Record warm seas supercharging Australia’s wild weather
Although February is still peak severe weather season, the majority of extreme events this month are being exacerbated by abnormally warm waters off our coastlines.
Record-breaking cosmic particle spotted by underwater telescope
A special telescope 40 kilometres off the south French coast has detected a slippery particle called a neutrino — and it's unlike anything physicists have seen before.
Australia's US tariffs problem is more about the Coalition than Kevin Rudd
Continuing to highlight Labor's past critique of Donald Trump carries political risk for the Coalition. Not least because it ignores what's really driving those encouraging Trump to apply tariffs to Australia.
Car thefts by youths are on the rise. Offenders are breaking into homes to steal them
Amid increasing public frustration and anger about youth crime, Victoria's latest statistics show youth crime is at record levels and police are blaming repeat offenders.
Labor, Coalition strike deal on electoral reform with watered-down caps and disclosure
The major parties have agreed to more than double the donation threshold, ending a months-long stalemate to strike a deal that will infuriate the crossbench.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-12/labor-coalition-strike-electoral-reform-deal/104928032
Sam Kerr's trial started uncomfortable conversations about anti-white racism
Sam Kerr has been cleared by the courts but her public image has been damaged, and questions remain around her suitability to represent her country.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-12/sam-kerr-not-guilty-reputation-damage/104926564
Meriton flouted government orders in push to build Gold Coast high-rise
A former safety officer has blown the whistle on a culture of "fear and intimidation" within Australia's biggest apartment developer.
Japan is betting big on nuclear as memories of Fukushima fade
As Japan grapples with new crises, nuclear power is once again being seen as the energy of the future.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-12/rebirth-of-japanese-nuclear-power-industry/104922298
'There's something wrong with his brain': Snipers injured by their own weapons
Aussie veterans who helped train Iraqi snipers say they were exposed to hundreds of blasts a day, leaving them with long-term brain injuries.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-12/sniper-blast-brain-injury-defence-personnel/104847586
Maps, signs to be updated as reconstructed Aboriginal language evolves
Thirteen gazetted Aboriginal place names in Tasmania written in the reconstructed palawa kani language will have their first letter changed from lower-case to upper-case.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-12/tasmanian-palawa-kani-place-names-change/104913992
Company at centre of major factory fires collapses owing millions
ACB Group, which owns the factory that twice caught fire in Melbourne's west, including a fire that left a worker dead, has entered voluntary liquidation owing creditors $5.3 million.
There's a new cage fight in town: trade negotiations with our closest allies
Really, it's a wonder the NSW government bothered to spend $16 million bringing UFC to Sydney, when we have a free cage sport: Trade negotiations with our closest allies.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-12/trump-albanese-steel-tariffs-trade-negotiations/104924386
Chay just wanted a job teaching English. He ended up paying $2K for a useless qualification
Behind the slick websites and promises of a world-class education a shadow industry has thrived — one where colleges and migration and education agents have spent decades exploiting the system.
No charges over death of government contractor who died in extreme heat
WorkSafe has confirmed it will not lay charges over the man's death at the remote Purnululu National Park in late 2021.
Driver charged with manslaughter for 9yo's death at Robina
Police say Keith Andrew Chambers was speeding, drunk and under the influence of prescription medication when he mounted the kerb, crashing into a family riding their bikes on the footpath.
Former Canberra Scout leader faces trial for alleged historic child sex offences
Former Canberra Scout and police officer Alexander John Clancy is facing 11 charges against two alleged victims, including rape, committing acts of indecency and using electronic means to deprave a young person.
Salvage of sunken boat must happen soon, or ocean will 'claim' wreck
Time is running out for a salvage attempt to recover a 67-year-old historic wooden boat that foundered last week before, as one expert says, the ocean floor starts to "claim" the wreck.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-11/mv-goondooloo-sunken-wooden-boat-salvage/104917838
Fear that Trump's push to end Ukraine war could end up rewarding Putin
The three-year war is in one of its most dramatic and deadly phases, as Russia desperately tries to gain territory ahead of any negotiation.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-11/trump-ukraine-russia-negotiation-four-corners/104903330
'Cancer might be missed': Australia lags on breast density reporting
High breast density elevates a woman's cancer risk, but unlike other countries, Australia doesn't routinely report this information.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-11/mandatory-breast-density-reporting/104889340
Police response to Sam Kerr incident 'completely unacceptable', court hears
Ms Kerr's lawyer has told the court that the police never made any "meaningful" attempt to investigate claims that her client and partner were held against their will by a taxi driver.