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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Annika Burgess |Mark Doman |Katia Shatoba
When the air-raid sirens blare, Israelis scramble for cover. But as hundreds of drones and missiles come flying towards the country, residents put their trust in the country’s multi-layered air defence system to protect them. The Iron Dome is the signature component of Israel's defence armoury. With a reported 90 per cent success rate, it is considered the envy of militaries around the world. The system has saved countless civilian lives over various conflicts in the last decade, analysts say.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Matt Martino |Katia Shatoba |Thomas Brettell |Alex Palmer
At federal elections, the only person who controls your preferences is you. But political parties will still try to influence how you number the boxes that decide who gets your vote if first pick doesn't get enough support. They do that through how-to-vote cards. Handed out at polling booths and available online, most of the major players at this election are asking voters to direct their preferences a certain way.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Inga Ting |Katia Shatoba |Alex Palmer |Thomas Brettell
This September, Melanie Misuraca and her daughters will swallow their third rent hike in as many years. It will push their rent up to 59 per cent of their household income before tax. The family were forced to move in 2022, after the COVID public health emergency ended. They managed to stay on Queensland's Gold Coast but now pay nearly double for a smaller home — and the rent just keeps creeping up. "I've already signed the lease … it will be going up to $650 a week," says the single mum.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Inga Ting |Katia Shatoba |Alex Palmer |Thomas Brettell
This is Australia’s worst capital city for renters. At the start of the pandemic, just 2 per cent of postcodes were out of reach for the average income rental household. (A postcode is considered out of reach when the median rent reaches 30 per cent or more of household income before tax.)Four years later, close to 70 per cent of postcodes are beyond reach, according to the latest data. That's the situation in Perth. But it’s a similar story across the country.
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Mar 7, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Mark Doman |Katia Shatoba |Alex Palmer |Thomas Brettell
Satellite images show Cyclone Alfred's steady advance towards the south-eastern Queensland and northern NSW coastlines. The images in the animation below were captured by the Japanese weather satellite, Himawari-9. The sequence begins on Saturday, March 1 at 10am (AEST). The most recent image is from: 14:00 AEST on Friday, March 7. We will continue to update the images over the coming days. Have you been affected by Cyclone Alfred? We want to hear your story.
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Mar 4, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Mark Doman |Katia Shatoba |Alex Palmer
Weather satellites have captured the formation and movements of Tropical Cyclone Alfred as it approaches Queensland's south eastern coastline. The geostationary weather satellite Himawari-9 is centred on Japan but it also captures Australia and its surrounding oceans making it a valuable service for monitoring weather patterns. It captures an image every 10 minutes and ABC News has stitched together hundreds of these captures from the last few days to track the movements of the weather system.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Inga Ting |Thomas Brettell |Brody Smith |Katia Shatoba
It's the deadly cocktail of factors scientists have long feared: a perfect storm of powerful winds, bone-dry conditions and open land propelling wildfires into densely-packed neighbourhoods at bewildering speeds. Devastating wildfires — two still raging wholly out of control — have encircled Los Angeles, besieging the US' second-most populous city for a third day.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Emily Clark |Mark Doman |Katia Shatoba |Brody Smith
A Donald Trump rally has the atmosphere of a music festival. The hype songs and their baselines pump through the sound system and rattle the press pen. There's merchandise, long lines and a lot of waiting around. It's not always easy for foreign press to get media accreditation for these rallies, but in this last run-up to the election in Green Bay, Wisconsin, I was in the media pack as Donald Trump donned a high-vis vest and took to the stage.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Annika Burgess |Katia Shatoba |Mark Doman |Jack Fisher
First, the air-raid sirens blare. The "iron boom" comes next – the familiar sound of Israel's air defence system in action as interceptor missiles take out rockets in mid-air. For Niva, who lives in a town in Israel's Haifa District, the boom signals safety. "In general, there is trust in the Iron Dome's ability to protect us," she said. Imagine an invisible shield that covers an entire mid-sized city, about double the size of Hobart, Tasmania's capital.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Tom Crowley |Ahmed Yussuf |Mark Doman |Katia Shatoba |Thomas Brettell
The revelation that Anthony Albanese had purchased a $4.3 million slice of "clifftop perfection" on the NSW Central Coast set tongues wagging. Not only because the listing made it sound like something out of Grand Designs, replete with "mesmerising ocean views" and "timber-lined cathedral ceilings" — perfect fodder for the national pastime of property stickybeaking.
