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· Patrick Brischetto
How every Matilda fared at the 2026 Women's Asian Cup
Alanna Kennedy's reinvention as a goal scoring machine, Hayley Raso's unfortunate concussion-interrupted campaign and Mary Fowler's miracle recovery — it was a tournament of contrasting fortunes for the members of Australia's favourite team.
· Henry Hanson
How a 15-year-old boy became a surprise Melbourne Cup winner
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· Sarah Buchecker
Australia's Spencer snatches bronze with brilliant finish
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The unseen costs of living with a disability in regional Australia
About half of Grace's NDIS funding is chewed up by extra costs due to her rural location. (ABC News: Sharon Gordon)
· Olivia Sanders
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Olivia Sanders is a news reporter for ABC South West Victoria, based in Warrnambool.
Politics live: new standards for datacentres being built in Australia; report warns of drone threat
Labor under pressure over fuel crisis as federal parliament returns. Follow updates live
· Krishani Dhanji
Morning Mail: threats of escalation from US and Tehran; outrage over Legal Aid appointee; outsourced workers treated ‘like battery hens’
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· Paul Gallagher
Australia hosted ‘Thought Leadership Session’ on disaster recovery in Colombo - DailyNews
The Australian High Commissioner, Matthew Duckworth, hosted a pivotal ‘Thought Leadership’ educational session titled ‘ConnectEd” at his residence in Colombo yesterday, focusing on disaster recovery efforts following Cyclone Ditwah. This event was part of a series organized by the Australian Trade, Investment & Educ…
· Gayan Abeykoon
How councils coerce homeless people into eviction
When the City of Moreton Bay made homeless camping illegal on public land on March 12 last year, it caused a domino effect across south-east Queensland.
· Kenji Sato
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· Gayan Abeykoon
Few leaders in Australia are as firmly entrenched in power than Peter Malinauskas
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· Thomas Kelsall
A researcher asked 10 people to go car-free for 20 days. None wanted to continue
Almost a dozen regular Brisbane people took on a challenge to give up their car for 20 days, but by the end of the experiment, they decided it was unrealistic for them to go totally car-free.
· Felicity Caldwell
Wallabies turn to former All Blacks defensive guru to bolster coaching staff
Rugby Australia has recruited former All Black centre Scott McLeod as the Wallabies’ new defence coach, in the first key staffing appointment of incoming Test coach Les Kiss.
· Iain Payten
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Luke is a Melbourne-based digital sport reporter and producer with the ABC.
NSW school ban for aggressive parents
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Are private health insurers trying to move Australia to a US-style model?
Have you ever been to a MyHealth GP clinic, bought weight loss treatments at health.hub or had a telehealth appointment with Blua?
· Alison Branley
Man dead, five injured in Sydney crash
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Australia looks to Asia for fuel
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Cattle ships have an hour to navigate this channel or run aground
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· Emily Smith
Ghanim lost his family, then his arms. It took 12 years to make it right
Ghanim Al Shnen lost both of arms in a workplace accident in 2018. (Australian Story: Tom Hancock)
· Greg Hassall
By Greg Hassall
Greg Hassall is a producer for Australian Story. He previously worked at The Sydney Morning Herald as a senior editor, feature writer and television critic. He decided to stop writing about television and start making it in 2012 and joined Australian Story shortly afterwards.
Matildas need a grand plan to stave off end-of-an-era concerns
The Matildas' leadership group and coach Joe Montemurro were sombre at the Asian Cup thank-you event in Sydney. (Getty Images: Ayush Kumar)
· Amanda Shalala
Minister’s ‘fast-tracked’ housing towers become ghost projects
Major housing projects “fast-tracked” by the Allan government to bypass community consultation on the basis they were “shovel ready” are sitting dormant more than a year after receiving the green light.
· Daniella White
Far from the frontline, close to the fallout: How the Middle East war is testing Australia
Australia is not a superpower, but experts say it remains a stakeholder in the ongoing war in the Middle East. Source: SBS, Getty
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By Mary McGillivray
Mary McGillivray is an art history communicator making visual culture analysis accessible for the next generation. She holds a master's degree in History of Art and Architecture from the University of Cambridge, and is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne.
Albanese steps in on fuel supply as Coalition calls for Russian sanctions pause
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will use his weight to push Asian countries to keep supplying oil to Australia as the Coalition proposes dropping sanctions on Russian fertiliser to avoid a food inflation should the Strait of Hormuz remain blocked.
· Paul Sakkal
Why 24-hour public transport in Sydney could become a reality
The NSW government is looking to run 24-hour public transport services on more occasions in Sydney after a successful trial over the Mardi Gras weekend where patronage on metro services surged 41 per cent.
· Cindy Yin
Money laundering probes, a multimillion-dollar deal and misleading evidence: The curious case before Victoria’s racing tribunal
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· Danny Russell
The ‘moral dilemma’ at school gates as essential items rely on parents paying voluntary fees
Parental contributions are causing a “moral dilemma” at some government schools, as fewer than half of families pay the voluntary fee despite it increasingly being used for services such as first aid and maintenance.
· Jackson Graham
It had to be you: Harry Connick Jr under the radar in Collingwood
Melbourne might be on the nose with some locals, but internationally lauded performer Harry Connick Jr, a three-time Grammy-winning singer, writer and producer, has quietly put down roots in town.
· Fiona Byrne, John Buckley
Akliouche marca la diferencia y Mónaco vence al Lyon para conseguir su sexta victoria consecutiva
PARÍS (AP) — Maghnes Akliouche anotó un brillante gol individual y el delantero estadounidense Folarin Balogun convirtió un penal para que el Mónaco remontara para vencer el domingo 2-1 al Lyon y lograr su sexta victoria consecutiva en la liga.
· Jerome Pugmire
Queensland government ‘opens old wounds’ as police officer criticised after Palm Island riots appointed to Legal Aid board
Exclusive: Townsville lawyer and former detective Darren Robinson’s appointment by attorney general Deb Frecklington has ‘brought back a lot of trauma’ for Indigenous community
· Ben Smee, Andrew Messenger
‘Like battery hens’: ATO’s outsourced debt collectors face much worse conditions than those in public service, former staff say
The tax office is one of the most prolific users of external labour, spending more than $316m in 2024-25. Critics say this has led to a ‘two-class system’
· Jonathan Barrett
Almost half of Australians think foreign military will attack within five years, ANU study suggests
University polling and focus groups found sharpest increase in those worried about national security was cohort aged 18 to 24
· Sarah Basford Canales
As Labor faces pressure to respond boldly to oil shock, it needs to find more unconventional levers to pull
Leveraging Australian gas exports to ensure we get oil in return is among the offbeat ideas we could be hearing more about
· Josh Butler
The Matildas’ near misses sting but their Asian Cup final suggests this great team are not done
There was talk of this being a last hurrah at home for a golden generation of Matildas. But their performance showed a glimmer of something else
· Samantha Lewis
Why the Christchurch attack still awaits a full reckoning - podcast
In 2019, a white supremacist murdered 51 worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch in what was New Zealand’s worst mass shooting. On the seventh anniversary of the terror attack, New Zealanders gathered once again to commemorate the tragedy.
Major events help lift Brisbane’s tourism economy to record $17 billion
Brisbane’s visitor economy reached a record $17 billion in 2025, driven by a surge in international spending and strong domestic demand, according to new tourism data.
· Cameron Atfield
Hong Kong arts hub strengthens global links with 12 new partnerships
West Kowloon Cultural District Authority signs MOUs with 12 international institutions from Australia, the UK, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere
· Ambrose Li
Invincible Ibis delivers Mark Newnham Hong Kong Derby redemption in record-breaking victory
Australian handler erases heartbreak of close second in city’s biggest race last year with emphatic success on Sunday
· Jay Rooney
Data centres should back renewable transition to ensure priority under new guidelines
Tech giants seeking to build artificial intelligence data centres in Australia should create their own renewable infrastructure to avoid sucking up domestic resources if they want to win government support under new investment guidelines.
· Brittany Busch
Iran may be using China’s advanced satellite system, ambassador concedes
China’s ambassador to Australia says the country’s military activity in the South China and Tasman Sea showed it could no longer be easily bullied by other big powers.
· Amelia Adams, Anne Worthington
South Australian result should be lesson for Libs
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Scoring against Essendon is too easy. They are not a good team
Losing was not unexpected for this Essendon side, sadly it never really is any more. Losing in this way to a side that last week lost to North Melbourne was a surprise. But only a mild one, this is Essendon.
· Michael Gleeson
Summer of cricket schedule includes four Tests in 31 days
Australia's men's team will play four Tests against New Zealand in 31 days. (AAP: Dave Hunt)
Police shoot allegedly armed man south of Brisbane
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Aggressive, entitled parents to be banned from school in behaviour crackdown
Principals will be given the power to ban parents from school grounds if they engage in unreasonable and harmful behaviour under proposed state laws covering public, Catholic and independent sectors.
· Emily Kowal, Sally Rawsthorne
One Nation’s SA surge sends an early ripple through Victorian seats
Political strategists have warned that a surge in support for One Nation similar to that seen in the South Australian election could reshape Victorian politics and scramble the result in dozens of seats, as major political parties downplay the threat.
· Annika Smethurst, Daniella White