Nicole Hegarty

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Nick Grimm |Nicole Hegarty

The Trump-led sharemarket rout has left many Australians anxiously checking their superannuation balances. With tens of billions of dollars wiped off the Australian market, there's signs of panicked transactions as investors try to minimise their exposure to heavy losses.

2 months ago | rnz.co.nz | Maani Truu |Nicole Hegarty

By Maani Truu and Nicole Hegarty, ABC NewsDeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence chatbot that sparked an international frenzy last month, has been banned from federal government computers and mobile devices after it was found to pose "an unacceptable risk" to national security. The ChatGPT competitor was the number one downloaded app on Apple's app store early last week after it made headlines for wiping billions of dollars from Wall Street.

Dec 31, 2024 | abc.net.au | Nicole Hegarty

Home ownership is becoming increasingly unaffordable, and the states should work to release more land and speed up development approvals. Sound familiar? You would be forgiven for thinking this was a cabinet discussion in 2024, but it has been the case for 20 years, as newly unsealed documents from the time reveal. It was the year 2004. The median nominal capital city house price in Australia was just short of $400,000 — or the equivalent of 6.5 years of annual family income.

Nov 27, 2024 | abc.net.au | Nicole Hegarty

The Albanese Government is scrambling to pass key legislation on the final sitting day of Federal Parliament for the year. It started the day, aiming to pass around 30 bills covering reforms ranging from social media, to immigration and election funding. Adding to the drama, Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has been suspended from the Senate over an outburst involving One Nation's Pauline Hanson. Featured:Katy Gallagher, Minister for FinanceClare O'Neil, Minister for Housing

Nov 24, 2024 | abc.net.au | Nicole Hegarty

It's crunch time in Federal Parliament, as the government seeks to make progress on several key pieces of legislation in the final sitting week of the year.