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Tech titans appear to be cosying up to Canberra with an eye to training data models here. An AI wealth fund could share in the profits
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Juan Mata, 38, named A-League’s best player: ‘Again I fell in love with football’
Melbourne Victory playmaker wins Johnny Warren medal
· Jack Snape
Eleven Australian flotilla activists released from Israeli detention
Fri 22 May 2026 at 10:58am
Last Australian women and children linked to IS leave Syrian camp before expected return home – report
Federal minister Tanya Plibersek says the group will face same repercussions on arrival in Australia as previous returnees
· Ben Doherty, Dan Jervis Bardy
The complaints at the centre of inspector’s City of Perth probe
Western Australia’s local government inspector is probing more than a dozen complaints relating to the City of Perth’s chief executive, which were laid bare at a behind-closed-doors meeting on Tuesday night in which the “dysfunctional” council was put on notice.
· Carla Hildebrandt, Indigo Lemay-Conway
Mother's love leads to cricket team representing Australia in the UK
Topic:Community Organisations
· Jessica Ross
'It will be hard': Parents warned as mass childcare centre shutdown looms
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· April Glover
'Classes of 50 children': Full-day ACT public teacher strike flagged
Topic:Educational Institutions
Labor MPs expect eventual concessions for startups after backlash to CGT changes
Several MPs tell Guardian Australia they are keen to see tweaks, and some are engaging directly with treasurer’s office
· Josh Butler, Krishani Dhanji
Revealed: How much your university made last year
The state’s top two universities have each reported $1.7 billion in revenue from international students, at a time when the federal government is attempting to reduce the number of international students, visa refusals are up and community concern about immigration is growing.
· Sally Rawsthorne
Second IS-linked group attempting return faces 'same consequences', Plibersek says
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'Like a sneeze': Race to build Australian AI data centres generates concern
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'Fake gas shortage': Premier's fracking comments draw fury from conservationists
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The online threat linked to Australia's worst diphtheria outbreak in decades
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'Has that been written off?': Fresh questions over Belle Gibson's $410,000 fine
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· Sbsaustralia
Australia's 'death tax' debate: What we really pay when we die
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· Sbsaustralia
The complaints at the centre of inspector’s City of Perth probe
Western Australia’s local government inspector is probing more than a dozen complaints relating to the City of Perth’s chief executive, which were laid bare at a behind-closed-doors meeting on Tuesday night in which the “dysfunctional” council was put on notice.
· Carla Hildebrandt, Indigo Lemay-Conway
The complaints at the centre of inspector’s City of Perth probe
Western Australia’s local government inspector is probing more than a dozen complaints relating to the City of Perth’s chief executive, which were laid bare at a behind-closed-doors meeting on Tuesday night in which the “dysfunctional” council was put on notice.
· Carla Hildebrandt, Indigo Lemay-Conway
Plane forced to divert over Ebola fears after passenger boarded 'in error'
Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
· Maddison Skipper
‘Up to the AFP to test that’: Crisafulli backs benched Olympics Minister
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has backed his Olympics Minister, and refused to be drawn on questions of a broader reshuffle of his cabinet, after Tim Mander stood down from his portfolio duties following a referral to police.
· Matt Dennien, Catherine Strohfeldt
Queensland premier learned of minister's AFP referral through media
Topic:State and Territory Government
· Jack Mckay
Luxury car dealership run by hospitality figure firebombed
A luxury car dealership run by a wealthy businessman and member of a well-known Melbourne hospitality family has been firebombed.
· Angus Delaney
What is 'pink slime' journalism and has it infiltrated Australian media?
Fri 22 May 2026 at 8:29am
· Madigan Landry
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Angus Verley is the rural reporter at ABC Wimmera. He previously worked at country newspapers in northern Victoria and studied journalism at RMIT University.
'Is that a UFO?' Suspected meteor lights up skies across NSW
Fri 22 May 2026 at 7:53am
News live: Australian flotilla activists released by Israel arrive in Istanbul and claim they were denied food and water
Eleven Australians were among pro-Palestine activists detained by Israel from the Global Sumud flotilla. Follow today’s news live
· Nick Visser, Josh Taylor
Arsonists smash their way into Melbourne luxury car dealership
Fri 22 May 2026 at 7:35am
Lord mayor tight-lipped on what's gone wrong inside City of Perth
Topic:Local Government
· Courtney Withers
Fears for fragile ecosystems as brumby population explodes in iconic national park
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· Sbsaustralia
Four-metre waves on the way as south-east Queensland braces for beach erosion
Fri 22 May 2026 at 7:03am
· Dominic Cansdale
Democrats release long-withheld 'autopsy' on Kamala Harris' 2024 US election loss
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· Sbsaustralia
Australia news LIVE: Second group of IS-linked families leave Syria for Australia, according to reports; Iran war and inflation hit jobs market as unemployment surges
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· Emily Kaine
Half Australia's farms are in trusts. So what does tax reform mean for farmers?
Fri 22 May 2026 at 6:32am
· David Claughton
Zeno Sworder’s hopeful and poetic Once I Was a Giant wins book of the year at Australian industry awards
In its 26th year, the ABIAs also recognised Possum Magic’s Mem Fox for ‘outstanding service’ to the industry
· Emma Joyce
Dismay over 150-year-old house being reduced to rubble
Topic:Monument and Heritage Site
· Kelsey Reid
KBy Kelsey Reid
Kelsey Reid is a multi-platform reporter based in Karratha, covering the Pilbara and Gascoyne regions of Western Australia. Prior to joining the ABC, she worked at newspapers in Kalgoorlie and Perth.
Sydney council slaps dog walkers and gender reveals with new park fees
Topic:Local Government
· Miriah Davis
Islamophobic TikToker made call for another Cronulla riot
A young man so enraged by the Bondi terror attack he called for a "Middle Eastern Bashing Day" will leave prison after five months.Ryder Shaw, 20, used a TikTok account to post two images the day after December's terrorist attack, calling for followers to "stand the f--- up" and riot at Cronulla Beach.The posts thre…
· Tom Wark
What's the purpose of the Quad?
Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar speaks in front of the U.S., Japanese and Australian foreign ministers before a Quad meeting at the State Department in Washington in July 2025.
· Brahma Chellaney
EBy Emilie Gramenz
Emilie Gramenz is a producer in the ABC's North America bureau in Washington DC. She has previously worked as a reporter in Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart and Rockhampton.
Feral horse numbers surge in Kosciuszko national park after pause in aerial culling, survey shows
Conservationists say population rebound demands rethink of retention zones that allow thousands of the animals to remain in the park
· Lisa Cox
Melbourne luxury car dealership firebombed
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Melbourne man arrested over threat to media
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He’s never been to Australia, let alone the Opera House. But this is how Yann is lighting its sails
French artist Yann Nguema has never been to Australia, but his first visit to Sydney this week will not be for a holiday – it’s to see his art projected onto the city’s most iconic canvas.
· Kayla Olaya
This NT community is in footy heartland, but has never produced an AFL player. Why?
Silvagni Watson’s aspiration is shared by many, if not most, of the 500-plus kids who play Australian rules football in faraway Maningrida.
· Jake Niall
Victoria’s Secret brings sexy back with VSXY ticker after woke rebrand crashes and burns: ‘We’re owning who we are’
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· Taylor Herzlich
'We need more plastic': Australian recyclers call to stop waste exports
Topic:Recycling and Waste Management
· Margaret Paul