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Jessica is a rural reporter for ABC Riverland, with a multi-platform reporting background. She's previously worked as a digital producer in the ABC Asia Pacific Newsroom, as a social media producer with ABC News and as a rural reporter in Queensland, Victoria and Tasmania.
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Donald Trump took questions from Australian reporters outside the White House. (Reuters: Jessica Koscielniak)
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Lady Beckham has stressed the importance of her children behaving “appropriately” amid a family feud with her son.
Alpine ash trees were scorched by fire near Mount Hotham, in Victoria. (ABC Landline: Tim Lee)
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s tour of Australia has raised alarm in royal circles after it emerged that Meghan is earning money from a shopping platform built around the outfits she wears on charitable engagements.
Across most of Australia, people under state care and their families cannot be identified. (ABC News: Cason Ho)
The laws to restrict New South Wales protests were brought in following the Bondi Beach terror attack. (ABC News: Abubakr Sajid)
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Police said two people armed with machetes set fire to the bar in Southbank Promenade. (ABC News)
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Australia will face a top-20 opponent for its final hit-out before the FIFA World Cup. (AAP: Richard Wainwright)
After spending more than a week in prison, Victoria Cross recipient and alleged war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith is expected to make a bail bid for freedom.The 47-year-old former SAS soldier was sensationally arrested on April 7 and charged with murdering five unarmed non-combatants while deployed in Afghanistan betwe…
El pitcher de los Gigantes de San Francisco Landen Roupp lanza en la primera entrada ante los Rojos de Cincinnati el jueves 16 de abril del 2026. (AP Foto/Carolyn Kaster)
Sri Lanka Women’s Under-19 team, led by Chamodi Praboda, will look to record their third consecutive win when they face England Women’s Under-19 team in their Tri-Series T20 fixture scheduled for today (17) at the Ian Healy Oval in Brisbane.
Former SAS corporal and Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith is expected to seek bail on war crimes charges. (AAP: Bianca De Marchi)
NSW has lured the Australian PGA Championship away from Queensland for the first time in 25 years, prompting golf officials to set their sights on targeting top 50 stars, including two-time US Open winner Bryson DeChambeau.
Chef Adam Wolfers has been lured back to his hometown of Sydney, stepping into the giant-sized kitchen clogs of 2025 Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide Chef of the Year Paul Farag as executive chef at the two-hatted Aalia restaurant.
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Glimpses of an Ancient Civilisation: Society and Culture in Jaffna (300 BC to AD 500) by Professor S. Pathmanathan. SSSR Investments Pty Ltd, Australia, 2026. Pp. 370.
Vanuatu's minister for climate change adaptation, Ralph Regenvanu, says Australia needs to do more to phase out fossil fuels. Source: AAP / Joel Carrett
Southern and central coastal parts of the state, including Yeppoon, will see a sunny start to the weekend, with a chance of showers on Sunday. (Supplied: Glenn Adamus Photographer )
A bottle shop in Melbourne’s east fears it will be defenceless against burglars after it was ordered to remove a “fortress-like” shutter by the council, sparking debate about what brick-and-mortar businesses can do to combat crime.
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A continuous 91-kilometre path along Sydney’s waterfront is a step closer under plans to join a series of missing links on the long-vaunted route from the Opera House to Parramatta Park.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says around 50 tankers are en route to Australia to bolster fuel supplies as the turmoil from the war in Iran continues.
Defence Minister Richard Marles has handed down the 2026 National Defence Strategy. (ABC News: Mick Tsikas)
Billionaire publican Arthur Laundy and his former business partner have been hit with claims that staff at their venues were underpaid by hundreds of thousands of dollars, as the business mogul prepares to finalise his $56 million takeover of Nine’s radio network.
A fight over a dog in a blue-ribbon Sydney apartment building that escalated into a six-and-a-half-year court battle, ending in a legal ruling recognised as one of the 21st century’s most influential, is now the subject of an explosive new tell-all book.
A West Australian council has inadvertently offered its “tacit” endorsement of a Pentecostal Christian organisation which claims to use faith to heal conditions ranging from asthma to deafness by allowing it to host a three-day festival on public land, according to a resident and former member of parliament.
Australia is verging on an AI boom within aged care that could improve the quality of life of older people, some experts say.
The "unprecedented" fire at one of the two remaining oil refineries in Australia took more than 12 hours to extinguish.
Melbourne butcher Raj Gurung is preparing for the worst.
They’re feeling euphoric.
Invasive plants grown in many Australian homes are a threat to the country's environment and biodiversity. (Pexels: Gary Barnes/ CC BY-ND 2.0)
Meghan Markle did not come to Australia underdressed.
1 of 22 Travis Kelce and Tommy Hilfiger meet up while on the set of a photo shoot in NYC. GC Images 2 of 22 Jason Momoa, Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya take a selfie during CinemaCon 2026 in Las Vegas. Getty Images for CinemaCon 3 of 22 Prince Harry kicks a Sherrin ball during a Western Bulldogs Australian rules foot…
Japan imports nearly all of its liquefied natural gas, with about 40% coming from Australia. (Photo by Rie Ishii)
Mauricio Pochettino, el técnico de Estados Unidos, charla con el volante Diego Luna (10) durante la final de la Copa Oro contra México, el 6 de julio de 2025, en Houston. (AP Foto/Ashley Landis)
Meghan Markle is monetizing her wardrobe.
CANBERRA — Australia will raise its defense spending to 3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2033 as armed conflicts flare worldwide, Defense Minister Richard Marles said on Thursday.
“Until October 7, I thought that antisemitism was mostly a fringe issue,” says Sylvan Adams. “On October 8, when there were anti-Israel and antisemitic demonstrations in Sydney, Manhattan, Toronto, and London, I came to the realization that this is a contemporary problem.” In the two and a half years since October 7…
Viva executives and firefighters will try to determine the cause of the blaze while the prime minister will hope the disruption to supplies is minimal
Wild footage has captured the moment a woman clung to the bonnet of a moving car, hurling abuse in a horrifying road rage incident on the Gold Coast.
In this bonus episode of the Walkley-nominated series about Australia’s richest person, senior correspondent Sarah Martin and producer Joe Koning examine Wednesday’s landmark court ruling that ends a 15-year-court battle between Gina Rinehart and rival heirs
Exclusive: Minns government announces contract with Snowy Energy to power public transport in seven-year contract
Discriminating against non-citizens in Australia was until recent days a fringe approach – but Angus Taylor has taken the idea and run with it
When it comes to vacuuming, slow and steady wins the rug race, according to social media users. But experts caution against overdoing the method