Updated November 13, 2018 00:57:44 Photo: Foodbank says the funding cut jeopardises millions of dollars worth of emergency food. (ABC News: Tim Swanston) The Social Services Minister has indicated a short-term lifeline may be thrown to a charity that provides 67...
Updated November 13, 2018 00:54:49 An online fundraiser has raised more than $100,000 for a man who confronted the Bourke Street terrorist with a shopping trolley during Friday’s deadly attack. Key points: “Trolley man” Michael Rogers is believed to be homeless...
Updated November 13, 2018 00:52:51 Photo: Geordie Williamson is heading up the Sydney Mathematical Research Institute. (ABC News: Lucy Tassell) Map: The University of Sydney 2006 Geordie Williamson, who has been described as Australia’s international maths superstar, is now back from...
Updated November 13, 2018 00:52:51 A man has been killed and at least one other has been injured after fighting broke out in a remote Northern Territory community, which was already in mourning following the death of four locals last week....
Updated November 13, 2018 00:50:04 Map: Melbourne 3000 The Bourke Street driver has told a jury he had a premonition from God of running people over in Melbourne’s CBD half an hour before driving down 33 pedestrians. James Gargasoulas, 28, has...
Updated November 12, 2018 22:31:03 Photo: Justin Milne says the decision to sack Michelle Guthrie was not based on personality, but leadership. (ABC News: Peta Bormann) Speaking publicly for the first time since she was sacked from the ABC, former managing...
Updated November 12, 2018 20:11:07 Photo: Ninuku Arts’ Jimmy Donegan is a wood craftsman, hunter, and recipient of prestigious prizes. (ABC Goldfields-Esperance: Rhiannon Stevens ) Art centres are often cultural and economic hubs in remote communities. But what happens when artists...
Updated November 12, 2018 20:09:30 Photo: Supporters of voluntary euthanasia have long called for laws to allow for assisted dying. (ABC News: Eliza Laschon) The West Australian Government will press ahead with a bill to legalise voluntary assisted dying for patients...
Attracting young professionals to western Queensland is a constant struggle, with many sectors hosting a revolving door of staff doing their ‘rural stint’ before returning home to the city. For people like Boulia Mayor Rick Britton, recruiting staff for his own...
Updated November 12, 2018 01:08:37 A Queensland police officer has shot dead 28-year-old Tyson Jessen while he was under guard at Ipswich Hospital, west of Brisbane. Inspector Michael Trezise said the man was taken to hospital after being arrested on Friday...
