Jean Bell

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Olivia Sanders |Jean Bell

Dan Tehan has clung onto the seat of Wannon, following a strong campaign from independent challenger Alex Dyson. The shadow minister for immigration and citizenship is now being touted as a potential opposition leader, following Peter Dutton's defeat. Political analysts say the Liberal party needs a new leader, but Mr Tehan might not be the pick for the job.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Jean Bell

From Victoria's scenic south-west to the seaside suburbs of Perth in Western Australia, electorates that were once strongholds for the Labor and Liberal parties are witnessing a historic shift. Traditionally safe seats are flipping around the country, as voters put their hopes and dreams in independent and non-major party candidates. But it takes more than just hopes and dreams to create a seismic political shift that flies in the face of decades of voting history.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Jean Bell

A jury has found a former Victorian Senior of the Year award winner guilty of sexually abusing a teenage boy more than a decade ago. Robert Charles Eccles, also known as Locky Eccles, had pleaded not guilty to four charges of indecent acts and five charges of sexual penetration involving a 16-year-old boy in 2012 and 2013. It was alleged Eccles abused the victim during massages he gave the boy at his Warrnambool home.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Jean Bell

Workers in the racing industry across Australia say horses are being routinely drugged for track work at the peril of rider and horse safety in a malpractice which could breach nationwide racing rules. The ABC has spoken to a number of people who worked in the industry in New South Wales, Western Australia, Victoria, and the ACT who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Jean Bell |Matt Neal

A new battleground is emerging in Australia's oceans over renewable energy projects the government says are necessary to dealing with climate change and reducing our country's carbon emissions. Just one spin of an offshore wind turbine can power the average Australian home for 48 hours, according to wind energy companies. The Albanese government has set aside six offshore wind farm zones around Australia — two off Victoria's coast, two off NSW and one each for Tasmania and Western Australia.