Private school teacher allegedly sacked after flagging staff bullying
A former teacher takes a Victorian Catholic school to the Fair Work Commission, alleging she was fired after raising concerns about bullying within staff.
'I was really ready for a new chapter': Making a big location change for work
Katie and Dan Toney grappled with a decision to move their family 800 kilometres interstate for a job opportunity.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-03/making-a-big-location-move-for-work/104951194
Six weeks into Trump 2.0, Russian state TV can't get enough of the US president
It is doubtless that viewers in Russia would have recognised some of the same talking points as the Ukrainian president was berated by Donald Trump and his attack dog of a vice-president, JD Vance.
We lose $32b a year to online gambling. A new bill might help reduce it
About $32 billion a year is now lost by people betting online, mostly by those who can't afford it. A bill that would force online betting outfits to display to each client what they're losing, and what they've lost, each time they log on is hoped to change that.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-03/bill-seeks-to-crack-down-on-online-gambling/105000668
Parents of methanol poisoning victims left with silence, not answers
Months after the deaths of Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, their families say they are furious at the lack of information from Lao authorities and want travellers to boycott the country until a proper investigation is held.
How Heath Ledger's death changed Vincent Fantauzzo's life
How the famous portrait of the Hollywood actor forged an enduring bond between his grieving father and the artist, Vincent Fantauzzo.
The violent underworld behind your cheap cigarettes
Cash-only stores, unmarked white vans, and a shipping container with falsified documents. Where does Australia's illegal cigarette trade begin?
Millennials missing out on thousands of dollars by ignoring their super
Young people consume vast amounts of information on personal finance on social media. But that thirst for financial knowledge is not translating into action when it comes to them managing their superannuation.
Rate cut pulls house prices out of their 'tailspin'
Home values jumped in the month the Reserve Bank cut interest rates, with Australia looking to have exited one of its shortest and mildest property downturns on record.
Ex-Rebels bikie Peake wins New Zealand Open by one stroke
Eleven years after being handed a prison sentence, former Rebels bikie gang member Ryan Peake completes a dramatic victory at the New Zealand Open.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-02/new-zealand-golf-ryan-peake-wins-by-one-stroke/105000772
Saints forward Owens receives 'promising' scan news
St Kilda forward Mitch Owens looks to have escaped a serious shoulder injury, but Cooper Sharman will undergo surgery on a fractured thumb.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-02/afl-st-kilda-saints-injury-mitch-owen/105000728
Talk a big quiz game? It's time to play, HARD!
I must say, I do admire your courage in coming back this week for another try. Just kidding, I never feel that way.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-02/hard-quiz-weekly-trivia/104994344
A kangaroo 'crash' is coming — should they be shot before they starve?
Ecologists say regular culls are necessary to protect vegetation and other native animals, as well as the animal welfare of the kangaroos themselves.
Chinese heritage is Olympian Melissa Wu's 'secret weapon'
Melissa Wu had an early start to her sporting career and credited her hard work ethic to the cultural values embedded through her Chinese lineage.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-02/melissa-wu-credits-chinese-heritage-for-success/104980292
'Uncoachable' coaches changing the face of weekend cricket
Akanksha Swarup took 18 wickets in an afternoon. She's a member of a unique cricket club built for players with an intellectual impairment.
'Barely make a living': Wage cuts hit China's finance workers hard
Workers speak out about the impact of wage cuts in the finance sector in China, while simultaneous hikes to public sector pay packets leaves many people confused.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-02/workers-in-china-speak-out-about-wage-cuts/104956506
Albanese might be wary of voter backlash but there's a high cost to doing nothing
The prime minister's Overton window is the size of a porthole but the paradox of Albanese's policy conservatism is that he's left Peter Dutton with very little to unwind should the Coalition win.
Working in AI, people ask me if I'm pessimistic. This is what keeps me up at night
The future rarely unfolds like we expect. Although Hollywood has given us plenty of technological tropes to worry about, our AI future is much more mundane and much more insidious.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-02/ai-and-our-technological-future/104305614
Israel-Hamas ceasefire in peril as first phase nears end
Hamas says it has rejected an Israeli proposal to extend phase one of the ceasefire deal in Gaza, instead of proceeding to phase two, throwing the Middle East peace process into uncertainty just hours before the first stage of the agreement is set to expire.
A look at the evolution of Trump and Zelenskyy's relationship
Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have clashed in a fiery conversation at the White House. Here's a look at the pair's previous exchanges.