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Category: News & Politics

Imagine as a community leader that kind of phone call when you discover that there's been a crash of this significance is something you just don't want to hear oh look terrible terrible uh incident and of course not only have we seen the loss of lives but also the impact on the emergency responders... Read more

Category: News & Politics

It feels like the campaign's already begun meet the prime minister and his team blitzing wa on visit number uh 23 or 24 every visit aimed at securing seats in the west seen as key to winning government it's why this is the fourth time federal cabinet has met here we continue to look forward to working... Read more

Category: News & Politics

It's been a bitter start to winter and after a chilly few days australia's southeast is about to cop a polar blast millions are being warned to brace for the big freeze i'm not coping it feels colder now than it did last year it is parts of victoria and new south wales are on track for the coldest start... Read more

Category: News & Politics

Well it has been a golden start to australia's par olympic games with our paras swimmers beginning the medal hole with gold silver and bronze wins this morning and our very own charles bryce is there in paris to catch us up on all the action good day charles so gold on day one couldn't have been better... Read more

Category: Entertainment

The couple surprised jordan with a trip to the gym for her first lesson when she was six it wasn't long before she was hooked and she started to produce impressive results winning a silver medal at the 2020 tokyo olympics in 20121 in addition to being a member of the winning team at the 2022 world championships... Read more

Category: News & Politics

Many athletes have struggled through the challenges of covert 19. but at canberra's australian institute of sport ahmed kelly is swimming against the tide his third paralympic appearance has been delayed until at least next year the uncertainty is a challenge he's taking head on we've just really tried... Read more

Category: News & Politics

Hi pk hi jim how are you well thanks imin that's great um better than me i'm thinking i'm a job seeker who has in the last um 10 years experienced homelessness twice including through covid and the passing of my mother i'm now a renter who saw my rent increase to 130 per week in one increase how does... Read more

Category: News & Politics

Intro residents across three states are on high alert this morning with warnings of heavy rain and flash flooding stretching from new south wales to tasmania we'll have coverage from right across the country this morning starting with monty bobble who's in devonport in tasmania and joe woodburn is in... Read more

Category: News & Politics

In june 2016 tasmania's north northwest and highlands were inundated flooding homes and farms and taking three lives with intense rainfall now forecast over the same areas emergency services fear a repeat we want people to be aware of the circumstances from 2016 major flooding event this will be comparable... Read more

Category: News & Politics

Intro like something out of an action movie that is how an emotional baltimore mayor has described the collapse of a major bridge in that us city overnight declaring a state of emergency amid the desperate search for survivors the 2.6 kilomet long francis scott key bridge came down when a large slip... Read more

Category: News & Politics

Well hello and welcome to abc news i'm katherine robinson and i'm joe o'brien our special coverage continues on abct tv we're continuing our rolling coverage of this major tech outage that's been affecting companies not just here in australia but around the world if you're just joining us let's bring... Read more

Category: People & Blogs

Batten down the hatches the worst of the flooding is on its way to tasmania southern australia has been battered by severe weather and now tasmania is bracing for the worst a powerful cold front has already caused havoc with over 330 incidents reported within just 24 hours the spirit of tasmania ferry... Read more

Category: News & Politics

All right go ahead well good afternoon everybody firstly can i thank again our emergency services our power crews and road crews who are doing phenomenal work right around our state it's very difficult and dangerous work at times uh particularly with the conditions we're still seeing warnings that will... Read more

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I was peacefully um playing fortnite in the loung room right where that window is near the front door and i heard a big like almost like the house sh we could have all lost our lives in that house it's been a bit uh daunting we've definitely been talking to the kids and making sure that they're ready... Read more

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Incredibly some of the flood affected parts of tasmania had been trying to cope with a severe drought small pores animal rescue near new norfol is one excuse me organization dealing with the topsy turvy conditions and gee they certainly have been for more let's go back to our reporters lena ross who's... Read more

Category: News & Politics

So this is the river durant at new northfolk and the the level is at around a similar spot to where it was around midday on monday but we can see that it has peaked further overnight because the debris has come all the way up to here uh overnight and there was a major flood peak at just below the meadow... Read more

Category: News & Politics

Victorians across the state have woken up to all kinds of damage really no part of the state has been spared but tragically this weather event has claimed a life a 63-year-old woman in mo on the new south wales border has passed away after a tree fell on her cabin unfortunately paramedics were unable... Read more

Category: News & Politics

A flat evacuation warning remains in place this morning for multiple communities along hobart's dent river and tens of thousands of properties remain without power after days of wild weather across australia's southeast in tasmania communities remain isolated and several properties have been inundated... Read more

Category: News & Politics

Rhys dobbler has lived in the northern geelong suburb of nor lane since 2016. it's been a tough few years the mother of two has been relying on the salvos for basic staples to feed her family her struggles are not uncommon we've seen a real steady increase in people coming looking for assistance that's... Read more

Category: News & Politics

This is a big moment adelaide and perth are more expensive than melbourne in fact melbourne is now sixth on the median price league table or third from the bottom the national median house price rose half a percent in august to just over $800,000 but that's meaningless there's no such thing as a national... Read more