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Brisbane man jailed for kidnapping driving instructor at knifepoint in plot to abduct girlfriend

Abdel-Aziz Hussein Ali's plan was to hide in the boot of the car while the instructor drove to the ex-girlfriend's house, and pick her up.

ABC News · May 26, 2023

Australia's netball crisis is growing, and there is no clear indication whether it can be fixed

Netball Australia has ticked a lot of the right boxes, but converting the saying into doing is proving to be a difficult step, writes Tracey Holmes.

ABC News · May 26, 2023

Lismore Mayor 'heartbroken' by slow progress of house, land options for flood-affected residents

Northern Rivers residents are frustrated and some are relocating while they wait for either buyback, house raising, or retrofit 14 months after the disaster.

ABC News · May 26, 2023

ABC chair Ita Buttrose calls racist treatment of Q+A host Stan Grant 'abhorrent'

ABC chair Ita Buttrose says Australians need to reflect upon their "abhorrent" and "unacceptable" behaviour on social media, following the treatment of high-profile Indigenous journalist Stan Grant.

ABC News · May 26, 2023

Queensland traffic camera revenue jumps 70 per cent in one year due to steeper fines

Steeper fines imposed last July have boosted the revenue haul from Queensland road cameras by nearly 70 per cent this financial year.

ABC News · May 26, 2023

Shane Barker murder trial hears co-accused lied to Tasmania Police in 2009 interview

A Tasmanian jury has been played a 2009 police interview with a man accused of shooting his son-in-law in which he tells police he made-up a fake alibi to avoid being a suspect — and tells detectives if he wanted to kill someone, he "would have done it during deer…

ABC News · May 26, 2023

Former Katherine mayor and politician, Fay Miller, celebrated at state funeral in Darwin

Fay Miller has been remembered as a matriarch, a guiding light and a formidable advocate at a state funeral attended by hundreds of family, friends, politicians and delegates.

ABC News · May 26, 2023

Legionnaires' disease outbreak detected in Cheltenham, in Melbourne's south-east

Victoria's health department is urging people with flu-like symptoms to get tested after an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease at Cheltenham, in the city's south-east.

ABC News · May 26, 2023

A1 Engineering fined after worker crushed to death at old cheese factory

A1 Engineering has been fined and convicted over a workplace incident in December 2016 where two workers were inside a container preparing to move a 770kg piece of machinery when it fell on them, killing one and badly injuring the other.

ABC News · May 26, 2023

Indigenous custodian says vandalism shows no respect for Beerwah Mountain culture

An attack at the Glass House Mountains National Park has angered traditional owners, hikers and park rangers and vandals could face a $500k fine if caught.

ABC News · May 26, 2023