Tasmania has been immune to privatisation, but has it worked elsewhere?
The privatisation of public assets has been a recurring theme across Australia for four decades, but one state has almost entirely avoided the trend: Tasmania.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-11/could-privatisations-of-tasmanian-owned-assets-work/105032380
Last flood event caught this community unprepared. Not this time for Alfred
Locals in the riverside town of Lawrence in northern NSW are waiting for flooding to recede, but unlike the 2022 floods they are less anxious and "know what's going to happen".
Victorian government explores tightening bail laws as crime rises and approval drops
The Victorian government will explore raising the threshold for granting bail for serious crimes in an effort to quell public concerns about safety.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-11/victorian-government-explores-tightening-bail-laws/105032850
The work from home debate is 'dangerous territory' for politicians
Suddenly, working from home is being debated in Canberra. But who benefits if it becomes an election issue?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-11/working-from-home-election-issue/104673182
Jarvis and Thurman trade verbal blows ahead of fight
Big-hitting Australian boxer Brock Jarvis has traded vicious verbal blows with Keith Thurman to set the stage for a spicy super-welterweight showdown in Sydney.
Key takeaways from what people face in Myanmar after release from forced labour
A dramatic and highly publicised operation by the Thai, Chinese and Myanmar authorities has led to the release of more than 7,000 people from online scam compounds in Myanmar.
Record emergency calls in QLD as ex-Alfred rain lingers in northern NSW
Rapid creek rises and dangerous flash-flooding is impacting parts of South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales.
Authorities responding to reported shark attack near Esperance
Authorities are responding to a reported shark bite at Duke of Orleans Bay in the Cape Le Grand national park.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-10/shark-attack-duke-orleans-bay-esperance/105033196
Hervey Bay mayor questions why weather bureau failed to warn of flooding
About 300 millimetres of rain fell within two hours in Hervey Bay on Sunday. The mayor says the town was unprepared because of a lack of warnings.
Record crowds flock to Moomba Festival
High temperatures in Melbourne have failed to keep crowds away from the colour and celebrations of the annual Moomba Festival.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-10/melbourne-moomba-festival-draws-record-crowds/105031420
Breaking: Police investigating Dural caravan make 14 additional arrests
Police investigating the discovery of an explosives-laden caravan at Dural in Sydney's north-west have today made 14 arrests — charged with 49 offences.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-10/nsw-police-strike-force-pearl-caravan-dural-arrests/105032876
Survey about how we see the future should worry politicians
There is a startling new figure that will make Anthony Albanese and his Labor team very nervous going into this pre-election season.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-10/the-survey-that-should-worry-politicians/105027738
Here's to bench warmers, the unsung heroes of sporting teams
They're the backbone of every sporting team, the bench players who spend months or even years waiting to get their moment in the spotlight.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-10/bench-players-the-backbone-of-sporting-teams/104949474
'Massive clean-up' ahead as more rain falls in Alfred's wake
Rainfalls of up to 80 millimetres are forecast by the BOM in Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast, while 50mm could fall in Grafton, where the Clarence River is nearing major flood levels.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-10/qld-nsw-ex-ropical-cyclone-alfred-flooding-clean-up/105030178
To make America great, Trump is undoing its greatness
What's most important for Australia — and the entire Western world — is that America has fallen to anti-globalists, and they are carrying out a deep regime change in the style of an autocratic takeover.
'Dirty money': Outrage over war memorial taking money from weapons makers
The national symbol for Australia's fallen soldiers has taken large sums of money from weapons makers, a move former staff call "inappropriate".
Tasmanian Hmong market farmers not immune to succession issue
From a war-torn childhood in Laos, Dee Thao found her place in Tasmania as a market gardener. While she followed in her parents' footsteps, her children don't feel the same pull to continue the Hmong farming tradition.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-10/hmong-market-farming-tradition-fading-tasmania/104973968
Want to access your own health records in Victoria? It could take months
Victoria's Information Commissioner Sean Morrison says the state's entire FOI system is "no longer fit for purpose" and is in urgent need of an overhaul.
Schools remain closed in northern NSW as residents cautiously return home
More than 140 warnings remained in place in northern NSW late on Sunday night, while evacuation orders were lifted for the Lismore CBD, Murwillumbah and Mullumbimby.
Flash flooding still a risk, aftermath of ex Cyclone Alfred revealed
The Bureau of Meteorology says the wild weather is "still not over" for parts of Queensland's south-east and northern NSW, with flash flooding still anticipated to strike.