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News from the ABC Australia

Mining exploration heads underground in Victoria amid gold 'renaissance'
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

The Victorian government approves two companies to drill deep underground exploration tunnels amid a gold "renaissance" driven by high gold prices.

Mother of three to spend second Christmas in outback home-town motel
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

When Leylanie moved her family back to her home town a year ago, she did not expect to be spending this Christmas still living out of a motel.

Man critically injured in suspicious house fire in Melbourne's south-east
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

Police are investigating the cause of a house fire which has left one man fighting for life in hospital and several other people injured.

Don't rush to change gun laws, farmers and shooters group in Tasmania says
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

As state and territory leaders consider tougher gun laws, the Tasmanian government is under pressure from interest groups and advocates on all sides of the debate.

Cancer survivor puts used pad in pocket due to lack of men's sanitary bins
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

Prostate cancer survivor Mick Barrett is calling on businesses to consider installing rubbish bins inside men's bathrooms to help those with incontinence.

Workforce shortages could 'escalate costs' ahead of Brisbane 2032
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

The Queensland auditor-general says there will be a higher risk of delays and cost escalations for infrastructure projects ahead of the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games due to shortages in key trade occupations.

A Bodyline bowler was pipped by pomegranates, and an uproar ensued
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

Flying fruit pips are less menacing than the cork and leather cricket balls that Harold Larwood hurled at Australian batsmen during the infamous Bodyline series, but a showdown between the English fast bowler and a disgruntled crowd that was allegedly armed with pomegranate seeds is part of the rich story of Ashes acrimony.

England fumes as Snicko operator admits using wrong stump mic
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

Snicko boss admits an operator error dudded England out of the wicket of Alex Carey on day one of the third Ashes Test in Adelaide.

Why Trump's low-profile chief of staff Susie Wiles is making headlines
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

The long-time political operator is unusually candid during a series of interviews with magazine Vanity Fair.

'Shape up or ship out': NDIS providers warned as new rules confirmed
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

The government confirms two categories of NDIS providers will be subject to mandatory registration, more than a year after it was handed recommendations for how to implement a new system.

The election is over, but inflation is still dominating the economic story
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

Jim Chalmers has started his second term as treasurer just like the first one ended: trying to frame the budget on his terms, but with one eye on inflation.

AI deepfakes of alleged Bondi gunman spread online
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

AI-generated images of alleged Bondi gunman Naveed Akram in the Philippines and a fabricated Facebook page are spreading online. And an image of police officers taken out of context is debunked by ABC NEWS Verify.

Mum who shielded stranger's toddler in Bondi attack says she's 'not a hero'
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

When Jessica Rozen saw a little girl crying as gunshots rang out, instinct kicked in.

JackJumpers head Christine Finnegan makes move to women's sport
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

After almost 20 years working in men's sport, Christine Finnegan says the time is right for her to leave the NBL club she lead to championship glory, and move into a solely women's sport role.

Trump's first impeachment started with a phone call and ended with a newspaper
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

When Trump was elected president in 2016, he joined the world's most exclusive and revered club. But three years later, the president added his name to a smaller list of US leaders who'd been impeached.

A fan of awards season? Prove it with our prize-winning quiz
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

The 2026 Oscars are just around the corner but let's give this year's arts award winners just a couple more moments in the sun.

The court orders that hid rapist Tom Silvagni's identity for 18 months
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

Silvagni employed a legal team exclusively to fight for a suppression order, preventing his name being reported by media for more than a year.

Labor faces green Grinch accusations with budget in the red
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

Labor has two options when it comes to straddling a budget in the red and accusations it has become a green Grinch on health funding.

Warner Bros rejects rival $163bn bid from Paramount
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

In a letter to shareholders, the board wrote that Paramount had "consistently misled" Warner Bros shareholders that its $US30-per-share cash offer was fully guaranteed, or "backstopped," by the Ellison family,

UK's Duke of Marlborough charged with intentional strangulation
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

Charles James Spencer-Churchill, 70, who is known as Jamie Blandford, is the 12th Duke of Marlborough, one of Britain's most senior aristocratic families.



News from the BBC World Service

Abramovich must pay £2.5bn from Chelsea FC sale to Ukraine fund or face court, Starmer says
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

The Russian oligarch was forced to sell up when he was sanctioned for his ties to the Kremlin - but the money remains frozen in a British bank account.

Family of stabbed girl, 9, say she was 'full of life'
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

Aria Thorpe's family say the nine-year-old was "bubbly" and loved country music.

Police forces will make arrests over 'globalise the intifada' chants
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

The Metropolitan and Greater Manchester forces say they will make arrests over 'globalise the intifada' chants.

Nick Reiner appears in court for first time charged with murdering parents
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

All sides agreed to delay his arraignment until 7 January, when he will again have the opportunity to enter a plea.

Why this month's inflation figure may be good news for you
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

The rate of inflation, which charts the rising cost of living, has slowed - driven partly by essentials.

Fifa video game to return after four years in Netflix exclusive
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

The game will be made by Delphi Interactive and released in time for the 2026 World Cup.

Polar bear mother adopts cub in rarely documented case
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

It's only the 13th known case of adoption out of the 4,600 bears studied for nearly five decades in northern Canada.

Six southern areas given power to make larger council tax hikes
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

The councils are among those expected to lose out under a move to shift funding to more deprived areas.

How England can keep Ashes alive on pivotal day
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

Whether the Ashes series remains alive beyond Christmas rests on how England bat on day two of the third Test in Adelaide.

Duke of Marlborough charged with intentional strangulation
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

The 70-year-old is accused of attacking the same person in Oxfordshire between 2022 and 2024.

Streeting rejects calls to stop puberty blocker trial
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

The health secretary tells MPs he is "uncomfortable" about the use of the drugs but he was following expert advice.

True origin of 'first black Briton' revealed
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

Scientists say they now know where the 'Beachy Head Lady', an ancient skeleton, actually came from.

'I learned languages and travelled Europe through Erasmus'
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

Several years after it was scrapped, the UK is now set to rejoin the Erasmus scheme in 2027.

For decades, their families searched for diamonds. Now childhood friends find a £41,000 gem
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

The friends dug up the 15.34-carat gem-quality diamond in central India.

Fallout and the secret of the perfect video game adaptation
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

Masterminds behind the classic video game series tell us how they created a successful TV show.

What are the 'ghost ships' Venezuela is using to evade oil sanctions?
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

A tanker seized by the US is believed to be part of a "ghost fleet" used by Venezuela to evade oil sanctions.

Ho ho no! Four ways to stop kids' Christmas meltdowns
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

Four ways to keep the magic without the meltdowns and create stress-free festive fun for children.

Naveed Akram charged with 15 counts of murder over Bondi shooting
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

Naveed Akram, 24, faces 59 charges in total following the attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday.

Starmer calls doctors' strike 'dangerous' as five-day walkout begins in England
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

The doctors' union, the British Medical Association, said it was time the government came up with "a genuinely long-term plan" on pay and jobs.

Two Palestine Action hunger strikers end protest
Posted on Wednesday December 17, 2025

Five more people awaiting trial over alleged offences are said to be continuing to refuse food.



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