abc.net.auadded August 2026
ABC News Australiaby Elsie Lange56m ago
In short: New data has revealed the rising cost of essentials is making it harder for people to meet their basic needs in the Northern Territory compared to a decade ago.
ABC News Australiaby Aisling Brennan1h ago
In short: Police have charged a 46-year-old Warwick man with 18 historical child sex offences. Police say the alleged offending happened in Brisbane between 2013 to 2018. What's next?
ABC News Australiaby Jon Healy and Henry Hanson1h ago
Sat, 15 Aug, 11:00 pm, Final score, AUS 198 & 284, BAN 426 & 1/57 live South-Africa Australia first Test live: Aussies need quick runs on day four in Durban Australia's batters need to pile on runs...
ABC News Australiaby Nick Dole2h ago
In short: The NSW government has pledged 100 new preschools will be open for 2027, but has refused to say how many would be accepting children.
ABC News Australiaby Blake Kagi and Lauren Smith2h ago
A person has been rushed to hospital and another is in custody after a police pursuit through Perth's southern suburbs ended in a serious crash.
ABC News Australiaby Cath Adams3h ago
In short: Tobias Moran has filed civil proceedings in the NSW District Court against the NSW Police for malicious prosecution.
ABC News Australiaby Talissa Siganto3h ago
In short: A Queensland coroner has begun an inquest examining whether more could have been done to prevent the death of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs.
ABC News Australiaby Emma Wynne3h ago
In short: Ahead of proposals to ban character references in WA criminal trials, the state's chief justice says they can help judges understand an offender's prospects of rehabilitation.
ABC News Australiaby Karishma Vyas and Supattra Vimonsuknopparat3h ago
In short: Simon Peter Carman has appeared in a Thai court court over the alleged murder of Tunchanok Donhomla.
ABC News Australiaby Callum Liddelow4h ago
In short: Curtin University's vice-chancellor says the proposed merger of WA's three public universities will be a costly process that will "fix something that is not broken".
ABC News Australiaby Tom Robinson and Sam Parry4h ago
In short: South 32 is likely to make redundancies at its manganese mine on Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory.
ABC News Australiaby Zaarkacha Marlan4h ago
In short: Jack Bowd has pleaded not guilty to four counts of dangerous driving causing death after a crash on the Newell Highway, south of Dubbo, in September 2024.
ABC News Australiaby Rosanne Maloney4h ago
In short: A teenager who raped a 14-year-old girl last year has been sentenced to more than five years behind bars.
ABC News Australiaby Nethma Dandeniya4h ago
In short: Tesla hopes to nearly double the number of fast chargers it has in the country town of Kaniva from 10 to 18.
ABC News Australiaby Laura Tingle4h ago
It would be easy to dismiss the erratic, contradictory and increasingly rapid changes in the proclamations from Donald Trump about Ukraine, and US diesel purchases from Russia, if it wasn't for the...
ABC News Australia4h ago
In short: A 13-year-old has been charged for his alleged role in a fatal stabbing in Mount Druitt on Friday. A man, aged 36, died at the scene after being stabbed in the torso.
ABC News Australiaby Nate Woodall5h ago
In short: A man in his 60s was rescued after becoming trapped in a silo at a GrainCorp facility in Dunolly in central Victoria last week.
ABC News Australia5h ago
Respected former Liberal politician Bruce Baird is being farewelled at a service in Sydney today, following his sudden passing weeks prior. Mr Baird died aged 84 this month.
ABC News Australiaby Christopher Testa5h ago
In short: The new caretakers of Far North Queensland's Low Isles are making a return to the island they called home in the 2000s.
ABC News Australiaby Dannielle Maguire6h ago
US President Donald Trump says a new deal with Russia will lower diesel prices, but experts say it won't "move the dial" on costs for consumers.
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