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Iran’s second most senior diplomat in Australia defected from the hardline regime and received asylum in Australia three years ago in a remarkable development that has stayed secret until now.
Qantas had been accused of misleading customers about their refund options, withholding funds and engaging in a "pattern of unconscionable conduct". Source: AAP / AP / Mark Baker
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The Australian women's curling team has climbed the international ranks. (Supplied: Curling Australia)
One pair of rabbits can have more than 100 kittens in a good breeding year. (Getty Images: Danielle Kiemel)
Aryna Sabalenka, of Belarus, returns a shot against Victoria Mboko, of Canada, during a quarterfinal match at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, Thursday, March 12, 2026, in Indian Wells, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Flames and smoke rise from an oil storage facility struck as attacks hit the city during the US–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran. (Alireza Sotakbar/ISNA via AP)
A search is under way for a man missing in a river north of Bundaberg days after two tourists were found dead in their flooded vehicle and floodwater wreaked havoc in the region.
Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
Many cruise lines, like popular company Carnival, are flagged under countries like the Bahamas. (ABC News: Pete Garnish)
Owls are particularly vulnerable to rodents poisoned by second-generation rodenticides. (ABC South West: Madigan Landry)
Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
Teenage boy and girl riding ebike were declared dead at scene in Greenbank on Thursday night, Queensland police say
Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
Tom has covered sport in Perth and across Australia for the ABC for a decade. He presents the ABC News WA 7pm sport bulletin on weekends, and is a regular on ABC radio.
Topic:Road Accidents and Incidents
A woman alleges she was abused by a teacher at the Hobart Matriculation College in the 1980s. (ABC News: Maren Preuss)
Premier Peter Malinauskas has banned most political donations in South Australia, in an attempt to take money out of politics. Now a state election will test if it makes politics fairer.
Premier Peter Malinauskas has banned most political donations in South Australia, in an attempt to take money out of politics. Now a state election will test if it makes politics fairer.
A civil dispute between the Broken Hill City Council and Redenbach Legal has been heard in the NSW Supreme Court. (ABC News: Adriane Reardon)
Topic:Road Accidents and Incidents
A teenage boy is dead and three others injured after their allegedly stolen car crashed into three others and then rolled down a major road in Melbourne’s south-west.
Pip Waller is a reporter with ABC Perth.
Oscar Piastri won the 2025 F1 Chinese Grand Prix, but does not expect the same this season. (Getty Images: EYE4IMAGES/NurPhoto/Marcel van Dorst)
Minns government extends scheme amid renewed cost-of-living concerns during conflict in the Middle East. Follow updates live
Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
Topic:Air Transport Industry
Western Queensland residents are preparing for possible flooding. (ABC Western Qld: Hannah Walsh)
Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
Jessica Townsend says the portable bonds scheme would have prevented her from considering whether she may need to live in her car. (Supplied)
Albury Wodonga Health is undergoing a major redevelopment at the Albury Hospital site. (ABC News: Jason Katsaras)
Topic:Paralympic Games
A man has died while being restrained by police in Fitzroy North.
Rockhampton’s mayor privately urged the Queensland government to repurpose the city’s Olympic Athletes’ Village into dormitory‑style accommodation for Australian and foreign military forces after the 2032 Games.
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Sydney Sweeney was glaringly absent from a group photo with the female cast members of “Euphoria” in a new teaser for the show.
Servicing mortgage repayments for a unit in inner-city Melbourne could work out cheaper than renting, according to new analysis. Source: Getty / Adam Calaitzis
Entomologist Dr Yun Hsiao named three Australian beetles after Pokémon in 2001, turning them into unlikely superstars of the insect world (Supplied: Dr Yun Hsiao)
North Korea will pose a serious challenge to the Matildas in Perth. (Getty Images)
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Western Australia’s water utility was shut out of Alcoa’s mining sites in state forest, newly released documents reveal, raising concerns the lack of oversight could be detrimental to Perth’s drinking water supply.
Labor is looking to go on the march in inner-city seats in November’s state election, spearheaded by a candidate pushing for more safe injecting rooms and social housing.
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Australia’s kaftan queen, Camilla, is closing one of its high-profile stores in upmarket Mosman on Sydney’s lower north shore after more than a decade serving customers in the high-end strip.
Agents and home owners will no longer be able to keep the sale prices of properties secret under a state government plan to help expose underquoting and improve the accuracy of price guides.
The parents of three young children have been sentenced in Western Australia’s District Court after they left their kids home alone for days on end at their semi-rural property with access to guns and ammunition.