flights and urging locals to put their homes up for short-term rent. ⌘ Read more
On his way to Australia for the Quad meeting in Sydney next month, United States President Joe Biden could make a historic visit to Port Moresby as the US intensifies its diplomatic push across the Pacific. ⌘ Read more
A community youth choir in regional WA will belt out an 80s classic as the only singers from Australia in a Commonwealth choir that will be a part of the coronation for King Charles III. ⌘ Read more
Manchester City move within two points of top-of-the-table Arsenal with two games in hand heading into the final weeks of the Premier League season. ⌘ Read more
Animal owners are being urged to closely supervise their dogs after a number of pets were suspected to have ingested discarded marijuana on walks on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. ⌘ Read more
Two space companies have signalled the possibility of a defence force future for a remote base near the NT town of Nhulunbuy. ⌘ Read more
Twenty-two-year-old Maveryn says cost of living pressures are forcing more and more young people to make tough decisions about their welfare. ⌘ Read more
Only two local government areas allow people to live permanently in tiny homes without council approval. Thousands of people around the country are doing it anyway. ⌘ Read more
An annual snapshot reveals the number of affordable rentals in Melbourne and regional Victoria decreased by 44 and 40 per cent respectively in one year. ⌘ Read more
Max Gandziuk hopes to represent his "new home" Australia at the junior world championships in canoe sprinting in July, after fleeing his home because of Russia's invasion. The Ukrainian community is raising funds to help him get to Italy to compete. ⌘ Read more
Some of the main staples in Australian grocery baskets have had their sharpest price increases in decades over the past year, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. ⌘ Read more
A Melbourne boxing club is teaching patients suffering with Parkinson's to box in a unique program designed to build skills to delay the onset of the neurological disease. ⌘ Read more
Wiradjuri woman Brenda Matthews considers herself part of the Stolen Generations — but from a legal perspective she is not. Her story is told in a new film following her quest for identity and healing. ⌘ Read more
South Korean television shows are increasingly finding their way across the border into the North. One show in particular carries a message Kim Jong Un wants to stamp out. ⌘ Read more
Queensland cattle farmers like Adam Coffey are doing everything they can to make their practices more environmentally friendly. ⌘ Read more
The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happened. ⌘ Read more
Prince Harry reportedly gifted his nephew Prince Louis a similar first edition copy of Winne-the-Pooh as a christening present. ⌘ Read more
Jess and Jackie Morecroft purchased their Gold Coast home at auction five years ago, but earlier this year a court ruled the home was never really theirs and it still belonged to the previous owner. ⌘ Read more
When Blake found himself homeless due to family violence in 2020, misinformation and a lack of services meant it took him nearly two years to find help. Now he is speaking out to help other males. ⌘ Read more
Oscar Piastri scored his first F1 championship points last time out in Australia, finishing eighth in his home grand prix, and he's keen to add more in Baku. ⌘ Read more
With the Tasmanian public still bitterly divided on spending $375 million of taxpayers' money on an AFL stadium in Hobart, there is one key person Labor Opposition Leader Rebecca White hasn't been able to convince — Labor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, writes Adam Langenberg. ⌘ Read more
Subvariant XBB.1.16 is related to the XBB.1.5 subvariant, which was detected in Australia in January, and both are mutations from the Omicron variant. This is what we know about it. ⌘ Read more
The government may be able to put off increasing spending on defence in the budget, but boosting spending on social security could be more difficult to dodge — partly because of his vocal backbench, writes David Speers. ⌘ Read more
In parts of Sydney, families occupy half the apartments and many value their convenient location. But despite a surge in development, most apartments are one or two bedrooms and not family-friendly. ⌘ Read more
More Australians are getting 'trapped' in a subscription service for everything from streamers to pet food and clothing. Here's why. ⌘ Read more
The latest snapshot of global EV uptake shows "explosive" growth in sales in China, Europe, the US and the UK, while Australia is at risk of being left behind. ⌘ Read more
The US Air Force veteran took money raised to build a wall along the US-Mexican border that was promised by former president Donald Trump and spent hundreds of thousands on boat payments, jewellery and cosmetic surgery. ⌘ Read more
Haitian police say more than a dozen suspected gang members have been lynched and their bodies burned by residents of Port-au-Prince. ⌘ Read more
The UK's competition authority refuses to allow Microsoft's multi-billion dollar acquisition of Activision, ruling such market dominance would suppress innovation in new technologies like cloud gaming. ⌘ Read more
After three days of discussions, China's Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passes the first update to anti-spying laws in almost a decade, under which authorities can gain access to data, information on personal property and ban border crossings. ⌘ Read more
In their talk, Mr Xi said negotiation was the only way for the war to end, and also revealed that China was sending a special representative for further discussions with Kyiv. ⌘ Read more
A review in to Australia's migration system finds that temporary migrant workers are frequently "exploited" with the current system contributing to the risk of that. ⌘ Read more
A South Australia Police officer suffers a broken leg after his arm is caught in the window of a car that fled a random breath-test site in Adelaide's west. ⌘ Read more
Craig Henry Rumsby also allegedly admitted to the attempted rape of another teenager the year before Ms Bright's death, a Dubbo court has heard. ⌘ Read more
Melbourne Storm chair Matt Tripp appeals to Peter V'Landys not to use the NRL's money to chase rugby union stars and to instead invest in keeping the league's big names. ⌘ Read more
An Adelaide woman charged with the manslaughter of her young daughter has been released on supervised bail. ⌘ Read more
Canberra fans take aim at the disruption caused by mid-season NRL contract negotiations after the Raiders star signs with the Rabbitohs. ⌘ Read more
WA Premier Mark McGowan has pledged to stop any further industrial development of the Burrup Peninsula — beyond a $6.4 billion fertiliser plant that starts construction today. ⌘ Read more
One measles case has been confirmed and 31 probable cases are under investigation in American Samoa, prompting a public health emergency declaration and travel restrictions for those wishing to travel to neighbouring Samoa. ⌘ Read more
Li Yanhe, the editor-in-chief of Gusa Publishing, has published books on history and politics critical of China's ruling Communist Party. ⌘ Read more
Italy's tourism ministry is facing ridicule over an official video that is designed to attract tourists to Italy but uses footage of people in Slovenia drinking Slovenian wine. ⌘ Read more
The court heard the girl suffered hand and torso injuries during a "premeditated and purposeful attack" by the man at an Aldi in Booval. ⌘ Read more
Inflation may have peaked, but the cost of items we can't do without is still breaking household budgets, writes Gareth Hutchens. ⌘ Read more
Warning: This story contains content that may distress some readers. A pig abattoir has ceased operations amid a formal investigation into "serious and disturbing allegations" of mistreatment of animals, including one pig having its testicles torn off by machinery. ⌘ Read more
Twelve fire crews battled the blaze at the former RSL headquarters in the North Queensland town of Sarina, but the building was not able to be saved. ⌘ Read more
Millions of Australians with chronic illness are set to benefit from changes to the PBS announced today. Here's which medicines are about to get cheaper. ⌘ Read more
The defence contractor, famous for producing the Bushmaster aiding Ukraine in its war against Russia, pleads guilty to the death of a painter at its Victorian factory in July 2020. ⌘ Read more
The man who allegedly assaulted an 87-year-old was granted a bedside court proceeding from the same hospital his victim was taken to. ⌘ Read more
Tangaraju Suppiah, 46, is executed in Singapore despite pleas for clemency from his family and protests from activists that the case against him was was weak. ⌘ Read more
Connor John Manns is accused of firing three shots at another man at a shopping centre in 2021. However, lawyers for Mr Manns say he was just trying to scare his alleged victim. ⌘ Read more
There's probably little in the Defence Strategic Review that would shock countries around Asia and the Pacific, but the federal government will still be monitoring the regional response very carefully, writes foreign affairs reporter Stephen Dziedzic. ⌘ Read more
A man who shook his nine-week-old baby, causing fatal injuries, has been sentenced to nine and half years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter at an earlier committal hearing. ⌘ Read more
The Northern Territory government says it will increase its subsidy of household power bills by $71.1 million, but some say it won't address those most likely to be struggling to pay their bills. ⌘ Read more
A New Zealand pilot being held hostage in Indonesia's remote Papua region says the Indonesian Army has been dropping bombs in the area where a separatist group is holding him. ⌘ Read more
The former New Zealand prime minister says she will use the opportunity to share her experiences with others and also research the challenges of generative AI tools. ⌘ Read more
The extension of dispensing timelines on hundreds of medications will lead to pharmacies closing and impact healthcare access, according to pharmacists in regional NSW. ⌘ Read more
Victoria's ombudsman says the Premier's response to a damning report from the state's anti-corruption watchdog "speaks volumes" about his views on corruption, as she calls for urgent action to improve integrity in politics. ⌘ Read more
The NRL has locked in Townsville and Sydney as the locations for this year's women's State of Origin matches. ⌘ Read more
The federal government wants to establish a $10 billion housing fund to increase affordable supply, but Greens leader Adam Bandt says his party will sink it in the Senate unless the government does more for renters and ends tax discounts for some investment properties. ⌘ Read more
US President Joe Biden, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Japan's Prime Minister Kishidi Fumio will join Anthony Albanese in Sydney in May. ⌘ Read more
With a 23,000-seat stadium being built in Hobart's city centre, the island state has cleared the last of many, many hurdles set for it by the AFL. Here's what it all means for the state's long-held team ambitions. ⌘ Read more
Queensland's police minister says the manhunt for Mitchell Wilson, who officers allege is armed and dangerous, is being hampered by community members helping him to evade capture. ⌘ Read more
Traditional owners from across Australia have travelled to the Tiwi Islands to lodge a human rights complaint against the top 20 superannuation funds over their investment in gas giant Santos' Barossa and Narrabri projects. ⌘ Read more
The top two teams in the Premier League face off tomorrow morning, Australian time, with one desperately clinging to their shot at a first title in almost two decades and the other coolly chasing them down. ⌘ Read more
New genetic evidence shows a "reasonable doubt" over Kathleen Folbigg's convictions for killing her four children, after a second judicial inquiry hears months of evidence. ⌘ Read more
As China flexes its muscles, does Australia need to be more cautious about foreign investment and trade with our biggest economic partner? ⌘ Read more
It's not the first time Ed Sheeran has faced trial for a copyright issue. Here's what's happening with his current trial — brought by the heirs of the late Marvin Gaye co-writer, Ed Townsend — and how his team have defended him so far. ⌘ Read more
Australia's inflation rate is falling from its December peak, with prices increasing over the March quarter at the slowest pace in more than a year. ⌘ Read more
The state government has confirmed it will initially raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12, before eventually raising it to 14. ⌘ Read more
The arrests relate to the deaths of a seven-year-old boy last February, a six-year-old girl last July, and a 15-year-old girl in 2018. None of the three accused or victims are connected, police say. ⌘ Read more
With NSW's 52-year-old Liddell coal-fired power generator going offline this Friday, Climate Change and Energy Minister says the government is "playing a catch-up game" to provide clean energy. ⌘ Read more
It's the great debate, considered by high school leavers every year - do I go to university to study a Bachelor or should I pick up a trade? New research suggests, if you want to be happier and richer in your mid-20s, an apprenticeship is the way to go. ⌘ Read more
A ground assault by the Taliban has killed the Islamic State militant who spearheaded the August 2021 suicide bombing at the Kabul International Airport during the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan. ⌘ Read more
The World Health Organization says the expulsion of technicians and power cuts to a health laboratory could lead to issues with biological materials. ⌘ Read more
A Perth and Sydney car hire company that uses a slogan dating back to the 1960s referring to women as "birds" is being criticised as a "sexist slur" and no longer appropriate. ⌘ Read more
Tottenham's players will refund the tickets of supporters who travelled to see the 6-1 defeat at the hands of Newcastle United that cost stand in coach Cristian Stellini his job. ⌘ Read more