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Facebook shut down in PNG in 'test' to stop 'pornography, misinformation'

Facebook users in Papua New Guinea remain offline after the government carried out what it described as "testing" to regulate hate speech and offensive content.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Social Media

Magazine editor 'accidentally' included in Trump team's war group chat

A US magazine editor appears to have been sent classified military plans after Donald Trump's national security team accidentally included him in their group chat.

Pete Hegseth speaks into a microphone with his hand held out.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: World Politics

Sydney woman unknowingly filmed by man using sunglasses lens

An American man filmed women in Sydney's east with recording glasses and posted the footage to social media without the women's consent.

An anonymous woman silouhette, with her looking onto a busy street in Kings Cross, with people walking by, blurred.

Duration: 5 minutes 10 seconds

Source: StatelineTopic: Social Media

Editor's Choice

This movie about an unlikely connection between strangers may ruin you

The equal parts wholesome and heart-wrenching drama sees an acutely lonely woman find her sense of self with the help of a stranger who shares the same name as her dysfunctional father.

A woman wearing a singlet and headband holds a basketball under her right arm in a park setting.

Source: ABC EntertainmentTopic: Family

Rally driving moves up a gear as interest in motorsports surges

Motorsport fans lap up the first round of the Australian Rally Championship held in the forests surrounding Canberra, with Lewis Bates securing victory on home turf for the first time.

A red rally car turning a corner with dust flying out the back.

Duration: 51 seconds

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Rallying

NSW pushes nation-first regulation on lithium batteries

In a nation-wide first initiative, the New South Wales government is pushing to introduce tough regulations on the design, reuse, and disposal of lithium batteries.

Duration: 5 minutes 23 seconds

Source: ListenTopic: Batteries

Rabbitohs mascot apologises for pushing young fan after watching video

The man inside the costume as South Sydney's mascot, Charlie Gallico, says he now realises his actions at Shark Park were wrong and he hopes he has not harmed the club or the young fan's love of rugby league.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: NRL

Young riders represent Australia in adrenaline-fuelled equestrian sport

You've probably never heard of horseball, but young Australians are making a name for themselves in the sport's world cup, which starts today.

A young woman sitting on a horse holding a ball with straps on it, used in the sport of horseball

Duration: 1 minute 48 seconds

Source: ABC RuralTopic: Equestrian

Federal budget 2025

What to expect from tonight's federal budget speech and where to watch it

The release of the budget will inevitably involve a lot of political talk, but the government's plan will impact your financial situation in one way or another.

close up of hand holding money, five and twenty dollar notes and a one dollar coin next to a purse

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Budget

ANALYSIS: Dutton's budget reply is a career- and election-defining test

Your attention is what politicians are seeking, and they will be reaching for it everywhere they possibly can in budget week.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Budget

ANALYSIS: What you can expect from this week's Federal Budget

Alan Kohler says, even with an election looming, Australians shouldn't expect much of a cash splash from Jim Chalmers.

Analysis: Budget Week: ABC business presenter Alan Kohler, bank notes as a backdrop.

Duration: 2 minutes 1 second

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Budget

Labor touts $2.1b in budget savings, but it's less than new spending

Labor's total savings are less than a quarter of its new bulk billing incentive, one of several new spends the Coalition has matched.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Budget

Moments in History

New search begins in SA for children who went missing more than 50 years ago

A new private search is underway in the state's Mid North for Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirste Gordon, who went missing from Adelaide Oval more than 50 years ago.

Police move search for Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirste Gordan

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Missing Person

01 Conspiracy? If it quacks like a duck

When Patrick Stevedores locks out and fires 1400 wharfies overnight on April 8, 1998, it divides the country. But behind all this is a story of high drama and political intrigue, a complex web of double dealing and high-stakes leaks.

Duration: 35 minutes 8 seconds

Source: ListenTopic: Industrial Action

How a fiery Princess Anne talked her way out of being kidnapped in 1974

At the age of 24, a brash and fiery Princess Anne was called "her royal rudeness" by the British tabloids. But when a man brandishing two guns tried to kidnap her outside Buckingham Palace, Anne's sharp tongue helped save her life.

A woman in a tiara sits in the back of a car with a man in full military uniform

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Royalty

A policeman identified his killer. There are doubts it was the man put on trial

Sam Poo was executed in October 1865 for murdering Senior Constable John Ward, but academic Meg Foster has doubts about the evidence for this crime.

Colourful picture with a shadowy figure on a horse against rolling hills

Source: ABC Radio NationalTopic: History

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Facebook shut down in PNG in 'test' to stop 'pornography, misinformation'

Magazine editor 'accidentally' included in Trump team's war group chat

Sydney woman unknowingly filmed by man using sunglasses lens

Editor's Choice

This movie about an unlikely connection between strangers may ruin you

Rally driving moves up a gear as interest in motorsports surges

NSW pushes nation-first regulation on lithium batteries

Rabbitohs mascot apologises for pushing young fan after watching video

Young riders represent Australia in adrenaline-fuelled equestrian sport

Federal budget 2025

What to expect from tonight's federal budget speech and where to watch it

ANALYSIS: Dutton's budget reply is a career- and election-defining test

ANALYSIS: What you can expect from this week's Federal Budget

Labor touts $2.1b in budget savings, but it's less than new spending

Moments in History

New search begins in SA for children who went missing more than 50 years ago

01 Conspiracy? If it quacks like a duck

How a fiery Princess Anne talked her way out of being kidnapped in 1974

A policeman identified his killer. There are doubts it was the man put on trial

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