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News from the ABC Australia

What you should know about 'Bali belly' and how to avoid it
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

Every year about 1.5 million Australians travel to Bali. Chances are either you or someone you know has caught a stomach bug after travelling to the popular Indonesian destination. So what can you do to avoid it?

A wig, boat and jet: The secret mission to get Maria Machado out of Venezuela
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

Maria Corina Machado hid in fear for her life under Venezuela's Maduro regime. This is how her fight to restore democracy started more than 20 years ago.

Young man dies under machinery at outback Queensland worksite
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

Queensland's workplace health and safety regulator will investigate the death.  

Socceroos fans hunt for tickets despite 'extortionate' prices
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

Australia are among the countries with the most ticket requests for next year's World Cup, which is bound to please Socceroos coach Tony Popovic and his team.

The Milan Olympic ice hockey stadium still isn't built — and it's already the wrong size
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

Ice hockey players from the NHL are due to compete in the Winter Olympics tournament for the first time in 12 years at Milan-Cortina. But the league is holding its breath over a rink that has is smaller than expected — and isn't even complete yet.

Coal mine expansions to continue in NSW despite climate report findings
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

Coal mining extensions and expansions will continue, the New South Wales premier says, despite a government-appointed agency finding further approvals were not consistent with emissions targets.

Mobile phone found in renewed search for missing Belgian tourist
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

The search volunteer who found the phone said he "just melted" when he saw the phone, which has been confirmed as belonging to Celine Cremer, who went missing two and a half years ago.

Google to build Australian-funded undersea cables in PNG
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

PNG says the measure will provide a key upgrade to its digital backbone and link the north and south of the nation with high-capacity cables.

Perth queer nightclub celebrates 50 years of dancing and difference
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

Founded in 1975, when homosexuality was still illegal in Western Australia, Connections nightclub has seen waves of social change and kept the party going.

Preservation trust sues Trump over White House ballroom project
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

The lawsuit brought by preservationists is the most tangible effort so far to stop US President Donald Trump's ballroom construction plans.  

Federal police release nine images to help identify child sex abuse victims
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

These photographs might look like everyday objects, but the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) believe they could help identify victims of online child sexual exploitation. 

Crocodile wrangler Matt Wright's prison sentence comes with a warning
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

Crocodile wrangler Matt Wright built a television and tourism empire in the Northern Territory, but that's all come crashing down.

18yo man in critical condition after being assaulted on Gold Coast
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

An 18-year-old man is in hospital in a critical condition after being assaulted on the Gold Coast on Friday night. 

Melbourne lawyer caught stealing from grieving widow gets four years' jail
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

Dean Hadjina is sentenced to prison for stealing $482,154 from a vulnerable widow who spoke little English as she sought compensation payouts after her husband's workplace death.

Whale song may see experts change their tune on humpback migration
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

Underwater microphones off the NSW south coast capture consistent humpback whale sounds throughout the 2024 migration season.

How to prepare for bushfires, from action plans to emergency bags
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

After a fast-moving bushfire reached the front door of her home in 2023, Kay Douglas is now better prepared in case it happens again.

Victorian pool shut for third summer running amid $5m repair blowout
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

Councils across Victoria are struggling to cover the cost of operating outdoor pools.

Public housing with no aircon leaves Roebourne locals holding the hose
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

WA's Pilbara has already endured a seven-day heatwave this month, but many in the town of Roebourne have little more than a hose and wet sheets to keep them cool as temperatures top 45 degrees Celsius.

The EU wants to use frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine. What are the risks?
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

Its proposed "reparations loan" for Ukraine would see frozen Russian assets used to prop up Kyiv's ailing economy.

Migrant workers treated 'like pigs' amid claims of modern slavery
Posted on Friday December 12, 2025

Witnesses have told an inquiry into modern slavery that migrant workers are being exploited in the nation's blueberry capital. 



News from the BBC World Service

King says he can 'share the good news' his cancer treatment will be reduced
Posted on Friday December 12, 2025

The 77-year-old says the milestone is a "personal blessing" and testimony to advances in cancer care.

New photos from Epstein estate show Trump, Andrew and Bill Clinton
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

The photos, which do not imply wrongdoing, are part of a trove of images the House Oversight Committee received from Epstein's estate.

Doctor strike during flu outbreak would be 'reckless', says Starmer
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

The prime minister says it would be "reckless" for resident doctors to strike with the NHS at a "precarious" moment.

Why are sperm donors having hundreds of children?
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

The European sperm market is booming, but are some donor's sperm being used to make too many babies?

Ukraine's health supplies hit in series of Russian strikes on medical warehouses
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

Warehouses supplying the vast majority of Ukraine's pharmacies have been destroyed over recent months.

Thailand-Cambodia fighting continues after Trump says countries agree to ceasefire
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

Thai PM says he told US president a ceasefire is only possible after Cambodia had withdrawn all its forces.

Robert Rhodes plotted and killed his wife - years later, his child's evidence convicted him
Posted on Friday December 12, 2025

Robert Rhodes killed his wife Dawn in their Earlswood home, coercing his child into the plans.

Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi arrested in Iran, supporters say
Posted on Friday December 12, 2025

The women's rights activist, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023, was arrested by Iranian security services at a memorial, her supporters say.

Trump officials sue Georgia county to force release of 2020 voting records
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

The lawsuit comes as Donald Trump continues to question his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden, despite any reliable evidence.

'Football is dead': Anger and disappointment as fans priced out of World Cup
Posted on Friday December 12, 2025

Supporters tell BBC Sport of their frustration at the astronomical cost of following the 2026 World Cup.

Reform claims to now have more members than Labour
Posted on Friday December 12, 2025

Nigel Farage's party says it has overtaken Labour to have more members than any other party in the UK.

From booze to black belts: Virginia's drunk raccoon suspected in karate shop break-in
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

The "trashed panda" is also suspected of burglarising snacks from the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Facing one last fight, John Cena became a WWE legend for more than ability
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

The man behind the "You Can't See Me" catchphrase is fighting one last time on Saturday night. But who is he, really?

Why your chocolate is getting smaller, more expensive and less chocolatey
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

Christmas treats are getting eaten away by 'shrinkflation' and the Grinch even has an eye on the cocoa content.

A backstreet abortion nearly killed her. It became a story that shaped the rest of her life
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

Annie Ernaux, who had an illegal abortion in 1963, went on to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Avatar composer reveals the secrets behind a soundtrack that took seven years to create
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

Composer Simon Franglen ended up inventing instruments for tall, blue, four-fingered humanoids.

Online gaming escaped Australia's social media ban - but critics say it's just as addictive
Posted on Friday December 12, 2025

Parents and experts say gaming poses many of the same risks for kids as social media, and want them included.

An eyebrow tip and McDonald's footage: Takeaways from Luigi Mangione's evidence hearing
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

Prosecutors played dozens of body camera videos and interviewed witnesses from the day of his arrest.

‘A lone person battling the system’ - hundreds reveal struggle to get help for adopted children
Posted on Friday December 12, 2025

A charity says the system is “under severe strain” as parents recount addiction and mental health battles.

Young care leaver facing homelessness was 'left to own devices'
Posted on Saturday December 13, 2025

A growing number of households in England have a young care leaver facing homelessness, data shows.



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