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Why do Karratha, Port Hedland mark King's Birthday public holiday early?
A small pocket of Western Australia observes a public holiday one month before the rest of the state. But do they want to keep it that way?
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:
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Canberra's record power outages leave business owners like Alex nervous
High heater use, population growth and a push towards electrification has seen an uptick in unplanned power outages in Canberra this winter as the electricity network struggles to cope with record demand.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:WA government to amend act after court rules council can rate miner
A move to amend the Local Government Act after the Supreme Court ruled a Midwest shire could rate a miner is described as an "extraordinary step" to "undermine" the decision by the WA Local Government Association.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:Healthy, sport-obsessed teen's world changed by kidney failure
Riley Turnbull was a healthy teenager, but when his kidneys started failing, his world changed.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:At a pivotal place, an urgent problem goes unaddressed by the PM
The prime minister's address at Garma this weekend contained strong commitments on economic development and land rights, but what was left unsaid became a talking point.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:Tee shot bounces off Aussie's ball for hole-in-one at British Open
Australian Steph Kyriacou is involved in another hole-in-one, this time for a rival player, as Japan's Miyu Yamashita takes out the Women's British Open.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:'Game-changing' diabetes technologies out of reach as cost of living climbs
Patients like Sammy Haigh spend hundreds of dollars every month managing their diabetes, as calls for increased subsidies grow.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:Your say: week beginning August 4
Trump turns on his leading supporters, and caring for parents who didnβt show much care themselves: an edited selection of your feedback on our stories.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:Suspected copper thieves cut cable causing Telstra outage in Mount Isa
The company says technicians have brought mobile and enterprise services back online after a fibre-optic cable was severed, causing an outage this morning.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:Russian volcano erupts for first time in centuries
Staff at the Kronotsky Nature Reserve, where the volcano is located, say the eruption sent ash 6 kilometres into the sky.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:Four emergency warnings, 20,000 without power after wild weather in NSW
Emergency flood warnings remain in place in parts of NSW, as the search for a 26-year-old woman missing in the Hunter region resumes this morning.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:England and India set for gripping finale as Root leaves door ajar
Joe Root's 39th Test century leaves England on the brink of a famous Test victory but his dismissal has India harbouring thoughts of tying a thrilling series on its final day.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:Police release CCTV footage of male defacing Melbourne synagogue
CCTV footage shows a masked male spray painting offensive phrases on a Melbourne synagogue.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:Harris's freestyle gold not enough to help Australia top swimming medal tally
Meg Harris rounds out her swimming championships in style with a gold medal in the 50m freestyle final, but it isn't enough to help Australia overtake the United States in the final medal tally.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:Live: Wall Street tumbles on weak jobs report and ASX set to fall
A combination of worse-than-expected jobs data and the new tariff regime have hit US stocks hard. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:Live: Australian politicians 'underestimated' public on Gaza, Husic says
Labor MP Ed Husic saysAustralian politicians have "underestimated" how strongly Australians feel about the humanitarian crisis in the Middle East. Follow live.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:Glenelg trams are out of action amid Adelaide overpass work. Here's what to expect
Adelaide's Glenelg tramline will be out of action for up to six months to allow for major upgrade works, including construction of three new overpasses. Here's a look at how that will impact public transport users, drivers and businesses.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:V/Line commuters fed up after two months without trains to east Gippsland
More services will be added to the Gippsland line later this year, but commuters' patience is running short after battling disruptions since 2018, when upgrades began.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:Morning Mail: killings hidden in coded diaries of WA settler, huge Gaza protest on Sydney Harbour Bridge, Piastri second in Hungary
Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletterGood morning. Our lead story today is a new investigation into coded diary entries from a Western Australian pastoralist. They describe a number of killings of Yamatji people in the 1850s, confirming knowledge passed down through Yamatji Naaguja families for generations. Descendants...
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:Melting glaciers on remote Australian island spark concern
Glaciers on the remote Australian territory of Heard Island have lost almost a quarter of their size over the past seven decades amid rising temperatures in the sub-Antarctic region, new research shows.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:The NT has the nation's highest rate of sexual violence, and it's worsening
The Northern Territory has the highest rate of sexual violence in Australia, with experts warning there's been a steep increase in children presenting with harmful sexualised behaviours.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:'Red flags ignored' about mentally unwell woman now in custody
Two psychiatrists have told the ABC authorities failed to help protect them from a patient who allegedly violently attacked them and other health professionals.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:Man falls to his death during Oasis concert at London's Wembley Stadium
The band says its members are "shocked and saddened" after the man, who was understood to be sitting in the upper tier, fell to his death during the concert.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:More chilly mornings and clear skies forecast for Queensland
Light showers are expected to return to the eastern coast from Thursday, and temperatures are due to creep back towards average.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:Faith, courage and reconsidering the βenemyβ: two novels drawing on family history shed light on Australiaβs marginalised past
A vivid Torres Strait Islander story emphasising the tragedy of colonial rule and a slow-burning postwar tale of a white woman in Japan are engaging historical novels.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:Why do I feel so emotional when I listen to music from my teenage years?
Those songs act as a musical key to a neurological time capsule that transports us back to the intense emotions of our adolescent brain β a time of many firsts.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:Researchers watched 150 episodes of Bluey β they found it can teach kids about resilience for real life
Sheβs six years old, lives in Brisbane and might just be one of the best resilience coaches on television.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:What we donβt talk about when we talk about missing people
Police receive 50,000 missing reports in Australia each year. But not everyone goes missing by accident β for some people itβs a choice or a way to cope.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:Weβre not minimising the cost of the net zero transition. These reforms will help
We need to reduce the costs of getting to net zero. Better emissions-reduction incentives and faster approvals processes for renewable energy would be a good start.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:Economists want a carbon price comeback β but does Australia have the political courage?
Australia killed off its world-leading carbon price. As budget pressure mounts, economists want it back on the table.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:These brothers grew up revering their great-uncle Bill. Then the full story came out
Constable Bill McKinnon shot an Aboriginal man at Uluru. Facing up to crimes like this is part of the work Indigenous Australians have been calling on colonial descendants to do for decades β to βbe braveβ and seek out the truth. Itβs why Guardian Australia has launched this projectThe killing code: strange symbols in a WA settlerβs diaries lay bare frontier atrocitiesRead more from Guardian Australiaβs series The...
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:The killing code: strange symbols in a WA settlerβs diaries lay bare frontier atrocities
Exclusive: Stories of murders passed down by Yamatji elders are confirmed by a cipher hidden in the 1850s journals of prominent pastoralist Major Logue. Now descendants on both sides want to break the shame and silence Continue reading...
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:βGo woke, go brokeβ is no longer true. Socially aware capitalism is the future of corporate responsibility
The long-accepted idea that businesses must focus on shareholder profit above all else has fractured, with companies increasingly taking a stand on social issues.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:Young Liberals urge Coalition to distance itself from Sky News and blame Maga βmirageβ for Dutton loss
Exclusive: Submission to election postmortem says βfringe rightβ of the party membership had too much influence Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Young Liberals want the Coalition to distance itself from Sky News and appeal to voters through a wider variety of media outlets, blaming Donald Trump-style culture wars for Peter Duttonβs...
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:Australian defence force ads on TikTok and in video games drive 15-year high recruitment numbers
ADF enlisted 7,059 full-time personnel last financial year from 75,000 applications, but the target was 8,105.Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian defence force has failed to meet its latest recruitment targets despite recording the highest recruitment and retention levels in more than a decade, driven in part by ads on TikTok...
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