When John Carter was moving into care earlier this year, his family was sorting through his belongings and made an alarming discovery. ⌘ Read more
When John Carter was moving into care earlier this year, his family was sorting through his belongings and made an alarming discovery. ⌘ Read more
Maureen Mayall's creations are proving the twilight years are much more colourful than people might think, and the 92-year-old has no plans to slow down. ⌘ Read more
Canberrans will be shown positive consent ads as they swipe on Tinder after ACT Policing pitched a promotion of territory laws. ⌘ Read more
Police arrest a 16-year-old boy and two others the same age are taken to hospital after an altercation in Melbourne's north. ⌘ Read more
The Australian Retailers Association estimates South Australians will spend $4.3 billion this Christmas, defying a national downward trend, but businesses say consumers are being thrifty with their shopping. ⌘ Read more
Persistent inflation over the last couple of years means the cost of turkey, ham, prawns and Christmas pudding are all a lot more expensive than they used to be. ⌘ Read more
A group of graduating uni friends made a plan to stay in touch at regular pub nights, a tradition which has now lasted two decades — helped along by good planning, intergenerational fun and a strict chicken parma rule. ⌘ Read more
The cost-of-living crisis, Australia's changing demographics, and the greater mobility of the country's population mean the way we celebrate Christmas is now very different to how we did 50 years ago. ⌘ Read more
Forty-three years ago, eight-year-old Cagla Ariyak and her mother waved goodbye to her father from the front door of their Sydney home. Seconds later, Sarık Arıyak would be shot dead, alongside his bodyguard Engin Sever. ⌘ Read more
When Hani Almadhoun heard his brother had been taken by troops in Gaza, he went online to investigate — and spotted the shopkeeper among near-naked captives in a video going viral. ⌘ Read more
Dylan Meyer didn't think he'd be alive for Christmas after a mosquito bite left him on life support. He now wants others to heed his warning. ⌘ Read more
Roads, rates and rubbish are generally the cornerstone of local government, but the Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council in Queensland has added ham deliveries to its operations to bring some much-needed cheer. ⌘ Read more
Some parents are having to fly in carers from interstate due to lack of childcare services in South Australian towns. It comes as research is launched into the depth of the shortfalls. ⌘ Read more
ABC News has exclusively traced a devastating case of financial crime described as "bizarre". It comes as the financial watchdog reveals that investment scams are on the rise in Australia. ⌘ Read more
The world has progressed in many ways, but in 2023 many women fear parenthood more than ever before, with the belief that their career and baby won't co-exist. ⌘ Read more
After a controversial Netflix drama triggered a debate about schoolyard bullies in South Korea, this private detective has been inundated with queries from concerned parents asking him to tail their children. ⌘ Read more
The cause of death was not immediately disclosed, but last month he was admitted to hospital. His half-brother is the designated successor. ⌘ Read more
The events of day three will likely end up assuring Australia of first Test victory over Pakistan in Perth, but they also set the scene for what is now shaping up to be a very intriguing summer. ⌘ Read more
Australia makes the perfect start to day three against Pakistan, but leaves Nathan Lyon one wicket away from joining an exclusive club. Here are five quick hits from the first Test at Perth Stadium. ⌘ Read more
Community groups welcome a $210,000 government cash injection to support vulnerable women over Christmas and the summer period after they were left with nowhere to go when a critical overnight shelter was closed. ⌘ Read more
When we change our diet and start losing weight, we disrupt how our appetite hormones function. Here's how you can stay on track, writes Nick Fuller. ⌘ Read more
Australians have been left stranded in Tuvalu after Fiji Airlines cancelled all flights to and from the tiny Pacific Island national indefinitely due to damage to the airport's runway. ⌘ Read more
State-sponsored women protection centres have disappeared after the Taliban takeover in 2021, the report says, and the group now sends women to prison if they have no male relatives to stay with or if the male relatives are considered unsafe. ⌘ Read more
'Tis the season for elves to pop up in unusual places and in Shepparton, Victoria, The Chocolate Elf is distributing toys, toiletries and chocolates to people doing it tough this Christmas. ⌘ Read more
Residents awoke to find the mystery of Maroubra Beach's iconic Rubik's Cube finally solved but the new look of this much-loved piece of street art is dividing local opinion. ⌘ Read more
A NASA telescope captures the biggest solar flare since 2017, which scientists are calling an "amazing event". ⌘ Read more
Everything you need to know about the latest Netflix blockbuster, which was almost a Star Wars spin-off. ⌘ Read more
Twila Whittingham always thought of music as medicine, so when doctors found a pre-cancerous tumour in her breast mid-last year, she knew she would need more than conventional treatment to cope. ⌘ Read more
A video posted on social media shows a man entering a room where the village council of Keretsky was meeting and throwing two grenades on the floor. ⌘ Read more
Thousands of dead barramundi could start washing up through the Redlynch Valley in Cairns over the coming days following the removal of a spillway net from Copperlode Dam, the city's main water supply. ⌘ Read more
Residents in Melbourne's north have questioned the rollout of a state government school fishing program after a swan named Evie died from injuries caused by a fishing hook. ⌘ Read more
HMAS Matafele disappeared without a trace during a treacherous sea voyage in 1944, but a stroke of fortune meant a 19-year-old crewman missed the boat. ⌘ Read more
Sydney Moore says she feared the worst when her four-month-old son was sucked up into a tornado. But her story has a happy ending. ⌘ Read more
Sale's clock tower is a replica of the original tower, which featured as part of the post office built in 1886, and thanks to a group of dedicated clock winders, locals witness a timely part of history each day. ⌘ Read more
South-east Queensland was rocked by a severe storm last night, with winds felt in Brisbane's south akin to that of a category three cyclone. ⌘ Read more
A jury decides Rudy Giuliani must pay more than $US148 million ($220 million) in damages to two former Georgia election workers he defamed. ⌘ Read more
Claudia underwent a triple bypass after a heart attack, and after continuing to not feel like herself since, has started a local chapter of a peer support program. ⌘ Read more
Tottenham plays the final half hour of its match against Nottingham Forest with 10 men, but comes away with a 2-0 victory. ⌘ Read more
Ingrid and her family can't afford to buy bottled water, so when the taps runs a dirty brown, tainted by iron and manganese, they don't drink it. ⌘ Read more
Animal behaviour experts agree that dogs mourn when they lose a companion, but have mixed views on whether being there at the death helps their grieving process. ⌘ Read more
Australia's iron ore industry goes hand-in-hand with China. But it is a South Korean company looking to stump up billions of dollars for this green iron facility. ⌘ Read more
Matthew Perry died from the acute effects of the anesthetic ketamine, according to the results of an autopsy. ⌘ Read more
Brandon Hawkins leads the Willigobung RFS brigade in the New South Wales Snowy Valleys, and says his station is woefully unprepared for this year's fire season due to broken and outdated equipment. ⌘ Read more
It's going to be bloody hot in Brisbane this weekend. Here's what south-east Queenslanders can expect as the weather really warms up. ⌘ Read more
The next Queensland election is less than a year away and, now he's taken over the top, job Steven Miles is keen to avoid facing the final curtain at the ballot box, writes Rachel Riga. ⌘ Read more
After an 18-month examination into possible gay hate crimes in Sydney, human rights lawyer Nicholas Stewart says what has been uncovered exceeded expectations and should trigger further inquiries or inquests. ⌘ Read more
Picasso's Guernica is displayed in a gallery devoted to conflict. In time perhaps Mike Parr's work should be seen in that context of war art too: painted "blind", messy and dangerous but holding up a mirror to a brutal conflict that none of us can close our eyes to, writes Virginia Trioli. ⌘ Read more
Martin Klussendorf spent nine months building his tiny home. He has enough money to buy a plot of land, but most local laws across Australia won't allow him to set up permanently on it. He believes that should change. ⌘ Read more
As the grief from Dr Michael Yung's alleged murder continues to ripple through the community, those who helped him establish a charity in honour of his late wife are determined to continue his dream. ⌘ Read more
In a world where recipes can be accessed with a keystroke, well-thumbed, old cookbooks can provide more than nostalgia and the comforts of home — they're a snapshot of who we are and where we've come from. ⌘ Read more
Dating is already challenging, but for people like Leigh who live with an intellectual disability, the barriers can be even higher. ⌘ Read more
From sweeping epics to kooky indies, the ABC critics pick their top films of the year: How many have you seen? ⌘ Read more
Danish shipping company AP Moller-Maersk will pause all container shipments through the Red Sea until further notice, a spokesperson for the company says. ⌘ Read more
A young girl has saved up all her pocket money to donate to kids who've just arrived in Australia from war-torn Gaza. She's not alone. Across the country, children have been donating their savings and toys to support families who've just settled in the country. ⌘ Read more
Airlines and popular travel destinations are offering unique solutions to ditching cumbersome luggage in an effort to either reduce their travel footprint or the impact of tourism on local communities. Here are some of them. ⌘ Read more
Indigenous rangers manage to record the song of the "extremely secretive" night parrot in a remote part of Western Australia. ⌘ Read more
The Israeli military on Friday mistakenly killed three Israeli hostages during its ground operation in the Gaza Strip, military officials say. ⌘ Read more
A "dog's breakfast" is how a North Queensland councillor has described the Australian Warning System during Ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper. The government admits it needs fine tuning. ⌘ Read more
When ultra-processed foods first hit supermarket shelves, people weren't convinced they were real food. Now many Australians depend on them. ⌘ Read more
The real political danger — and the opportunity — that now confronts the government is that as nominal wages rise, the very issue that the stage 3 tax cuts were supposed to address is coming into play, writes Laura Tingle. ⌘ Read more
President Xi Jinping called for "all-out" emergency response efforts as a cold wave froze most of China on Friday, affecting transport and sending hundreds to hospital after a train crash in Beijing. ⌘ Read more
A London High Court judge found unlawful actions contributed to 15 articles being written and said Prince Harry had been a victim of "modest" phone-hacking. ⌘ Read more
The second day in Perth looked to be following a familiar script, with an Australian procession seemingly on the cards. But this Pakistan is made of tougher stuff, and proved it is here to stand up and fight. ⌘ Read more
Mitch Marsh seemed on track for fourth Test century only to throw his wicket away on 90, while Pakistan and the drop-in pitch frustrate Australia's bowlers in the afternoon and evening. Here are the five quick hits from day two of the first Test in Perth. ⌘ Read more
Fingerprint expert Jeannie Secrett has been found not guilty of disseminating confidential COVID-19 information in a group chat at the height of the pandemic. ⌘ Read more
The commander of Australia's naval fleet says the service is well prepared to deploy a warship to the Middle East if the Albanese government agrees to join an international mission to protect merchant vessels in the Red Sea. ⌘ Read more
Brayden Maynard backs the AFL's expected crackdown on smothers that was prompted by the Collingwood defender's own controversial tribunal case. ⌘ Read more
About 150 people have attended the official opening of the NT's first cotton gin, which cost about $70 million to build and will be used to separate cotton fibres from seeds. ⌘ Read more
Severe thunderstorms have swept across Queensland's south-east bringing down trees and damaging property. ⌘ Read more
The man who used a metal bucket to attack Melbourne City goalkeeper Thomas Glover is spared jail and is instead sentenced to a community corrections order after an appeal. ⌘ Read more
The Brisbane Lions are celebrating remarkable list stability after retaining almost all of their grand final squad for next season's premiership defence. ⌘ Read more
Tasmanian businesswoman Jan Cameron, the founder of clothing giant Kathmandu, used offshore entities to hide her control of shares in baby formula company Bellamy's, a court has found. ⌘ Read more
A Perth teenager pleads guilty to injuring a fellow student with a sharp weapon on high school grounds. ⌘ Read more
Popular theories about industry emissions damaging ancient rock art in Western Australia's Pilbara region are yet to be conclusively proven, according to a new report. ⌘ Read more
The report said the transformer was 30 years old, beyond its rated life of 25 years, but within the recommended limits of plus or minus five years, and the fuse switch was too old and should have been replaced. ⌘ Read more
The western ringtail possum species faces a new challenge to its survival as habitat loss from development pushes the marsupials to nest in unsafe locations. ⌘ Read more
A Perth man, who is already in jail for sexually abusing a teenage girl, pleads guilty to almost 120 charges of the online "sextortion" of hundreds of girls from around the world. ⌘ Read more
A hunter says he wants to make sure the government department and contractors shooting South Australia's feral deer are held accountable. ⌘ Read more
NT Police arrest a man after a brawl involving up to 50 people at Darwin's busy Casuarina shopping centre saw one youth allegedly running at shoppers wielding a machete. ⌘ Read more
A report into heavy metals mining reveals NSW government and opposition MPs removed warnings about the potential health impacts and effectiveness of regulatory agencies. ⌘ Read more
Police are seeking information from the public after a driver fled the scene of a fatal three-vehicle crash in Tasmania's north-west this morning. ⌘ Read more
Shivan Suresh Agravat, who pleaded guilty to rape and deception two days into his trial in October, has been sentenced to more than eight years jail, with a non parole period of 4.5 years, backdated to when he was taken into custody in 2020. ⌘ Read more
China reportedly mediates a temporary ceasefire in north-east Myanmar after rebel forces surround Laukkai, a border city notorious for cyberscam operations. ⌘ Read more
Tributes from King Charles III, the prime minister and entertainment peers are shared as hundreds gather at the Sydney Opera House. ⌘ Read more
As severe drought reduces output of the food staple — lifting prices, requiring increased imports and threatening food security — the Indonesian military is ordered to help farmers plant rice. ⌘ Read more
The latest National Health Survey shows the number of Australians smoking each day continues to drop. ⌘ Read more
The daughters of shooting victim Frank Smith say a "monster" took from them a kind, helpful man who was always willing to help. ⌘ Read more
Families say childhood dementia is underfunded and under-researched and they want greater public awareness to help improve their children's short lives. ⌘ Read more
Australia looks to bat long against Pakistan on day two of the first Test at Perth Stadium. Follow all the updates in our live blog. ⌘ Read more
A Hunter Valley mother is calling on education officials to find a support unit for her autistic seven-year-old, and says multiple suspensions and class time spent "playing Lego on her own little table" do not help. ⌘ Read more
Lisa Wilkinson is facing a second day of cross-examination as she defends a defamation case brought by former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann. ⌘ Read more
Victorians can now erect a small secondary building in their backyard without the need for a planning permit, but what will the changes mean? ⌘ Read more
Inspector-General of Taxation is investigating the theft and hijacking of personal information that has allowed millions of dollars of tax fraud by professional scammers. ⌘ Read more
A Victorian coroner finds it is "possible" the 20-year-old was attacked before her 2016 death in Mozambique, in a finding her family hope will push local authorities to continue their investigation. ⌘ Read more
Farmers who fed 22 million people from their one rice crop are unsure they will stick with industry that's plagued with water woes. ⌘ Read more
Police hope the vision will help catch those who fatally shot 18-year-old Salim Hamze and his father Toufik in Sydney's west two years ago. ⌘ Read more
The South Australian government refers allegations over the origins of First Nations artwork to "investigative agencies". A review panel had considered claims that non-Indigenous staff members from the APY Arts Centre Collective intervened in artworks and made efforts to conceal the activity. ⌘ Read more
The Select Committee on Hunting Native Birds recommends stricter regulations for hunters and harsher penalties for those who break laws aimed at preventing animal cruelty but no ban on duck hunting. ⌘ Read more
The US state recognised Swift for bringing an economic boon via her Eras concert tour. ⌘ Read more
Firefighters are working to contain bushfires in the New South Wales Hunter region ahead of worsening conditions tomorrow, after a tyre shop in Weston was destroyed. ⌘ Read more