The Latest Breaking News from Australia

Australian share market suffers $55 billion loss on China lockdown fears

Plunging commodity prices dragged the ASX lower, while the Australian dollar fell to a two-month low, despite a stunning rebound on Wall Street as Twitter agreed to be taken over by billionaire Elon Musk.

ABC News · Apr 25, 2022

The Loop: Trump on Twitter's new owner, UN boss to visit Putin, and could a mushroom protein powder help the planet?

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ABC News · Apr 25, 2022

In election 2022 battleground seats, voters are switching off politics but economic issues loom

From marginal seats with diverse communities to blue-ribbon ones with climate-focused independents, voters are fed up with political spin and are seeking policy action on big issues like the cost of living and climate change.

ABC News · Apr 25, 2022

Young people are on front line of climate change, but they're not accepting it as an inevitability

Young Australians are front and centre of the climate crisis and, in the face of extreme weather events across the country, it's a story shaped by personal experience.

ABC News · Apr 25, 2022

With wait times for public elective surgeries stretching out, Australians are funding their own procedures

With wait times for elective surgeries in public hospital systems ballooning following lockdowns, some patients are self-funding their own procedures to try and skip the queue.

ABC News · Apr 25, 2022

Australia's biggest meat company JBS is repeatedly failing to protect its workers from horrific injuries

Australia's biggest meat company has an appalling track record on safety, repeatedly failing to protect its workers from death or serious injuries. Employees and family members tell Four Corners their stories.

ABC News · Apr 25, 2022

Economic outlook 'tricky' despite strength

Australia's economic recovery has been faster and better than expected, but war in Europe and China's COVID-19 outbreaks are wildcards for the nation's outlook.

AAP · Apr 25, 2022

Seven tired old tropes politicians trot out in place of a vision for Australia’s future

Policy drift has consequences. Problems become larger. Future generations are left with the mess

The Guardian - AU · Apr 25, 2022

Too little, too late: who will fix the home care crisis for Australia’s ageing population?

As aged care firms as a key election battleground, thousands are still dying each year waiting for home care packages

The Guardian - AU · Apr 25, 2022

Labor pledges more foreign aid to Pacific with plan ‘to restore Australia’s place as first partner of choice’

Seven-point plan also includes funding boosts for regional broadcasting and fight against illegal fishing

The Guardian - AU · Apr 25, 2022