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The rapidly growing Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has now surpassed 1,000 confirmed cases. The race against time to contain Ebola Tensions are running high as officials fight to stop the rapid spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where aid workers tell the ABC they are already…
The soft burr of a Scottish accent is nothing new in Australian sport. Harry Souttar and Cam Burgess are currently leading the defence for the Socceroos in the USA, extending a relationship that dates back a century to the earliest games of football played on these shores. Then there’s other sporting icons with Scottish roots,…
Cristiano Ronaldo makes a bit of World Cup history as Gianni Infantino offers an update on the future of the hydration breaks, and Donald Trump gets a role at this year’s final. Check out the full World Cup schedule here in Australian times ABC Sport podcast: Check out the latest episode here These are the…
Papua New Guinea (PNG) has suspended imports of Australian poultry and eggs following the detection of the H5N1 bird flu virus in wild birds in Western Australia. PNG’s National Agriculture and Quarantine Inspection Authority on Monday advised it would stop buying Australian chicken products, including eggs and egg products. While the majority of Australia’s chicken…
Australian music legend Daryl Braithwaite says his decision to stop live performances has broken his heart. The 77-year-old announced last night he was stepping away from the stage due to difficulties he was having singing. He said he still loved every aspect of live music and it was “with much sadness” that he was giving…
Headline inflation decelerated in May, with consumer prices increasing at an annual pace of 4 per cent, down from 4.2 per cent in April. But trimmed mean inflation, the Reserve Bank’s preferred measure of underlying inflation, increased to 3.6 per cent, up from 3.4 per cent in April. Underlying inflation is now running at its…
Bondi Beach terror attack hero Ahmed Al Ahmed has pleaded not guilty to allegations he assaulted and intimidated his father. The 44-year-old is accused of assaulting his father at a home in Bankstown in Sydney’s south-west in March. He pleaded not guilty to domestic violence common assault and stalking, intimidation at a court appearance in…
Charles Darwin University (CDU) has been directed to back pay more than $4 million in wages after it was found to have underpaid more than 800 employees between 2016 and 2022. In a statement yesterday, the Australian Fair Work Ombudsman said CDU entered an enforceable undertaking with the workplace regulator, after self-reporting its non-compliance with…
Rogue teeth found in an outback fossil deposit have turned decades of thinking on marsupial evolution “on its head”, researchers say. Teeth and jaw fragments from Riversleigh in north-west Queensland have been used to describe three new insect-eating marsupial species from about 18 million years ago that belong to a newly identified and primitive order…
Today show host turned podcaster Karl Stefanovic has had an interview with far-right extremist Tommy Robinson taken down from social media and podcast platforms. Robinson is one of the most divisive anti-immigration voices in the United Kingdom and he co-founded the far-right English Defence League movement. In a promotional video for the podcast, Stefanovic and…