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Live: Sussan Ley and David Littleproud to reveal shadow ministry

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Government and Politics

'Panic' as dive in US dollar risks Australia's $4 trillion super pool

Source: AMTopic: Financial Markets

Live: Inflation rate steady at 2.4pc but hotter than forecast

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Financial Markets

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Live: Erin Patterson's grocery bill, text messages to lunch guest shown in court

A police detective is giving evidence in murder trial of Erin Patterson, who is accused of deliberately poisoning four relatives with a meal containing death cap mushrooms, killing three. Follow the hearing in our live blog.

An image of Erin Patterson.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Courts

No teeth, missing super: 'Nightmare' as 'predatory' dental clinics collapse

Patients across the country have been left with no teeth and drained superannuation accounts after clinics run by a NSW company were placed into administration.

A middle aged white woman with long brown hair putting dentures in

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Dental Care

Analysis: Before the Coalition was so divided on climate, Labor had its own splits

It's not all that long since Labor had its own dragging, painful, exhausting split over an issue on which its opponents were jubilantly united.

Sussan Ley in press conference

Source: ABC News

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Young adult novel set in the 80s rejects idea today's kids are 'hopeless'

After her debut novel YA novel Royals, Blue Mountains-based author Tegan Bennett Daylight had no intention of writing a sequel. But her protagonists had other ideas.

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Source: ABC ArtsTopic: Books

Australia records highest rates of early onset bowel cancer in the world

Australia has recorded the highest rates of bowel cancer in people aged under 50 in the world.

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Duration: 6 minutes 15 seconds

Source: ListenTopic: Bowel and Rectal Cancer

Analysis: Before the Coalition was so divided on climate, Labor had its own splits

It's not all that long since Labor had its own dragging, painful, exhausting split over an issue on which its opponents were jubilantly united.

Sussan Ley in press conference

Source: ABC News

This WA beach looks pristine until you scratch the surface

A remote beach in WA offers a glimpse into the severity of plastic pollution in the world's oceans.

An aerial shot of boat on water next to a sand bank

Source: ABC Great SouthernTopic: Pollution

'We get brainwashed': The miracle win underpinning Queensland Origin cult

It has been three decades since Paul Vautin's miracle Maroons pulled off the greatest upset in State of Origin history, and the story of Queensland's unlikeliest heroes shows no signs of slowing down.

A group of rugby league players celebrate winning the State of Origin series

Source: ABC NewsTopic: State of Origin

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Reconciliation Week 2025

Forced into slavery at 12, Sue Roman brought a royal commission to Darwin

Sue Roman was one of hundreds of children taken from the notorious Darwin mission Retta Dixon and sent across the country to work as a servant.

A woman sitting on a verandah and smiling.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Stolen Generations

As an Aboriginal mum I thought being perfect would keep my kids safe

Growing up with a very real fear of being removed from her family affected the way Carlie was able to parent her own children.

Carlie Schofield wears a colourful floral top and smiles as she holds her baby against her face. The baby is asleep.

Source: ABC LifestyleTopic: Parenting

As a symbol for reconciliation in 2000, the Bridge Walk exceeded expectations

The Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation planned a symbolic march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in May 2000. About a quarter of a million people turned up.

A young boy at the front of a crowd holding up an Indigenous flag

Source: ABC Radio NationalTopic: Indigenous Australians

WA government announces redress scheme for Stolen Generations

Survivors of the Stolen Generations in Western Australia will be compensated through a state government redress scheme, Premier Roger Cook announces.

Roger Cook wears a suit with a purple flower, looking at a woman.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Stolen Generations

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Source: ABC ArtsTopic: History

Australian Holocaust survivor Yvonne Engelman dies aged 98

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Source: ABC NewsTopic: World War 2

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Source: ABC ListenTopic: History

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