Kevin Nguyen

Feb 11, 2025 | abc.net.au | Pat McGrath |Kevin Nguyen |Kevin Nguyễn |Michael Workman

Labor has been accused of reigniting its "Mediscare" campaign ahead of the federal election with a misleadingly edited attack ad in which Opposition Leader Peter Dutton declares "Medicare is dead". The edited video was authorised by Labor's head office and shared by several of the party's social media accounts, including as a paid ad on Facebook. It shows Mr Dutton appearing to call for an end to free health care.

Jan 4, 2025 | abc.net.au | Kevin Nguyen |Kevin Nguyễn

How hot is too hot? A person walking through Sydney's Barangaroo this Sunday, where it's forecast to reach 32 degrees Celsius, will experience what world leading researchers characterise as the most "extreme" risk of succumbing to heat-induced illness. However, if the same person walks around Western Sydney's Parramatta — 25 kilometres away from the CBD — where the mercury will push 37C, the risk rating will decrease to a "severe". This same scenario can occur anywhere in the country.

Dec 23, 2024 | abc.net.au | Kevin Nguyen |Kevin Nguyễn

Specialist medical workers are being offered "crisis rates" in response to a planned mass exodus of NSW's public sector psychiatrists. More than 198 of the state's 295 staff specialist psychiatrists have filed their resignations, effective January 21 2025, over pay disputes with the Minns government. In response, the government has contacted agencies to recruit private sector medical specialists on high-paid, temporary roles as a contingency plan.

Dec 17, 2024 | abc.net.au | Kevin Nguyen |Kevin Nguyễn

The ABC music discovery website that helped launch the careers of Flume and Gang of Youths has been used to organise the stabbing of a prisoner inside a maximum security prison, NSW Police allege. triple j Unearthed has been the springboard for unsigned and up-and-coming Australian musicians for nearly three decades — among its notable alumni are Missy Higgins, Vance Joy, Grinspoon, and Killing Heidi.

Dec 9, 2024 | abc.net.au | Zena Chamas |Kevin Nguyen |Kevin Nguyễn

The end of Bashar Al-Assad and his family's half-century-long regime in Syria came gradually, then all at once. Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), also known as the Syrian Rebels, brought an end to the 13-year civil war after taking over the capital, Damascus, in a lightning offensive. Bashar Al-Assad, who was Syria's ruler for 24 years after succeeding his father, Hafez Assad, fled the country shortly after his regime collapsed. Russian state media reported he was granted asylum in Moscow.