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Mon, 16 May 2022 02:33:11 +0000
Scott Morrison suggests Labor may have leaked AUKUS information had it been briefed sooner
Prime Minister denies Australia broke with the Biden administration when it decided not to consult Labor about its decision to scrap the French submarine program and unveil an ambitious new plan to build nuclear-powered submarines with the U...

Mon, 16 May 2022 07:43:25 +0000
'It's the vibe!': Land clearing case won, despite legal argument likened to The Castle's Dennis Denuto
Environmentalists are celebrating a seven-year legal battle over Tasmanian politician John Tucker — despite the judge likening their argument to that of the bumbling lawyer Dennis Denuto character from the classic Australian film The Cas...

Mon, 16 May 2022 08:18:06 +0000
The 'fiendish' problem that’s split Morrison and Albanese — and brought back ghosts of prime minister past
But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? Well, strike me dead. It's something on which the major parties — at last — passionately disagree, writes Annabel Crabb.

Mon, 16 May 2022 07:15:54 +0000
'I haven't killed any people': Convicted murderer denies involvement in fatal Whiskey Au Go Go bombing, inquest told
A reopened inquest into the deaths of 15 people who were killed in a firebombing at the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub in Brisbane in 1973 ends, with convicted killer Vincent O'Dempsey giving evidence.

Mon, 16 May 2022 07:54:31 +0000
Fashion Week ends with a new beginning for First Nations fashion designers as pop-up store opens
The designs were colourful and plentiful, with First Nations fashion on display in a runway show that marked the end of Fashion Week 2022. But it's far from the end for First Nations designers.

Mon, 16 May 2022 08:13:41 +0000
Three men on trial over 'highly sophisticated' midnight heist at Perth gun shop
Three men are on trial in Perth accused of involvement in "a highly sophisticated" firearm heist that included the surveillance of one of Perth's biggest gun shops and cutting through concrete walls.

Mon, 16 May 2022 08:16:27 +0000
Drone footage captures shark feeding frenzy off the coast of Albany as whale carcass washes up
A shark feeding frenzy is filmed by a fisher off Western Australia's coast where an alert remains in place for Norman Beach due to a whale carcass in the area.

Mon, 16 May 2022 02:52:50 +0000
Driver's cannabis use ruled as 'principal reason' for horror crash
A driver found to have high levels of THC in his system "overreacted" to solar panels flying through the air, crashing and killing himself, his 15-year-old daughter and his aunt, a coroner finds.

Mon, 16 May 2022 02:28:22 +0000
Missing man 'jumps in creek' after police arrive to help at crash scene
A witness says a man was only wearing underwear when he "took off and jumped into a creek" after a late night crash on a rural NSW road. An extensive search is yet to find him.

Mon, 16 May 2022 05:25:22 +0000
'I'm going to get a gun': Mother says she didn't believe son's threats before he died in police shootout
Daniel King went on a "significant bender" in the days before he was shot dead outside a Western Sydney police station, his inquest is told.

Mon, 16 May 2022 05:30:59 +0000
Ukrainian monastery cares for the war's forgotten felines
A monastery in the Ukrainian city of Odesa opens its doors to hundreds of cats abandoned or injured amid the war with Russia.

Mon, 16 May 2022 06:34:36 +0000
Placards depicting independent candidates as Greens breach Electoral Act, AEC finds
Independent Australian Capital Territory Senate candidate David Pocock is calling for conservative lobby group Advance Australia to be prosecuted after the Australian Electoral Commission found some of its signs breached political advert...

Sun, 15 May 2022 18:32:36 +0000
Away from the media eye, a former MP trained a network of teal independents for an electoral insurgency
When Cathy McGowan won the federal seat of Indi nearly a decade ago, no-one could have predicted her impact on this current election campaign. Now, she's seen as a "secret weapon" of the independents movement.

Mon, 16 May 2022 04:14:35 +0000
Doctor did everything he could to stay safe on bike before being killed by drug-driver, court told
South Australia's District Court has been told that Darren James White was on a cocktail of illegal drugs when he hit and killed a cyclist at Henley Beach on New Year's Day last year. 

Mon, 16 May 2022 08:22:17 +0000
One person killed, five injured after man opens fire at Taiwanese church reception in California
A man in his 60s is in police custody after a deadly shooting at a Presbyterian church in California, a day after 10 people were killed in a shooting in Buffalo, New York.

Mon, 16 May 2022 04:34:57 +0000
Farmers facing winter without food for livestock let loose at 'clueless' NSW ag minister
A Lismore vet fears the worst is yet to come for farmers struggling with water-logged paddocks as he launches an attack on decision makers he says do not understand their plight.

Mon, 16 May 2022 05:13:44 +0000
Actor Craig McLachlan admits pretending to fellate a banana as a 'joke' on set, court hears
A 12-minute blooper reel filmed in 2014 on the set of a TV show also shows McLachlan "pretending to masturbate the arms of the crew" and "running up and kissing members of the crew".

Mon, 16 May 2022 04:02:55 +0000
Neighbour tells court she saw Chris Dawson 'scream' at wife Lynette shortly before she went missing
A woman who lived next door at the time Lynette Dawson went missing says she witnessed the woman's husband, Chris Dawson, "towering over" his wife during a heated argument shortly before she vanished.

Mon, 16 May 2022 00:09:05 +0000
There's less than a week to go in the election campaign. Have you done Vote Compass yet?
Polls close on Saturday evening. Still not sure where your political views align with the major political parties? Vote Compass is here to help.

Sun, 15 May 2022 18:33:12 +0000
This social media app is a safe space for free speech, but this is what happens when you criticise the wrong people
An ABC investigation uncovers how covert chat rooms partly run by Australian followers of an anti-Chinese government movement are targeting and censoring critics on "free speech" platform Gettr.

Mon, 16 May 2022 05:09:09 +0000
'The colour of his skin got him murdered': Loved ones in shock after deadly New York supermarket shooting
More information is coming to light about the victims of the Buffalo, New York, supermarket shooting, including how victims' families found out about the deaths from photographs and video clips on social media.

Mon, 16 May 2022 03:38:21 +0000
'I was stripped of everything': How COVID-19 stole the lives of African widows
With African men far more likely to die of COVID-19 than women, the virus has created an even larger population of widows on the continent — and exacerbated the issues they face.

Mon, 16 May 2022 05:37:31 +0000
Scott Morrison and the Labor Party are hot Google topics, but how much of that online activity will play out at the polls?
Many Australian voters spend a lot of time online, but a political expert warns much of their digital activity will not reflect what will happen at the polls.

Mon, 16 May 2022 05:58:14 +0000
Kim Jong Un criticises his own country's response to COVID-19 outbreak as cases surge in North Korea
Kim Jong Un criticises North Korean government officials for their slow response to the country's COVID-19 outbreak, as South Korea and China offer supplies to help their neighbour.

Mon, 16 May 2022 03:20:49 +0000
Eurovision 2022: Were there voting irregularities? Will Ukraine host next year's competition? Your questions answered
All eyes are on Ukranian band Kalush Orchestra, who won the annual song contest by a landslide. Here's how some are reacting to the win — and your other Eurovision questions.



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