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Luke has honoured his late father with a headstone he made himself
People struggling to afford the cost of a headstone for a loved one are learning the concreting skills to make one themselves.
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School holidays can be confusing. Here's why they vary across the country
If Easter holidays have got you confused this year, you are not alone. Hereβs why the Easter school holidays are a little bit different this year and why school holidays differ state by state.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Almond Ashes brings together Aussie growers and their Indian buyers
The famed cricketing rivalry between Australia and India has at times become a heated affair. The Almond Ashes between the two nations faced no such problems.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Aussie snowboarder Clift makes World Cup podium
Australia's Mia Clift claims a silver medal in the women's snowboard cross at the World Cup event held in Mont St Anne, Canada.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Garden stores a 'hot mess' of what could be the next invasive weeds
There are tens of thousands of exotic ornamental plants sold in Australian nurseries but fewer than a quarter have been assessed for their potential to become an invasive weed.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Coalition vows to cap international student enrolments at 240,000 a year
Peter Dutton will pledge to cap the number of international students able to start study in Australia each year at 240,000, after blocking Labor's attempts to introduce legislation to limit enrolments last year.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:'Mind-boggling': Abuse victim reported priest but he was never defrocked
Peter Cotton told Tasmania's Catholic Church it had a paedophile priest in its ranks. More than 20 years on, he's worried the church hasn't learnt from the experience.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Live: Coalition details international student cuts as Labor targets Queensland
The prime minister will spend the day on the hustings in Queensland, where the government holds just five of the state's 30 seats. Follow live.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Council moves to revive New Year's Eve music festival on Bondi Beach
Local officials hope to bring back a New Year's Eve festival on Sydney's famous Bondi Beach that last blasted beats out over the waves more than a decade ago.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:How a rent-to-buy scheme will allow Leon to own his home of 49 years
Generations of families on Palm Island have never had an opportunity to purchase their own home, but a new life-changing housing initiative is set to change that.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Police officer who caused deadly Sydney bus crash allowed to keep job
NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb decided to keep Sergeant Justone Wong on the force after he was convicted of dangerous driving causing death over an incident that happened while on duty.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:A 'national spotlight' will be on these two electorates on election day
Two of Australia's marginal seats may have become "more marginal" after the recent redrawing of boundaries. The ABC visited the electorates ahead of the federal election to find out what issues some of those voters cared most about.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Inside the notorious American jail where inmates are learning Vedic meditation
After a devastating family tragedy in her early 30s, journalist Joh Jarvis found solace in mediation. Now, she teaches the spiritual practice to prisoners in America's most notorious jails.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:'Deals to be had' as US tariffs send steel prices plummeting
Some Australian steel businesses have seen the price of steel drop sharply in the wake of Donald Trump's steel tariffs, but there are fears the glut of imported steel is threatening the viability of Australian manufacturers.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Inside these homes, the cost of alleged NDIS fraud is laid bare
People with mental illness are getting lost in the NDIS system, isolated from friends and family and abandoned while their lucrative government funding is drained. This is how they're living.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:As a man confesses to punching a wall, 1.8 million Australians are watching
As millions of people worldwide tune in to this year's season of Married at First Sight, audiences, experts and politicians have questioned the reality TV show's response to a violent incident, less than a year after a domestic violence national emergency was declared.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Aussie star Levi breaks another record at Singapore Sevens
Australian star Maddison Levi sets another try scoring record at the Singapore Sevens, helping her side reach the semifinals.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Eid and elections often collide. But this week something was different
It's not unusual for a federal election campaign to overlap with Eid al-Fitr, one of the most important days in the Muslim calendar. It is the absence of many senior politicians at traditional community events that raises eyebrows.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Abel Selaocoe isn't like other cello players
Abel Selaocoe's brother once told him that playing the cello would change his life. He was absolutely right. Today, he's an international sensation.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:'Smaller is better': Why fashion has turned its back on inclusivity
Less than 1 per cent of models during recent runway shows were plus-sized. Some fear it shows fashion is on a worrying trajectory away from inclusivity.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:How historic is what weβre seeing in the Queensland floods? Itβs hard to grasp the full magnitude
This weather event has not been seen on this scale since European colonisation. Why has it happened now?Bigger than Texas: the true size of Australiaβs devastating floodsGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastWhen Dorothea Mackellar wrote of flooding rains more than a century ago, she couldnβt have anticipated anything on the scale of the current deluge in Queensland.The downpour, which began...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Facebook, Fortnite and FREE TAFE: nowhere to hide for voters in the Australian election campaign | The shadow campaign
The Liberals have pressed hard on the negatives, while Labor has a button of its own. Plus: Nick McKimβs surprisingly authentic gaming personaElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignRead more from the shadow campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coveragePeter Dutton has been noisy in recent weeks in calling out Laborβs βdirt unitβ, a βsledge-a-thonβ and βindustrial-scaleβ...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Rebranding Peter Dutton: has he done enough to shed βheartless hard-assβ image to win top job?
The federal election will test whether voters accept the divisive politician has softened into a national leaderElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:What does Australian sovereignty look like? Itβs a question we now must answer thanks to Donald Trump | Julianne Schultz
Confidence in American reliability is tumbling in every poll. As tariffs kick in, how can we adjust to not having a great superpower as our protector?Prof Hugh White, the esteemed yet critical analyst of Australian defence policy, took a deep breath, surveyed the men he had spent a lifetime debating, and said: βDonald Trump is doing us a favour.β He is proving that our old assumptions are βall wrongβ.White knew this...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Handle with care: the international community sending parcels of pure joy through the mail
Anna Ryan-Punch was 15 when she received her first friendship book. It was the start of a lifelong hobbyAustralian Anna Ryan-Punch was 15 when she received her first friendship book β a handmade and decorated pocket-sized booklet full of names and addresses of people looking for pen pals. Recipients were invited to add their details to the list, send a letter to other signatories, and then pass the booklet on to...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:βThe stories were always there, they kept us strongβ: surviving one of the darkest periods of Queenslandβs colonial past
A new exhibition at the state library shares Aboriginal stories of frontier violence and survival on Kalkadoon country around Mt Isa Warning: this article contains images of Indigenous Australians who have diedGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailWhen Ena Sam emerged from a year-long stay in hospital, recovering from a severe kidney infection that led to both her hands and feet being amputated, her family was...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Outback diplomacy: Finnish ambassador braves Australiaβs βloud, rough and dustyβ Shitbox Rally
Arto Haapea hopes to raise $30,000 for cancer research as he navigates the rugged terrain from Perth to Darwin in a 2005 blue Toyota Camry Get our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastYou may have driven a lemon when you first scored your P plates β but would you trust that car to take you cross-country through the Australian outback?Finlandβs ambassador to Australia, Arto Haapea, is testing the...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Young woman swaps high-vis for higher education to become paramedic
Hannah Jayne graduated without an ATAR, then spent five years working at her local mine before she found her calling as a paramedic.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Australia's most unaffordable city to rent in might surprise you
Spiralling rents have priced out even average income households from at least half the postcodes in three capital cities and one regional area, according to an ABC analysis of exclusive figures covering thousands of neighbourhoods across the country.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Melania Trumpβs secret to getting through hard times? Love (actually)
The first lady spoke about (wait for it) diversity as she presented awards to courageous women from around the worldLetβs take a quick break from the increasingly dreadful news for a little check-in, shall we? So β¦ how are you holding up right now? How are those stress levels? Continue reading...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Labor targets cost of living and climate with $2.3bn household battery pledge
Energy package could save households with a solar and battery system up to $2300 a year, according to departmental analysisElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Daylight saving time 2025: When does daylight savings end in Australia, and do clocks go back or forward in April? Hereβs when your clock will change
Daylight savings ended for people in NSW, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT on the first Sunday of April and wonβt return until October. But why do we have DST?Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMany Australians have said goodbye to long warmer days and hello to an extra hour of sleep as the temperature begins to...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:With US bombers at the ready, can Trump cut a deal with Iran and avoid a war?
Donald Trump has given Iran two months to agree to a new nuclear deal or be prepared for war. Hereβs how both sides could come to an agreement.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Coalition rethinks its return to work mandates
Policy feared to be unpopular in seats with high numbers of working professional women now only applies to Canberra-based bureaucratsElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti says state is ready for stormy economic seas
WA's economic good times could be in the rear-view mirror, with the price of iron ore and Donald Trump's tariffs creating a bumpy road. But WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti is confident the state can withstand the shocks.
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