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News from the ABC Australia

Homes with architectural designs that cost just $1 near completion
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

Almost 18 months after the state government launched the architectural designs, the Illawarra build is one of 22 projects being constructed and hopes to be the first to land.

ABC 50/50 quiz: Testing your knowledge of 90s Aussie bands and cat people vs dog people
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

Each question in the ABC 50/50 quiz has only two options: one is right, the other is wrong. But be warned: we might try to trick you. 

The must-see artworks at the Clarice Beckett exhibition
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

Clarice Beckett painted the life and scenery of her coastal home in Victoria until her death in 1935. Selling almost nothing while she was alive, she is now recognised as one of the country's pioneering tonal and abstract artists.

Boots Riley is ready for the working class to rise up
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

Filmmaker, musician and activist Boots Riley’s latest movie I Love Boosters makes the creative’s edict clear: power lies with the people, we just have to rise up and take it.

Registered psychologist accused of recruiting for Universal Medicine cult
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

A Victorian survivor of childhood sexual abuse went to a psychologist seeking help. Instead, she alleges she was recruited to a cult found to be "socially dangerous" and "sexually manipulative".

Albanese's salad days have wilted into a long list of woe
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

Underlying the grimness inside the government is the realisation that there are few easy policy options to hand.

As the world's calamities converge climate talks tread water
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

Pragmatists concede that the process of annual international talks on climate change feels like it is, at best, treading water for now.

Why you will pay for Jensen Huang's indiscretions
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

Nvidia is one the most valuable companies on the planet, but its former boss had 60 direct reports, meaning it wasn't structured to cope with scandals.

Australia must develop digital resilience, experts warn, but it will cost
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

Shifting Australia's dependence away from US technology companies towards resilience will require significant investments, experts are warning.

Six more women accuse Russell Brand of sexual offences
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

Convicted rapist Russell Brand is facing fresh allegations of predatory behaviour and committing sexual offences, after six new accusers went public on Friday.

UK police launch investigation into children's author David Walliams
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

London's Metropolitan Police have launched an investigation into actor and comedian David Walliams, after the entertainer was accused of serious sexual offences earlier this week.

Spectacular try helps England to Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup glory
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

England has been crowned Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup champion for a third time, defeating France 50-38 as Australia finished its campaign with a comprehensive victory in the third-place play-off.

Floreat gunman's daughter condemns 'entitled' father intent on control
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

Ariel Bombara delivers a devastatingly powerful apology for her father's actions at an inquest into the 2024 shooting murders of family friends Jennifer and Gretl Petelczyc.

Prisoner who bolted from brother's funeral caught after months on the run
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

Orijol Rukaj was in handcuffs when he fled the funeral in Melbourne after helping to carry the casket. Seven months later, he's been found almost 3,800km away.

Teens committed to trial over alleged murder of Sunshine Coast soccer coach
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

Two Sunshine Coast teenage boys charged with fatally stabbing a man in his home last year have been committed to face a jury trial in the Brisbane Supreme Court.

Accused killer allegedly used phone while he said he was sleeping, jury hears
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

A computer analyst told the jury Robert Crawford's phone was unlocked five times between 1:09am and 3:20am on the night his wife died.

Australia's next fast bowling star blows England away on ODI debut
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

Mahli Beardman becomes just the second Australian to snare a five-for in their ODI debut as England is skittled and Australia romps to victory in Perth.

Man who burned shoebox of tax records fined for resulting bushfire
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

A Tasmanian man who lit a fire to burn tax documents in a shoebox, which then spread and destroyed two homes, has been convicted and fined. 

Hung jury in trial of man accused of Busselton 'love triangle' murder
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

A jury is discharged in the murder trial of James Anthony Sorgiovanni, 29, who had been accused of the stabbing murder of a woman whose body was found stuffed in a wardrobe.

How the Microsoft outage is affecting Australia
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

Australians wake to empty inboxes due to an issue with Microsoft's products, leading to cancelled appointments, grounded flights and School of Air's closure.



News from the BBC World Service

Police investigating David Walliams over reports alleging serious sexual offences
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

The Met Police said the allegations are separate from those reported by ITV and the Guardian earlier this week.

Microsoft outage 'stark reminder' of how much we rely on tech
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

Microsoft has apologised for the issue, which it said was due to a technical failure.

Former Hamas bodyguard guilty of UK knife attack
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

Mohammed Alfatih was granted asylum in the UK in 2015 and British citizenship in 2020.

Watch: BBC undercover reporter is offered fake art and awards for talent visa
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

Companies are offering to help migrants pose as talented artists to make fraudulent UK visa applications, the BBC has found.

Rosenberg: Uncompromising Putin ups demands for peace with Ukraine
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

The fact the question of European security now features in discussions is viewed in Moscow as a victory, BBC Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg says.

Reform and Tory spokesmen in angry clash over immigration at Piddington
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

Reform's Zia Yusuf and Tory Chris Philp were speaking against converting a former military site into asylum accommodation.

Man jailed for grooming at least 70 girls online
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

Bilal Kazi targeted his victims - aged between 10 and 17 - using Snapchat, Wink and Roblox.

German spies handed new powers to tackle 'hybrid threats' from abroad
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

German reforms mean foreign and domestic intelligence services will have greater powers to combat espionage, terrorism and sabotage.

More women make allegations against Russell Brand
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

The new claims are in the Times and a Netflix documentary, following Brand's recent conviction for rape.

How a sex scandal at Nvidia is putting pressure on the White House
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

Jensen Huang's personal life may have triggered the crisis, but the questions now reach into the White House itself.

'Hardest challenge of my life' - Owain Wyn Evans completes Children in Need ride
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

Owain Wyn Evans cycled almost 400 miles, setting off from Glasgow and finishing in Cardiff.

Why is Microsoft's outage lasting so long and will emails be lost?
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

Microsoft says it is continuing to restore services including Outlook and Teams following a global outage.

Watch: How a server outage took down Microsoft Teams and Outlook
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

A Microsoft outage is affecting services including Teams, Outlook and AI software Copilot.

Courts, spies and MPs: How the Microsoft outage has been felt around the world
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

From city governments in the US to spy agencies in Australia, the Microsoft outage is being felt around the world.

'I feel it's a sign of what's to come': Office workers on Microsoft outage
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

Insurance brokers tell Nicky Campbell how their jobs are completely disrupted by the Microsoft outage.

The school where white working-class pupils defy the odds
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

Politicians are worried about the outcomes of white, working-class pupils. But one school in Sunderland seems to have defied gravity

The Peruvian city that has embraced Pope Leo as one of its own
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

Pope Leo XIV is in Peru as part of his Latin America tour, just weeks after having surgery for lung cancer.

The rise of 'housefishing': How AI-enhanced property listings are taking off
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

Experts warn that using AI to enhance property images can go too far and mislead prospective buyers.

Whatever happened to the $300,000 diamond that went missing in F1 crash?
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

Whatever happened to the diamond that went missing after the Formula 1 car it was attached to crashed?

My physical deformity left me feeling invisible - but one surgeon saw me
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

Charlie Clarke says the physical and emotional effects of pectus excavatum have been "unimaginable".



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