ABC radio news and current affairs afternoon program reporting on Australia and the world.
Tasmania's Liberal Leader Jeremy Rockliff has been reappointed Premier, but another no confidence motion will be brought against him when parliament resumes.
After a hotly contested bidding process, the Federal Government has chosen a Japanese company to build the next fleet of Australian Navy warships.
For the first time, the Australian Federal Police is to be led by a woman. The current deputy AFP commissioner Krissy Barrett is to replace Reece Kershaw who is retiring early.
The American President Donald Trump has again shaken up the global economy by ordering more changes to his tariff policies.
After Canada announced it will recognise a Palestinian state, the Foreign Minister Penny Wong has reiterated that Australia will do the same but has refused to say when.
In a joint statement with 14 other countries, the Federal Government has again called for a two state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
As global concern about famine and killings in Gaza grows, two Israeli human rights groups have accused the Netanyahu government of genocide in the enclave.
An ABC Four Corners investigation has revealed a massive fraud that saw the Australian Tax Office pay out $2 billion to individuals using a loophole to falsely claim GST refunds.
As the United States continues to scrutinise the AUKUS deal, Australia and the United Kingdom have agreed to deepen their nuclear submarine partnership under that deal.
The country's biggest private operator of psychology clinics is set to shut nearly all of them, and mental health experts are worried about the consequences.
Federal Labor has wasted no time introducing legislation to the new Parliament to reduce student debt and clamp down on dodgy childcare operators.
Politicians turned up in Canberra today for the start of Parliament's first sitting week since the federal election.
After Saturday's state election in Tasmania, neither major party has secured a majority of seats in the Parliament.
Lachlan Young, the man accused of murdering 23-year-old Clunes woman Hannah McGuire, has entered a plea of guilty, eight days into his trial.Â
Australia's unemployment rate has risen to 4.3 per cent. It's highest level since November 2021.
The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has visited the Great Wall of China, just as another Labor PM, Gough Whitlam did in the 1970s.
The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he and China's President Xi Jinping have had a warm exchange in Beijing.
The Treasurer Jim Chalmers is downplaying official advice stating the Federal Budget isn't sustainable unless taxes are raised and spending reduced.
In the West Australian outback, a massive search for a missing German backpacker is underway.
The Federal Government's special envoy to counter antisemitism has released her report and recommendations today.
Qantas is refusing to say if it is being held to ransom by cyber criminals, after a data breach exposed customers' personal information.
The Reserve Bank has shocked economists and disappointed mortgage borrowers by deciding against an interest rate cut.
One of Australia's most closely watched murder trials has ended with Erin Patterson, the so-called "mushroom murderer," now a convicted killer.
After the US Congress finally passed what he calls his "big, beautiful bill," the President Donald Trump has been celebrating with supporters in Iowa.
In New York, the music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has been denied bail after being found guilty of two out of the five charges against him in his criminal trial.
Qantas is warning millions of customers a significant amount of data has been stolen in a major cyber attack.
More than a thousand children are to be tested for infectious diseases after a childcare worker was charged with more than 70 child sex offences.
One of Australia's biggest health insurers, Bupa, is repaying millions of dollars to members whose claims it wrongly rejected.
In Western Australia, two men have been given lengthy sentences for the murder of 15 year old Cassius Turvey in Perth three years ago.
The European members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have agreed to a big increase in defence spending as demanded by the US President.
The US President Donald Trump has angrily dismissed reports last weekend's bombing of Iran didn't destroy that country's nuclear program.
The ceasefire between Israel and Iran already appears to be breaking down, with Israel accusing Iran of violating it and now ordering fresh strikes of its own
Iran is warning the United States of "heavy consequences" for entering the war on Israel's side and bombing the Islamic Republic's key nuclear sites.
As the conflict between Israel and Iran enters its second week, many world leaders are urging both sides to pull back from the hostilities.
In the Middle East, Israel and Iran continue to trade missile strikes as the Trump Administration ponders its next move.
The world is closely watching the White House, as speculation grows the United States will enter the Israel- Iran conflict.
As the conflict between Iran and Israel continues, the US President Donald Trump is weighing up what course to take.
The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is raising the prospect of Australia strengthening its ties with Canada and Europe as the G-7 summit gets underway in Calgary in Canada.
It appears the Middle East is on the brink of broader conflict after Israel attacked nuclear sites and military bases in Iran.
Australia's big plan to buy $300 billion worth of nuclear-powered submarines has been thrown into doubt, after the United States announced it's reviewing the AUKUS defence pact.
With an overnight curfew in force in Los Angeles, police say they've arrested dozens of people who've ignored the lockdown and continued to protest against President Trump's immigration raids.
A major Australian in-vitro fertilisation clinic has again admitted to mistakenly transferring the wrong embryo to a patient.