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ABC says Laura Tingle’s Sydney Writers’ Festival comments did not meet editorial standards

ABC News director Justin Stevens says comments made by political journalist Laura Tingle at Sydney Writers' Festival did not meet the organisation's editorial standards.Tingle,...

Locally extinct bird lured back to remote island with audio recording

Decades after a rare creature disappeared from a remote island, researchers have used recordings of its deep mesmerising call to lure it home.Pajaros Uno Island...

Girl, 5, dies at home – with police called in to investigate

A five-year-old girl has died at her home in Adelaide.Emergency services were called to the home on Ballater Avenue in Seaton just...

ABC news director admonishes Laura Tingle over ‘racist’ remark

ABC News Director Justin Stevens has admitted Laura Tingle’s remarks at the Sydney Writer’s Festival lacked “context, balance and supporting information”, after Nationals leader...

The Sydney suburbs that will bear the brunt of premier’s revised housing targets

In short: New housing targets have been issued for 43 LGAs within greater Sydney, with areas close to the city required to build thousands...

Woman arrested after man allegedly fatally stabbed in Sydney’s east

A woman has been arrested after a man was allegedly fatally stabbed in Sydney's Eastern Beaches.Police found a man with fatal stab wounds at...

Sale of knives soon to be restricted in Queensland

Queensland's crackdown on knife crime is escalating, with businesses being warned to prepare for new laws set to be actioned in the coming months.The...

Labor announces plan to revise controversial Direction 99

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced the government will revise its controversial Direction 99 ruling which instructed the Australian Appeals Tribunal (AAT) to give...

Joyce challenges Bowen over nuclear after scathing CSIRO report

Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce has issued a challenge to Chris Bowen over nuclear energy as Labor and the Coalition continue to butt heads following...

Australia news LIVE: Inflation rises slightly as fruit and veg prices jump; Immigration stoush intensifies in parliament

While question time rages on in the House of Representatives, Senate Estimates continue elsewhere in Parliament House, where Home Affairs officials just revealed only...

Landowner fined $125,000 after ignoring orders to stop clearing native bush, 200-year-old trees

Unauthorised bulldozing of "really important" native vegetation has landed NSW Southern Highlands property owner Chaza Khouzame a $125,000 fine, plus costs.Ms Khouzame pleaded guilty...

Phone found in fresh search for body of Samantha Murphy

A phone has been found in farmland near Ballarat during a renewed search for the body of missing woman Samantha Murphy, in the biggest...

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