Australia did not adequately consider the climate impacts of extending its largest gas project, an independent United Nations expert has told the Federal Court. The special rapporteur for the right to a healthy environment is intervening in three Federal Court challenges brought against Woodside’s North West Shelf by the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) and Friends…
Good morning, and welcome to the ABC’s finance blog. I’ll be taking you through the latest market action this morning. The ASX is set for a weaker start this morning, after global markets lost ground. Wall Street pulled back from recent highs, with tech and financial stocks among the main drags, as renewed hostilities in…
Matteo Arnaldi came out on top in an all-Italian clash at the French Open to reach his maiden grand slam semifinal after his opponent, Matteo Berrettini, retired injured while trailing 7-5, 5-2. Berrettini, who needed a medical timeout for what appeared to be hip pain after three games in the second set, threw in the…
In 1976 about 60 motorbike riders lined up to test their skills and endurance in a race through the central Australian outback. Little did they know, 50 years later, the 460 kilometre race from Alice Springs to Finke and back would be one of the most famous off-road races in the world: the Finke Desert…
On a gloomy Tuesday evening, the sound of Amazing Grace drifts out of an unassuming building, wedged between a sports store and a government office in Perth’s north. Inside, dozens of people are shedding their inhibitions to sing loud and proud, putting aside years of trauma, violence and addiction. This is the Second Chance Choir,…
An elderly couple have been critically injured and a man has been shot during a suspected home invasion in northern NSW. Emergency services were called to a rural property at Torrington, about 65 kilometres south-west of Tenterfield, just after midnight. Police have been told a 75-year-old man and 72-year-old woman were home when a 34-year-old…
Aryna Sabalenka has lamented she wants to “quit tennis right now” after her shock three-set loss to Russian Diana Shnaider in the French Open quarterfinals, after the world number one let opportunities slip in the second set. The Belarusian handled the blustery conditions to win the opening set, forged a commanding 4-1 lead in the…
Parks Australia has announced popular Kakadu attractions Jim Jim Falls and Twin Falls will remain closed for the rest of this year, including through the Top End’s peak tourism season, as repairs to cyclone-damaged roads are carried out. In a statement, Director of National Parks Ricky Archer said the decision had been made following engagement…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has condemned violent protests over the case of an 18-year-old who was handcuffed as he lay dying after his killer falsely alleged a racist attack. The murder of student Henry Nowak last year has dominated headlines in Britain since his Sikh killer was sentenced on Monday. The footage of officers…
Four years into the full-scale war, Ukraine is grappling with a mental health crisis. Research from the International Rescue Committee from April this year estimates 15 million people in Ukraine need psychological support. At the coalface of the mass traumatisation is psychiatrist Antonina Pushko. Dr Pushko, along with six other mental health specialists, made the…