#  @abcnews ABC News A father of five has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing and murdering his wife in a remote Northern Territory community. Meanwhile, the NT Police Force has announced an anti-racism action plan in a bid to drive cultural change. 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The surgeries left her medically infertile" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-14/patients-endometriosis-surgery-by-simon-gordon-unnecessary-/106330214) 2026-02-14T00:17Z 2.7M followers, [----] engagements "'Land kill and leave': How Australian special forces helped lose the war in Afghanistan - ABC News "The best of the best" were trained to operate like "phantoms" but now their legacy in the minds of Afghans will be a brutal one" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-12/how-australian-special-forces-helped-lose-the-afghan-war/8700272) 2026-02-14T10:01Z 2.7M followers, [----] engagements "Police identify nine people killed in Tumbler Ridge mass shooting - ABC News Six children and two adults were killed in the shooting in the remote Canadian town of Tumbler Ridge on Tuesday" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-14/tumbler-ridge-school-mass-shooting-victims-named/106343974) 2026-02-14T12:19Z 2.7M followers, [--] engagements "Valentino Guseli thought he saw an 'omen from the shred gods' during the [----] Winter Olympics halfpipe final - ABC News As Valentino Guseli watched his teammate Scotty James "tearing" the halfpipe apart he thought an "omen from the shred gods" would deliver him an elusive Olympic gold medal" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-14/valentino-guseli-shred-gods-scotty-james-olympics/106344742) 2026-02-14T05:12Z 2.7M followers, [---] engagements "What young people think of One Nation's rising popularity - ABC News Recent opinion polls have found that for the first time One Nation is the second-most popular party with voters overtaking the Coalition. So what do teenagers think of One Nation and do they still trust the major parties" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-12/what-young-people-think-of-one-nation/106330036) 2026-02-12T03:02Z 2.7M followers, 36.6K engagements "Why Payne Haas's move from Brisbane to South Sydney changes the game for two NRL giants - ABC News Payne Haas's decision to leave Brisbane for South Sydney in [----] didn't just shock the rugby league world it transformed the futures of two of rugby league's most powerful clubs in an instant" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/payne-haas-brisbane-broncos-south-sydney-nrl/106319624) 2026-02-08T22:37Z 2.7M followers, [----] engagements "NSW Police defends officers' actions in violent clashes with Sydney protesters rallying against Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit - ABC News Twenty-seven people were arrested including [--] for assaulting police on Monday night at a demonstration against Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to Australia" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/nsw-officer-defends-police-sydney-protest-israeli-herzog/106324050) 2026-02-09T21:15Z 2.7M followers, 88.2K engagements "Remember Dollar Bill It's been [--] years since Australia made the big change to decimal currency - ABC News Six decades ago Australia swapped its old currency for dollars and cents. A catchy jingle sung by a cartoon character named Dollar Bill helped the country adapt" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-14/australia-marks-60-years-since-switching-to-decimal-currency/106328652) 2026-02-13T22:11Z 2.7M followers, [---] engagements "Queenslanders fight to keep public pools as facilities age - ABC News A Queensland mum transforms her backyard to make sure children do not miss out on learning to swim as hundreds of public pools nationwide reach the end of their lives" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-12/queenslanders-fight-to-keep-public-pools-open/106327368) 2026-02-12T02:16Z 2.7M followers, [--] engagements "WA Coroner finds 'cascade of events' responsible for heart attack death of man arrested at Perth Underground Station - ABC News A coronial inquest into the death of a 24-year-old man at a Perth train station finds the act of restraining him in a face-down position likely contributed to his death" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-14/joshua-van-malssen-perth-death-inquest-findings-release/106343806) 2026-02-14T03:14Z 2.7M followers, [---] engagements "More than a dozen hate symbols banned in Queensland antisemitism crackdown - ABC News The Queensland government has banned more than a dozen symbols associated with Nazi ideology and extremist groups as part of a crackdown on antisemitism" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-15/hate-symbols-banned-queensland-antisemitism-crackdown/106345062) 2026-02-14T22:06Z 2.7M followers, [--] engagements "#BREAKING: Britain's Prince William and Princess Kate say they are "deeply concerned" by the revelations in files over the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein making their first statement on the issue. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/prince-william-kate-epstein-deeply-concerned-statement/106323984 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/prince-william-kate-epstein-deeply-concerned-statement/106323984" [X Link](https://x.com/abcnews/status/2020793182405943385) 2026-02-09T09:33Z 2.7M followers, 17K engagements "Former prime minister Tony Abbott says Australia is Judaeo-Christian but warns Angus Taylor about being One Nation-lite - ABC News As Angus Taylor takes the Liberal leadership via a spill motion a former leader with plenty of experience at that offers up some advice on dealing with One Nation and immigration" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-13/tony-abbott-on-angus-taylor-one-nation-immigration-assimilation/106342458) 2026-02-13T08:35Z 2.7M followers, 179.4K engagements "Press watchdog complains about US treatment of journalists in Iraq - ABC News The Committee to Protect Journalists has complained to the US military commander in Iraq over the arrest of three journalists by US forces in Iraq earlier this month" [X Link](https://abc.net.au/news/2026-02-14/iranian-protest-melbourne/123456) 2026-02-14T16:39Z 2.7M followers, [--] engagements "Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi sizzle but Wuthering Heights isn't quite the full Bront - ABC News The two Queensland "bogans" put on a show but Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights is more wish fulfilment than a meaningful adaptation of the classic novel" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/wuthering-heights-movie-review-emerald-fennell-jacob-elordi/106321718) 2026-02-14T08:19Z 2.7M followers, [---] engagements "#BREAKING: The American actor was best known for his starring role as Dawson Leery in Dawson's Creek from [----] to [----]. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-12/james-van-der-beek-dawsons-creek-star-obituary/105821848 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-12/james-van-der-beek-dawsons-creek-star-obituary/105821848" [X Link](https://x.com/abcnews/status/2021676084023214410) 2026-02-11T20:01Z 2.7M followers, 19.5K engagements "How a Canberra-based refugee fled the Maduro regime along with millions of other Venezuelans - ABC News Josh Madrid was arrested for attending a pro-democracy protest in Venezuela. [--] hours later he fled his homeland fearing he would be killed by the government" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-08/act-how-a-venezuelan-fled-the-maduro-regime/106313290) 2026-02-07T23:24Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Victoria gave free fishing rods to school kids to try and convert them to fishing. Did it work - ABC News The state government distributed thousands of free fishing rods to primary school kids in an attempt to engage young Victorians in fishing and while some kids love their rods others have ended up on Facebook marketplace. So did the program work" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-23/victoria-little-anglers-free-fishing-rods/103495210) 2026-02-12T00:59Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Winter Olympics 2026: Steven Bradbury clips Jake Paul as Ukrainian pays tribute quick hits from Milano Cortina day three - ABC News Steven Bradbury hits Jake Paul with a drive-by as he celebrates Jutta Leerdam's Olympic gold while a Sydney-born Kiwi receives a special celebration. Here are the quick hits from the Winter Olympics" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/sport-winter-olympics-qhs-day-three-jake-paul-steven-bradbury/106324398) 2026-02-10T03:03Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to sign security treaty with Indonesia - ABC News Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in Jakarta to ratify the treaty which the Australian government calls the "biggest step" the countries have taken together in [--] years" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-06/pm-to-sign-security-treaty-with-indonesia/106311374) 2026-02-05T18:55Z 133.9K followers, 19.1K engagements "Winter Olympics 2026: Lindsey Vonn hailed as 'idol' by downhill rivals after Milano Cortina crash - ABC News Lindsey Vonn's [----] Winter Olympic Games ended in disaster but her teammates and rivals have heaped praise on the three-time Olympic medallist" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/winter-olympics-rivals-pay-credit-to-lindsey-vonn/106320254) 2026-02-09T08:30Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements "Dispute over West Bank football pitch sparks international campaign - ABC News A campaign to save a West Bank football pitch from demolition has gone global. The sport's most powerful bodies as well as social media influencers have intervened to pressure Israeli authorities to reconsider its destruction" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-12/west-bank-football-pitch-at-the-centre-of-a-dispute/106325786) 2026-02-12T00:13Z 133.8K followers, [----] engagements "Maritime safety regulator investigating luxury Carnival cruise ship after whistleblower concerns - ABC News The maritime union says crew members of a luxury Carnival cruise ship allege they are being made to sleep in crowded rooms lack access to free drinking water and that some are earning as little as $2.50 an hour" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/amsa-investigating-carnival-cruise-ship-exploitation-claims/106323754) 2026-02-09T10:16Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "Big swings in Australia's electricity market have a frustrating effect on our power bills - ABC News The benefits of extremely low energy prices during the day are "washed away" by extremely high ones after dark. But there is light at the end of the tunnel" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-08/big-swings-in-australias-electricity-market/106305696) 2026-02-07T19:27Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "Sydney Cove shipwreck an epic tale of adventure and survival in [----] - ABC News In [----] [--] shipwrecked sailors set out to walk from Ninety Mile Beach in Victoria to Sydney. Only three of them made it causing a minor sensation at the time but their perilous journey has since largely been forgotten" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-30/survival-story-sydney-coves-shipwrecked-sailors/8536714) 2026-02-08T20:16Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Korean cryptocurrency exchange accidentally gives away $60b in bitcoin - ABC News A South Korean cryptocurrency exchange apologises after mistakenly transferring more than $60 billion worth of bitcoin to users which briefly prompted a sell-off on the platform" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-08/korean-exchange-bithumb-accidentally-gives-away-60b-bitcoin/106318826) 2026-02-08T00:02Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Epstein files reaffirm even a conviction doesn't taint 'good bloke' status - ABC News The rich and powerful were all too happy to maintain connected to Jeffrey Epstein until it became the less convenient option" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/jeffrey-epstein-good-character-reference/106307992) 2026-02-06T22:08Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements "Chappell Roan no longer represented by talent agency led by Casey Wasserman - ABC News Pop star Chappell Roan says she is no longer represented by the talent agency led by Los Angeles [----] Olympics chief Casey Wasserman who has faced criticism for flirtatious email exchanges with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell more than [--] years ago" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/chappell-roan-no-longer-represented-by-casey-wasserman/106327330) 2026-02-10T15:22Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "NT Child Deaths Review Committee disbanded by government with concerns it will result in 'serious gaps' - ABC News The NT Children's Commissioner says the government's decision to scrap a committee tasked with examining all child deaths in the territory leaves "serious gaps"" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/nt-child-deaths-review-committee-disbanded-concerns-serious-gaps/106322560) 2026-02-11T01:43Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "FBI releases surveillance pictures of masked man at Nancy Guthrie's home on morning she disappeared - ABC News FBI director Kash Patel has posted the images on social media saying they had been recovered after days of work by investigators" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/fbi-release-pictures-of-masked-man-at-nancy-guthries-home/106329322) 2026-02-10T21:45Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "Australian dollar reaches '40-year high' against Japan's yen as cheap holidays fuel tourism surge - ABC News Australia's exchange rate with Japan has grown increasingly favourable to tourists which have surged to record numbers and topped more than one million visitors in 2025" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/australian-dollar-japanese-yen-currency-exchange-rate-tourism/106332346) 2026-02-11T08:07Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "The slow death of Keir Starmer's prime ministership after Peter Mandelson's 'betrayal' - ABC News Starmer's decision to hand the plum job of UK ambassador in Washington to Lord Peter Mandelson despite knowing Mandelson had maintained a friendship with Jeffrey Epstein well past Epstein's conviction for soliciting underage prostitution may simply be too large an error of judgement for the public to accept" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-08/keir-starmer-leadership-peril-over-mandelson-epstein-scanda/106318588) 2026-02-07T23:41Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "Milano Cortina [----] is the most gender-equal Winter Olympics ever aside from Nordic Combined - ABC News Nordic Combined is the only sport at any Olympic Games summer and winter that does not have an event for women. It's an omission that is putting the entire future of the sport at risk" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/winter-olympics-2026-milan-cortina-nordic-combined-inequality/105991114) 2026-02-11T06:59Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Protesters were punched pushed and arrested but were NSW Police actions excessive - ABC News What is reasonable It's a question being asked by some after footage of clashes in Sydney's CBD during a rally against Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/verify-police-use-of-force-town-hall-protest/106328358) 2026-02-10T19:54Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "US military planned nerve gas test on Aust troops - ABC News Defence files reveal the US military was planning to test deadly nerve gas on Australian troops in the 1960s" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-07-06/us-military-planned-nerve-gas-test-on-aust-troops/2495324) 2026-02-12T02:16Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Independent inquiry launched into NACC chief's handling of defence ties - ABC News The body responsible for holding the federal integrity watchdog to account will formally investigate it for agency maladministration and its chief Paul Brereton for officer misconduct" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/independent-inquiry-launched-into-nacc-chief-defence-ties/106320954) 2026-02-09T02:43Z 133.9K followers, 33K engagements "Ben Batterham receives payout from NSW government for wrongful prosecution - ABC News A Newcastle man will receive a confidential payout from the NSW government for wrongful prosecution by police for an alleged home invasion murder" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/ben-batterham-gets-payout-from-state-for-wrongful-prosecution/106322122) 2026-02-09T07:10Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Shaun Dunk asks to be 'locked up' [--] days before alleged stabbing murder court hears - ABC News Fifteen days before he allegedly killed a woman and attempted to kill another Shaun Michael Dunk asked to be taken into custody so he would not be a danger to anyone" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/shaun-dunk-asks-to-be-locked-up-weeks-before-alleged-murder/106323324) 2026-02-09T09:03Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "$203 million crackdown on dodgy doctors and advocates targeting veterans - ABC News Fraudsters taking advantage of people with disability now appear to be targeting veterans prompting a $200 million crackdown by the federal government" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-08/crackdown-on-doctors-advocates-targeting-veterans-fraud/106309512) 2026-02-07T22:50Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "Indirect talks between US and Iran finish in Oman with indication they will continue - ABC News The two countries held talks mediated by Oman in Muscat after weeks of tensions between Washington and Tehran" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/iran-us-nuclear-talks-in-oman-finish/106316594) 2026-02-06T15:35Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "NSW government contacts Newcastle Writers Festival about Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah's inclusion - ABC News The NSW government makes contact with the board of next month's Newcastle Writers Festival about the inclusion of Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah the ABC understands" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-05/nsw-government-newcastle-writers-festival-randa-abdel-fattah/106310270) 2026-02-05T05:46Z 133.8K followers, 136.5K engagements "Light plane crashes into ocean at Goolwa South on South Australia's south coast - ABC News The Australian Transport Safety Bureau says it has begun an investigation into a crash involving a single-engine Cessna aeroplane which has "collided with water"" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-06/light-plane-crash-at-goolwa-south/106316008) 2026-02-06T21:37Z 133.9K followers, 26.3K engagements "Cyclone Mitchell tracker map: When will it hit Pilbara coast in WA - ABC News Track the path of Tropical Cyclone Mitchell and monitor wind speeds as the system approaches the Pilbara coast" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/cyclone-mitchell-map-tracker-pilbara-wa/106317220) 2026-02-07T04:05Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "Austin Appelbee's incredible tale of survival has made international headlines. How did the 13yo do it - ABC News Austin Appelbee [--] has made international headlines after swimming for four hours in rough seas to save his mum sister and brother stranded in the ocean. How did he do it" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-04/austin-appelbee-13yo-boy-swims-to-shore-to-save-family-australia/106301468) 2026-02-04T10:32Z 133.9K followers, 80.9K engagements "Malka Leifer has returned to Australia to face child sex abuse charges. Here's what will happen next - ABC News More than a decade after leaving Melbourne for Israel former school principal Malka Leifer has arrived back in Australia to face child sexual abuse charges. The allegations are yet to be tested in court here's what we know about what will happen next" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-28/malka-leifer-has-returned-to-australia-to-face-child-sex-abuse/13096874) 2026-02-10T01:42Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements "Absolutely horrified: Community left in the dark about PFAS contamination - ABC News For [--] years this waterway was polluted with toxic "forever chemicals". It was only disconnected from a major drinkingsupply [--] months ago" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/pfas-contamination-investigation-ourimbah-creek-catchment-nsw/106037472) 2026-02-07T00:33Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements "Why 13yo Austin Appelbee's story of survival resonated so strongly across the globe - ABC News The remarkable story of Austin Appelbee's marathon swim for help went around the world so why did it spark such an emotional reaction" [X Link](https://abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/austin-appelbee-quindalup-rescue-global-phenomenon/106306482) 2026-02-07T03:08Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements "How Super Bowl-bound Aussie Michael Dickson became NFL's best punter - ABC News Michael Dickson has become one of the finest punters in the NFL and could become just the second Australian to play in a victorious Super Bowl team" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-05/michael-dickson-nfl-australian-punter-super-bowl/106307658) 2026-02-05T02:01Z 133.8K followers, [----] engagements "Australia wins historic World Curling bronze medal but do not have an Olympic spot for Milano-Cortina yet - ABC News Australia has claimed its first-ever World Curling Championships medal thanks to Beijing Olympians Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt but if the Aussie pair are to make it to Milano-Cortina they still have work to do" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-04/australia-wins-historic-world-curling-bronze-medal-no-olympics/105250336) 2026-02-05T22:19Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Police warn against 'false hope' as cold case search bones identified as 'nonhuman' - ABC News Bone fragments found during a private search for evidence relating to the disappearance of two girls in [----] are "not human remains" according to police who have issued a public warning against actions that create "false hope"" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/bones-found-in-yatina-search-not-human/106325728) 2026-02-10T18:13Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "$740m veterans plan to fund social 'rehabilitation' and psychedelic treatments for PTSD - ABC News A $740 million program will transform support for veterans and include funding for social activities such as yoga and language classes with new treatment including MDMA and psilocybin for the worst forms of PTSD also funded for the first time" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/veterans-funding-social-rehabilitation-mdma-ptsd/106309994) 2026-02-08T21:54Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Premier Chris Minns says Newcastle Writers Festival 'crazy' to invite author Randa Abdel-Fattah - ABC News The festival's director said Dr Abdel-Fattah was invited in August last year and denied the state government pressured her to remove the writer" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-06/randa-abdel-fattah-author-to-attend-newcastle-writers-festival/106312828) 2026-02-06T04:04Z 133.9K followers, 12.2K engagements "ABC radio presenter James Valentine retires after more than [--] years on air due to cancer - ABC News" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-02/abc-radio-presenter-james-valentine-retires-due-to-cancer/106288882) 2026-02-02T03:50Z 133.9K followers, 42K engagements "Heavy rain soaks Central Australia with waterfalls on Uluru as Daly River flooding hits peak level - ABC News Heavy rain in Central Australia has sent waterfalls down the face of Uluru and filled the usually parched Todd River while cutting off a number of remote communities" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/nt-wet-weather-rain-on-uluru-and-daly-river-flooding-peaks/106326436) 2026-02-10T14:18Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "High Court finds Catholic Church liable for priest's sexual abuse but halves compensation - ABC News A man who suffered sexual abuse at the hands of a priest in the 1960s has won his High Court battle over liability but had his compensation nearly halved" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/high-court-catholic-church-liable-priest-sexual-abuse/106329926) 2026-02-11T00:41Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Federal Government's crackdown on unions rejected by Senate after One Nation sides with Opposition - ABC News Gasps of surprise cheers from the Opposition and Ministers left dumbfounded as Pauline Hanson and Jacqui Lambie join forces to deliver a shock defeat of the Government's signature union crackdown legislation in the Senate" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-28/ensuring-integrity-union-busting-bill-senate/11745678) 2026-02-12T12:51Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "British actor gets [--] months for child porn - ABC News British actor Chris Langham has been jailed for [--] months after being found guilty of downloading child pornography from the internet" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-09-15/british-actor-gets-10-months-for-child-porn/670392) 2026-02-09T21:17Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements "Parents association fined after allowing alleged sexual offender to keep working at care centre - ABC News A North Queensland parents association is fined $50000 for failures in handling allegations of sexual abuse at an after school care service" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/cranbrook-state-primary-school-parents-association-fined/106333024) 2026-02-12T00:13Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lands in Sydney amid controversy - ABC News A heavy security presence greets Benjamin Netanyahu at Sydney Airport for his four-day visit to Australia the first visit to the country by a serving Israeli Prime Minister" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-22/benjamin-netanyahu-arrives-in-sydney/8291846) 2026-02-07T19:55Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Missing man Corey Chugg separated from friend while collecting firewood police say - ABC News A 32-year-old man missing in Tasmania's north was collecting firewood with a friend when the pair became separated on Sunday police have said" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/search-for-missing-man-corey-chugg-in-tasmania/106328680) 2026-02-12T02:01Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "Australian woman killed in ski lift accident at popular snow resort in Japan - ABC News Police in Japan confirmed to ABC News the womans name is Brooke Day from Queensland's Sunshine Coast who was taking a lift at the Tsugaike Mountain Resort when she became caught and suffered critical injuries" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-02/australian-woman-killed-in-ski-lift-accident-in-japan/106295672) 2026-02-11T13:18Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Reddit users revolt after reports of Chinese tech giant Tencent's possible investment - ABC News Pictures of Winnie the Pooh and the Tiananmen Square protests began appearing in droves on Reddit after news of a potential investment in the site from Chinese tech giant Tencent" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-11/reddit-users-revolt-on-news-of-chinese-investment/10798584) 2026-02-06T23:37Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements "NSW Police disrupt muslim men praying outside Sydney's Town Hall - ABC News Follow the latest headlines from ABC News Australia's most trusted media source with live events audio and on-demand video from the national broadcaster" [X Link](https://abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/nsw-police-disrupt-muslim-men-praying-in-sydney-s-cbd/106325976) 2026-02-10T13:01Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Paralysed driver's 'dream come true' as he finishes Targa Tasmania car rally - ABC News Paralysed Queensland driver Alan Bloore describes finishing Targa Tasmania rally as a "dream come true"" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-03/paralysed-driver-completes-car-rally-targa-tasmania/6440622) 2026-02-07T17:19Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "Super Bowl LX live updates: Seattle Seahawks vs New England Patriots blog scores and stats Bad Bunny half-time show - ABC News The Seahawks and Patriots meet in the Super Bowl in a rematch of a thrilling clash [--] years ago that ended in an iconic finish for the ages. Follow live" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/super-bowl-lx-live-blog-seahawks-vs-patriots-bad-bunny/106320762) 2026-02-08T22:40Z 133.8K followers, [----] engagements "Deer musk glands fake fans and forbidden friends inside the North Korean women's national soccer team - ABC News Little is known about North Korean football but as their women's national team makes a tilt at Olympic qualification the eyes of the world are turning back towards them" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-18/inside-north-korea-footballs-most-secretive-womens-national-team/103427288) 2026-02-12T02:59Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Reo Te Whetu Marama Marsh pleads guilty to murdering Mary Benedito on Gold Coast - ABC News The 25-year-old mother was found unresponsive in a Southport apartment in [----] and later died of her injuries in hospital" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-12/marybenedito-murder-former-partner-pleads-guilty-southport/106335664) 2026-02-12T03:53Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Victorian Labor misused $388k for election campaign staff ombudsman finds - ABC News Victorian Labor wrongly used $388000 of taxpayers' money during the party's [----] election campaign which saw Daniel Andrews elected as Premier the state's ombudsman finds" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-21/victorian-labor-misused-$388k-for-election-campaign-ombudsman/9570016) 2026-02-05T01:31Z 133.8K followers, [----] engagements "Live updates: ASX opens lower as RBA governor addresses economics committee - ABC News The ASX has opened lower while RBA governor Michele Bullock addresses the economics committee. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-06/asx-markets-business-news-friday-6-february-live-updates/106312232) 2026-02-06T00:08Z 133.9K followers, 26.5K engagements "Budget reform is back as Labor shapes second term agenda - ABC News As the opposition and government wrestled in the hay barn over who's to blame for this week's Reserve Bank interest rate increase there's a much bigger story unfolding in the wings" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/interest-rate-hikes-capital-gains-tax-federal-budget/106294868) 2026-02-06T20:47Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "Jacinta Allan backs Kyneton footballers to find new league amid appeal controversy - ABC News A former football administrator has criticised AFL Victoria's decision not to allow a club to join a women-only league in Central Victoria" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-06/kyneton-women-football-controversy-footy-premier-jacinta-allan/106300624) 2026-02-07T15:35Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Thailand election stakes are high as progressives mount new challenge against establishment - ABC News As Thailand prepares to head to the polls voters remain wary that in their version of democracy the party they vote for is not always the one that takes power" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/thailand-election-stakes-high-as-progressives-mount-challenge/106312802) 2026-02-08T01:01Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "Licensed program to kill native animals 'weak' and 'outdated' inquiry told - ABC News Animal welfare groups are calling for a major overhaul into the system that allows native animals to be killed in NSW" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/licences-to-harm-native-animals-inquiry/106320826) 2026-02-10T01:21Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements "Bill Hayden hailed as architect of Medicare 'reshaper' of post-war ALP by Albanese Keating - ABC News The Labor luminary who brought in universal healthcare and the single mother's pension under the Whitlam governmenthas died aged 90" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-21/qld-labor-leader-governor-general-bill-hayden-albanese/103005720) 2026-02-08T10:27Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements "ACT election data suggests neither Liberal nor Greens voters would want a coalition between the parties - ABC News Greens voters overwhelmingly preference Labor over the Liberal Party across the country and a look at the data from the [----] ACT election suggests there's no reason to think that would be different in Canberra" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-03/act-election-voter-data-greens-liberals-coalition/106294870) 2026-02-08T01:02Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "Queensland man charged after police allege [-----] files of child abuse seized - ABC News A Queensland man has been charged with [---] child abuse-related offences after he allegedly "groomed coerced and threatened" hundreds of young people" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-05/qld-man-charged-with-online-child-abuse-related-offences/106307910) 2026-02-05T01:52Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "Christchurch terrorist gives testimony in NZ appeal court as he attempts to vacate guilty pleas over [----] attack - ABC News The convicted Christchurch terrorist and murderer is giving testimony in the New Zealand Court of Appeal as he seeks to vacate his guilty pleas over his [----] attack on two mosques" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/christchurch-terrorist-in-court-of-appeal/106320628) 2026-02-09T09:30Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "Roblox on notice after 'disturbing' reports of child grooming - ABC News The government puts popular social gaming site Roblox on notice following media reports of children being approached and groomed by predators on the platform" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/government-puts-roblox-on-notice-reports-of-child-grooming/100020788) 2026-02-10T03:30Z 133.8K followers, [----] engagements "Magistrate criticises ACT police over delayed investigation into sexual offence by Uber driver - ABC News An ACT magistrate takes a swipe at Canberra police over a long delay in investigating a sexual offence against a university student by an Uber driver during the pandemic" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-07/act-police-criticised-over-delay-uber-sexual-offence/105022752) 2026-02-10T19:14Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "A [----] Winter Olympics opening ceremony message of harmony and peace rammed into a world of division - ABC News As the Milano Cortina [----] Winter Olympics Opening ceremony pleads a message of peace the world outside the Olympic bubble burns" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/winter-olympics-2026-opening-ceremony-chilly-global-outlook/106316092) 2026-02-07T11:30Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Man charged after police allegedly find more than [------] files of child abuse material - ABC News A man appears in court after police officers seize a mobile and laptop with allegedly more than [------] files of child abuse material" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/child-abuse-material-police-tocumwal-gary-maude/106325362) 2026-02-10T07:29Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "The Tasmania Devils start selling memberships later this month how will they work - ABC News" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/tasmania-devils-membership-reserved-seating-how-will-it-work/106315102) 2026-02-09T01:20Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Gout Gout opts out of Commonwealth Games as he seeks to follow in Usain Bolt's footsteps - ABC News Sprint sensation Gout Gout pulls out of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in a major blow to the Australian team" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/gout-gout-out-commonwealth-games-usain-bolt/106320530) 2026-02-08T20:29Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Hollywood agent demands Gibson boycott - ABC News Top film industry agent Ari Emanuel has issued a statement in which he calls on Hollywood to stop working with Mel Gibson after the star's alleged anti-Semitic outburst following his arrest for drink-driving" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-08-02/hollywood-agent-demands-gibson-boycott/1228158) 2026-02-07T04:09Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "'Rogue wave' kills US passenger on Antarctic cruise ship injures four others - ABC News One person has died and four have beeninjured after a massive wave smashed into an Antarctic cruise ship during a storm while sailingoff the southernmost tip of South America" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-04/rogue-wave-kills-us-passenger-on-antarctic-cruise/101731482) 2026-02-11T02:06Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Cars submerged trees torn down roads inundated: Alice Springs flooding in pictures - ABC News Overnight thunderstorms left Central Australian rivers inundated on Thursday with rapidly rising floodwaters submerging cars ripping up trees and leaving multiple people stranded" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-12/nt-alice-springs-flooding-in-pictures-floodwaters-damage/106336102) 2026-02-12T19:33Z 133.8K followers, [--] engagements "Wallaroo Mines Primary School students and parents interviewed over ex-principal - ABC News Parents at a South Australian school say they have been left in the dark about photos taken by a principal during a school camp" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-04/wallaroo-mines-primary-principal-camp-photos-investigation/106074630) 2026-02-08T00:45Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "How barley for beer is going to be traced along its supply chain from paddock to pint - ABC News South Australian barley growers will soon be able to trace their grain along the supply chain followinga push for place-of-origin labelling" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2022-08-24/paddock-to-pint-barley-trial-for-south-australian-growers/101358386) 2022-08-24T11:58Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "US president Barack Obama praises Australia's 'tough' gun control laws - ABC News US president Barack Obama says the United States should follow Australia's example in a bid to stop mass shootings" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-11/barack-obama-praises-australias-tough-gun-laws/5516978) 2026-02-08T03:04Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Daisy Thomas competing without an ACL suffers heavy crash at Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games - ABC News Australian freestyle skier Daisy Thomas who is competing at the [----] Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games without an ACL suffers a heavy fall in slopestyle training and has withdrawn from the event to focus on big air" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/daisy-thomas-acl-milano-cortina-2026-winter-olympics/106316542) 2026-02-06T21:55Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements "Outreach workers raced against time to warn homeless people of bushfires - ABC News In the days leading up to an extreme heatwave hitting Victoria outreach workers raced against time to alert as many rough sleepers in bushland as possible" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-08/outreach-workers-raced-to-warn-homeless-of-heatwave-bushfires/106273406) 2026-02-08T23:20Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Trump told police chief 'everyone' knew about Epstein FBI document says - ABC News Donald Trump allegedly told police in [----] that people in New York knew about Epstein a newly uncovered FBI interview shows" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/trump-commerce-chief-claims-no-relationship-with-epstein/106329468) 2026-02-11T02:30Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "Russian captain of cargo ship Solong jailed over fatal North Sea collision - ABC News A judge describes Vladimir Motin as "an accident waiting to happen" as he hands the Russian national a six-year jail term" [X Link](https://abc.net.au/news/2026-02-06/north-sea-collision-captain-jailed/106311942) 2026-02-07T08:14Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Capital gains tax reform among options as Labor weighs housing pitch - ABC News After Jim Chalmers repeatedly refused to rule out changing the capital gains tax discount a government source told the ABC that changes related to housing were being considered with capital gains not ruled out" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-04/capital-gains-tax-changes-among-options-as-labor-weighs-housing/106306738) 2026-02-04T15:12Z 133.9K followers, 44.9K engagements "WHO says one person dead from Nipah virus in Bangladesh - ABC News A woman dies in northern Bangladesh after contracting the deadly Nipah virus infection" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-08/who-says-one-person-dead-from-nipah-virus-in-bangladesh/106318702) 2026-02-07T22:34Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements "100kg of cocaine allegedly hidden in timber found at Lismore and Gold Coast - ABC News Police in NSW and Queensland say an alleged cross-border criminal syndicate intended to extract $14 million worth of cocaine from four tonnes of timber" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/men-charged-over-cocaine-allegedly-hidden-in-timber/106329936) 2026-02-11T06:30Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "Bondi Beach terrorist Sajid Akram voiced support for Islamic State in [----] former ASIO agent says - ABC News Bondi Beach terrorist Sajid Akram voiced support for the Islamic State group (IS) in [----] and expressed admiration for a leading Al Qaeda propagandist according to accounts from two men who moved in the same extremist circles" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/sajid-akram-voiced-support-for-islamic-state-in-2019-ex-spy-says/106321482) 2026-02-10T00:08Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Savannah Guthrie indicates she will pay ransom for return of her mother in video message to apparent kidnappers - ABC News In a video posted to Instagram the host of NBC's Today Show appears to directly address her mother's kidnappers telling them she and her siblings have "received your message and we understand"" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-08/savannah-guthrie-video-says-will-pay-ransom-for-kidnapped-mother/106318892) 2026-02-08T01:24Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "Savannah Guthrie makes latest video plea as missing mother's ransom deadline nears - ABC News US TV host Savannah Guthrie says her family is at its "hour of desperation" in the search for their kidnapped mother but makes no mention of a possible ransom in a new video" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/savannah-guthrie-makes-new-video-plea-over-missing-mother/106325066) 2026-02-10T00:14Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "ASX loses ground and CSL chief executive steps down abruptly as it happened - ABC News The ASX [---] closed slightly lower and the CSL chief executive stepped down abruptly ahead of tomorrow's half-year results. Catch up on the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/asx-markets-business-live-news-feb-10-2026/106322382) 2026-02-10T07:51Z 133.8K followers, 37.9K engagements "ASX climbs as tech sell-off drives Wall Street lower bitcoin trades around $US76000 as it happened - ABC News The Australian share market edges up after a brutal session on Wall Street weighed down by massive losses in tech and AI stocks like Nvidia and Microsoft while bitcoin trades around $76000 after dropping to a 16-month low" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-04/asx-markets-business-live-news/106302610) 2026-02-04T06:56Z 133.9K followers, 37K engagements "Father of Brisbane Bronco Payne Haas arrested in the Philippines facing extradition to Indonesia - ABC News Gregor Johann Haas has been arrested in the Philippines facing extradition to Indonesia where he is accused of drug trafficking" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-18/payne-haas-father-reportedly-arrested-philippines-drug/103864918) 2026-02-08T03:37Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements "Greens politician Kat McNamara quits NT parliament [--] months after historic Nightcliff win - ABC News Kat McNamara is leaving the role effectively immediately due to "ongoing health challenges". It comes [--] months after she became the first Greens candidate to win a seat in NT parliament" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/nt-greens-mla-kat-mcnamara-quits-politics/106320616) 2026-02-09T10:01Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "Pentagon reportedly asked to probe SpaceX for potential Chinese ownership seen as a 'national security threat' - ABC News Chinese investment in Elon Musk's company SpaceX has been cited as a "national security threat" according to senators Elizabeth Warren and Andy Kim" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-06/pentagon-asked-to-probe-spacex-chinese-ownership/106311868) 2026-02-09T20:27Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "How AI is disrupting the tech boom on global markets - ABC News Amongst tech investors the penny has finally dropped about just what the future may hold and many are backing off or at least rethinking their strategy" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/ai-disrupts-tech-boom-shares-drop/106323844) 2026-02-09T19:50Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Winter Olympics 2026: Stunning cheating admission overshadows medal win as Naumov brings tears with tribute quick hits from day four - ABC News A Norwegian's first-ever medal is overshadowed by a stunning admission to reporters as Maxim Naumov pays tribute to his parents in the most beautiful way. Here are the quick hits from the Winter Olympics" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/sport-quick-hits-winter-olympics-day-four-cheating-nauov-tribute/106329142) 2026-02-11T23:34Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "US prosecutors seek 46-month sentence for conspiracy theorist linked to Wieambilla killers - ABC News US prosecutors are seeking a sentence of almost four years for a conspiracy theorist linked to the trio behind the Wieambilla shooting" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/wieambilla-shooting-daniel-day-sentencing/106317202) 2026-02-07T02:58Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements "James Van Der Beek was synonymous with his character. How he embraced it with humour will be his legacy - ABC News James Van Der Beek's death prompts wide-ranging tributes from co-stars and friends who have praised his kindness and humour" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-12/james-van-der-beek-dawsons-creek-character-legacy/106335718) 2026-02-12T10:20Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "SA Liberals face wipeout not seen since state bank election - ABC News Labor faced a humiliating election loss following the state bank collapse in the early 90s. Now recent polling shows a collapse of another kind could be brewing for the Liberal Party with One Nation hot on its heels" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/sa-liberals-face-wipeout-not-seen-since-state-bank-election/106325582) 2026-02-10T20:56Z 133.9K followers, 13.1K engagements "Volunteers say neglect by state's wildlife department caused bushfires on WA's south coast - ABC News Farmers and volunteer firefighters say decades of neglect by WA's Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Attractions is at the heart of fires that ripped through more than [------] hectares of state-managed land" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/fitzgerald-river-bushfire-dbca-mismanagement/106321810) 2026-02-11T00:54Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Mayor of flood-hit Daly region accuses governments of inaction over long-term planning - ABC News The Northern Territory and federal governments are being accused of failing to plan long term to protect Indigenous communities in the Victoria Daly region" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/nt-long-term-flood-planning-victoria-daly-river-mayor/106317292) 2026-02-07T04:25Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "TC Mitchell set to become severe category [--] system off WA's Pilbara coast - ABC News Residents along WA's Pilbara coast have been warned to prepare to shelter as Cyclone Mitchell builds into a severe category [--] system" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/wa-pilbara-warnings-cyclone-mitchell/106314534) 2026-02-07T00:00Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "Why Sydney's official Mardi Gras party was cancelled this year - ABC News This is what we know about why one of the biggest LGBTQIA+ celebrations has been called "disastrously organised"" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-08/nsw-sydney-mardi-gras-official-party-cancelled-explainer/106304712) 2026-02-08T00:46Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "New Zealanders hoped never to see the Christchurch terrorist again. Now he wants to appeal his sentence - ABC News Extraordinary arrangements are in place in Wellington New Zealand as a convicted terrorist prepares to address the country's Court of Appeal" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-08/new-zealanders-hoped-never-to-see-christchurch-terrorist-again/106317996) 2026-02-08T07:24Z 133.9K followers, 18K engagements "Technology has been a feature of the Russia-Ukraine war. But at this training things are different - ABC News Australian troops are among a group of allies helping train Ukrainian soldiers in England. Despite technological advances in war sometimes it's about getting back to basics" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-31/australian-soldiers-helping-train-ukrainian-troops-in-england/105710172) 2026-02-08T08:01Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements "Mother claims missed warning signs in NT hospital led to baby's lifelong disabilities - ABC News Mia Pilbrow is taking legal action against a Northern Territory hospital and calling for the territory to adopt tailored pre-term labour guidelines after medical staff sent her home seven times during her pregnancy repeatedly assuring her the baby was fine" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/mother-claims-nt-hospital-missed-warning-signs-during-birth/106273516) 2026-02-09T07:30Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "How capital gains tax changes could impact you - ABC News According to a well-sourced leak changes to capital gains tax discounts could form the centrepiece of the next federal budget in May. And while the government has downplayed the idea it has not been ruled out" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-05/how-capital-gains-tax-changes-could-impact-you/106309066) 2026-02-05T06:20Z 133.9K followers, 15.3K engagements "Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai sentenced to [--] years in landmark case - ABC News Jimmy Lai one of Hong Kong's most outspoken critics of China has learned his fate after being sentenced this morning" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/hong-kong-media-mogul-jimmy-lai-sentenced-to-20-years-jail/106321070) 2026-02-09T03:00Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "The Epstein files are shaking Britain but Donald Trump could still have [--] million reasons to worry - ABC News Donald Trump's enemies made no secret of their hopes the documents would contain something explosive enough to bring the president down but right now the Epstein spotlight is on Britain's politicians and palaces" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/epstein-files-shake-uk-but-white-house-could-still-be-worried/106324788) 2026-02-10T19:39Z 133.8K followers, [---] engagements "Winter Olympics [----] opening ceremony quick hits: Mariah Carey and Valentino Rossi ignite an historic evening as Snoop Dogg makes an appearance - ABC News Athletes parade across Italy Mariah Carey ignites a historic evening and 'Coach Snoop' makes an appearance at the curling. Here are the quick hits from the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/winter-olympics-2026-opening-ceremony-quick-hits/106308482) 2026-02-07T00:36Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements "Tasmania's dark history involved dozens of Aboriginal massacres how should we recognise them - ABC News In [----] the bodies of about [--] Aboriginal men were thrown from a cliff in Tasmania's far north west. The Cape Grim massacre is not officially commemorated but some think it's time to mark the day" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-13/bid-to-mark-tasmanian-aboriginal-massacres-like-cape-grim/10803516) 2026-02-09T22:20Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Trial begins after Geoffrey McLean allegedly murdered and dumped in wheelie bin - ABC News Four people including the victim's former partner are standing trial in relation to the alleged murder of 55-year-old man Geoffrey McLean whose torso was found in a wheelie bin in Adelaide's north in [----]. Warning: This story contains details that some readers may find distressing" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/trial-begins-over-alleged-murder-of-geoffrey-mclean/106325614) 2026-02-10T06:20Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Painkillers and HRT therapies among drugs not being subsidised under PBS - ABC News Painkillers HRT therapies and incontinence medicines are among the drugs that will not benefit from the new maximum $25 script price" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/everyday-medicines-not-funded-under-the-pbs/106209526) 2026-02-10T07:23Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "Telstra to axe up to [---] roles in mass redundancy round some jobs to be outsourced to India - ABC News Telstra notifies staff of plans to outsource hundreds of jobs to an India-based technology company" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/telstra-axes-600-roles-in-redundancy-round-outsourcing-to-india/106331708) 2026-02-11T06:05Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "HESTA CEO Debby Blakey resigns after superannuation administration outage - ABC News HESTA's boss is calling it quits after [--] years in the role. Her exit follows an outage that left members unable to access their accounts" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/hesta-superannuation-ceo-debby-blakey-resigns/106321478) 2026-02-11T03:16Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements "How the search for Nancy Guthrie played out as police detain a person for questioning - ABC News As the frantic search for the mother of a well-known US journalist enters its 12th day police have more questions than answers. Here's how it unfolded" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/nancy-guthrie-timeline-disappearance-fbi-investigation/106330542) 2026-02-11T08:05Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "Food ministers move closer to mandating Health Star Ratings on packaged food - ABC News The nation's food ministers will this week take a crucial step towards mandating the Health Star Rating scheme on packaged food products" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/move-to-mandate-health-star-ratings-on-food-and-drink/106231700) 2026-02-10T23:47Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Images of alleged tobacco wars kingpin Kazem Hamad released in Iraq - ABC News Hamad was deported from Australia in [----] and has been a key person of interest relating to firebombings at Victorian tobacco shops and businesses" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/images-of-kazem-hamad-released-by-afp/106329460) 2026-02-11T23:34Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Collision sport Run Nation Championship in Sydney sells [----] tickets despite head injury concerns - ABC News The Run Nation Championship will see two athletes run at each other in a sport criticised for its head injury risks. Organisers argue the championship has been professionalised and will grow to be as big as boxing" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/run-nation-championship-sydney-injury-concern/106309620) 2026-02-08T19:32Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements "Former ATSIC head Geoff Clark was jailed but his community says legal issues persist - ABC News Former ATSIC leader Geoff Clark was jailed in [----] yet some members of his community say legal issues linger on" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/framlingham-aboriginal-trust-shares-court-fallout-geoff-clark/106305592) 2026-02-09T22:44Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Victorian government defends action on construction sector amid allegations it was 'cowed' by CFMEU - ABC News The Victorian government is defending its handling of corruption in the state's construction sector amid accusations in a major corruption report that it was "cowed" by the CFMEU" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/vic-cfmeu-report-government-victoria/106329680) 2026-02-11T00:31Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "After the ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis a week of chaos unfolds - ABC News Renee Good and her wife moved to Minneapolis "to make a better life" with their six-year-old son. But just over two minutes into an encounter with ICE agents she was fatally shot" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-06/renee-nicole-good-minneapolis-ice-shooting-timeline/106283054) 2026-02-07T02:22Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "British PM Sir Keir Starmer pressured to resign amid fallout of Peter Mandelson's ties to Jeffrey Epstein - ABC News Sir Keir Starmer led Labour to a landslide election victory two years ago but in the past week things have unravelled for the British prime minister. What went wrong" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/starmer-uk-pm-mandelson-epstein-files-calls-to-resign/106315470) 2026-02-06T19:23Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "As it happened: Malcolm Turnbull says Pauline Hanson not welcome in politics - ABC News The Prime Minister has hit out at former One Nation politician Pauline Hanson saying she would not be a "welcome presence" in the Upper House" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-31/election-blog-live-may-31/7460798) 2026-02-12T03:16Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "US politician Ro Khanna reveals names of six 'powerful men' scrubbed from Epstein files - ABC News US politician Ro Khanna has publicly named six men whose identities were scrubbed from the Epstein files including the former boss of Victoria's Secret who the FBI suspected was a co-conspirator of the sex offender's crimes" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/ro-khanna-reveals-names-redacted-from-epstein-files/106331712) 2026-02-11T07:19Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements "Queensland Jewish leader wants stronger crackdown on symbols flags and slogans in wake of Bondi attack - ABC News Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies president Jason Steinberg has called on the state government to ramp up anti-hate laws in the wake of last year's Bondi terror attack" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-06/qld-jewish-board-of-deputies-bondi-attack-antisemitism/106310388) 2026-02-06T10:30Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "Jim Chalmers says next federal budget will focus on lifting economy's 'speed limit' - ABC News Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the federal government's budget in May will focus on productivity spending restraint and tax reform" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-08/may-federal-budget-to-focus-on-lifting-speed-limit-on-economy/105435282) 2026-02-08T01:54Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Queensland government dismisses concerns about Fitzroy River as [----] Brisbane Olympics venue - ABC News The future of rowing and canoeing events being held in a controversial central Queensland venue choice for the [----] Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games is still being assessed by international bodies" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/rockhampton-hosting-2032-brisbane-olympic-rowing-canoeing/106325194) 2026-02-10T09:20Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Daniel Morcombe's killer Brett Peter Cowan attacked in prison - ABC News Brett Peter Cowan is assaulted by another inmate in Brisbane's Wolston Correctional Centre suffering superficial wounds to his neck and ear" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-04/daniel-morcombes-killer-cowan-attacked-in-prison/9726898) 2026-02-07T05:38Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements "Rental prices in WA soar 66pc in five years the biggest increase in the nation Cotality data shows - ABC News Rents in Western Australia have surged more than [---] times faster than wages over the past five years rising more than anywhere else in the country according to data from property research firm Cotality" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/wa-rents-soar-66pc-in-five-years-the-biggest-increase-in-nation/106329614) 2026-02-11T00:52Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "UK police to decide on Andrew Mounbatten-Windsor Epstein trade document investigation - ABC News British police say they are "making progress as quickly as possible" on whether to launch a full investigation into allegations that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor shared confidential trade documents with late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-12/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-police-epstein-files-investigation/106334742) 2026-02-12T02:21Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Catherine O'Hara's cause of death revealed as pulmonary embolism - ABC News" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/catherine-ohara-cause-of-death-announced/106324996) 2026-02-11T22:04Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Person detained for questioning over disappearance of Nancy Guthrie Arizona law enforcement says - ABC News A law official from Arizona says a person has been detained for questioning in relation to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie the 84-year-old mother of Today show host Savannah" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/nancy-guthrie-person-detained-questioning-kidnapping/106331392) 2026-02-11T03:04Z 133.9K followers, 113.1K engagements "NT government to clear way for remote rent hikes DV murder sentencing 'loopholes' remain - ABC News The Northern Territory government has moved to rush through changes to remote housing laws that would clear the way for rent hikes without the need to consult residents" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-04/nt-parliament-remote-housing-childcare-dv-murder-sentencing/106305630) 2026-02-07T00:01Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Mackay MP who crossed floor to oppose LNP ban on abortion debate defends actions - ABC News Mackay MP Nigel Dalton crossed the floor on Tuesday to vote with Katter's Australian Party to end a parliamentary ban on abortion debate" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-12/nigel-dalton-crosses-floor-abortion-debate/106334698) 2026-02-12T10:15Z 133.8K followers, 10.4K engagements "Winter Olympics live updates: US superstar Lindsey Vonn helicoptered out following crash Aussie Alex Ferlazzo to feature in luge final run - ABC News Queenslander Alex Ferlazzo wins his way into the final round of the men's luge at Cortina after American superstar Lindsey Vonn crashes in women's downhill. Follow live" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-08/winter-olympics-day-two-live-blog-updates/106319558) 2026-02-08T17:24Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Plane spotters call for dedicated aircraft viewing area at Adelaide Airport - ABC News Aviation enthusiasts gather at spots around Adelaide Airport to catch a glimpse of planes taking off and landing but say it is becoming more difficult because of developments within and around the airport" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-08/plane-spotters-call-for-viewing-area-adelaide-airport/106292994) 2026-02-10T09:45Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "Nationals issue Ley with reunion counteroffer as deadline looms - ABC News The minor party has given the opposition leader terms that one Nationals MP said they did "not expect" would be acceptable in what has been described as a bid to push out her self-imposed deadline" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-05/nationals-issue-ley-with-reunion-counteroffer/106311354) 2026-02-06T08:45Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "Why Wests Tigers hopeful Pat Herbert jumped off an excavator and into an NRL pre-season - ABC News After three years away from first grade Pat Herbert was ready to get on with the rest of his life but a call from Wests Tigers got him off the job site and into an NRL pre-season" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/pat-herbert-nrl-wests-tigers-train-and-trial/106317620) 2026-02-07T07:03Z 2.7M followers, [----] engagements "Bulk-billing rates rebound on back of government's multi-billion-dollar policy - ABC News Bulk-billing rates have rebounded in the first clear measure of the impact of the government's multi-billion-dollar pledge" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/bulk-billing-rates-rebound-after-multi-billion-dollar-investment/106327456) 2026-02-10T15:02Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "More people say they'll vote One Nation. What are they voting for - ABC News One Nation questions if man-made climate change is real wants to wind back access to abortion care and plans to pay the HECS debts of doctors working in the regions" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/one-nation-policy-platforms-pauline-hanson/106296838) 2026-02-09T20:53Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements "Former attorney-general Mark Dreyfus warned anti-corruption chief to 'manage' or 'avoid' conflicts - ABC News A letter from Mark Dreyfus to Paul Brereton provides new insight into the expectations set for the inaugural chief of the anti-corruption watchdog" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-06/mark-dreyfus-warned-anti-corruption-chief-to-avoid-conflicts/106311478) 2026-02-05T19:01Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "Austin Appelbee speaks after 'superhuman' swim off Quindalup to save family in Geographe Bay - ABC News A WA mother says asking her teenage son to swim four kilometres through rough seas to get help after their family was swept out to sea was "one of the hardest decisions" she has ever made" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-03/teen-speaks-after-saving-family-in-geographe-bay/106298798) 2026-02-03T05:35Z 133.8K followers, 780.9K engagements "Valentino Guseli gets snowboard big air wildcard leaps into final at Milano Cortina [----] Winter Olympics - ABC News Valentino Guseli only found out he had been added to the big air field a couple of hours before the competition start after a rival's injury but still found a way to make it to the final" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-06/val-guseli-snowboard-big-air-milano-cortina-winter-olympics/106312046) 2026-02-06T07:45Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements "McLaren Vale and Districts War Memorial Hospital closes amid uncertainty over assets site's future - ABC News The McLaren Vale and Districts War Memorial Hospital which admitted its first patients in [----] willclose its doors for good todaydue to escalating costs and ageing infrastructure" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-30/mclaren-vale-districts-war-memorial-hospital-closes/102538532) 2026-02-11T08:00Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Liberals despair at prospect of 'non-existence' and weigh leadership change after catastrophic Newspoll - ABC News Sussan Ley could face a challenge to her leadership from Angus Taylor this week after a disastrous opinion poll showed the Coalition parties falling further behind One Nation" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/liberals-despair-after-disastrous-poll-weigh-sussan-ley-spill/106320642) 2026-02-09T02:28Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "Inside the 'textbook' search for Gus Lamont - ABC News A retired police officer who helped pioneer search guidelines used during the investigation into the disappearance of Gus Lamont praises the efforts to find the missing boy and expresses support for the detectives' conclusions" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/police-search-for-gus-lamont-explained/106312846) 2026-02-06T23:30Z 2.7M followers, 100.4K engagements "Barbeques Galore enters receivership as debt burns into bottom line - ABC News Barbeques Galore has plunged into receivership leaving question marks for nearly [---] stores that employ about [---] staff" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-12/barbeques-galore-enters-receivership/106337962) 2026-02-12T10:57Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Jon Kudelka Walkley-winning Tasmanian cartoonist dies from brain cancer - ABC News Award-winning Tasmanian cartoonist Jon Kudelka dies after being diagnosed with brain cancer in 2024" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/jon-kudelka-tasmanian-cartoonist-dies/106321714) 2026-02-09T02:21Z 133.9K followers, 70.2K engagements "Thailand PM Anutin Charnvirakul confident of forming government after election - ABC News South-East Asia's second-largest economy went to the polls on Sunday in a tight race between conservatives aligned with the military and the monarchy and progressive elements represented by the reform-driven People's Party" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/thailand-election-result-anutin-results/106320270) 2026-02-08T22:30Z 133.9K followers, 13.3K engagements "Ex-Shincheonji members accuse church of pressure to make large donations - ABC News" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/ex-shincheonji-members-allege-financial-abuse-church-cult/106247460) 2026-02-07T04:22Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Payne Haas quits Brisbane to sign three-year deal with South Sydney Rabbitohs - ABC News South Sydney have pulled off one of the biggest recruitment moves in NRL history after signing Brisbane enforcer Payne Haas to a three-year contract from 2027" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-08/payne-haas-signs-with-south-sydney-for-2027/106319316) 2026-02-08T09:23Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Old coin shows early Chinese contact with Aboriginal people in Elcho Island near Arnhem Land: expert - ABC News" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-10/old-chinese-coin-found-in-arnhem-land/5660382) 2026-02-10T09:02Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements "Baker Boy talks new album Djandjay Riverboats festival and family legacy - ABC News The Yolu artist known as the Fresh Prince of Arnhem Land is the king of feel-good bilingual bangers. But heavy is the crown" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-12/baker-boy-djandjay-album-riverboats-festival-racism-fresh-prince/106321578) 2026-02-11T21:21Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Tasmania looks at allowing public hospital midwives to help with homebirths - ABC News The Tasmanian government is developing a public homebirth model that would allow midwives working in the public system to support women to labour from their homes" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-08/tasmania-looks-at-homebirth-model/105899984) 2026-02-09T04:45Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements "Roaring winds dry country and rugged terrain: Why Victoria is prone to devastating bushfires - ABC News Some of the world's most destructive bushfires take place in the southern state. Its unique mix of fierce winds high fuel loads and rugged terrain are to blame" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/why-does-victoria-have-so-many-bushfires/106274422) 2026-02-10T05:18Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Electronic monitoring bill strengthening bail laws passes Qld parliament - ABC News Magistrates will now be able to order children as young as [--] to wear electronic monitoring devices as a bail condition" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-12/electronic-monitoring-bill-passes-qld-parliament/106335736) 2026-02-12T05:00Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements "Commonwealth asks to meet Roblox following reports of child grooming. Here's what we know - ABC News Roblox has been called to an urgent meeting with the federal government in the wake of reports that children are being groomed by predators and exposed to sexually explicit material on the popular online gaming platform" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/commonwealth-roblox-reports-of-child-grooming/106323242) 2026-02-10T10:30Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Former NT police officer James Kirstenfeldt sentenced on drink driving weapons offences - ABC News A former Northern Territory police officer has been ordered to pay almost $5000 in fines and undergo supervised treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder after drunkenly crashing his car outside his suburban Darwin home" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/nt-james-kirstenfeldt-sentenced-drink-driving-weapons-charges/106313314) 2026-02-10T09:03Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "How the Liberals will justify Sussan Ley's ousting - ABC News A permission structure has been crafted for Liberals to ditch the first woman to lead the federal party room before she has even had a year in the role" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-08/sussan-ley-liberals-coalition-leadership-spill-angus-taylor/106295860) 2026-02-07T21:38Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "As many as [---] jobs to go from Telstra AI joint venture with Accenture moving roles to India - ABC News The Telstra joint venture said this move will "bring an enhanced experience" to its customers but did not make clear how many jobs in the joint venture (JV) are set to be moved to India" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/telstra-to-scrap-ai-joint-venture/106328648) 2026-02-10T08:20Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements "Iran's mysterious Pickaxe Mountain a 'candidate' for new nuclear activities - ABC News Since the US bombed Iran's key nuclear sites last year analysts say work has increased at a secret underground facility that could be used to restart Tehran's nuclear program" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/iran-nuclear-sites-program-us-strikes-pickaxe-mountain-uranium/106288446) 2026-02-07T01:13Z 133.9K followers, 14.2K engagements "Austin Appelbee's Triple Zero call to save family swept out to sea at Geographe Bay released - ABC News Police release the recording of the Triple Zero call made by 13-year-old Austin Appelbee after his marathon [--] kilometre swim through rough seas to save his family" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/austin-appelbee-triple-zero-call-released/106333174) 2026-02-11T09:45Z 133.8K followers, 43.9K engagements "Latvian teen stabs four classmates 'imitating movie' - ABC News A 16-year-old Latvian high school student has stabbed and injured four of his classmates claiming afterwards he was influenced by a movie officials say" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-10-03/latvian-teen-stabs-four-classmates-imitating-movie/1277612) 2026-02-10T21:55Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "If you could learn your baby's genetic disease risk at birth would you - ABC News From rare cancers caught early to dementia foretold decades in advance newborn genomic testing raises an unsettling question: Just because we can know should we" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-08/map-genome-dna-genetic-disease-newborn-screen/106305482) 2026-02-09T06:50Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements "Carers WA struggling to cope with unprecedented demand for support services - ABC News An organisation that helps people caring for vulnerable family members in WA is experiencing unprecedented demand with services unable to keep up with the community's needs" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-12/carers-wa-unprecedented-demand-support-services/106328164) 2026-02-12T08:15Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Israeli President Isaac Herzog lands in Sydney for visit in wake of Bondi Beach terror attack - ABC News Isaac Herzog was invited by the governor-general and prime minister to join the Jewish community grieving the loss of life in the December [--] massacre of mostly Jewish Australians at a Hanukkah event" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/nsw-sydney-israeli-president-isaac-herzog-lands-bondi-attack/106320482) 2026-02-08T21:13Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "Native title holders take appeal over one of Australia's largest groundwater licences to High Court - ABC News The cultural value of water will be front and centre in the High Court in Canberra today as a group of native title holders from Central Australia fight to assert cultural rights over an aquifer under their lands" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/nt-high-court-singleton-station-aboriginal-groundwater-rights/106322626) 2026-02-10T04:54Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Family from Netherlands calls for change after 27yo dies of suspected heatstroke in remote WA - ABC News Tiffani Phelps de Wildt died after collapsing on a remote station in WA's north. Her family says had they known the risks they would have tried to stop her from going out in the heat" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/tiffani-phelps-de-wildt-suspected-heat-death-remote-australia/106301164) 2026-02-07T08:07Z 133.8K followers, [----] engagements "Esperance locals slam WA government decision to block opposition leader from visiting high school - ABC News Community leaders in Esperance say the decision to block Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas from visiting the local high school highlights the government's disregard for badly needed repairs" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-05/wa-government-blocks-basil-zempilas-esperance-high-school-visit/106303290) 2026-02-05T06:07Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Clive Palmer attacks Chinese government as 'mongrels' who 'shoot their own people' - ABC News" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-19/clive-palmer-attacks-chinese-government/5679900) 2026-02-09T09:28Z 133.8K followers, [----] engagements "Federal politics live: Jane Hume scathing of Coalition 'rabble' - ABC News Liberal senator Jane Hume offers a scathing assessment of the Coalition's electoral fortunes after yet another dire poll. Follow live" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/federal-politics-ley-littleproud-albanese-coalition-estimates/106314548) 2026-02-08T20:37Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements "Boy with henna tattoo: How Australian Peter Truong groomed son to be exploited by global paedophile network - ABC News Four Corners reveals how an Australian and his American partner groomed their son to be exploited in a global paedophile network" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-10/boy-with-henna-tattoo-network-exposed/5310812) 2026-02-04T23:24Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements "Gina Rinehart says federal taxation revenue from mining more than covers the salaries of all of Australia's police teachers and nurses. Is that correct - ABC News Australia's richest woman Gina Rinehart says the revenue from federal corporate tax paid by mining companies more than covers the cost of salaries of all of Australia's police teachers and nurses. RMIT ABC Fact Check runs the numbers" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-20/fact-check-gina-rinehart-mining-taxation-police-teachers-nurses/103242528) 2026-02-10T07:25Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "US gives Russia and Ukraine a June deadline to reach a deal to end the war - ABC News America has given Russia and Ukraine a June deadline to end the war and will put pressure on both sides to ensure it is met Volodymyr Zelenskyy says" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/russia-ukraine-deadline-to-end-war-/106317976) 2026-02-07T13:18Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Australian man Michael 'Micky' Hurst dies in Japan while skiing - ABC News The 27-year-old was at the rear of a group of skiers in Japan's Hokkaido region between Niseko Moiwa Ski Resort and Niseko Annupuri International Ski Resort when he had a medical episode" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-04/second-australian-dies-skiing-in-japan/106304484) 2026-02-04T05:43Z 133.9K followers, 117.1K engagements "Report finds two thirds of tip-offs about children in harm in NSW not investigated - ABC News In one uninvestigated case a man was convicted of sexually abusing a minor a year after an uninvestigated report was made to the department" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/nsw-children-in-harm-tips-not-investigated-report-says/106317466) 2026-02-07T04:23Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Donald Trump posts video of Obamas as monkeys on his social media platform - ABC News The video also includes a number of debunked conspiracy theories linked to the [----] US election which the US president believes was stolen from him" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/trump-posts-video-showing-obamas-as-monkeys-on-truth-social/106316714) 2026-02-06T18:06Z 2.7M followers, 135.8K engagements "NFL Super Bowl LX quick hits: Mack Hollins dresses as a prisoner Bad Bunny hosts a wedding and Michael Dickson's punts help Seattle Seahawks win - ABC News The most important match of the NFL season crowns a champion but also provides eye-catching moments on and off the field. Here are five quick hits from Super Bowl LX" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/nfl-super-bowl-lx-quick-hits-mack-hollins-bad-bunny-/106321254) 2026-02-09T08:30Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "How sport was both healing and isolating in the aftermath of a violent sexual assault - ABC News Sport was both healing and isolating in the aftermath of a violent sexual assault for Irishwoman Blthnaid Raleigh" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-06/blathnaid-raleigh-sports-role-in-sexual-assault-aftermath/106308960) 2026-02-07T01:58Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Crack found in new $786m Bridgewater Bridge RTI documents reveal - ABC News Days before the official opening the Tasmanian government's largest-ever infrastructure project hit a hurdle with a large crack picked up in one of the Bridgewater Bridge's piers detected and fixed documents show" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-12/concrete-cracks-in-bridgewater-bridge-rti-documents-reveal/106326476) 2026-02-12T00:14Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements "Two more Chinese nationals accused of foreign interference after allegedly gathering information in Canberra - ABC News A task force investigated the alleged covert collection of information about a Canberra Buddhist association" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/chinese-nationals-accused-foreign-interference-canberra/106331328) 2026-02-11T08:03Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements "Three arrested by CFMEU corruption taskforce as premier insists she took appropriate action - ABC News The arrests were made hours before Premier Jacinta Allan faced reporters over separate allegations detailed in a new report that $15 billion in taxpayer dollars had made its way into the hands of criminals who had infiltrated the union" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-12/three-arrested-taskforce-hawk-cfmeu-corruption-investigation/106334256) 2026-02-12T03:23Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Baldivis man Jason William Forbes jailed for planning to abduct and abuse child after buying child sex dolls - ABC News A Perth man who planned to abduct and abuse a child having scoped out schools and childcare centres and researched restraint methods is jailed for seven years. Warning: This story contains details that some readers may find distressing" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/perth-man-jailed-over-planned-child-abduction-and-abuse/106326902) 2026-02-11T00:15Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Albemarle's lithium refinery in WA's South West placed on care and maintenance - ABC News A multi-billion-dollar lithium refinery in WA's South West has been shut down affecting about [---] workers" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-12/albemarle-kemerton-lithium-refinery-shut-down/106334822) 2026-02-12T06:36Z 133.8K followers, [----] engagements "Gus Lamont's grandparents 'absolutely devastated' by major crime declaration - ABC News The grandparents of missing four-year-old boy Gus Lamont say the family has "cooperated fully with the investigation and want nothing more than to find Gus and reunite him with his mum and dad"" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-06/gus-lamont-grandparents-release-statement/106314122) 2026-02-06T03:42Z 133.9K followers, 269.7K engagements "Couple praise country doctors and nurses after lifesaving surgery - ABC News The barking of a dog kicks off a marathon medical effort that ends in a rare lifesaving surgery at a remote hospital" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-08/couple-praise-country-doctors-and-nurses-after-aneurysm-miracle/106305104) 2026-02-07T22:45Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements "Epstein files reveal the men who looked away after women had spoken up - ABC News The millions of pages of documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have shone a light on how many influential men were ready to disregard the experiences of countless women" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-06/jeffrey-epstein-files-allegations-melinda-gates/106308164) 2026-02-05T19:08Z 133.8K followers, 20.4K engagements "Trump endorses Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ahead of Japan's election - ABC News One of Sanae Takaichi's first engagements after she was elevated to prime minister in October was to host Donald Trump in Tokyo" [X Link](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/trump-endorses-japan-pm-takaichi-ahead-of-sunday-election/106317102) 2026-02-06T23:23Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements Limited data mode. 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"Oscar Piastri raises safety concerns ahead of F1 Australian Grand Prix - ABC News Oscar Piastri has raised concerns about safety issues at the upcoming Australian Grand Prix worried about potential chaos at the very start of the F1 season opener"
X Link 2026-02-14T01:50Z 2.7M followers, [---] engagements
"Courtney's doctor operated seven times to treat severe endometriosis experts say she didn't have - ABC News Pathology from Courtney's seven surgeries with Dr Simon Gordon repeatedly showed no signs of endometriosis. The surgeries left her medically infertile"
X Link 2026-02-14T00:17Z 2.7M followers, [----] engagements
"'Land kill and leave': How Australian special forces helped lose the war in Afghanistan - ABC News "The best of the best" were trained to operate like "phantoms" but now their legacy in the minds of Afghans will be a brutal one"
X Link 2026-02-14T10:01Z 2.7M followers, [----] engagements
"Police identify nine people killed in Tumbler Ridge mass shooting - ABC News Six children and two adults were killed in the shooting in the remote Canadian town of Tumbler Ridge on Tuesday"
X Link 2026-02-14T12:19Z 2.7M followers, [--] engagements
"Valentino Guseli thought he saw an 'omen from the shred gods' during the [----] Winter Olympics halfpipe final - ABC News As Valentino Guseli watched his teammate Scotty James "tearing" the halfpipe apart he thought an "omen from the shred gods" would deliver him an elusive Olympic gold medal"
X Link 2026-02-14T05:12Z 2.7M followers, [---] engagements
"What young people think of One Nation's rising popularity - ABC News Recent opinion polls have found that for the first time One Nation is the second-most popular party with voters overtaking the Coalition. So what do teenagers think of One Nation and do they still trust the major parties"
X Link 2026-02-12T03:02Z 2.7M followers, 36.6K engagements
"Why Payne Haas's move from Brisbane to South Sydney changes the game for two NRL giants - ABC News Payne Haas's decision to leave Brisbane for South Sydney in [----] didn't just shock the rugby league world it transformed the futures of two of rugby league's most powerful clubs in an instant"
X Link 2026-02-08T22:37Z 2.7M followers, [----] engagements
"NSW Police defends officers' actions in violent clashes with Sydney protesters rallying against Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit - ABC News Twenty-seven people were arrested including [--] for assaulting police on Monday night at a demonstration against Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to Australia"
X Link 2026-02-09T21:15Z 2.7M followers, 88.2K engagements
"Remember Dollar Bill It's been [--] years since Australia made the big change to decimal currency - ABC News Six decades ago Australia swapped its old currency for dollars and cents. A catchy jingle sung by a cartoon character named Dollar Bill helped the country adapt"
X Link 2026-02-13T22:11Z 2.7M followers, [---] engagements
"Queenslanders fight to keep public pools as facilities age - ABC News A Queensland mum transforms her backyard to make sure children do not miss out on learning to swim as hundreds of public pools nationwide reach the end of their lives"
X Link 2026-02-12T02:16Z 2.7M followers, [--] engagements
"WA Coroner finds 'cascade of events' responsible for heart attack death of man arrested at Perth Underground Station - ABC News A coronial inquest into the death of a 24-year-old man at a Perth train station finds the act of restraining him in a face-down position likely contributed to his death"
X Link 2026-02-14T03:14Z 2.7M followers, [---] engagements
"More than a dozen hate symbols banned in Queensland antisemitism crackdown - ABC News The Queensland government has banned more than a dozen symbols associated with Nazi ideology and extremist groups as part of a crackdown on antisemitism"
X Link 2026-02-14T22:06Z 2.7M followers, [--] engagements
"#BREAKING: Britain's Prince William and Princess Kate say they are "deeply concerned" by the revelations in files over the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein making their first statement on the issue. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/prince-william-kate-epstein-deeply-concerned-statement/106323984 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/prince-william-kate-epstein-deeply-concerned-statement/106323984"
X Link 2026-02-09T09:33Z 2.7M followers, 17K engagements
"Former prime minister Tony Abbott says Australia is Judaeo-Christian but warns Angus Taylor about being One Nation-lite - ABC News As Angus Taylor takes the Liberal leadership via a spill motion a former leader with plenty of experience at that offers up some advice on dealing with One Nation and immigration"
X Link 2026-02-13T08:35Z 2.7M followers, 179.4K engagements
"Press watchdog complains about US treatment of journalists in Iraq - ABC News The Committee to Protect Journalists has complained to the US military commander in Iraq over the arrest of three journalists by US forces in Iraq earlier this month"
X Link 2026-02-14T16:39Z 2.7M followers, [--] engagements
"Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi sizzle but Wuthering Heights isn't quite the full Bront - ABC News The two Queensland "bogans" put on a show but Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights is more wish fulfilment than a meaningful adaptation of the classic novel"
X Link 2026-02-14T08:19Z 2.7M followers, [---] engagements
"#BREAKING: The American actor was best known for his starring role as Dawson Leery in Dawson's Creek from [----] to [----]. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-12/james-van-der-beek-dawsons-creek-star-obituary/105821848 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-12/james-van-der-beek-dawsons-creek-star-obituary/105821848"
X Link 2026-02-11T20:01Z 2.7M followers, 19.5K engagements
"How a Canberra-based refugee fled the Maduro regime along with millions of other Venezuelans - ABC News Josh Madrid was arrested for attending a pro-democracy protest in Venezuela. [--] hours later he fled his homeland fearing he would be killed by the government"
X Link 2026-02-07T23:24Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Victoria gave free fishing rods to school kids to try and convert them to fishing. Did it work - ABC News The state government distributed thousands of free fishing rods to primary school kids in an attempt to engage young Victorians in fishing and while some kids love their rods others have ended up on Facebook marketplace. So did the program work"
X Link 2026-02-12T00:59Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Winter Olympics 2026: Steven Bradbury clips Jake Paul as Ukrainian pays tribute quick hits from Milano Cortina day three - ABC News Steven Bradbury hits Jake Paul with a drive-by as he celebrates Jutta Leerdam's Olympic gold while a Sydney-born Kiwi receives a special celebration. Here are the quick hits from the Winter Olympics"
X Link 2026-02-10T03:03Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to sign security treaty with Indonesia - ABC News Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in Jakarta to ratify the treaty which the Australian government calls the "biggest step" the countries have taken together in [--] years"
X Link 2026-02-05T18:55Z 133.9K followers, 19.1K engagements
"Winter Olympics 2026: Lindsey Vonn hailed as 'idol' by downhill rivals after Milano Cortina crash - ABC News Lindsey Vonn's [----] Winter Olympic Games ended in disaster but her teammates and rivals have heaped praise on the three-time Olympic medallist"
X Link 2026-02-09T08:30Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Dispute over West Bank football pitch sparks international campaign - ABC News A campaign to save a West Bank football pitch from demolition has gone global. The sport's most powerful bodies as well as social media influencers have intervened to pressure Israeli authorities to reconsider its destruction"
X Link 2026-02-12T00:13Z 133.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Maritime safety regulator investigating luxury Carnival cruise ship after whistleblower concerns - ABC News The maritime union says crew members of a luxury Carnival cruise ship allege they are being made to sleep in crowded rooms lack access to free drinking water and that some are earning as little as $2.50 an hour"
X Link 2026-02-09T10:16Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Big swings in Australia's electricity market have a frustrating effect on our power bills - ABC News The benefits of extremely low energy prices during the day are "washed away" by extremely high ones after dark. But there is light at the end of the tunnel"
X Link 2026-02-07T19:27Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Sydney Cove shipwreck an epic tale of adventure and survival in [----] - ABC News In [----] [--] shipwrecked sailors set out to walk from Ninety Mile Beach in Victoria to Sydney. Only three of them made it causing a minor sensation at the time but their perilous journey has since largely been forgotten"
X Link 2026-02-08T20:16Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Korean cryptocurrency exchange accidentally gives away $60b in bitcoin - ABC News A South Korean cryptocurrency exchange apologises after mistakenly transferring more than $60 billion worth of bitcoin to users which briefly prompted a sell-off on the platform"
X Link 2026-02-08T00:02Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Epstein files reaffirm even a conviction doesn't taint 'good bloke' status - ABC News The rich and powerful were all too happy to maintain connected to Jeffrey Epstein until it became the less convenient option"
X Link 2026-02-06T22:08Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Chappell Roan no longer represented by talent agency led by Casey Wasserman - ABC News Pop star Chappell Roan says she is no longer represented by the talent agency led by Los Angeles [----] Olympics chief Casey Wasserman who has faced criticism for flirtatious email exchanges with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell more than [--] years ago"
X Link 2026-02-10T15:22Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"NT Child Deaths Review Committee disbanded by government with concerns it will result in 'serious gaps' - ABC News The NT Children's Commissioner says the government's decision to scrap a committee tasked with examining all child deaths in the territory leaves "serious gaps""
X Link 2026-02-11T01:43Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"FBI releases surveillance pictures of masked man at Nancy Guthrie's home on morning she disappeared - ABC News FBI director Kash Patel has posted the images on social media saying they had been recovered after days of work by investigators"
X Link 2026-02-10T21:45Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Australian dollar reaches '40-year high' against Japan's yen as cheap holidays fuel tourism surge - ABC News Australia's exchange rate with Japan has grown increasingly favourable to tourists which have surged to record numbers and topped more than one million visitors in 2025"
X Link 2026-02-11T08:07Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"The slow death of Keir Starmer's prime ministership after Peter Mandelson's 'betrayal' - ABC News Starmer's decision to hand the plum job of UK ambassador in Washington to Lord Peter Mandelson despite knowing Mandelson had maintained a friendship with Jeffrey Epstein well past Epstein's conviction for soliciting underage prostitution may simply be too large an error of judgement for the public to accept"
X Link 2026-02-07T23:41Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Milano Cortina [----] is the most gender-equal Winter Olympics ever aside from Nordic Combined - ABC News Nordic Combined is the only sport at any Olympic Games summer and winter that does not have an event for women. It's an omission that is putting the entire future of the sport at risk"
X Link 2026-02-11T06:59Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Protesters were punched pushed and arrested but were NSW Police actions excessive - ABC News What is reasonable It's a question being asked by some after footage of clashes in Sydney's CBD during a rally against Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit"
X Link 2026-02-10T19:54Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"US military planned nerve gas test on Aust troops - ABC News Defence files reveal the US military was planning to test deadly nerve gas on Australian troops in the 1960s"
X Link 2026-02-12T02:16Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Independent inquiry launched into NACC chief's handling of defence ties - ABC News The body responsible for holding the federal integrity watchdog to account will formally investigate it for agency maladministration and its chief Paul Brereton for officer misconduct"
X Link 2026-02-09T02:43Z 133.9K followers, 33K engagements
"Ben Batterham receives payout from NSW government for wrongful prosecution - ABC News A Newcastle man will receive a confidential payout from the NSW government for wrongful prosecution by police for an alleged home invasion murder"
X Link 2026-02-09T07:10Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Shaun Dunk asks to be 'locked up' [--] days before alleged stabbing murder court hears - ABC News Fifteen days before he allegedly killed a woman and attempted to kill another Shaun Michael Dunk asked to be taken into custody so he would not be a danger to anyone"
X Link 2026-02-09T09:03Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"$203 million crackdown on dodgy doctors and advocates targeting veterans - ABC News Fraudsters taking advantage of people with disability now appear to be targeting veterans prompting a $200 million crackdown by the federal government"
X Link 2026-02-07T22:50Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Indirect talks between US and Iran finish in Oman with indication they will continue - ABC News The two countries held talks mediated by Oman in Muscat after weeks of tensions between Washington and Tehran"
X Link 2026-02-06T15:35Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"NSW government contacts Newcastle Writers Festival about Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah's inclusion - ABC News The NSW government makes contact with the board of next month's Newcastle Writers Festival about the inclusion of Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah the ABC understands"
X Link 2026-02-05T05:46Z 133.8K followers, 136.5K engagements
"Light plane crashes into ocean at Goolwa South on South Australia's south coast - ABC News The Australian Transport Safety Bureau says it has begun an investigation into a crash involving a single-engine Cessna aeroplane which has "collided with water""
X Link 2026-02-06T21:37Z 133.9K followers, 26.3K engagements
"Cyclone Mitchell tracker map: When will it hit Pilbara coast in WA - ABC News Track the path of Tropical Cyclone Mitchell and monitor wind speeds as the system approaches the Pilbara coast"
X Link 2026-02-07T04:05Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Austin Appelbee's incredible tale of survival has made international headlines. How did the 13yo do it - ABC News Austin Appelbee [--] has made international headlines after swimming for four hours in rough seas to save his mum sister and brother stranded in the ocean. How did he do it"
X Link 2026-02-04T10:32Z 133.9K followers, 80.9K engagements
"Malka Leifer has returned to Australia to face child sex abuse charges. Here's what will happen next - ABC News More than a decade after leaving Melbourne for Israel former school principal Malka Leifer has arrived back in Australia to face child sexual abuse charges. The allegations are yet to be tested in court here's what we know about what will happen next"
X Link 2026-02-10T01:42Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Absolutely horrified: Community left in the dark about PFAS contamination - ABC News For [--] years this waterway was polluted with toxic "forever chemicals". It was only disconnected from a major drinkingsupply [--] months ago"
X Link 2026-02-07T00:33Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Why 13yo Austin Appelbee's story of survival resonated so strongly across the globe - ABC News The remarkable story of Austin Appelbee's marathon swim for help went around the world so why did it spark such an emotional reaction"
X Link 2026-02-07T03:08Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
"How Super Bowl-bound Aussie Michael Dickson became NFL's best punter - ABC News Michael Dickson has become one of the finest punters in the NFL and could become just the second Australian to play in a victorious Super Bowl team"
X Link 2026-02-05T02:01Z 133.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Australia wins historic World Curling bronze medal but do not have an Olympic spot for Milano-Cortina yet - ABC News Australia has claimed its first-ever World Curling Championships medal thanks to Beijing Olympians Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt but if the Aussie pair are to make it to Milano-Cortina they still have work to do"
X Link 2026-02-05T22:19Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Police warn against 'false hope' as cold case search bones identified as 'nonhuman' - ABC News Bone fragments found during a private search for evidence relating to the disappearance of two girls in [----] are "not human remains" according to police who have issued a public warning against actions that create "false hope""
X Link 2026-02-10T18:13Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"$740m veterans plan to fund social 'rehabilitation' and psychedelic treatments for PTSD - ABC News A $740 million program will transform support for veterans and include funding for social activities such as yoga and language classes with new treatment including MDMA and psilocybin for the worst forms of PTSD also funded for the first time"
X Link 2026-02-08T21:54Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Premier Chris Minns says Newcastle Writers Festival 'crazy' to invite author Randa Abdel-Fattah - ABC News The festival's director said Dr Abdel-Fattah was invited in August last year and denied the state government pressured her to remove the writer"
X Link 2026-02-06T04:04Z 133.9K followers, 12.2K engagements
"ABC radio presenter James Valentine retires after more than [--] years on air due to cancer - ABC News"
X Link 2026-02-02T03:50Z 133.9K followers, 42K engagements
"Heavy rain soaks Central Australia with waterfalls on Uluru as Daly River flooding hits peak level - ABC News Heavy rain in Central Australia has sent waterfalls down the face of Uluru and filled the usually parched Todd River while cutting off a number of remote communities"
X Link 2026-02-10T14:18Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"High Court finds Catholic Church liable for priest's sexual abuse but halves compensation - ABC News A man who suffered sexual abuse at the hands of a priest in the 1960s has won his High Court battle over liability but had his compensation nearly halved"
X Link 2026-02-11T00:41Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Federal Government's crackdown on unions rejected by Senate after One Nation sides with Opposition - ABC News Gasps of surprise cheers from the Opposition and Ministers left dumbfounded as Pauline Hanson and Jacqui Lambie join forces to deliver a shock defeat of the Government's signature union crackdown legislation in the Senate"
X Link 2026-02-12T12:51Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"British actor gets [--] months for child porn - ABC News British actor Chris Langham has been jailed for [--] months after being found guilty of downloading child pornography from the internet"
X Link 2026-02-09T21:17Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Parents association fined after allowing alleged sexual offender to keep working at care centre - ABC News A North Queensland parents association is fined $50000 for failures in handling allegations of sexual abuse at an after school care service"
X Link 2026-02-12T00:13Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lands in Sydney amid controversy - ABC News A heavy security presence greets Benjamin Netanyahu at Sydney Airport for his four-day visit to Australia the first visit to the country by a serving Israeli Prime Minister"
X Link 2026-02-07T19:55Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Missing man Corey Chugg separated from friend while collecting firewood police say - ABC News A 32-year-old man missing in Tasmania's north was collecting firewood with a friend when the pair became separated on Sunday police have said"
X Link 2026-02-12T02:01Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Australian woman killed in ski lift accident at popular snow resort in Japan - ABC News Police in Japan confirmed to ABC News the womans name is Brooke Day from Queensland's Sunshine Coast who was taking a lift at the Tsugaike Mountain Resort when she became caught and suffered critical injuries"
X Link 2026-02-11T13:18Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Reddit users revolt after reports of Chinese tech giant Tencent's possible investment - ABC News Pictures of Winnie the Pooh and the Tiananmen Square protests began appearing in droves on Reddit after news of a potential investment in the site from Chinese tech giant Tencent"
X Link 2026-02-06T23:37Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
"NSW Police disrupt muslim men praying outside Sydney's Town Hall - ABC News Follow the latest headlines from ABC News Australia's most trusted media source with live events audio and on-demand video from the national broadcaster"
X Link 2026-02-10T13:01Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Paralysed driver's 'dream come true' as he finishes Targa Tasmania car rally - ABC News Paralysed Queensland driver Alan Bloore describes finishing Targa Tasmania rally as a "dream come true""
X Link 2026-02-07T17:19Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Super Bowl LX live updates: Seattle Seahawks vs New England Patriots blog scores and stats Bad Bunny half-time show - ABC News The Seahawks and Patriots meet in the Super Bowl in a rematch of a thrilling clash [--] years ago that ended in an iconic finish for the ages. Follow live"
X Link 2026-02-08T22:40Z 133.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Deer musk glands fake fans and forbidden friends inside the North Korean women's national soccer team - ABC News Little is known about North Korean football but as their women's national team makes a tilt at Olympic qualification the eyes of the world are turning back towards them"
X Link 2026-02-12T02:59Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Reo Te Whetu Marama Marsh pleads guilty to murdering Mary Benedito on Gold Coast - ABC News The 25-year-old mother was found unresponsive in a Southport apartment in [----] and later died of her injuries in hospital"
X Link 2026-02-12T03:53Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Victorian Labor misused $388k for election campaign staff ombudsman finds - ABC News Victorian Labor wrongly used $388000 of taxpayers' money during the party's [----] election campaign which saw Daniel Andrews elected as Premier the state's ombudsman finds"
X Link 2026-02-05T01:31Z 133.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Live updates: ASX opens lower as RBA governor addresses economics committee - ABC News The ASX has opened lower while RBA governor Michele Bullock addresses the economics committee. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog"
X Link 2026-02-06T00:08Z 133.9K followers, 26.5K engagements
"Budget reform is back as Labor shapes second term agenda - ABC News As the opposition and government wrestled in the hay barn over who's to blame for this week's Reserve Bank interest rate increase there's a much bigger story unfolding in the wings"
X Link 2026-02-06T20:47Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Jacinta Allan backs Kyneton footballers to find new league amid appeal controversy - ABC News A former football administrator has criticised AFL Victoria's decision not to allow a club to join a women-only league in Central Victoria"
X Link 2026-02-07T15:35Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Thailand election stakes are high as progressives mount new challenge against establishment - ABC News As Thailand prepares to head to the polls voters remain wary that in their version of democracy the party they vote for is not always the one that takes power"
X Link 2026-02-08T01:01Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Licensed program to kill native animals 'weak' and 'outdated' inquiry told - ABC News Animal welfare groups are calling for a major overhaul into the system that allows native animals to be killed in NSW"
X Link 2026-02-10T01:21Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Bill Hayden hailed as architect of Medicare 'reshaper' of post-war ALP by Albanese Keating - ABC News The Labor luminary who brought in universal healthcare and the single mother's pension under the Whitlam governmenthas died aged 90"
X Link 2026-02-08T10:27Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
"ACT election data suggests neither Liberal nor Greens voters would want a coalition between the parties - ABC News Greens voters overwhelmingly preference Labor over the Liberal Party across the country and a look at the data from the [----] ACT election suggests there's no reason to think that would be different in Canberra"
X Link 2026-02-08T01:02Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Queensland man charged after police allege [-----] files of child abuse seized - ABC News A Queensland man has been charged with [---] child abuse-related offences after he allegedly "groomed coerced and threatened" hundreds of young people"
X Link 2026-02-05T01:52Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Christchurch terrorist gives testimony in NZ appeal court as he attempts to vacate guilty pleas over [----] attack - ABC News The convicted Christchurch terrorist and murderer is giving testimony in the New Zealand Court of Appeal as he seeks to vacate his guilty pleas over his [----] attack on two mosques"
X Link 2026-02-09T09:30Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Roblox on notice after 'disturbing' reports of child grooming - ABC News The government puts popular social gaming site Roblox on notice following media reports of children being approached and groomed by predators on the platform"
X Link 2026-02-10T03:30Z 133.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Magistrate criticises ACT police over delayed investigation into sexual offence by Uber driver - ABC News An ACT magistrate takes a swipe at Canberra police over a long delay in investigating a sexual offence against a university student by an Uber driver during the pandemic"
X Link 2026-02-10T19:14Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"A [----] Winter Olympics opening ceremony message of harmony and peace rammed into a world of division - ABC News As the Milano Cortina [----] Winter Olympics Opening ceremony pleads a message of peace the world outside the Olympic bubble burns"
X Link 2026-02-07T11:30Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Man charged after police allegedly find more than [------] files of child abuse material - ABC News A man appears in court after police officers seize a mobile and laptop with allegedly more than [------] files of child abuse material"
X Link 2026-02-10T07:29Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"The Tasmania Devils start selling memberships later this month how will they work - ABC News"
X Link 2026-02-09T01:20Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Gout Gout opts out of Commonwealth Games as he seeks to follow in Usain Bolt's footsteps - ABC News Sprint sensation Gout Gout pulls out of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in a major blow to the Australian team"
X Link 2026-02-08T20:29Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Hollywood agent demands Gibson boycott - ABC News Top film industry agent Ari Emanuel has issued a statement in which he calls on Hollywood to stop working with Mel Gibson after the star's alleged anti-Semitic outburst following his arrest for drink-driving"
X Link 2026-02-07T04:09Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"'Rogue wave' kills US passenger on Antarctic cruise ship injures four others - ABC News One person has died and four have beeninjured after a massive wave smashed into an Antarctic cruise ship during a storm while sailingoff the southernmost tip of South America"
X Link 2026-02-11T02:06Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Cars submerged trees torn down roads inundated: Alice Springs flooding in pictures - ABC News Overnight thunderstorms left Central Australian rivers inundated on Thursday with rapidly rising floodwaters submerging cars ripping up trees and leaving multiple people stranded"
X Link 2026-02-12T19:33Z 133.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Wallaroo Mines Primary School students and parents interviewed over ex-principal - ABC News Parents at a South Australian school say they have been left in the dark about photos taken by a principal during a school camp"
X Link 2026-02-08T00:45Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"How barley for beer is going to be traced along its supply chain from paddock to pint - ABC News South Australian barley growers will soon be able to trace their grain along the supply chain followinga push for place-of-origin labelling"
X Link 2022-08-24T11:58Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"US president Barack Obama praises Australia's 'tough' gun control laws - ABC News US president Barack Obama says the United States should follow Australia's example in a bid to stop mass shootings"
X Link 2026-02-08T03:04Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Daisy Thomas competing without an ACL suffers heavy crash at Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games - ABC News Australian freestyle skier Daisy Thomas who is competing at the [----] Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games without an ACL suffers a heavy fall in slopestyle training and has withdrawn from the event to focus on big air"
X Link 2026-02-06T21:55Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Outreach workers raced against time to warn homeless people of bushfires - ABC News In the days leading up to an extreme heatwave hitting Victoria outreach workers raced against time to alert as many rough sleepers in bushland as possible"
X Link 2026-02-08T23:20Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Trump told police chief 'everyone' knew about Epstein FBI document says - ABC News Donald Trump allegedly told police in [----] that people in New York knew about Epstein a newly uncovered FBI interview shows"
X Link 2026-02-11T02:30Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Russian captain of cargo ship Solong jailed over fatal North Sea collision - ABC News A judge describes Vladimir Motin as "an accident waiting to happen" as he hands the Russian national a six-year jail term"
X Link 2026-02-07T08:14Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Capital gains tax reform among options as Labor weighs housing pitch - ABC News After Jim Chalmers repeatedly refused to rule out changing the capital gains tax discount a government source told the ABC that changes related to housing were being considered with capital gains not ruled out"
X Link 2026-02-04T15:12Z 133.9K followers, 44.9K engagements
"WHO says one person dead from Nipah virus in Bangladesh - ABC News A woman dies in northern Bangladesh after contracting the deadly Nipah virus infection"
X Link 2026-02-07T22:34Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
"100kg of cocaine allegedly hidden in timber found at Lismore and Gold Coast - ABC News Police in NSW and Queensland say an alleged cross-border criminal syndicate intended to extract $14 million worth of cocaine from four tonnes of timber"
X Link 2026-02-11T06:30Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Bondi Beach terrorist Sajid Akram voiced support for Islamic State in [----] former ASIO agent says - ABC News Bondi Beach terrorist Sajid Akram voiced support for the Islamic State group (IS) in [----] and expressed admiration for a leading Al Qaeda propagandist according to accounts from two men who moved in the same extremist circles"
X Link 2026-02-10T00:08Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Savannah Guthrie indicates she will pay ransom for return of her mother in video message to apparent kidnappers - ABC News In a video posted to Instagram the host of NBC's Today Show appears to directly address her mother's kidnappers telling them she and her siblings have "received your message and we understand""
X Link 2026-02-08T01:24Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Savannah Guthrie makes latest video plea as missing mother's ransom deadline nears - ABC News US TV host Savannah Guthrie says her family is at its "hour of desperation" in the search for their kidnapped mother but makes no mention of a possible ransom in a new video"
X Link 2026-02-10T00:14Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"ASX loses ground and CSL chief executive steps down abruptly as it happened - ABC News The ASX [---] closed slightly lower and the CSL chief executive stepped down abruptly ahead of tomorrow's half-year results. Catch up on the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog"
X Link 2026-02-10T07:51Z 133.8K followers, 37.9K engagements
"ASX climbs as tech sell-off drives Wall Street lower bitcoin trades around $US76000 as it happened - ABC News The Australian share market edges up after a brutal session on Wall Street weighed down by massive losses in tech and AI stocks like Nvidia and Microsoft while bitcoin trades around $76000 after dropping to a 16-month low"
X Link 2026-02-04T06:56Z 133.9K followers, 37K engagements
"Father of Brisbane Bronco Payne Haas arrested in the Philippines facing extradition to Indonesia - ABC News Gregor Johann Haas has been arrested in the Philippines facing extradition to Indonesia where he is accused of drug trafficking"
X Link 2026-02-08T03:37Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Greens politician Kat McNamara quits NT parliament [--] months after historic Nightcliff win - ABC News Kat McNamara is leaving the role effectively immediately due to "ongoing health challenges". It comes [--] months after she became the first Greens candidate to win a seat in NT parliament"
X Link 2026-02-09T10:01Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Pentagon reportedly asked to probe SpaceX for potential Chinese ownership seen as a 'national security threat' - ABC News Chinese investment in Elon Musk's company SpaceX has been cited as a "national security threat" according to senators Elizabeth Warren and Andy Kim"
X Link 2026-02-09T20:27Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"How AI is disrupting the tech boom on global markets - ABC News Amongst tech investors the penny has finally dropped about just what the future may hold and many are backing off or at least rethinking their strategy"
X Link 2026-02-09T19:50Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Winter Olympics 2026: Stunning cheating admission overshadows medal win as Naumov brings tears with tribute quick hits from day four - ABC News A Norwegian's first-ever medal is overshadowed by a stunning admission to reporters as Maxim Naumov pays tribute to his parents in the most beautiful way. Here are the quick hits from the Winter Olympics"
X Link 2026-02-11T23:34Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"US prosecutors seek 46-month sentence for conspiracy theorist linked to Wieambilla killers - ABC News US prosecutors are seeking a sentence of almost four years for a conspiracy theorist linked to the trio behind the Wieambilla shooting"
X Link 2026-02-07T02:58Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
"James Van Der Beek was synonymous with his character. How he embraced it with humour will be his legacy - ABC News James Van Der Beek's death prompts wide-ranging tributes from co-stars and friends who have praised his kindness and humour"
X Link 2026-02-12T10:20Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"SA Liberals face wipeout not seen since state bank election - ABC News Labor faced a humiliating election loss following the state bank collapse in the early 90s. Now recent polling shows a collapse of another kind could be brewing for the Liberal Party with One Nation hot on its heels"
X Link 2026-02-10T20:56Z 133.9K followers, 13.1K engagements
"Volunteers say neglect by state's wildlife department caused bushfires on WA's south coast - ABC News Farmers and volunteer firefighters say decades of neglect by WA's Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Attractions is at the heart of fires that ripped through more than [------] hectares of state-managed land"
X Link 2026-02-11T00:54Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Mayor of flood-hit Daly region accuses governments of inaction over long-term planning - ABC News The Northern Territory and federal governments are being accused of failing to plan long term to protect Indigenous communities in the Victoria Daly region"
X Link 2026-02-07T04:25Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"TC Mitchell set to become severe category [--] system off WA's Pilbara coast - ABC News Residents along WA's Pilbara coast have been warned to prepare to shelter as Cyclone Mitchell builds into a severe category [--] system"
X Link 2026-02-07T00:00Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Why Sydney's official Mardi Gras party was cancelled this year - ABC News This is what we know about why one of the biggest LGBTQIA+ celebrations has been called "disastrously organised""
X Link 2026-02-08T00:46Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"New Zealanders hoped never to see the Christchurch terrorist again. Now he wants to appeal his sentence - ABC News Extraordinary arrangements are in place in Wellington New Zealand as a convicted terrorist prepares to address the country's Court of Appeal"
X Link 2026-02-08T07:24Z 133.9K followers, 18K engagements
"Technology has been a feature of the Russia-Ukraine war. But at this training things are different - ABC News Australian troops are among a group of allies helping train Ukrainian soldiers in England. Despite technological advances in war sometimes it's about getting back to basics"
X Link 2026-02-08T08:01Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Mother claims missed warning signs in NT hospital led to baby's lifelong disabilities - ABC News Mia Pilbrow is taking legal action against a Northern Territory hospital and calling for the territory to adopt tailored pre-term labour guidelines after medical staff sent her home seven times during her pregnancy repeatedly assuring her the baby was fine"
X Link 2026-02-09T07:30Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"How capital gains tax changes could impact you - ABC News According to a well-sourced leak changes to capital gains tax discounts could form the centrepiece of the next federal budget in May. And while the government has downplayed the idea it has not been ruled out"
X Link 2026-02-05T06:20Z 133.9K followers, 15.3K engagements
"Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai sentenced to [--] years in landmark case - ABC News Jimmy Lai one of Hong Kong's most outspoken critics of China has learned his fate after being sentenced this morning"
X Link 2026-02-09T03:00Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"The Epstein files are shaking Britain but Donald Trump could still have [--] million reasons to worry - ABC News Donald Trump's enemies made no secret of their hopes the documents would contain something explosive enough to bring the president down but right now the Epstein spotlight is on Britain's politicians and palaces"
X Link 2026-02-10T19:39Z 133.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Winter Olympics [----] opening ceremony quick hits: Mariah Carey and Valentino Rossi ignite an historic evening as Snoop Dogg makes an appearance - ABC News Athletes parade across Italy Mariah Carey ignites a historic evening and 'Coach Snoop' makes an appearance at the curling. Here are the quick hits from the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony"
X Link 2026-02-07T00:36Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Tasmania's dark history involved dozens of Aboriginal massacres how should we recognise them - ABC News In [----] the bodies of about [--] Aboriginal men were thrown from a cliff in Tasmania's far north west. The Cape Grim massacre is not officially commemorated but some think it's time to mark the day"
X Link 2026-02-09T22:20Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Trial begins after Geoffrey McLean allegedly murdered and dumped in wheelie bin - ABC News Four people including the victim's former partner are standing trial in relation to the alleged murder of 55-year-old man Geoffrey McLean whose torso was found in a wheelie bin in Adelaide's north in [----]. Warning: This story contains details that some readers may find distressing"
X Link 2026-02-10T06:20Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Painkillers and HRT therapies among drugs not being subsidised under PBS - ABC News Painkillers HRT therapies and incontinence medicines are among the drugs that will not benefit from the new maximum $25 script price"
X Link 2026-02-10T07:23Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Telstra to axe up to [---] roles in mass redundancy round some jobs to be outsourced to India - ABC News Telstra notifies staff of plans to outsource hundreds of jobs to an India-based technology company"
X Link 2026-02-11T06:05Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"HESTA CEO Debby Blakey resigns after superannuation administration outage - ABC News HESTA's boss is calling it quits after [--] years in the role. Her exit follows an outage that left members unable to access their accounts"
X Link 2026-02-11T03:16Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
"How the search for Nancy Guthrie played out as police detain a person for questioning - ABC News As the frantic search for the mother of a well-known US journalist enters its 12th day police have more questions than answers. Here's how it unfolded"
X Link 2026-02-11T08:05Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Food ministers move closer to mandating Health Star Ratings on packaged food - ABC News The nation's food ministers will this week take a crucial step towards mandating the Health Star Rating scheme on packaged food products"
X Link 2026-02-10T23:47Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Images of alleged tobacco wars kingpin Kazem Hamad released in Iraq - ABC News Hamad was deported from Australia in [----] and has been a key person of interest relating to firebombings at Victorian tobacco shops and businesses"
X Link 2026-02-11T23:34Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Collision sport Run Nation Championship in Sydney sells [----] tickets despite head injury concerns - ABC News The Run Nation Championship will see two athletes run at each other in a sport criticised for its head injury risks. Organisers argue the championship has been professionalised and will grow to be as big as boxing"
X Link 2026-02-08T19:32Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Former ATSIC head Geoff Clark was jailed but his community says legal issues persist - ABC News Former ATSIC leader Geoff Clark was jailed in [----] yet some members of his community say legal issues linger on"
X Link 2026-02-09T22:44Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Victorian government defends action on construction sector amid allegations it was 'cowed' by CFMEU - ABC News The Victorian government is defending its handling of corruption in the state's construction sector amid accusations in a major corruption report that it was "cowed" by the CFMEU"
X Link 2026-02-11T00:31Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"After the ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis a week of chaos unfolds - ABC News Renee Good and her wife moved to Minneapolis "to make a better life" with their six-year-old son. But just over two minutes into an encounter with ICE agents she was fatally shot"
X Link 2026-02-07T02:22Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"British PM Sir Keir Starmer pressured to resign amid fallout of Peter Mandelson's ties to Jeffrey Epstein - ABC News Sir Keir Starmer led Labour to a landslide election victory two years ago but in the past week things have unravelled for the British prime minister. What went wrong"
X Link 2026-02-06T19:23Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"As it happened: Malcolm Turnbull says Pauline Hanson not welcome in politics - ABC News The Prime Minister has hit out at former One Nation politician Pauline Hanson saying she would not be a "welcome presence" in the Upper House"
X Link 2026-02-12T03:16Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"US politician Ro Khanna reveals names of six 'powerful men' scrubbed from Epstein files - ABC News US politician Ro Khanna has publicly named six men whose identities were scrubbed from the Epstein files including the former boss of Victoria's Secret who the FBI suspected was a co-conspirator of the sex offender's crimes"
X Link 2026-02-11T07:19Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Queensland Jewish leader wants stronger crackdown on symbols flags and slogans in wake of Bondi attack - ABC News Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies president Jason Steinberg has called on the state government to ramp up anti-hate laws in the wake of last year's Bondi terror attack"
X Link 2026-02-06T10:30Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Jim Chalmers says next federal budget will focus on lifting economy's 'speed limit' - ABC News Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the federal government's budget in May will focus on productivity spending restraint and tax reform"
X Link 2026-02-08T01:54Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Queensland government dismisses concerns about Fitzroy River as [----] Brisbane Olympics venue - ABC News The future of rowing and canoeing events being held in a controversial central Queensland venue choice for the [----] Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games is still being assessed by international bodies"
X Link 2026-02-10T09:20Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Daniel Morcombe's killer Brett Peter Cowan attacked in prison - ABC News Brett Peter Cowan is assaulted by another inmate in Brisbane's Wolston Correctional Centre suffering superficial wounds to his neck and ear"
X Link 2026-02-07T05:38Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Rental prices in WA soar 66pc in five years the biggest increase in the nation Cotality data shows - ABC News Rents in Western Australia have surged more than [---] times faster than wages over the past five years rising more than anywhere else in the country according to data from property research firm Cotality"
X Link 2026-02-11T00:52Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"UK police to decide on Andrew Mounbatten-Windsor Epstein trade document investigation - ABC News British police say they are "making progress as quickly as possible" on whether to launch a full investigation into allegations that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor shared confidential trade documents with late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein"
X Link 2026-02-12T02:21Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Catherine O'Hara's cause of death revealed as pulmonary embolism - ABC News"
X Link 2026-02-11T22:04Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Person detained for questioning over disappearance of Nancy Guthrie Arizona law enforcement says - ABC News A law official from Arizona says a person has been detained for questioning in relation to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie the 84-year-old mother of Today show host Savannah"
X Link 2026-02-11T03:04Z 133.9K followers, 113.1K engagements
"NT government to clear way for remote rent hikes DV murder sentencing 'loopholes' remain - ABC News The Northern Territory government has moved to rush through changes to remote housing laws that would clear the way for rent hikes without the need to consult residents"
X Link 2026-02-07T00:01Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Mackay MP who crossed floor to oppose LNP ban on abortion debate defends actions - ABC News Mackay MP Nigel Dalton crossed the floor on Tuesday to vote with Katter's Australian Party to end a parliamentary ban on abortion debate"
X Link 2026-02-12T10:15Z 133.8K followers, 10.4K engagements
"Winter Olympics live updates: US superstar Lindsey Vonn helicoptered out following crash Aussie Alex Ferlazzo to feature in luge final run - ABC News Queenslander Alex Ferlazzo wins his way into the final round of the men's luge at Cortina after American superstar Lindsey Vonn crashes in women's downhill. Follow live"
X Link 2026-02-08T17:24Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Plane spotters call for dedicated aircraft viewing area at Adelaide Airport - ABC News Aviation enthusiasts gather at spots around Adelaide Airport to catch a glimpse of planes taking off and landing but say it is becoming more difficult because of developments within and around the airport"
X Link 2026-02-10T09:45Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Nationals issue Ley with reunion counteroffer as deadline looms - ABC News The minor party has given the opposition leader terms that one Nationals MP said they did "not expect" would be acceptable in what has been described as a bid to push out her self-imposed deadline"
X Link 2026-02-06T08:45Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Why Wests Tigers hopeful Pat Herbert jumped off an excavator and into an NRL pre-season - ABC News After three years away from first grade Pat Herbert was ready to get on with the rest of his life but a call from Wests Tigers got him off the job site and into an NRL pre-season"
X Link 2026-02-07T07:03Z 2.7M followers, [----] engagements
"Bulk-billing rates rebound on back of government's multi-billion-dollar policy - ABC News Bulk-billing rates have rebounded in the first clear measure of the impact of the government's multi-billion-dollar pledge"
X Link 2026-02-10T15:02Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"More people say they'll vote One Nation. What are they voting for - ABC News One Nation questions if man-made climate change is real wants to wind back access to abortion care and plans to pay the HECS debts of doctors working in the regions"
X Link 2026-02-09T20:53Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Former attorney-general Mark Dreyfus warned anti-corruption chief to 'manage' or 'avoid' conflicts - ABC News A letter from Mark Dreyfus to Paul Brereton provides new insight into the expectations set for the inaugural chief of the anti-corruption watchdog"
X Link 2026-02-05T19:01Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Austin Appelbee speaks after 'superhuman' swim off Quindalup to save family in Geographe Bay - ABC News A WA mother says asking her teenage son to swim four kilometres through rough seas to get help after their family was swept out to sea was "one of the hardest decisions" she has ever made"
X Link 2026-02-03T05:35Z 133.8K followers, 780.9K engagements
"Valentino Guseli gets snowboard big air wildcard leaps into final at Milano Cortina [----] Winter Olympics - ABC News Valentino Guseli only found out he had been added to the big air field a couple of hours before the competition start after a rival's injury but still found a way to make it to the final"
X Link 2026-02-06T07:45Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
"McLaren Vale and Districts War Memorial Hospital closes amid uncertainty over assets site's future - ABC News The McLaren Vale and Districts War Memorial Hospital which admitted its first patients in [----] willclose its doors for good todaydue to escalating costs and ageing infrastructure"
X Link 2026-02-11T08:00Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Liberals despair at prospect of 'non-existence' and weigh leadership change after catastrophic Newspoll - ABC News Sussan Ley could face a challenge to her leadership from Angus Taylor this week after a disastrous opinion poll showed the Coalition parties falling further behind One Nation"
X Link 2026-02-09T02:28Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Inside the 'textbook' search for Gus Lamont - ABC News A retired police officer who helped pioneer search guidelines used during the investigation into the disappearance of Gus Lamont praises the efforts to find the missing boy and expresses support for the detectives' conclusions"
X Link 2026-02-06T23:30Z 2.7M followers, 100.4K engagements
"Barbeques Galore enters receivership as debt burns into bottom line - ABC News Barbeques Galore has plunged into receivership leaving question marks for nearly [---] stores that employ about [---] staff"
X Link 2026-02-12T10:57Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Jon Kudelka Walkley-winning Tasmanian cartoonist dies from brain cancer - ABC News Award-winning Tasmanian cartoonist Jon Kudelka dies after being diagnosed with brain cancer in 2024"
X Link 2026-02-09T02:21Z 133.9K followers, 70.2K engagements
"Thailand PM Anutin Charnvirakul confident of forming government after election - ABC News South-East Asia's second-largest economy went to the polls on Sunday in a tight race between conservatives aligned with the military and the monarchy and progressive elements represented by the reform-driven People's Party"
X Link 2026-02-08T22:30Z 133.9K followers, 13.3K engagements
"Ex-Shincheonji members accuse church of pressure to make large donations - ABC News"
X Link 2026-02-07T04:22Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Payne Haas quits Brisbane to sign three-year deal with South Sydney Rabbitohs - ABC News South Sydney have pulled off one of the biggest recruitment moves in NRL history after signing Brisbane enforcer Payne Haas to a three-year contract from 2027"
X Link 2026-02-08T09:23Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Old coin shows early Chinese contact with Aboriginal people in Elcho Island near Arnhem Land: expert - ABC News"
X Link 2026-02-10T09:02Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Baker Boy talks new album Djandjay Riverboats festival and family legacy - ABC News The Yolu artist known as the Fresh Prince of Arnhem Land is the king of feel-good bilingual bangers. But heavy is the crown"
X Link 2026-02-11T21:21Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Tasmania looks at allowing public hospital midwives to help with homebirths - ABC News The Tasmanian government is developing a public homebirth model that would allow midwives working in the public system to support women to labour from their homes"
X Link 2026-02-09T04:45Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Roaring winds dry country and rugged terrain: Why Victoria is prone to devastating bushfires - ABC News Some of the world's most destructive bushfires take place in the southern state. Its unique mix of fierce winds high fuel loads and rugged terrain are to blame"
X Link 2026-02-10T05:18Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Electronic monitoring bill strengthening bail laws passes Qld parliament - ABC News Magistrates will now be able to order children as young as [--] to wear electronic monitoring devices as a bail condition"
X Link 2026-02-12T05:00Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Commonwealth asks to meet Roblox following reports of child grooming. Here's what we know - ABC News Roblox has been called to an urgent meeting with the federal government in the wake of reports that children are being groomed by predators and exposed to sexually explicit material on the popular online gaming platform"
X Link 2026-02-10T10:30Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Former NT police officer James Kirstenfeldt sentenced on drink driving weapons offences - ABC News A former Northern Territory police officer has been ordered to pay almost $5000 in fines and undergo supervised treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder after drunkenly crashing his car outside his suburban Darwin home"
X Link 2026-02-10T09:03Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"How the Liberals will justify Sussan Ley's ousting - ABC News A permission structure has been crafted for Liberals to ditch the first woman to lead the federal party room before she has even had a year in the role"
X Link 2026-02-07T21:38Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"As many as [---] jobs to go from Telstra AI joint venture with Accenture moving roles to India - ABC News The Telstra joint venture said this move will "bring an enhanced experience" to its customers but did not make clear how many jobs in the joint venture (JV) are set to be moved to India"
X Link 2026-02-10T08:20Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Iran's mysterious Pickaxe Mountain a 'candidate' for new nuclear activities - ABC News Since the US bombed Iran's key nuclear sites last year analysts say work has increased at a secret underground facility that could be used to restart Tehran's nuclear program"
X Link 2026-02-07T01:13Z 133.9K followers, 14.2K engagements
"Austin Appelbee's Triple Zero call to save family swept out to sea at Geographe Bay released - ABC News Police release the recording of the Triple Zero call made by 13-year-old Austin Appelbee after his marathon [--] kilometre swim through rough seas to save his family"
X Link 2026-02-11T09:45Z 133.8K followers, 43.9K engagements
"Latvian teen stabs four classmates 'imitating movie' - ABC News A 16-year-old Latvian high school student has stabbed and injured four of his classmates claiming afterwards he was influenced by a movie officials say"
X Link 2026-02-10T21:55Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"If you could learn your baby's genetic disease risk at birth would you - ABC News From rare cancers caught early to dementia foretold decades in advance newborn genomic testing raises an unsettling question: Just because we can know should we"
X Link 2026-02-09T06:50Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Carers WA struggling to cope with unprecedented demand for support services - ABC News An organisation that helps people caring for vulnerable family members in WA is experiencing unprecedented demand with services unable to keep up with the community's needs"
X Link 2026-02-12T08:15Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Israeli President Isaac Herzog lands in Sydney for visit in wake of Bondi Beach terror attack - ABC News Isaac Herzog was invited by the governor-general and prime minister to join the Jewish community grieving the loss of life in the December [--] massacre of mostly Jewish Australians at a Hanukkah event"
X Link 2026-02-08T21:13Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Native title holders take appeal over one of Australia's largest groundwater licences to High Court - ABC News The cultural value of water will be front and centre in the High Court in Canberra today as a group of native title holders from Central Australia fight to assert cultural rights over an aquifer under their lands"
X Link 2026-02-10T04:54Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Family from Netherlands calls for change after 27yo dies of suspected heatstroke in remote WA - ABC News Tiffani Phelps de Wildt died after collapsing on a remote station in WA's north. Her family says had they known the risks they would have tried to stop her from going out in the heat"
X Link 2026-02-07T08:07Z 133.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Esperance locals slam WA government decision to block opposition leader from visiting high school - ABC News Community leaders in Esperance say the decision to block Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas from visiting the local high school highlights the government's disregard for badly needed repairs"
X Link 2026-02-05T06:07Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Clive Palmer attacks Chinese government as 'mongrels' who 'shoot their own people' - ABC News"
X Link 2026-02-09T09:28Z 133.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Federal politics live: Jane Hume scathing of Coalition 'rabble' - ABC News Liberal senator Jane Hume offers a scathing assessment of the Coalition's electoral fortunes after yet another dire poll. Follow live"
X Link 2026-02-08T20:37Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Boy with henna tattoo: How Australian Peter Truong groomed son to be exploited by global paedophile network - ABC News Four Corners reveals how an Australian and his American partner groomed their son to be exploited in a global paedophile network"
X Link 2026-02-04T23:24Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Gina Rinehart says federal taxation revenue from mining more than covers the salaries of all of Australia's police teachers and nurses. Is that correct - ABC News Australia's richest woman Gina Rinehart says the revenue from federal corporate tax paid by mining companies more than covers the cost of salaries of all of Australia's police teachers and nurses. RMIT ABC Fact Check runs the numbers"
X Link 2026-02-10T07:25Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"US gives Russia and Ukraine a June deadline to reach a deal to end the war - ABC News America has given Russia and Ukraine a June deadline to end the war and will put pressure on both sides to ensure it is met Volodymyr Zelenskyy says"
X Link 2026-02-07T13:18Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Australian man Michael 'Micky' Hurst dies in Japan while skiing - ABC News The 27-year-old was at the rear of a group of skiers in Japan's Hokkaido region between Niseko Moiwa Ski Resort and Niseko Annupuri International Ski Resort when he had a medical episode"
X Link 2026-02-04T05:43Z 133.9K followers, 117.1K engagements
"Report finds two thirds of tip-offs about children in harm in NSW not investigated - ABC News In one uninvestigated case a man was convicted of sexually abusing a minor a year after an uninvestigated report was made to the department"
X Link 2026-02-07T04:23Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Donald Trump posts video of Obamas as monkeys on his social media platform - ABC News The video also includes a number of debunked conspiracy theories linked to the [----] US election which the US president believes was stolen from him"
X Link 2026-02-06T18:06Z 2.7M followers, 135.8K engagements
"NFL Super Bowl LX quick hits: Mack Hollins dresses as a prisoner Bad Bunny hosts a wedding and Michael Dickson's punts help Seattle Seahawks win - ABC News The most important match of the NFL season crowns a champion but also provides eye-catching moments on and off the field. Here are five quick hits from Super Bowl LX"
X Link 2026-02-09T08:30Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"How sport was both healing and isolating in the aftermath of a violent sexual assault - ABC News Sport was both healing and isolating in the aftermath of a violent sexual assault for Irishwoman Blthnaid Raleigh"
X Link 2026-02-07T01:58Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Crack found in new $786m Bridgewater Bridge RTI documents reveal - ABC News Days before the official opening the Tasmanian government's largest-ever infrastructure project hit a hurdle with a large crack picked up in one of the Bridgewater Bridge's piers detected and fixed documents show"
X Link 2026-02-12T00:14Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Two more Chinese nationals accused of foreign interference after allegedly gathering information in Canberra - ABC News A task force investigated the alleged covert collection of information about a Canberra Buddhist association"
X Link 2026-02-11T08:03Z 133.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Three arrested by CFMEU corruption taskforce as premier insists she took appropriate action - ABC News The arrests were made hours before Premier Jacinta Allan faced reporters over separate allegations detailed in a new report that $15 billion in taxpayer dollars had made its way into the hands of criminals who had infiltrated the union"
X Link 2026-02-12T03:23Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Baldivis man Jason William Forbes jailed for planning to abduct and abuse child after buying child sex dolls - ABC News A Perth man who planned to abduct and abuse a child having scoped out schools and childcare centres and researched restraint methods is jailed for seven years. Warning: This story contains details that some readers may find distressing"
X Link 2026-02-11T00:15Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Albemarle's lithium refinery in WA's South West placed on care and maintenance - ABC News A multi-billion-dollar lithium refinery in WA's South West has been shut down affecting about [---] workers"
X Link 2026-02-12T06:36Z 133.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Gus Lamont's grandparents 'absolutely devastated' by major crime declaration - ABC News The grandparents of missing four-year-old boy Gus Lamont say the family has "cooperated fully with the investigation and want nothing more than to find Gus and reunite him with his mum and dad""
X Link 2026-02-06T03:42Z 133.9K followers, 269.7K engagements
"Couple praise country doctors and nurses after lifesaving surgery - ABC News The barking of a dog kicks off a marathon medical effort that ends in a rare lifesaving surgery at a remote hospital"
X Link 2026-02-07T22:45Z 133.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Epstein files reveal the men who looked away after women had spoken up - ABC News The millions of pages of documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have shone a light on how many influential men were ready to disregard the experiences of countless women"
X Link 2026-02-05T19:08Z 133.8K followers, 20.4K engagements
"Trump endorses Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ahead of Japan's election - ABC News One of Sanae Takaichi's first engagements after she was elevated to prime minister in October was to host Donald Trump in Tokyo"
X Link 2026-02-06T23:23Z 133.9K followers, [---] engagements
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