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A man is suing the Spirit of Tasmania ferry operator due to negligence after he slipped and fell over in a bathroom while the ship was at sea, with TT-Line claiming he “should have sat on the toilet”. In a statement of claim filed to the Federal Court, the plaintiff alleged that in December 2022,…

Victoria Police has closed its investigation into Liberal MP Moira Deeming’s claim that Matthew Guy assaulted her at a community event, finding there was “no offence detected”. Mr Guy vehemently denies the allegation and is considering legal advice to pursue defamation action against his party room colleague. Video obtained by the ABC appeared to show…

Neil the seal is back in the spotlight. The five-and-a-half-year-old elephant seal has been spotted once again in southern Tasmania, this time being moved along by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE) staff after he was found blocking traffic. Neil has amassed a significant following on social media, but authorities have warned the…

A member of the Thriving Kids advisory panel has voiced concern about how the program is being rolled out, saying a state-based model is a departure from the panel’s original intention. Tim Jones said when the Thriving Kids Advisory Group handed its report to the government, it did not expect the states to take on…

2014 FIFA World Cup winners Germany face Ecuador while Curaçao and Côte d’Ivoire wrap up Group E action. In Dallas, Texas, Japan faces Sweden while Tunisia clashes with the Netherlands from 9am AEST. The Socceroos are set to face Paraguay in their crucial final Group D match at 12pm AEDT. There will be a special…

Seventy years ago, the tiny town of Tallangatta picked up its homes and moved.  The entire north-east Victorian town, or at least its timber buildings, was physically shifted eight kilometres west after an expansion to the Hume Dam made the already high flood risk too great to ignore. Between 1954 and 1956, more than 100…

In a tiny Paraguayan farming town, 130 kilometres from the nation’s capital, Australian flags are flying in the wind. This is a rural commune where affable sheep farmers live off the land, mostly keep to themselves but know their neighbours’ names, and always wave hello, according to residents. They share a fierce passion for their…

Legal experts say the Commonwealth risked losing a High Court challenge if it barred Islamic State-linked Australian woman Hodan Abby from returning home. Based on ASIO advice that she posed a security risk, Ms Abby was issued a temporary exclusion order (TEO) in February, when she and 33 other Australian women and children held in…

Victoria’s former children’s commissioner used discretionary power not to refer people found to have committed sexual misconduct for a Working with Children Check review, the ABC can reveal. It seemingly contradicts evidence from former commissioner Liana Buchanan to a parliamentary inquiry last year that she would never have used the discretionary power in cases involving…

The first countries in the world to deal with the H5N1 variant bird flu have lessons for Australia after cases were detected in the country’s south. Asian nations have nearly 30 years of experience stamping out the disease, responding to outbreaks with culling, surveillance and restrictions on moving poultry. Others in the region have also…