Posted
| UpdatedThere are concerns of a growing bushfire risk in the Northern Territory, thanks to a weed that is spreading rapidly and increasing the fuel load.
Topics: bushfire, invasive-species, agribusiness, nt
Posted
| UpdatedPain specialists are warning there could be disastrous consequences if private health coverage for chronic pain is changed.
Topics: health-insurance, pain, australia
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| UpdatedQueensland is home to nearly 1,000 threatened animal species and their diverse range of habitats. Despite that staggering statistic, Queensland has the smallest percentage of land listed as national park in Australia.
Topics: national-parks, government-and-politics, endangered-and-protected-species, qld
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| UpdatedMisconduct revealed in the banking Royal Commission has been attributed to greed and a failure to enforce laws to prevent it.
Topics: banking, royal-commissions, regulation, australia
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| UpdatedNecephor Mghendi is from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. He is in charge of international aid assistance to Indonesia and he spoke to The World Today from Kuala Lumpur.
Topics: earthquake, relief-and-aid-organisations, malaysia, indonesia
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| UpdatedRescuers are racing against time to find survivors trapped under the rubble following Friday's earthquake and tsunami on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
Topics: earthquake, relief-and-aid-organisations, sulawesi
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| UpdatedIn the UK, a conference of Tory party members in the city of Birmingham will set the stage for a showdown with the troubled British Prime Minister Theresa May.
Topics: world-politics, immigration, united-kingdom
Posted
| UpdatedFor the second time in a year, the Egyptian Government has jailed a woman for complaining about sexual harassment and attitudes to women in the country.
Topics: sexual-offences, foreign-affairs, womens-status, egypt
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| UpdatedOfficials on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi estimate the death toll from Friday's earthquake and tsunami could run into the thousands.
Topics: earthquake, death, sulawesi
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| UpdatedThe Treasurer, Josh Frydenburg, joins AM from the ABC's Melbourne studios to discuss the revelations of the banking Royal Commission.
Topics: royal-commissions, banking, abc, australia
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| UpdatedSeveral months ago, AM told the story of Katinka, a 13-year-old girl in Newcastle whose application for a walker had been rejected by the NDIS. The story moved a number of listeners and Katinka's family received offers from individuals and charities to fund the $6,000 piece of equipment.
Topics: disabilities, charities, newcastle-2300
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| UpdatedThe banking royal commissioner Kenneth Hayne's interim report says misconduct in the banking and financial services sector has been driven by a culture of greed.
Topics: royal-commissions, banking, regulation, australia
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| UpdatedA desperate effort is underway on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi to rescue survivors from Friday's devastating earthquake and tsunami.
Topics: earthquake, death, sulawesi
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| UpdatedIn the United States there is confusion over the FBI investigation into supreme court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
Topics: sexual-offences, foreign-affairs, world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedIn the wake of the financial services Royal Commission interim report, former ACCC chairman Professor Allan Fels says the corporate regulator, ASIC, should be stripped of its bank oversight powers.
Topics: banking, regulation, royal-commissions, consumer-finance, australia
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| UpdatedPolice are using an initiative called 'Coffee with a Cop', to educate and help build trust among new migrants in Australia.
Topics: police, society, immigration, fairfield-2165
Posted
| UpdatedAustralian-led research has made progress in understanding why an ovarian cancer treatment is effective for some women and not others.
Topics: ovarian-cancer, drug-use, medical-research, parkville-3052
Posted
| UpdatedDubbo is playing host to the 48th annual Koori Knockout, a celebration of Indigenous rugby league stars from the past, present and future.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, rugby-league, dubbo-2830
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| UpdatedAfter a turbulent week for the ABC that saw the removal of both its chairman and managing director, what next for the national broadcaster?
Topics: broadcasting---information-industry, broadcasting, company-news, media, ultimo-2007
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| UpdatedThe FBI has been instructed to investigate sexual assault allegations against US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Topics: world-politics, judges-and-legal-profession, sexual-offences, united-states
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| UpdatedThe Indonesian island of Sulawesi has been hit by a magnitude 7.5 quake, triggering a tsunami that has caused widespread destruction along the western coastline, including in provincial capital Palu.
Topics: earthquake, tidal-wave, emergency-incidents, indonesia
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| UpdatedThe Government today appointed Kirstin Ferguson as the interim chairwoman, and she's already under pressure to explain what she and her fellow board members knew about Justin Milne's attempts to interfere on behalf of the Government.
Topics: abc, journalism, media, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedDespite Beijing's denials, there has been growing evidence of a mass campaign of repression by the Chinese government against the Muslim Uighur's of Xinjiang province. And tonight, PM can bring you a rare account from inside one of what some are calling the concentration camps the Chinese government is running, where a million or more Uighur are being subjected to brainwashing and re-education.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, human, world-politics, china
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| UpdatedPresident Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee and the woman who's accused him of attempted rape have today both given evidence to a dramatic Senate hearing which lasted more than eight hours.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedDespite the new acting ABC chair expressing confidence in the ABC board, one of the country's most experienced public servants says that's not good enough and that the rest of the board should resign.
Topics: abc, journalism, federal-government, australia