The reality of the teen social media ban
07 Dec 2025
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Parents and teens are preparing for life cut off from social media when Australia’s world first b...
Is Trump about to go to war with Venezuela?
04 Dec 2025
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The United States has deployed 15,000 troops and sent warships to the Caribbean in the biggest mili...
Can farmers take on transmission towers and win?
03 Dec 2025
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Australia’s renewable energy transition is well underway with new poles, wires and transmission t...
What new lending rules mean for property prices
02 Dec 2025
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Australian property is now more expensive than ever and soaring mortgage debt has the financial reg...
Is Ukraine any closer to a deal with Putin?
01 Dec 2025
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In a flurry of peace talks over the last week, Ukrainian officials have been desperately trying to ...
The overdose risk that forced a vitamin B6 crackdown
30 Nov 2025
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Every day millions of Australians take vitamin supplements, hoping for a health boost. But there’...
Is Trump losing control of himself?
27 Nov 2025
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Donald Trump has called a female journalist piggy, labelled another insubordinate and demanded Demo...
How the Saudi crown prince inspires Trump
26 Nov 2025
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For many years the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was a pariah on the world stage, but the ...
Is the $96m BOM website really that bad?
25 Nov 2025
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Australians are all pretty invested in the weather and the Bureau of Meteorology is our go-to sourc...
Why are some Triple Zero calls still failing?
24 Nov 2025
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The devastating Optus outage that was linked to three deaths revealed we can’t always trust we ca...
Adam Spencer on the CSIRO job cuts
23 Nov 2025
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Our peak scientific body, the CSIRO, has made extraordinary discoveries and invented everyday wonde...
The secret US plan to end Putin’s war
20 Nov 2025
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There’s a secret US-led plan to end the war in Ukraine, but it reportedly asks a lot of the count...
How Donald Trump lost control of the Epstein files
19 Nov 2025
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The remaining Epstein files are finally set to be released after a vote in US Congress and a shift ...
The coloured sand that sparked an asbestos scare
18 Nov 2025
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Asbestos is highly carcinogenic, is banned and can’t be imported in Australia. But in the last w...
What polling reveals about voters and net zero
17 Nov 2025
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The Liberals and Nationals have now officially dumped the net zero emission target from their clima...
Are Trump’s tariffs wrecking the US economy?
16 Nov 2025
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Donald Trump’s been all over the place with his tariffs, but the US is now bringing in billions o...
Should neo-Nazis be banned from protesting?
13 Nov 2025
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How is it that a neo-Nazi rally targeting Jewish people was allowed to take place on the steps of t...
What was the point of the longest US shutdown?
12 Nov 2025
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More than one million workers sent home or working without pay, the poorest Americans left hungry a...
Did the BBC mislead viewers about Trump?
11 Nov 2025
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We want to hear from you! Please complete our survey: 2025 ABC News Daily Audience SurveyDonald Tru...
What’s the catch with three hours of free power?
10 Nov 2025
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Why crypto ATMs are a scammer’s best friend
09 Nov 2025
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Are AI stocks a bubble ready to burst?
06 Nov 2025
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Could killing net zero save the Coalition?
05 Nov 2025
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We want to hear from you! Please complete our survey: 2025 ABC News Daily Audience SurveyThe Coalit...
How Zohran Mamdani won over New York
04 Nov 2025
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Alan Kohler on why we need 117,000 more tradies
03 Nov 2025
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We want to hear from you! Please complete our survey: 2025 ABC News Daily Audience SurveyThere’s ...
Is China building missiles with our critical minerals?
02 Nov 2025
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Vast reserves of Australian critical minerals will be mined, processed and exported under a deal th...
How Melbourne became the 'crime capital'
30 Oct 2025
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Home invasions, stabbing attacks and carjackings.A wave of serious and violent crimes in Victoria h...
Sarah Ferguson takes on 'testy' Kamala Harris
29 Oct 2025
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Kamala Harris is back on your screens.The former vice-president is out spruiking her memoir 107 Day...
Why more of us are raiding super for dental care
28 Oct 2025
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The cost of medical treatments and dental work in Australia can be exorbitant. So it’s no wonder...
Who wins when Trump meets China’s Xi Jinping?
27 Oct 2025
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Donald Trump is on the move and throwing his weight around in Asia.But will the US president have t...
How childcare became a hunting ground
26 Oct 2025
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Warning: This story contains distressing themes including discussion of child sexual abuse. ABC jo...
Why Trump’s deportations are set to surge
23 Oct 2025
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Ahead of his election Donald Trump promised to deport millions of undocumented immigrants. The sur...
Why Prince Andrew’s still a prince living in a mansion
22 Oct 2025
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He’s decided he won’t call himself a duke anymore, but Prince Andrew is still a prince, living ...
The verdict on Trump’s talks with Albanese (and Kevin Rudd)
21 Oct 2025
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Anthony Albanese’s meeting with Donald Trump went pretty smoothly, with AUKUS, a minerals deal an...
Is Barnaby Joyce One Nation’s next leader?
20 Oct 2025
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Could Barnaby Joyce end up leading Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party?It might be exactly what the...
Can an AI chatbot make a good therapist?
19 Oct 2025
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AI chatbots have come a long way and can be pretty helpful.But do they make good therapists? More ...
The trouble with Elon Musk’s trillion dollar pay deal
16 Oct 2025
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Tesla boss Elon Musk could become the world’s first trillionaire after his net worth surpassed $5...
How Hamas 'outfoxed' Netanyahu to keep power
15 Oct 2025
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Just days ago, Donald Trump declared we were in the midst of the historic dawn of a new Middle East...
Why Chalmers caved on his super tax for the rich
14 Oct 2025
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Why did the government cave to pressure over its superannuation tax changes for the richest Austral...
Can Trump’s peace hold now the hostages are free?
13 Oct 2025
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Donald Trump says the war is over.And with the US president now in the Middle East to continue peac...
How much is Trump profiting from the presidency?
12 Oct 2025
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We all know Donald Trump is wealthy, but how much richer has he become since returning to the White...
Will Trump’s hostage deal end the war in Gaza?
09 Oct 2025
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Has US President Donald Trump actually brought an end to the war in Gaza?After months of negotiatio...
How Dezi Freeman sparked a sovereign citizen gun ban
08 Oct 2025
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It’s been more than six weeks since Dezi Freeman allegedly shot and killed two police officers in...
Why Trump keeps blowing up Venezuelan boats
07 Oct 2025
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Donald Trump says America is in armed conflict with drug cartels.The US President has ordered the m...
Could Andrew Hastie be Australia’s Nigel Farage?
06 Oct 2025
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Andrew Hastie has been seen as leadership material ever since he entered the parliament a decade ag...
The betting firms profiting from crime
05 Oct 2025
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What happens if a financial planner takes your savings and gambles them away? They could go to jai...
A Harvard professor on Taylor Swift’s new album
02 Oct 2025
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Last time she released a new album, more than two million copies were sold or downloaded in the fir...
The melatonin overdose risk
01 Oct 2025
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Melatonin supplements have gained huge traction in the last few years because they can help bring o...
Could Trump and Netanyahu's peace plan work?
30 Sep 2025
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Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have agreed to a new plan for peace in Gaza.The leaders were in...
What ‘TrumpTok’ means for TikTok users
29 Sep 2025
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Donald Trump wants TikTok to be American owned and now a group of billionaire Trump supporters is b...
Why Putin keeps sending drones into Europe
28 Sep 2025
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There’s been a worrying trend in recent weeks with Russia violating the airspace of a growing num...
Donald Trump vs Tylenol
25 Sep 2025
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This week Donald Trump told pregnant women to 'fight like hell' to not take Tylenol, or what we cal...
Will Optus ever be held accountable?
24 Sep 2025
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It's been a week since an Optus outage left hundreds of customers unable to call triple 0 in an eme...
Laura Tingle on how Trump snubbed Albanese (again)
23 Sep 2025
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has addressed the UN General assembly in New York, confirming Austr...
Charlie Kirk’s memorial and Trump’s attack on free speech
22 Sep 2025
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Since the assassination of Charlie Kirk, there’s been raging debate in the US about free speech. ...
How Google search lost its way
21 Sep 2025
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Once praised for its simplicity and speed, Google search is now facing criticism for excessive adve...
Why royal diplomacy works on Trump
18 Sep 2025
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Donald Trump was in his element at a state dinner hosted by King Charles at Windsor Castle. But ou...
Charlie Kirk and a new wave of political violence
17 Sep 2025
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Tyler Robinson, the 22 year-old suspect in the assassination of right-wing US political activist Ch...
Alan Kohler on the new emissions target
16 Sep 2025
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The government is set to release a new carbon emissions target, dumping the 2030 ambition for a new...
Laura Tingle on China and our military spending
15 Sep 2025
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A massive military parade in Beijing recently revealed just how advanced China’s weaponry has bec...
Should EV drivers pay to use roads?
14 Sep 2025
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One of the great things about owning an electric vehicle is that you’re not taxed for using the r...
What Charlie Kirk’s killing says about America
11 Sep 2025
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It was another act of political violence in a nation too accustomed to assassinations.Charlie Kirk,...
Why Trump didn’t know about the Qatar bombing
10 Sep 2025
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Donald Trump says he’s “not thrilled” following an Israeli attack on Doha, the capital of key...
How Lachlan Murdoch won the succession fight
09 Sep 2025
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At 94, Rupert Murdoch has finally achieved his succession plan.The media mogul has secured a deal t...
Life sentence for mushroom killer Erin Patterson
08 Sep 2025
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Erin Patterson, the so-called mushroom murderer, will spend at least the next 33 years in jail with...
Will Trump kick-start a seabed mining bonanza?
07 Sep 2025
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America’s next mining venture could be deep below the sea’s surface, removing nodules on the se...
Trump’s 'gaudy' golden White House
04 Sep 2025
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Donald Trump’s been so busy upending the norms of democracy, igniting trade disputes and failing ...
Another IVF mix-up exposed
03 Sep 2025
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Every year tens of thousands of Australians turn to IVF to start or grow a family.But is it an indu...
Why Putin’s obsessed with seizing Donbas
02 Sep 2025
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Since the fanfare surrounding Donald Trump’s face to face peace talks with the Russian President,...
Who's helping alleged police killer Dezi Freeman?
01 Sep 2025
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It’s one man against the might of the Victorian police force as accused police killer Dezi Freema...
Do we need laws to stop AI taking your job?
31 Aug 2025
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Could artificial intelligence be key to improving Australia’s living standards?A Productivity Com...
Why Alan Kohler loves 5% home deposits
28 Aug 2025
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For a long time to buy a home in Australia you needed a 20 per cent deposit or you’d have to pay ...
Who is Dezi Freeman, the accused police killer?
27 Aug 2025
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Victorian police officers had gone to execute a search warrant on a Wednesday morning in a sleepy a...
The attacks Iran ordered in Australia
26 Aug 2025
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The spy agency ASIO has revealed Iran orchestrated at least two antisemitic attacks in Australia la...
Will cutting autism fix the NDIS?
25 Aug 2025
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The growth in the cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme is making it financially unsusta...
What are Trump’s troops doing in Washington DC?
24 Aug 2025
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If you happen to visit Washington DC anytime soon, you could notice troops and even armoured vehicl...
Laura Tingle on Netanyahu vs Albanese
21 Aug 2025
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The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Anthony Albanese is a weak leader who has betray...
The productivity problem with car washing
20 Aug 2025
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Why have so many hand car wash services replaced automatic machines?It has to do with immigration p...
Will Trump’s 'security guarantees' end Putin’s war?
19 Aug 2025
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Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been to the White House before in what became an infamous encou...
Is Trump backing Putin’s plan for 'peace'?
18 Aug 2025
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If the Putin-Trump meeting on the weekend brought about anything, it was a closer relationship betw...
How China became a green energy superpower
17 Aug 2025
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In the month of April, China installed more solar power than Australia ever has. China is also now...
How RFK Jr is eroding global trust in vaccines
14 Aug 2025
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Donald Trump once declared mRNA vaccines a medical miracle, now his health Secretary is taking an a...
Peter Greste on Israel’s strike on journalists
13 Aug 2025
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This week, five Al Jazeera journalists were killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza.Israel confirmed it...
Will Trump strike a 'land swap' deal with Putin?
12 Aug 2025
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Donald Trump wants to win a Nobel Peace Prize and so he’s desperate to end the war in Ukraine. H...
Why Netanyahu calls Australia ‘shameful’
11 Aug 2025
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In a move that will further anger the Israeli leader, Australia will recognise a Palestinian state ...
Why won’t Musk let Tesla EVs power homes?
10 Aug 2025
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Elon Musk’s Tesla electric vehicles can not generally be used to power Australian homes.Why is th...
Can Trump sack his way to better jobs data?
07 Aug 2025
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Donald Trump didn’t like the numbers, so he sacked the messenger. So, what are the implications ...
The alleged Chinese spy found in Canberra
06 Aug 2025
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This week a Chinese woman was charged with foreign interference, accused of spying on Buddhists in ...
Will recognising Palestine achieve anything?
05 Aug 2025
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If reports are correct, Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu wants to expand the war in Gaza so his fo...
Why police couldn’t stop the Harbour Bridge protest
04 Aug 2025
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It was a protest the New South Wales government and police tried to stop but couldn’t.In the end,...
Do class actions really deliver justice?
03 Aug 2025
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On average there’s a class action lodged in Australia every week.But do they really help bring ju...
Will Trump set Ghislaine Maxwell free?
31 Jul 2025
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Donald Trump has spent another week fielding questions over the release of the so-called Epstein fi...
Is Trump about to double Australia’s tariff?
30 Jul 2025
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Donald Trump’s latest trade deal with the European Union is said to be really bad for Europe. So...
How Trump’s crypto push boosted Bitcoin
29 Jul 2025
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Once a sceptic, now a convert, Donald Trump is embracing crypto currency and making a tidy profit o...
Laura Tingle on who can stop Israel
28 Jul 2025
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Israel says there’s no starvation in Gaza, but the pictures tell a very different story and there...
How easy is it to trick the Australian Taxation Office?
27 Jul 2025
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Fraudsters have found it surprisingly straightforward to get thousands of taxpayer dollars deposite...
Can Trump contain China’s AI boom?
24 Jul 2025
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The tech bros of Silicon Valley are dominating the AI race, using the most advanced computer chips ...
Why we’re using more electricity than ever before
23 Jul 2025
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Our hunger for electricity has never been so great. That’s hardly surprising given the growing d...
Is it OK to shame the Coldplay kiss cam couple?
22 Jul 2025
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If you hadn’t realised that cameras are everywhere by now, the so-called Coldplay-gate is a great...
Trump vs Rupert Murdoch over an Epstein article
21 Jul 2025
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On the one side there’s a media tycoon, on the other the President of the United States. It has ...