ABC Radio Australia

Radio Australia is the global broadcasting and online platform run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), which is the public broadcaster for Australia. The majority of its content is in English, but it also offers programming in Tok Pisin and French. As of January 31, 2017, Radio Australia stopped its shortwave radio broadcasts. However, it still provides its services online and through other transmission methods, including DAB+.

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Police hunt attacker after Australian Border Force workers stabbed, assaulted in Western Sydney

11 hours ago | abc.net.au | Danuta Kozaki

A Tongan national is reportedly on the run in Sydney's west after two officials connected to Australian Border Force were allegedly stabbed and assaulted this morning. NSW Police officers were called to James Ruse Drive in Clyde about 4am to find a 54-year-old man stabbed in the cheek and neck and a 36-year-old man assaulted. The two men have been taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Greens defend internal complaints process after Tammy Franks’s shock resignation

1 day ago | abc.net.au | Thomas Kelsall

The South Australian Greens have hit back at former party co-leader Tammy Franks, a day after the upper house MP walked out on the party, labelling her comments "deeply regrettable and inappropriate". A day after Greens internal tensions exploded into public view with Ms Franks's resignation, the party said its investigation into complaints against her found she had "engaged in misconduct". Ms Franks denies any wrongdoing, describing allegations against her as "unsubstantiated and false".
Why ASIC lost patience with Macquarie's incompetence

1 day ago | abc.net.au | Ian Verrender

The ghost of scandals past has returned to haunt the Millionaire's Factory. Just a week ago, the corporate regulator slapped down Macquarie Bank's management for repeatedly breaching its reporting obligations for at least a decade and ignoring suspicious trades in the electricity futures market.
Kangaroos rescued from open water channel in central Victoria as rescuers call for roo-proof fence

1 day ago | abc.net.au | Emile Pavlich |Rebecca R. Norman |Shannon Schubert

An open water channel in central Victoria has become a wildlife graveyard. A wildlife carer says a kangaroo-proof fence could protect other wildlife from drowning in the waterway. A local MP and a researcher want wildlife to be better considered during infrastructure and housing development planning. Wildlife rescuers are calling on authorities to build a kangaroo-proof fence around a central Victoria waterway to stop animals from drowning.
Heroin addiction, Ivan Milat's dentist, and beginning again

1 day ago | abc.net.au | Carmel Rooney |Nicola Harrison |Sarah Kanowski

Claude Robinson is the manager of Rainbow Lodge, a home in inner Sydney for men just out of prison. Claude knows the place well because nearly 20 years ago he was sent there himself. At the time, Claude was a heroin addict who did crime to pay for his habit and wound up in a minimum security jail. Then after he assaulted a prison guard, he ended up in one of Australia's toughest prisons - Goulburn Correctional Centre.
Rohan Dennis given two-year suspended sentence over death of Olympian wife Melissa Hoskins

1 day ago | abc.net.au | Jordanna Schriever |Eva Blandis |Daniel Keane

Former professional cyclist Rohan Dennis has been handed a two-year suspended sentence over an incident which resulted in the death of his Olympian wife Melissa Hoskins outside their suburban Adelaide home in December 2023. Dennis, 34, previously pleaded guilty to an aggravated charge of creating likelihood of harm over the death of Ms Hoskins, who was struck by a car driven by her husband, outside the couple's Medindie home, in Adelaide's inner north.
Channel Country transforms after record-breaking flooding in outback Queensland

1 day ago | abc.net.au | Hannah Walsh

In the land of boom and bust, an ancient landscape of sand dunes and river channels is transforming. Record-breaking floods has parts of the Channel Country in south-west Queensland springing to life, a haven for flora and fauna across thousands of kilometres of inland waterways. It's a silver lining of devastating flooding across the outback where it's estimated 13 million hectares of country went underwater.
Federal politics live: Liberal senator Jane Hume says Sussan Ley's leadership marks a 'new era' for party

1 day ago | abc.net.au | Courtney Gould

Jane Hume has declared Sussan Ley's election as opposition leader marks the beginning of a "new era" for the Liberal Party. Ley narrowly defeated opponent Angus Taylor for the top job during a meeting of the Liberal party room in Canberra on Tuesday. But the Liberal frontbencher was asked if the new leader would be dusting off the election post-mortem Hume authored following the 2022 election loss. "Inevitably, the previous reviews will be considered," she told Sunrise.
NSW Opposition Leader Mark Speakman slams threats to leadership over abortion bill

1 day ago | abc.net.au | Nick Dole

Mr Speakman made the comments after receiving an email from a prominent anti-abortion campaigner. He told parliament he would support the bill and that some arguments by anti-abortion campaigners were based on "misinformation". The bill is expected to pass the lower house this week. NSW Opposition Leader Mark Speakman has accused a prominent anti-abortion campaigner of "brazen bullying", declaring he will not "cave in" in the face of political threats.
Trump lifts sanctions on Syria

1 day ago | abc.net.au | Sabra Lane

Donald Trump lifts sanctions on Syria as he kicks off a major visit to the Middle East. How is the new Liberal leader Sussan Ley going to fix a party in deep crisis?; and researchers identify the genes linked to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.