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Queensland News
- Yvette D'Ath said the criticism was coming from former ministers who were long out of politics.
Yvette D'Ath said the criticism was coming from former ministers who were long out of politics. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 16:19:51 +1000 - Queensland A-G defends premier against old guard calling for 'new model' leader
Former Labor Party ministers have told Annastacia Palaszczuk to go before next year's state election but Yvette D'Ath says that leadership speculation does not extend to the caucus. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 16:01:58 +1000 - Growing calls for batteries to be declared 'dangerous goods'
There are growing calls for batteries to be declared dangerous goods as illegally dumped lithium ion batteries are causing nearly 40 fires a day at recycling facilities and landfills. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 12:32:02 +1000 - The numbers that show Cameron Bancroft is in pole position for a Test recall
Cameron Bancroft has put down some serious red ball numbers as the Sheffield Shield heads to its mid-season hibernation, but will it be enough for him to get back into the Test team? - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 11:45:12 +1000 - Lawn Bowls para athletes set world record for longest singles match
Lawn bowls para athlete Serena Bowls and teammate Ellen Falkner set a new world record for the longest singles match ever played of 33 hours and 12 minutes. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 10:51:53 +1000
New South Wales News
- Defending champion Buhai grabs Australian Open lead
South African Ashleigh Buhai is poised to claim back-to-back women's Australian Open crowns, while local hero Min Woo Lee shares the lead in the men's field heading into the final round. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 19:09:41 +1100 - After 30 years of dazzling Christmas lights displays, Peter and Lauraine Overton are calling time
Thousands of people descend on Mallee Street in Sydney's Quakers Hill every year to get a look at the Overtons' home, turning their quiet suburban street into a traffic snarl. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 18:12:43 +1100 - Law student one day, outback muster hand the next — Ruby's fulfilling two very different passions
In her 1999 emerald-green SUV, Ruby Buchanan travels around the New South Wales outback as a contract musterer. Yet musterer isn't her only title — Ruby is also studying to become a lawyer. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 18:12:39 +1100 - Aurora Australis 'sparkles' across skies as far north as inland NSW
Shutterbugs and stargazers were last night directing their eyes and their lenses upwards at the Aurora Australis, with the iridescent sky show detected in southern and central Australia. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 15:51:07 +1100 - From the makeshift recording studio of his wardrobe, Fiula dreams of conquering the world
Inspired by fellow Indigenous artist The Kid LAROI, Fiula Havili records his music from his bedroom. He says he's inspired by everything around him, from the land to his experience as a teenager in the outback. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 15:04:49 +1100
Victoria News
- Aurora Australis 'sparkles' across skies as far north as inland NSW
Shutterbugs and stargazers were last night directing their eyes and their lenses upwards at the Aurora Australis, with the iridescent sky show detected in southern and central Australia. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 15:51:07 +1100 - North Melbourne's Amy Smith eyes for Grand Final glory
North Melbourne's Amy Smith says she watched a few videos of her father Shaun's performances as she prepares for the Grand Final match against Brisbane Lions. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 13:59:13 +1100 - When Oz Malik watched TV as a kid, Muslim characters were scarce. He's hoping to change that
Oz Malik began devouring films in primary school, but growing up he realised very quickly there were few Muslim men on Western television. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 11:38:18 +1100 - Mallacoota floods cause disruptions to residents
A teacher in Mallacoota says the floods have cause major disruptions for residents as people couldn't come in or leave the town. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 10:26:43 +1100 - Shearer Luke Hillis in action, flying through a mob of ewes
Luke Hillis was flying through a mob of ewes when ABC Rural caught up with him. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 09:28:04 +1100
Western Australia News
- Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters target Israeli shipping line at Fremantle Port
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters set up picket lines at Fremantle Port in an effort to prevent workers from loading a ship owned by an Israeli company. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 16:34:38 +0800 - New AUKUS space facility being built in WA's remote north-west
A high-tech facility is being built on Western Australia's remote north-west coast as part of AUKUS efforts to improve "deep-space object tracking". - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 16:29:21 +0800 - 'Fun, exciting, painful': Min Woo Lee's coach Ritchie Smith reflects on tutoring Australia's man of the moment
Min Woo Lee has shot into the public eye following his brilliant win at the Australia PGA Championship a week ago, but he has never been the easiest player to train, according to his coach. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 14:50:26 +0800 - Someone 'had to die' before Lucy could access life-saving dialysis in her home town
First nations people are at a greater risk of developing chronic kidney disease. But, Indigenous patients in WA's regions can wait years before getting a dialysis placement near home. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 12:53:40 +0800 - 'It's magic': How gliding has given Godfrey a thrilling new perspective on life after his wife's death
At 76, rookie glider Godfrey Lowe concedes he's got a lot to learn, but says his new hobby is "absolutely magical" and has given him a new perspective on life. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 12:52:19 +0800
South Australia News
- WBBL final live: Table-topping Strikers take on red-hot Heat at Adelaide Oval
Defending champions Adelaide Strikers are in their third straight WBBL final, facing Brisbane Heat at Adelaide Oval. Check out the live scores and stats in our ScoreCentre. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 18:02:25 +1030 - Driver charged with assault after teenage pedestrian injured by car at Strathalbyn
A driver will face court charged with offences including aggravated assault after a 15-year-old boy was struck by a car south-east of Adelaide, police say. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 16:05:20 +1030 - Aurora Australis 'sparkles' across skies as far north as inland NSW
Shutterbugs and stargazers were last night directing their eyes and their lenses upwards at the Aurora Australis, with the iridescent sky show detected in southern and central Australia. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 15:21:07 +1030 - The numbers that show Cameron Bancroft is in pole position for a Test recall
Cameron Bancroft has put down some serious red ball numbers as the Sheffield Shield heads to its mid-season hibernation, but will it be enough for him to get back into the Test team? - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 12:15:12 +1030 - Health authorities investigating multiple complaints of unlicensed tobacco stores
SA Health is looking into complaints of unlicensed tobacco stores in Adelaide, as leaflets advertising cheap cigarettes were found in suburban letterboxes. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 09:34:25 +1030
Tasmania News
- Aurora Australis 'sparkles' across skies as far north as inland NSW
Shutterbugs and stargazers were last night directing their eyes and their lenses upwards at the Aurora Australis, with the iridescent sky show detected in southern and central Australia. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 15:51:07 +1100 - After she became a paraplegic, Katherine had to swap her horse-racing dreams for farm life
When she fell from a horse at the age of 19, Katherine Reed became a paraplegic. She had to swap her horse-racing dreams for farm life, and together with her husband Tim, adapts, challenges stereotypes and advocates for disability inclusion in agriculture. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 09:28:08 +1100 - Older lesbians enter prestigious art prize to show they too have a place in the landscape
After identifying a lack of representation in past Glover Prize entries, a group of older lesbians are taking matters into their own hands. Employing the mediums of photography, collage and paint, members of the Soup Collective are working together to challenge the idea of the "individual genius artists". - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 09:22:15 +1100 - Preselection snub for O'Byrne but will it be enough to get Tasmanian Labor back in government?
David O'Byrne is a notable absence from the team the Tasmanian Labor Party is taking to the next election. Labor leader Rebecca White has put a stake in the ground, showing her team's ready to fight an election — only time will tell whether it's enough to avoid a fourth straight election loss. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 08:33:01 +1100 - East Coast Low makes way for severe thunderstorms, a December scorcher, and Coral Sea cyclone
Next week to bring a repeat of wild weather across many parts of Australia, after a surprisingly wet November. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 05:46:15 +1100
Australian Capital Territory News
- Bruce Lehrmann's defamation action was set to be a re-run of his trial, but some key evidence is being revealed
Brittany Higgins's allegation she was raped by former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann in then-minister Linda Reynolds's office has had far-reaching consequences, and perhaps the most extraordinary part of the tale has been playing out in Federal Court this week. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 08:23:08 +1100 - Jim Chalmers urged by states and territories to make GST arrangements permanent
As Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers completes the finishing touches on his mid-year economic outlook, he’s been urged by his state and territory counterparts to make the GST 'no-worse-off guarantee' a permanent arrangement. - Fri, 01 Dec 2023 17:01:57 +1100 - In John's final weeks of life, travelling for voluntary assisted dying appointments was 'a very big ask'
State leaders are calling for the federal government to amend Commonwealth laws and allow telehealth consultations for patients seeking access to voluntary assisted dying services, in the wake of a Federal Court ruling. - Fri, 01 Dec 2023 16:10:49 +1100 - Canberra man to spend six months in jail for sexually assaulting his 15yo niece 37 years ago
Antonius Van de Zandt, 72, will only serve six months of a three-year prison sentence behind bars for sexually assaulting his teenage niece in 1986, due to his age and poor health. - Fri, 01 Dec 2023 16:08:05 +1100 - Brittany Higgins re-wore dress she was allegedly raped in to 'reclaim' it, court hears
Brittany Higgins tells the Federal Court she tried to "reclaim" the dress she alleges she was sexually assaulted in by wearing it at a Liberal Party function in the months afterwards. - Fri, 01 Dec 2023 09:28:45 +1100
Northern Territory News
- First Nations NORFORCE soldiers patrol remote Top End
Australia's vast northern borders are being defended by squadrons of soldiers using techniques of thousands of years old. ABC's Matt Garrick reports from a live mission with NORFORCE. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 10:35:21 +0930 - The mysterious creature with 'bizarre' anatomy that once roamed Australia
Palorchestes was an ancient, blind, sharp-toothed animal that also boasted an elephant-like trunk. It lived for millions of years in pockets of Australia, but its fossils are extremely rare. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 08:57:20 +0930 - Facing a volatile future, Australia harnesses thousands-year-old techniques to defend remote borders
In an era of spy satellites and nuclear submarines, Australia's vast northern borders are still being defended by squadrons of soldiers using techniques that are thousands of years old. - Sat, 02 Dec 2023 04:14:11 +0930 - Alice Springs continues clean up after a fierce thunderstorm
Central Australia was battered by the storm yesterday afternoon and now authorities say power has been restored to almost all homes after the systems damaged trees and infrastructure. - Fri, 01 Dec 2023 19:45:01 +0930 - An airline's cancellation of all December flights on one route has devastated families' holiday plans
Budget Australian airline Bonza cancels all December flights between Darwin and the Gold Coast, leaving families who purchased tickets exasperated, furious and now at the mercy of exorbitant flight prices to make it to their destination. - Fri, 01 Dec 2023 18:13:03 +0930
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