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The state v council stoush over an undelivered pocket park
When plans were drawn up to transform the heart of Brisbane’s bustling cultural precinct to accommodate a new Metro stop, the council told residents it would include a new pocket park.
· Felicity Caldwell
Council should redo CEO hire to meet ‘pub test’: Logan whistleblower
The whistleblower former chief of a major south-east Queensland council believes “irregularities” in the recent hiring of a $500,000 bayside local government’s top job should be addressed in a full redo.
· Matt Dennien
Lucy earns more cash trading Pokémon cards than from her 9 to 5 job
Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
· April Glover
Australians urged to share their stories as royal commission begins after Bondi attack
The royal commission will look into drivers of antisemitism in institutions and Australian society in the lead up the Bondi attack and how it's affected Jewish Australians. Credit: Jacob Chantarat/AAP
· https://www.facebook.com/SBSAustralia/
'Your word against his': Women's complaints against surgeon dismissed by regulator
Simon Gordon was one of Victoria's busiest laparoscopic surgeons before he abruptly retired in November. (Four Corners)
Trump's trade tantrum may drive Canada and Australia closer
Topic:Mining and Metals Industry
· https://www.abc.net.au/news/ian-verrender/5261264
By Bridget Rollason
Bridget Rollason is an ABC Europe correspondent based in London. She was formerly a state political reporter for the ABC in Victoria between 2019-2024, leading the state's coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
ABy Adam Holmes
Adam Holmes is an ABC News journalist based in Hobart. He has previously worked for print and online media outlets in Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia, with expertise in political and legal affairs reporting.
RBy Riley Stuart
Riley Stuart is a digital producer based in the ABC's Europe bureau. He has reported extensively from the Middle East during the Israel-Hamas war, and from Washington DC, on the Trump administration. He has a weekly segment on Radio Sydney, and has previously been the corporation's NSW digital editor, and made regul…
How 19 years on Play School fed into Simon Burke's latest role
Simon Burke is the star of The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin, which opened this month as part of Sydney's Mardi Gras. (Supplied: Griffin/Brett Boardman)
· https://www.abc.net.au/news/hannah-story/13344572
Australia’s diamond back door: Blood jewels slipping past borders to fund Russia’s war
The diamonds arrive in secret. Plucked out of one of the deepest holes ever cut into the earth, beneath the permafrost of Siberia, and then shipped across the world on shadowy fleets to be cut and polished in places such as India and Dubai.
· Sherryn Groch
Court denies GOP effort to block Utah's congressional remap favoring Democrats
Flags fly at the Utah State Capitol, Jan. 18, 2026, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Sydney Schaefer, File)
· https://apnews.com/author/david-a-lieb
Dozens of troops left dead in bust that killed cartel leader
Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
· Associated Press
Former UK ambassador to US arrested in Epstein files probe
Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
· Associated Press
Public patients out of pocket for accepting surgery program
Patients say they are being forced to pay hundreds of dollars for follow-up care after accepting a Queensland government program designed to ease pressure on public waitlists.
· Courtney Kruk
This tunnel was once used to store chemical weapons. It could become a bike path
During World War II, a tunnel in Glenbrook at the base of the Blue Mountains was used to store thousands of tonnes of mustard gas. Those contents – and the men who were responsible for looking after the deadly chemical weapons – were such a secret that locals living nearby did not know of them for at least another 5…
· Ellie Busby
Western Sydney University students and staff get unlimited access to the Herald
Western Sydney University’s 50,000 students and 2500 staff will have full digital access to The Sydney Morning Herald as part of the masthead’s expansion across the city’s universities.
Barbeques Galore: How an Aussie icon got cooked
Australia’s barbecue season is hitting its peak, but it could not save our outdoor cooking icon, Barbeques Galore, from financial collapse this month.
· Colin Kruger
Bowral restaurants do well with the twice-a-year crowd. This bistro impresses everyone
The first time I met my wife’s late grandmother, she was in head-to-toe leopard print, camouflaged against a leopard-print pouffe. Along with her obvious sense of style, she exhibited a mild case of narcolepsy, and had come to be known affectionately as Noddy. When I met her, Noddy lived in Bowral, having retired to…
· David Matthews
WA private schools spend big on new builds, but public schools are left behind
Five West Australian private schools are spending more on capital works than thousands of public schools nationally, a new report has revealed, with one high-fee school topping the list.
· Holly Thompson
Andrews promised Victoria a record number of homes. Instead, we’re going backwards
Victoria is now building fewer homes than it was before its 2023 landmark housing statement, casting fresh doubt on the pledge to deliver 800,000 properties over the next decade.
· Daniella White
Charlie Teo’s brain-mapping start-up secures $20m from public fund
It was only a little over two years ago that controversial neurosurgeon Dr Charlie Teo was slapped with an effective ban preventing him from performing surgery in Australia without a written statement from an approved colleague.
· John Buckley
NSW electorates with the most solar panels. They are not the ones you’d expect
Sydney is lagging regional NSW in adopting rooftop solar, with new data revealing that nine of the top 10 state electorates for installations are households and businesses in regional NSW.
· Alexandra Smith
ABy Amy Briggs
Amy Briggs is the Darren Osborne Regional Science Cadet for 2026. Prior to joining the ABC, she worked as a radio journalist in Canberra; and has published science articles in the Canberra Times, ABC, and former CSIRO kids magazine Double Helix.
Victorians brace for a soaking with thunderstorms, flash flooding forecast
Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
· Eleanor Wilson
Pauline Hanson’s Muslim comments have been reported to federal police – but could she face charges?
Commonwealth and state governments both have hate speech laws – but they may not apply to the One Nation leader’s remarks
· https://www.theguardian.com/profile/adeshola-ore
‘Stuff of nightmares’: calls for help surge by 50% after Australia launches aged-assistance tool
Exclusive: Assessors unable to override algorithm-based tool, leaving people at risk of being pushed into aged care homes before they are ready
· https://www.theguardian.com/profile/melissa-davey
Australia’s Winter Olympians ride waves of emotion after Games | Martin Pegan
Highs and lows of life are heightened for athletes after what may be the pinnacle of their career – whether they medal or not
· https://www.theguardian.com/profile/martin-pegan
Sydney to Newcastle high-speed rail to be 'shovel-ready' in two years
Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
· Jorge Branco
Australia backs removing Andrew from royal line of succession
Australia's prime minister has told Sir Keir Starmer his government would back plans to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of royal succession.
· Maia Davies
Albanese backs removal of former prince Andrew from line of succession
Anthony Albanese says he agrees with His Majesty that "the law must now take its full course". (Reuters/ABC News)
· https://www.abc.net.au/news/lucia-stein/7093484
Australian government says it would support removing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from royal line of succession
Anthony Albanese writes to British PM as UK prepares to consider laws to strip former prince of his right to inherit the throne
· https://www.theguardian.com/profile/dan-jervis-bardy
Albanese tells UK: We would dump Andrew from royal line of succession
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia would strip the former prince Andrew’s right to succeed to the throne due to the grave allegations against the disgraced royal.
· Paul Sakkal
‘Bloody pathetic’: Mystery surrounds sinking of Brisbane’s iconic Kookaburra Queen
Brisbane’s iconic party boat the Kookaburra Queen I has been found sinking at a dock in Brisbane’s east and now faces an uncertain future, with a former owner saying it’s a mystery why the boat was taken of its berth.
· Alex Condon
Trump Organization signs deal with Altus to build Australia's tallest building, 'six-star hotel'
The Trump Organization has signed a deal to build its first tower in Australia, in a project worth A$1.5 billion ($1.06 billion) that developers say will become the country’s tallest building.
Sydney to Newcastle high-speed rail to be 'shovel-ready' in two years
Topic:Public Transport
· https://www.abc.net.au/news/sarah-forster/104512458
High-speed rail link between Sydney and Newcastle could be ‘shovel-ready’ in two years, Albanese government says
Transport minister Catherine King will pledge $230m for planning work for the first phase of a bullet train on Australia’s east coast
· https://www.theguardian.com/profile/josh-butler
High-speed rail link touted as $250 billion boost to nation’s economy
A high-speed train line between Sydney and Newcastle would boost the nation’s economy by $250 billion over 50 years, according to a business case for the ambitious project which will be heavily scrutinised when released on Tuesday.
· Matt O'Sullivan, Shane Wright
FBy Fiona Willan
Fiona Willan is a senior reporter based in the ABC's Sydney newsroom. Fiona is an experienced political journalist who previously worked for the Nine Network for 13 years, including around seven years in the Canberra Press Gallery at Parliament House. She was also a TV anchor and senior reporter for Sky News Austral…
Naming names, for shore
“Back in the dark ages when I worked for NSW NPWS, I got a complaint about a problem at Shelly Beach,” writes Michael McFadyen of Kareela. “At that time I told the person there were seven Shelly (or Shelley) beaches in NSW, of which three were in national parks, so I needed additional information. I now know there a…
Australia is better for its migrant success stories
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There's a rare blood moon on the horizon - here's how to see it
Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
· Maddison Leach
The ultimate present: New friends and lots of Cuddles
For donkey’s years, Samantha Wearing has got a kick out of finding quirky activities that she can do with her parents, Lawrence and Angela Spiteri.
· Carolyn Webb
‘Quite basic’: Why more parents are rejecting public education
The share of students in NSW attending a public school has fallen for the seventh consecutive year, while the proportion of families choosing a Catholic or private school for their child has climbed to its highest point in the state’s history.
· Christopher Harris
Railway tracks washed away as outback hit with multi-day drenching
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Melbourne University loses appeal to avoid rehiring ‘mawkish’ professor
The University of Melbourne has lost its appeal to stop a professor from getting his job back, after he was sacked for sending his PhD student “mawkish” romantic messages.
· Nicole Precel
My suburb has an island, a purgatory, and 2000 wardens to catch you doing anything sneaky
February 23, 2026 — 7:00pm
· Marg Perry