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• Video of 'disgusting' youth disturbance in Big W fuels police probe

  16-04-2025 07:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmania Police is investigating a disturbance that broke out yesterday at a department store in Hobart's northern suburbs, as a video of the affray emerges. 
  
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• Whyalla steelworks administrator spends $100m improving site

  14-05-2025 08:21 via abc.net.au
  
  KordaMentha says it has spent $100 million since it was appointed administrator in February, and workers and the union say they have already seen a difference at the site. 
  
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• Passengers who claimed injuries from turbulence lose High Court appeal

  14-05-2025 04:34 via abc.net.au
  
  The 2019 Vancouver to Sydney flight experienced significant turbulence at 36,000 feet. It landed in Honlulu, Hawaii, with 37 injuries recorded, nine of which were major.
  
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• Annual wage growth ticks up to 3.4 per cent in March quarter

  14-05-2025 03:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Annual wage growth lifted to 3.4 per cent in the March quarter, from 3.2 per cent in December. It is the first annual increase in wage growth since the June quarter last year.
  
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• Carla Zampatti's legacy lives on at 60th anniversary runway show

  14-05-2025 03:47 via abc.net.au
  
  The Carla Zampatti brand celebrated 60 years of its elegant designs at an outdoor runway in Sydney at Australian Fashion Week.
  
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• Indie publishers face huge challenges. Here's why so many are flourishing

  14-05-2025 03:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Independent publishers come up against huge challenges to keep doing what they're best at: celebrating alternative and diverse voices, and emerging writers. Now, in Melbourne Design Week, one event is celebrating them back.
  
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• Robert De Niro slams Donald Trump in Palme d'Or acceptance speech at Cannes

  14-05-2025 02:48 via abc.net.au
  
  As he was presented with the Cannes Film Festival's highest honour, veteran actor Robert De Niro denounced US President Donald Trump while referencing Mr Trump's recent announcement of 100 per cent tariffs on movies "produced in foreign lands".
  
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• Robert De Niro slams Donald Trump in acceptance speech at Cannes

  14-05-2025 02:48 via abc.net.au
  
  As he was presented with the Cannes Film Festival's highest honour, veteran actor Robert De Niro denounced US President Donald Trump while referencing Mr Trump's recent announcement of 100 per cent tariffs on movies "produced in foreign lands".
  
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• Perth developer plans 300-block subdivision near pristine WA beaches

  14-05-2025 01:39 via abc.net.au
  
  With the Esperance region desperate for housing, a proposal to develop hundreds of lots near one of WA's most pristine beaches has sparked plenty of conversation.
  
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• Macquarie sued for allegedly misreporting millions of short sales

  14-05-2025 01:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Corporate regulator ASIC launches its fourth action against Macquarie in just over a year, alleging its broking arm misreported millions of short sales to the market operator over a 14-year period.
  
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• Controversial water licence approved for cotton and hay around Larrimah

  14-05-2025 00:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Indigenous people in the remote community of Jilkminggan fear their springs and creeks will be degraded as a new water licence allows for an 800-hectare irrigated cotton plantation.
  
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• Live: ASX seesaws, Macquarie shares fall on ASIC lawsuit

  14-05-2025 00:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares claw back ground after earlier losses. US inflation rises less than expected despite Donald Trump's global tariffs, while ASIC takes action against Macquarie for the fourth time in 12 months. Follow live.
  
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• Live: ASX opens lower, ASIC sues Macquarie for misleading conduct

  14-05-2025 00:09 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market trades lower despite a mostly positive session on Wall Street, US inflation rises less than expected despite Donald Trump's global tariffs, while ASIC takes action against Macquarie for the fourth time in 12 months. Follow live.
  
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• Shein and Temu are adapting to Trump's tariffs, but it's not good news for the environment

  13-05-2025 21:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Ultra-fast fashion giants Shein and Temu will likely adapt their business models in the face of Trump's tariffs, but its not good news for the environment. 
  
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• Trump's pharmaceutical 'tariff wall' is coming — is Australia ready?

  13-05-2025 21:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Trump has just signed an order that could hike drug prices around the world and he will soon announce pharmaceutical tariffs. What does all this mean for the price of medication here?
  
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• Thousands of power poles make the potential for EV charging limitless

  13-05-2025 20:56 via abc.net.au
  
  A lack of charging infrastructure across the country is often cited as a barrier to the transition to electric vehicles. But soon, EV charging could be a simple as finding a car park.
  
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• Half of households prepared to spend $8,000 on energy upgrades

  13-05-2025 16:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Up-front costs are a hurdle to many households making energy-efficient upgrades to their homes, a report suggests, but confusion is also a major deterrent.
  
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• French actor Gérard Depardieu convicted of sexual assault on film set

  13-05-2025 10:41 via abc.net.au
  
  The actor, 76, was accused of having groped a 54-year-old set dresser and a 34-year-old assistant during filming of Les Volets Verts (The Green Shutters).
  
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• Whyalla steelworks port ownership dispute triggers law change

  13-05-2025 08:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Amid ongoing legal action to wrest control of the Whyalla port from former steelworks owner GFG Alliance, the state government has moved to clarify the facility's ownership.
  
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• From prisons to roads and health: The NT budget's winners and losers

  13-05-2025 07:57 via abc.net.au
  
  With net debt to soon surpass $12 billion, the Northern Territory government's latest budget is headlined by record funding for corrections but little for new infrastructure projects.
  
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• More than 120 jobs at risk after major proposal rejected in Queensland

  13-05-2025 07:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Manufacturing powerhouse Downer has had a bid to overhaul the state's diesel tilt trains rejected, leaving 122 jobs hanging in the balance.
  
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• Tasmania's $60 power bill relief payment to be mostly eaten up by price rise

  13-05-2025 04:47 via abc.net.au
  
  The good news? Tasmanians can expect $60 credited to their power bills, thanks to the state-owned power company doing well. The bad news? Electricity price rises will absorb most of that.
  
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• Health concerns after PFAS-contaminated compost sold to public

  13-05-2025 00:57 via abc.net.au
  
  The premise of the South West's FOGO system was simple — take food and garden waste from residents, turn it into compost and sell it back to them. But the discovery of PFAS contamination has brought the system to an end.
  
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• Woodside modifies plans for contentious Browse joint venture project

  12-05-2025 23:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Western Australia's environmental watchdog takes the unusual step of reopening public consultation to Woodside's $30 billion Browse joint venture project after the company modified its proposal.
  
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• This couple sold worms, they say Bunnings crushed their business

  12-05-2025 22:09 via abc.net.au
  
  There's little this hardware store owner can do to stop Bunnings building next door, but when rivals want to move in on the warehouse giant's turf, it is a different story.
  
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• Bunnings has ways to keep rivals off its turf. Smaller players aren't so lucky

  12-05-2025 22:09 via abc.net.au
  
  There's little this hardware store owner can do to stop Bunnings building next door, but when rivals want to move in on the warehouse giant's turf, it is a different story.
  
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• Bunnings has ways to keep rivals off its turf. David's struggling to stop it moving in next door

  12-05-2025 22:09 via abc.net.au
  
  There's little this hardware store owner can do to stop Bunnings building next door, but when rivals want to move in on the warehouse giant's turf, it is a different story.
  
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• 'Under no circumstances': Offshore salmon farm trial unwelcome, opponents say

  12-05-2025 21:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Salmon farming is controversial in Tasmania, and despite plans to place enclosures 12 kilometres offshore, opponents say it's still not good enough — no fish farming is welcome.
  
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• The pens are in, soon there'll be salmon, but 12km is still not far enough, critics say

  12-05-2025 21:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Salmon farming is controversial in Tasmania, and despite plans to place enclosures 12 kilometres offshore, opponents say it's still not good enough — no fish farming is welcome.
  
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• US treasury secretary announces 90-day pause on reciprocal China tariffs

  12-05-2025 09:33 via abc.net.au
  
  US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has also announced a substantial reduction in tariff levels following talks with Chinese officials in Geneva.
  
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