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News from the ABC Australia

Fake robbery of autistic boy online leads to scam warning
Posted on Friday November 06, 2026

Greg Sealey called for help online after claiming his autistic son was robbed, but police say it didn't happen — it was a scam.

Live: Beau Lamarre-Condon back in witness box in double murder trial
Posted on Friday November 06, 2026

Beau Lamarre-Condon is continuing evidence in his double murder trial. Follow live.

NT architect wins top honour, joining ranks of Sydney Opera House designer
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

The Alice Springs architect behind the NT's only 6-star green rated building has been awarded the industry's highest honour. The win sees Susan Dugdale join the ranks of other influential designers, including the architect behind the Sydney Opera House.

Researchers call for rethink on disposal of washed-up whale carcasses
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

Marine scientist Olaf Meynecke says disposing of dead whales is complex, costly and should not fall to local councils. 

Child dies, woman in serious condition after two-car Bass Highway crash
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

A 10-year-old girl has died and a woman is in a serious condition in hospital after a two-car crash near Somerset in Tasmania's north-west.

Police divers and helicopters search for missing fisherman
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

Police from Victoria and New South Wales are searching for a man who disappeared after going fishing near the Murray River

Brothers open Ceduna's first barber shop in 50 years
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

Two Eyre Peninsula brothers have opened a 100 per cent Aboriginal-owned barber shop in the main street of Ceduna, the first men's hairdresser in the town for 50 years.

Police expand operation targeting Melbourne arsons and extortion
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

Night-time patrols as part of Operation Phoenix will be expanded across Melbourne as police try to stem a wave of arson attacks and extortion linked to crime gangs.

WA quick Lance 'Wild Thing' Morris hopes to be even faster after surgery
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

After years of back issues, cricketer Lance Morris is finally fit and firing, and the Western Australian is keen to put his name in the frame for a Test call up once again.

Council clears 40,000kg of dead carp from creek
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

Authorities say low oxygen levels killed thousands of the pest species. 

You're not imagining it, the NT's build-up is worse than normal
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

While Top End temperatures are only sitting about half a degree above average for this time of year, the Bureau of Meterology says increased humidity and less wind are combining to create stifling build-up conditions.

Education advocate Jan Heaslip OAM dies at age 87
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

The inaugural president of the Northern Territory Isolated Children's Parents' Association and first chairperson of an Alice Springs boarding school council, who passed away this week at 87, is remembered as a tireless advocate for children from the bush. 

Live: Tech stocks nosedive as Wall Street suffers mass sell-off following midterms
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

The Australian share market is likely to open lower as investors shy away from the tech bros after an overseas sell-off overnight. Follow live.

Woman found dead in Sunshine Coast home
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

Emergency services found the body of a woman in her 30s at a home in Palmview on Thursday morning.

Aussie Hijikata backs up Djokovic triumph with another big win in Paris
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

Rinky Hijikata has backed up his statement win over Novak Djokovic with another impressive victory in Paris, downing Alex de Minaur's conqueror, Tomas Martin Etcheverry, to reach his first ATP Masters quarterfinal.

Demand surges for new Victorian rental dispute service
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

Rental Dispute Resolution Victoria was launched to save renters and real estate providers waiting months to resolve disputes before a tribunal, but it now appears to be facing the same issue.

Live: Marles says suburbs are not the right place for data centre development
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

Richard Marles says suburbs are not the right place for data centres to be built. Follow live. 

LIV Golf to wind down after five years of rebel league
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

LIV Golf is closing down after losing the financial support it had hoped to secure from BC Partners to keep the league afloat.

Israel's president set to hand Netanyahu rival first chance to form government
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

Neither Mr Netanyahu's Likud-led bloc nor the opposition, led by former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, secured enough seats for a parliamentary majority in last week's election.

Regional areas suffer from 'buyer's market with no buyers'
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

Spring is usually one of the hottest times to sell property, but a housing market slump is affecting regional areas.



News from the BBC World Service

Russell Brand found guilty of rape and sexual assault
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

Brand is told to expect a prison sentence "of some length" and faces more rape allegations, it can now be reported.

Watch: Met Police release Brand interview footage
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

Brand was found guilty of one count of rape and three sexual assaults at Southwark Crown Court.

Major tech stocks plunge as US midterms add to fears of AI slowdown
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

The market has been reacting to possible tougher scrutiny of data centre construction and the AI industry following the US midterms

Henry Nowak’s killer has minimum term increased to 25 years by Court of Appeal
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

Judges ruled Vickrum Digwa's original term was unduly lenient and refused his bid to have it cut.

California governor commutes sentences for state's 548 death row inmates
Posted on Friday November 06, 2026

California has historically had the largest population of people on death row in the US.

King relishes 'politically charged' deployments, Palace aide says
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

The monarch faced questions on the UK's involvement in the slave trade during his Caribbean tour.

Messages reveal how hoax threat was passed on by air traffic control
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

BBC Verify has been analysing messages after flights across Europe were targeted by fake bomb threats - the second such incident this week.

UK doctor infected with Ebola being treated at London hospital
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

The doctor tested positive in DR Congo, where there is an outbreak. The government says the risk to the public remains low.

Police car set alight in Glasgow amid Bonfire Night trouble
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

The car was torched after officers answered reports of an injured man in the Provanmill area of Glasgow.

Interest rates hiked to 4% in first increase in over three years
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

Most analysts expected the increase from 3.75% to 4%.

More Mandelson papers set to be published before Christmas
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

Documents were published in March and June - but others were withheld because they were part of a police investigation.

Russell Brand is being investigated over two new rape complaints, police say
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

Det Supt Andy Furphy said he hoped other potential victims would gain "courage" and "confidence" from the guilty verdicts.

The Russell Brand I saw in court was not the flamboyant character most people will know
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

Brand stood upright in the dock as the verdicts were read out in court - ending this sometimes surreal trial.

Watch: How rapist Brand was never far from controversy
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

BBC correspondent Sima Kotecha explains how the trial unfolded.

Who could be behind hoax bomb threats to European air travel?
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

There is no hard evidence so far linking airline bomb threats to Russia, Iran or any proxy groups.

Faisal Islam: How high will interest rates go?
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

The BBC's economics editor views one more interest rate as likely, but thinks that will be all.

Would you take a test to see if your life will be cut short? I did - and it changed me
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

Laura Sides faced a dilemma of whether to find out if she would inherit her father's condition.

A bitter end for Ronaldo - the icon who transformed Portugal announces international retirement
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

As Cristiano Ronaldo retires from international football, Guillem Balague looks at why and what is next for the Portugal legend.

Vance walks Trump tightrope with scathing election critique blaming Iran war
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

The vice-president's blunt assessment of Republican election defeat marked one of the sharpest breaks with a sitting president in recent memory.

India's costliest film retells a beloved Hindu epic - but divides critics
Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026

Easily the most anticipated Bollywood film of the year, Ramayana: Rise of a Legend is the first of two parts.



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