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Small town raises more than $2 million for 'game-changing' MRIs
A community in Victoria's north-west has rallied to raise $2.6 million to help fund a new medical imaging machine for its local hospital.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:
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A clinic saving the lives of refugees facing an uncertain road ahead
The Brisbane centre is facing an uncertain future because the building it's in will go up for sale next month, and it'll be the fifth time they've been forced to move in 10 years.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Foster mum who raised 280 kids now helps people with cost of living
As the nation tackles a cost-of-living crisis, community heroes like Roylene Robinson are supporting others struggling to make ends meet.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:There were 500 listing at NSW's busiest court complex before it went dark
Sittings had just begun at the Downing Centre when courtrooms and foyers throughout the building's seven bustling levels were plunged into darkness.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Couple who allegedly used overseas surrogate for baby won't be charged
Queensland police have finalised their investigation into a Brisbane couple's international surrogacy case with no charges laid. Surrogacy advocates say the case shows Australia's are outdated.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:'Persistent loneliness' in a city full of people looking for friends
When masters student Kinneret Pezarkar moved to Canberra from Mumbai, she found making friends a challenge despite being surrounded by other students who had left their support networks behind.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Major winter storm to bring gales, rain and snow to southern Australia
Three cold fronts will generate damaging winds, heavy rain, isolated thunderstorms and pockets of small hail across southern states.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:In the Erin Patterson puzzle, the pieces are coming together
In the triple-murder trial's eighth week, the prosecution and defence used an avalanche of puzzle pieces to present two contrasting pictures to the jury.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:A month after record floods, tiny NSW community battles isolation
Record rains and devastating floods left residents of in this Mid North Coast farming hamlet relying on helicopters, drones and a homemade pulley to deliver essentials.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:SA looks to regions for gas supply as market shortfall looms
The SA government hopes to exploit gas reserves but activists are disappointed and concerned about what that might mean for a regional fracking ban.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Victoriaβs Liberals saved John Pesutto from bankruptcy. But can they save themselves from all-out war?
Exclusive: Since Moira Deeming won a defamation case against the former leader, internal strife has intensified. Now a loan to Pesutto by the party threatens to rip it apartGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAs his party room imploded last year, plagued by infighting and a looming defamation trial, John Pesutto placed a blank sheet of butcherβs paper in front of his colleagues. In the dying days...
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Labor eyes ambitious tax reform but it must be ready for vicious backlash from vested interests | Tom McIlroy
Two major pieces of tax analysis should be the starting point for Labor, but any change will inevitably create some winners and some losersGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThere was a hint of frustration in Anthony Albaneseβs voice when he spoke to the Canberra press gallery for the first time after Laborβs thumping election victory on 3 May.In the prime ministerβs courtyard at Parliament...
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Education minister intervenes to address crisis unfolding at ANU β as it happened
This blog has now closedBragg says βbetter valueβ for taxpayers if Coalition part of Chalmersβ productivity roundtableAndrew Bragg, the shadow minister for productivity and deregulation, told RN Breakfast this morning it was up to treasurer Jim Chalmers who sits on an upcoming productivity roundtable but taxpayers would be better off if the Coalition was on the invite list.As you know, weβre happy to be productive. We...
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Closing arguments conclude in Australia's mushroom trial as jury deliberation approaches β video
Closing addresses from the prosecution and defence have now concluded in the triple murder trial of Erin Patterson. Next it will be up to the jury to deliberate and reach a unanimous verdict. Patterson faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a lunch she served at her house in Victoria's Leongatha on 29 July 2023. She has pleaded not guilty to murdering three relatives of her...
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:View from The Hill: Albanese decides against pursuing Donald Trump to NATO
With the unpredictability of events in the Middle East and the US president himself, the prime minister has decided to skip the conference.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Malarndirri McCarthy urges states to remove hanging points from Australiaβs prisons
βWe do not want to see further deaths in custody,β federal minister for Indigenous Australians saysAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWarning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains names of Indigenous Australians who have died. This story contains descriptions of self-harm and some readers might find it...
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:βI was in a semi-breaking-down sort of placeβ: new study sheds light on the emotional toll for emergency volunteers
Emergency service volunteers are passionate about serving their communities. But this comes at a personal cost, especially without the right supports.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Australia wants more foreign investment. Thatβs why a $29 billion bid for Santos puts the Treasurer in a tricky position
Regulators will have to balance Australiaβs stated desire to attract foreign investment with the need to protect national interests.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Britainβs support for AUKUS is unwavering - but its capacity to deliver is another matter
Keir Starmerβs government, like those before it, is firmly behind the AUKUS pact. But there are some doubts the UK can provide the required submarines on time.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Coalition frontbencher Julian Leeser on why a closer alliance with the US is necessary β podcast
In a year shaped by rising global tensions and growing concerns over social cohesion at home, the shadow attorney general, Julian Leeser, presents his views on Australiaβs place in the world Continue reading...
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:New Victorian laws will help combat hate speech, but there is still some way to go
The reforms include up to five years jail for vilifying people for their gender, sexual orientation or disability. But thereβs a high bar for enforcing the laws.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:A Ukranian writer β her life cut short β and a seasoned reporter show the heroism of the βpeopleβs warβ
Victoria Amelinaβs unfinished notebook was salvaged after she was killed by a missile. From a bunker, meanwhile, John Lyons reports on the war.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:West Australian miners flexed their muscle to block a federal EPA last year. Will it be different this time?
Murray Watt came to the role of environment minister with a reputation as a fixer. The question now is, what will he trade to get WA miners on side?
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Technology to enforce teen social media ban is βeffectiveβ, trial says. But this is at odds with other evidence
The trialβs preliminary findings are hard to square with other evidence.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:6 things Australia must do if itβs serious about tackling school bullying
Australia has no nationally consistent approach to track bullying. Schools also need accurate data to understand if interventions are working.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Outback community overjoyed as pub reopens after six-month dry spell
Locals say the Gascoyne Junction pub is the "social hub" of the remote WA town and its reopening is bringing life back into the region.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Breaking: Childers backpacker hostel killer not being considered for parole
Robert Paul Long was sentenced to life in prison with a non-parole period of 20 years for setting fire to the Childers Palace Backpacker Hostel on June 23, 2000.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Who holds bragging rights to being Australia's coldest town?
Temperatures have been plummeting in large parts of the country as we are closing in on the shortest day of the year. But during the depths of winter, which town holds bragging rights as the coldest in the country?
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:A new special tribunal will investigate Russiaβs aggression against Ukraine. Will it be effective?
Itβs unclear if the most senior Russian state officials can and will be able to be brought to trial for the crime of aggression.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:'Open door policy': Castley says no 'formal complaints' as Cain resigns
ACT Opposition Leader Leanne Castley says no "formal complaints" have been lodged by staff following MLA Peter Cain's resignation from her shadow cabinet over leadership concerns.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Traditional owners 'sidelined' in government's North West Shelf approval
A group of Pilbara traditional owners has written to the federal government as pressure mounts to reveal the conditions of its North West Shelf extension.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Labuschagne dropped for West Indies Test, as injured veteran misses out
Marnus Labuschagne goes from the world's top-ranked Test batter to dropped in the space of two years, after being left out of the team to face the Windies.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Many elite athletes live below the poverty line. Tax-deductible donations wonβt solve the problem
It might sound like a good idea: making tax-deductible donations to potential Olympians and Paralympians. But there are a few potential downsides.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Sourdough deployed in bid to prevent potentially disastrous infestation
A leading biosecurity officer says it will be several months before Australia can be declared free of an invasive snail that has the potential to infest hundreds of plant species.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Anger, costly clean-up after 200 tyres dumped in national park gorge
Authorities have spent more than $100,000 and delayed bushfire safety work to remove hundreds of tyres illegally ditched in one of Queensland's most pristine national parks.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source: