2+ hour, 46+ min ago   (629+ words) Almost 70 per cent of public housing tenants in WA's Kimberley are waiting for urgent maintenance, the report says. (ABC Kimberley: Giulia Bertoglio) A new report has found almost seven in 10 public housing tenants in Western Australia's far north are waiting…...

3+ hour, 7+ min ago   (183+ words) H5 bird flu has now been detected in Australian pelicans. (ABC South East SA: Caroline Horn) The nation’s first case of a pelican infected with H5 bird flu has been confirmed by South Australian authorities. The bird was found at Edithburgh on…...

8+ hour, 44+ min ago   (265+ words) Here's what's making news in northern Tasmania today. The chief executive of the Bell Bay Advanced Manufacturing Zone says a proposed clean-energy infrastructure hub in the area would bring significant investment to the region. PolarBlue is hoping to establish a…...

6+ hour ago   (581+ words) Here's what's making news in the Goldfields, Esperance, Midwest and Wheatbelt regions of WA today. WorkSafe is investigating after a fire engulfed the driver's cab of a heavy-duty mining shovel at Kalgoorlie's Super Pit gold mine. The fire happened last…...

12+ hour, 58+ min ago   (884+ words) The government has proposed winding back the rebate those aged 65 and over receive on their private health cover. (ABC News: Matt Roberts) Parliamentary analysis shows pensioners will lose out on about $1.6 billion when new private health insurance rebate changes come…...

1+ day, 31+ min ago   (458+ words) According to the government, the project will include 174 one- and two-bedroom rentals for affordable and social housing. The WA government will spend more than $100 million on a new 30-storey apartment building in the Perth CBD, which it says will ease…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (896+ words) Anthropic boss Dario Amodei says the artificial intelligence industry should slow development amid building pressure for improved oversight. Mr Amodei says he worries that rogue AI agents would be capable of "taking over the entire internet" within six to 12 months....

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (641+ words) The coastline of Louth Island, where Rumi on Louth opened in 2023. (Supplied: Rumi on Louth) Rumi on Louth has been listed for sale, prompting questions from former workers and customers with unused vouchers. Resort co-owner Che Metcalfe says "some superannuation…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (843+ words) Karli Bryant and her partner Sam Saunders celebrate the purchase of their first home in Malanda. (Supplied: Karli Bryant) A 25-year-old woman was outbid by $60,000 on a 116-year-old railway worker's cottage in Malanda. A handwritten letter about her family's roots…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1142+ words) Alice Springs councillors are hoping a new strategy will help rewrite the town's poor reputation. (ABC News: Samantha Jonscher) The Alice Springs council is preparing a "change the narrative" strategy to help address the outback town's bad reputation. The council's…...