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'Pray for Nepal': hundreds killed in floods mourned

Australia's Nepalese community is in mourning for the hundreds killed and many more missing in catastrophic floods along its border with Tibet.

AAP · Aug 27

Missing Aussie makes contact as flood disaster worsens

An Australian woman caught up in deadly flooding in Nepal has made contact with family as heavy continued rainfall makes rescue conditions difficult.

AAP · Aug 27

Father and son jailed over 'pitiless' car chase murder

A remorseful father says he hates himself for participating alongside his son in the murder of a teenager, whose death haunts him everyday.

AAP · Sep 15, 2025

Rivervue retirement village, struck by Maribyrnong River disaster, had $5 million flood insurance limit

Residents in a riverside retirement village that flooded last October, extensively damaging dozens of homes, say they were staggered to learn the village had a limit of $5 million for flood insurance.

ABC News · May 14, 2023

NT Police charge man over crash that killed 11-year-old boy in Moulden Shopping Centre car park

The 54-year-old man has been charged with multiple offences, including dangerous driving causing death and driving under the influence of cannabis.

ABC News · Apr 20, 2023

MSF Sugar won't stand trial over electrocution death of employee Brett Quinn

A Queensland magistrate has dismissed an industrial manslaughter charge against MSF Sugar over the death of Brett Quinn in 2019.

ABC News · Apr 17, 2023

Good Friday services held across Australia as church leaders share messages of love and faith

As thousands of churchgoers attend Good Friday services across Australia, religious leaders have spoken of the way in which the day's deep and sombre significance continues to resonate, two millennia after the death of Jesus Christ.

ABC News · Apr 7, 2023

Residents, basketball community and union weigh in over McIvor Reserve development in Melbourne's west

Residents in Melbourne's inner west are clashing over a $60 million redevelopment that would see a basketball stadium built over part of a local dog park.

ABC News · Mar 16, 2023

Shifts in weather are causing Italian families to rethink an inter-generational tradition

Italian-Australian communities are facing uncertainty over whether they'll be able to keep their annual sauce-making tradition this year due to a tomato shortage.

ABC News · Mar 13, 2023

In the vast region of Timber Creek, domestic violence victims have few places to go

Across a massive part of the Northern Territory, the nearest women's safety shelter is hours away. Residents are turning their own homes into overnight safe houses.

ABC News · Aug 14, 2022