ABC West Coast SA

1485 ABC Eyre Peninsula & West Coast, fully known as ABC Eyre Peninsula & West Coast, is a local radio station operated by the ABC, located in Port Lincoln, South Australia. This station serves the Eyre Peninsula and the western coastal areas of South Australia, reaching towns such as Tumby Bay, Cummins, Ceduna, and Streaky Bay. The station first went on air in 1987 under the callsign 5LN. To extend its reach to the west coast, there is an additional transmitter with the callsign 5SY located in Streaky Bay. With a small team of just four staff members, it is one of the least populated ABC local radio stations.

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#17

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Greens defend internal complaints process after Tammy Franks’s shock resignation

21 hours 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

22 hours 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

22 hours 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.
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.
Could Australia learn about prepardness from Finland, the prepper nation of the Nordics?

1 day ago | abc.net.au | Lucia Stein |Annabelle Quince

Cheerful and alert don't seem like characteristics that go hand in hand. But in Finland, they do. Often ranked as one of the happiest places in the world, the country is also known by another title, as the "prepper nation of the Nordics". During the Cold War era, Finland built up stockpiles of medical and military equipment as well as fuel and food — and never stopped.
Liberals promise to listen

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

The newly elected Deputy Liberal Leader Ted O'Brien says the party needs to take time to listen and learn from its mistakes during the election. Mr O'Brien says the party will review all its policies and its approach.