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Climbers are elated that a new government plan for the area will allow access to all but three of more than 150 climbing areas in the Mount Arapiles-Tooan State Park.
Australia’s benchmark bond yield looks poised to fall below its US counterpart for the first time in over a year, as expectations for monetary policy in the two economies diverge.
A Lone Pine tree and strawberry plants are among vegetation abruptly cleared from a central Victorian school as part of a state government tree removal program.
Experts have nominated two butterflies, a pair of beetles, a signal fly and a glow-worm as 2026 ABC Insect of the Year finalists. Now you get to help decide the winner.
Trade Minister Don Farrell asks the Trump administration to consider sparing Australian sheep farmers from future tariffs in exchange for Australian investment in America's lamb industry.
There are calls for government departments to speed up decades-old negotiations as markets in Asian countries worsen and Australia faces citrus oversupply.
Surcharge bans are supposed to save consumers money but retailers say they're being forced to put prices up and are finding ways around the reforms.
The Russian president delivers a blunt warning to allies as he concedes Ukrainian strikes are having an impact on his country's economy.
Former federal minister De-Anne Kelly has been revealed as a co-founder of offshore casino LuckyBet.
Tasmania has 400 known serial family violence offenders, while police continue to see an increase in domestic and family violence incidents. Advocates say attitudes are still not changing, and more law reform is needed.
New legislation passed last month gives WA police additional temporary powers to manage next week's Land Forces event, and at least six people have already received letters banning them from protesting inside the security zone.
The Veterans' Affairs Minister has rebuffed calls to resign, stating there's "still more to do".
A County Court judge has set aside a civil personal safety intervention order previously made against the president of ratepayer advocacy group Council Watch.
Tasmanian Education Minister Jo Palmer's office claimed there were no proposals to cut a specialist team that works with teachers. A week later, the team is being cut by a quarter.
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OpenAI says one of its models, while in testing, went rogue and hacked an official Australian government website in a security breach that went undetected for months. Andrew Chang explains what we know about the hack and why Australian authorities say the manner in which they learned about the incident was 'entirely inadequate.' Images provided by The Canadian Press, Reuters, Adobe Stock and Ge...
Murray Watt has urged new Greens leader David Shoebridge to be constructive with Labor in parliament. Follow live.
The federal and state governments say the future of the Bell Bay Aluminium smelter has been secured, with a power deal reached and a $200 financial package announced.
In an interview with the BBC, Andy Burnham says UK authorities "believe Iran to have played a part" in the plot that unfolded over the weekend near a vital UK air base.
New Greens leader David Shoebridge gets emotional during his first interview as leader while paying tribute to his political mentor before critiquing the federal government over the cost of living.
Negotiations began in early March, with the Australian Workers' Union pushing for better conditions following hundreds of reported assaults on detention centre employees over the past year.
The father of a young woman with anorexia nervosa has implored the state government to adopt a coroner’s recommendations for improved eating disorder services to spare other families the same grief.
Defence Minister Richard Marles says the planned sale of Perth's Irwin and Leeuwin barracks will free up land in highly desirable suburbs but developers will not have free rein to bulldoze the sites for housing.
Each year, people around the world vote for their favourite bear in Alaska's Katmai National Park as the fuzzy fellows bulk up for winter hibernation.
The review, released on Friday, said no government data or sensitive information was compromised during the incident.
The council has voted to overturn a 2022 decision to advocate for the federal government to move Australia Day from January 26.
The ASX is likely to start its day flat, or even slightly lower. It comes after a weak session on Wall Street as government bond yields continued their march towards multi-decade highs. Follow live.
The ABC visits the east Melbourne seat of Glen Waverley, where the Suburban Rail Loop, potholes and the cost of living are major issues two months out from polling day.
The federal government has quietly published the Future Fund's half-yearly report and it reveals a portfolio that includes weapons makers and SpaceX.
The opposition leader says the government is not in control of inflation and interest rates. Follow live.
How policy created a multibillion-dollar opportunity for organised crime
The federal government is cracking down on NDIS providers offering residents in remote Northern Territory Aboriginal communities gifts, including food, alcohol and tobacco.
The South Australian government's timeline to transition the District Council of Coober Pedy out of administration is set to be discarded — without any new end date being set.
A Sydney solar company has collapsed, leaving large numbers of customers furious after they paid hefty deposits for battery systems under a multi-billion-dollar federal government scheme.
A long-awaited train line to the Melbourne Airport is a step closer, with the state and federal governments announcing a timeline for completion of the nearby Keilor East station.
The story that has emerged around the warnings Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly received ahead of October 7 involves secret flights and covert phone calls.
Another interest rate rise has turned attention to government spending, weak productivity and other domestic pressures contributing to inflation.
Last week, when Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told the world that an OpenAI agent had accessed "non-public files" from his country's Medicare statistics portal during testing, his description of the incident was a little light on details. Today, we're getting new information on just how far OpenAI's overzealous agent went in attempting to satisfy a rather innocuous-sounding informa...
US President Donald Trump says he does not want to work with his Chinese counterpart to govern AI because it would make it harder for American companies to get ahead.
