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Not that long ago, life was good for 74-year-old Jodi Scholz who was running a small farm 10 minutes north of Beechworth. “It was idyllic,” she said. “We had horses and a few cattle, and we managed them quite well.” But then her partner developed health issues, and died two years ago. “I was left…
Tourism operators in WA’s South West are celebrating the reopening of landmark tourist attraction, the Gloucester Tree, after its abrupt closure three years ago. Visitors were allowed to make the historic climb up the native karri tree, located in Pemberton, 320 kilometres south of Perth, over the weekend, even though bad weather delayed official opening…
They are illegal and highly addictive, but according to a group of Northern Territory high school students, vapes are easy to find and just as easy to use, including at school. Charlotte*, like many of her friends, was introduced to vaping at age 13. “Vapes were kind of introduced to me in year 7,” she…
Australian Maya Joint has beaten Serena Williams 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), 6-3 at Wimbledon in the 44-year-old, seven-time champion’s wildcard return to singles tennis after four years. Joint, playing her first match on centre court and just her second in the main draw at the grass-court slam, was clearly nervous at times, but still managed to…
Superstar LeBron James, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, has announced he will be leaving the Los Angeles Lakers after eight seasons. James, 41, who helped the franchise win the 2020 NBA title, confirmed on X that he would be exiting the franchise before the 2026-27 season, which begins in October. According to US media reports,…
Good morning, and welcome to the ABC’s finance blog — and the new financial year! I’ll be guiding you through the latest market action for the next few hours. And it looks like the local share market will have another quiet start to its day. ASX futures, which are a rough indicator of how the market may open,…
There is no phone reception at Junction View, just cattle moving through paddocks and wind sweeping across sandstone cliffs that have stood for millions of years. It is a landscape 29-year-old Daniel Storey has known all his life; one the fourth-generation farmer always thought he would continue to work when his parents retired. “You often…
A roof collapse at a tutoring centre in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore has killed at least 14 children and injured five, officials say. Grieving relatives wept as they gathered around the bodies of young victims shrouded in white sheets. “A roof collapse in Basti Eid Gah, Kahna Nau, has claimed the lives of…
Fifth seed Alex de Minaur has reached the second round of Wimbledon with a commanding victory over Argentina’s Roman Andres Burruchaga, with a little luck falling his way elsewhere in the draw. After edging a tight opening-set tiebreak, the Australian took complete control, conceding just one game across the final two sets to seal a…
A “hyperscale” data centre campus has been proposed for a remote Northern Territory cattle station, as the industry eyes the region for development. The proposed 19,150-hectare Project Ares would be built by Energy North on Murranji Station in the Barkly Region, and consist of about 90 hectares of “data halls,” powered by a blend of…