Miles declares 'a win is a win' as Labor squeaks by in by-election
Topic:State and Territory Elections
· Jack Mckay
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Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
· Mikala Theocharous
What tax changes? Seven investors vie for $1.95 million Sydney house
Seven investors descended on a St Marys auction on Saturday, where a three-bedroom house with two kitchens, several living areas and sheds sold for $1.95 million, or $50,000 below its $2 million reserve.
· Carmen Forward
‘Should have been a public square’: The 39-storey tower about to rock this Sydney suburb
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· Michael Ruffles
The ‘affordable’ housing policies that subsidised a rental unit listed for $925 a week
Australia’s multibillion-dollar investment in social and affordable housing is helping to pay for thousands of relatively high-priced new apartments that people on lower incomes cannot afford and in some cases are explicitly blocked from occupying.
· Adam Carey
First home buyer nabs $740,000 Melbourne ex-rental as investors drop out
A first home buyer paid $740,000 for a Thomastown house at auction on Saturday after investors who had been interested dropped out of the race.
· Elizabeth Redman
Young woman killed, three injured in northern NSW crash
Topic:Road Accidents and Incidents
· Marina Trajkovich
Cheng Lei shines light on Chinese prison in a memoir and play
Cheng Lei poses for a photo at the Arts House performance space at the North Melbourne Town Hall in Melbourne, Australia, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)
· Rod Mcguirk
Woman found dead in home may have been there for weeks, police say
Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
· Sarah Swain
'Loophole' will allow millions of homeowners to negatively gear after July 2027
Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
· Lara Pearce
James Tedesco returns to Blues for 2026 State of Origin series opener
NSW coach Laurie Daley names six debutants for game 1
· Australian Associated Press
'Fast, destructive and highly visible': The arson tactic taking over crime wars
Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
· Mikala Theocharous
Australia’s best blind bowlers compete for glory on the green – in pictures
View image in fullscreenCurtis, 47, from Perth Bowling club lost both eyes in a 2023 gas explosion at his workplace. His brother came across a Facebook page run by Howard, the president of the Australian Blind Bowlers Association. Curtis, who has been bowling for two and a half years, is considered a B1, which means…
Australia's diphtheria outbreak may have claimed its first life
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· Nitvaustralia
Ex-Qantas boss seeks to launch new budget Australian airline
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Rainy days ahead for much of eastern Australia, as a dry winter looms
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Farmers given new weapon in fight against mouse plague gripping rural Australia
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Highway inferno after car torn in half in Sydney crash
Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
· Adam Vidler
Brisbane’s wet weather to clear for cold nights mid-week
A rainy start to the week is expected to drag through to mid-Tuesday, but overnight temperatures could plummet after a nationwide cloud band lifts mid-week.
· Catherine Strohfeldt
WA news LIVE: WA dairy workers strike for better pay
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'Make it legal next time': Another blistering 100m for Aussie Nketia
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Teenage bike swarms in Melbourne draw Victoria Police attention
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Teen girls charged after alleged violent Sydney CBD spree
Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
· Adam Vidler
1.2 million Queensland homes without compliant smoke alarms near deadline
Mon 18 May 2026 at 7:33am
· Sally Rafferty
Australia news live: NSW police make 993 arrests in four-day domestic violence sweep
Police laid 2,063 charges and conducted 1,847 bail compliance checks in operation targeting offenders with a history of domestic violence. Follow today’s news live
· Nick Visser
Meet the women rangers in Central Australia working to protect country
Among the desert landscapes and the magnificent rock formations iconic to Central Australia are the Aboriginal rangers who care for the land.
· Elsie Lange
Australia news LIVE: Support for Labor, Albanese slumps after budget, new polling shows; Ebola outbreak in DRC, Uganda declared public health emergency
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· Emily Kaine
Norway's princess does first event in Sydney
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Elk have been spotted in the wild in SA. Where did they come from?
Topic:Agricultural Pest Control
· Elsie Adamo
By Elsie Adamo
Elsie is the rural reporter for ABC South East SA. Returning to the region after working in Canberra, Elsie is passionate about finding local Limestone Coast news and stories. She has written for newspapers in Port Augusta, Port Pirie, Mount Gambier, Millicent and Penola before joining the ABC.
Rays vencen 6-3 a Marlins para conseguir su victoria 18 en sus últimos 22 juegos
El tercera base de los Rays de Tampa Bay, Junior Caminero, reacciona luego de que el equipo derrotara a los Marlins de Miami durante un partido de béisbol el domingo 17 de mayo de 2026, en St. Petersburg, Florida. (Foto AP/Chris O’Meara)
New foreshore plan for historic Sydney park revealed
Topic:Urban Development and Planning
· Isabella Ross
Students of newly merged Adelaide University protest changing of graduation venue
Topic:Higher Education
· Sarah Maunder
More rain forecast for south-east Queensland before temperatures plummet
Mon 18 May 2026 at 6:01am
· Josh Dye
‘Huge failure’: Lack of action on disability inquiry’s findings prompts fears of violence
People with disability will face increased rates of violence and abuse, advocates warn, after new analysis revealed just 3 per cent of the more than 200 recommendations from the disability royal commission have been implemented.
· Courtney Kruk
This charity receives millions from the government. Workers say conditions were 'like a jail'
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'Huge step forward': Ozempic endorsed to treat obesity and heart disease in Australian first
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A stranger assaulted Hannah on a tram. She may never have reported him if not for this
Hannah didn’t pay much attention to the man in her train carriage at first.
· Bridget McArthur
Police taskforce launches major investigation into Metro Tunnel rort
A specialist police taskforce has launched a major investigation into a multimillion-dollar Metro Tunnel rort that Big Build officials and contractors knew about for months but never formally relayed to police.
· Nick McKenzie
The dilemma Wallabies and All Blacks face when players head overseas
Mon 18 May 2026 at 5:17am
· Luke Pentony
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Andi Yu is a journalist and digital producer for ABC News Melbourne. She has formerly worked as reporter for Australian Associated Press in Melbourne and Sydney.
It began with one simple oval: Inside the $20 million saga plaguing a Sydney council
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· Cindy Yin
The secret list of banned hospital patients that’s endangering paramedics
Victorian public hospitals are using secret “not welcome lists” to ban aggressive patients in a move paramedics argue is putting them and patients at risk as they are turned away from emergency departments.
· Grant McArthur, Kieran Rooney
Sydney’s first electric ferry two years off as ambitions for entire fleet sink
Sydney will receive its first electric ferry two years later than originally planned as ambitions to electrify or use hydrogen to power the entire state government-owned fleet of 40 vessels by 2035 are set to be dashed.
· Matt O'Sullivan
‘Concert-goers pay’: Ticket levy could raise $3m for Sydney’s struggling music scene
Consumers should pay a tax on concert tickets at major stadiums in NSW to fund the state’s struggling local live music scene, three peak industry associations say.
· Kayla Olaya
Former Bentley and One Penny Red chefs bring a touch of Gidley glamour to the east
When restaurant, bar and live music venue The Hideaway opens at Bondi Junction next week, a caviar trolley will lap the room, bombe Alaska will be served tableside and a two-pronged chefs’ hatted act will grace its kitchen. RJ Lines, the chef and co-owner at Petersham’s now closed One Penny Red, and former Cirrus an…
· Scott Bolles
Steel mill becomes nation’s first to switch on mostly green power
A steel mill on the industrial edge of Melbourne has become the first in Australia to draw more than half of its power from renewable energy sources, marking a step forward in the push to clean up one of the world’s most carbon-intensive industries.
· Nick Toscano
‘Repeated acts of deceit’: Bankrupt businessman behind bars
A twice-bankrupted, twice-jailed pretend property developer is back behind bars, this time for contempt of court.
· Kate McClymont