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The national broadcaster’s axing of 120 jobs last week came as a shock, but it points to challenges the organisation can’t avoid.

Exclusive: Program hosted by David Speers bucks trend of declining audiences for broadcast TV, according to internal documents

"It’s crucial we adapt," says ABC News boss as around 40 existing roles go including its Political Editor.

Three people went prospecting in the West Australian outback — only one came home. Now the family are taking the investigation into their own hands.

She was once dubbed 'Australia's worst serial killer', after the deaths of her four children.  But now, Kathleen Folbigg is a free woman, after spending two decades in jail.  In a miscarriage of justice case reminiscent of the wrongful conviction of Lindy Chamberlain, the NSW Attorney-General has pardoned the 55-year-old after new scientific evidence emerged.  Today, ABC Background Briefing reporter Rachael Brown on Kathleen Folbigg's freedom and what it says about the jud...

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The Asian Development Bank and the Australian government, financial backers of PNG Ports, need to respond to serious allegations of corruption, says Stephen Howes.

If you're a migrant wanting to stay in Australia, you might hear about "Tia". She operates in messaging apps and few have met her in person, though many have handed over tens of thousands of dollars in the hope of getting an Australian visa.

A background briefing. it doesnt have to be, let out to the public but, we need to know whether this is some sort of fishy shenanigans. we cant trust the fbi anymore. >> what im try to figure out and going back 20 years trying to remember the federal code. even having a bomb or pipe bomb that doesnt detonate is incapable of detonating we still be a federal crime. i dont know that for sure. lets assume that it is. i guess try to figure out how is it in the fbis best interest to not find a suspect...

This report provides a snapshot of the U.S. Executive Branch priorities via daily schedules and the prior day's press releases.