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You might be following Trump on social media without meaning to
By Georgie Hewson

Meta denies that Instagram and Facebook users were forced to follow Donald Trump and JD Vance after the inauguration.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-23/meta-potus-explainer-why-you-might-be-following-donald-trump/104849802

#SocialMedia #InternetCulture #WorldPolitics #GeorgieHewson

River inhabited by crocs pitched as rowing venue for Brisbane Olympics
By Aaron Kelly and Jeremy Jones

The Fitzroy River in Rockhampton could host rowing events for the 2032 Games if LNP politicians get their way.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-23/fitzroy-river-rockhampton-could-host-brisbane-olympics-rowing/104849962

#OlympicGames #Government #Reptiles #Rowing #Safety #Sport #AaronKelly #JeremyJones

Trump threatens Putin with 'high' tariffs if he fails to end 'ridiculous' Ukraine war

Donald Trump threatens Russia with "high levels" of tariffs if Vladimir Putin fails to make a deal that ends the "ridiculous war" in Ukraine.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-23/trump-putin-tariffs-ukraine/104848882

#WorldPolitics #War

Canberra lashed by hail and rain as peak-hour storm rolls through
By Lottie Twyford

At the peak of the storm, more than 350 households lost power, with parts of Canberra's north the worst hit.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-15/storm-canberra-rain-hail-power-outages/104822232

#Weather #LottieTwyford

Family of missing Melbourne hiker frustrated with search efforts
By Alasdair McDonald

The family of Hadi Nazari, missing in the NSW Snowy Mountains for over a week, is calling for resources from Victoria to be called in to help find the 24-year-old.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-03/family-frustrated-by-search-missing-bushwalker-hadi-nazari-nsw/104781220

#MissingPerson #NationalParks #Hiking #AlasdairMcDonald

FBI says it has made 'largest seizure of explosives' in its history
By Luke Cooper

FBI alleges more than 150 homemade bombs, a jar of highly-explosive material and a notebook filled with 'recipes' for making explosives were found in a raid on a farm in Virginia.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-01/fbi-makes-largest-seizure-of-explosives-in-its-history/104776696

#LawCrimeandJustice #LukeCooper

Romeo and Juliet star Olivia Hussey dies aged 73

Romeo and Juliet won two Oscars and Hussey won a Golden Globe for best new actress for her part as Juliet in the Shakespeare tragedy.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-29/romeo-and-juliet-star-olivia-hussey-dies-aged-73/104768872

#ArtsCultureandEntertainment #Movies #DeathandDying

Joe Biden commutes sentences of most inmates on federal death row

United States President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 out of 40 inmates on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment, just weeks before Donald Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-23/joe-biden-commutes-sentences-of-most-federal-death-row-inmates/104759312

#LawCrimeandJustice

Union given green light to recommence industrial action on Sydney trains
By Victoria Pengilley

Sydney commuters are warned of major train delays and cancellations in the lead up to Christmas, after the Rail, Tram and Bus Union had a win in the Federal Court.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-19/nsw-sydney-trains-union-court-industrial-action-strikes/104745984

#Trains #Unions #VictoriaPengilley

Calls for more 'cool, safe spaces' as more Victorians sleeping rough
By Emile Pavlich

A small regional town in Victoria recorded the world's hottest temperature on Monday, prompting concerns for the region's most vulnerable ahead of an expected hot summer.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-18/extreme-heat-record-homelessness-mildura-regional-victoria/104736426

#HousingPolicy #RegionalCommunities #EmilePavlich

Emergency departments brace as Sydney endures scorching temperatures
By Holly Tregenza

Richmond and Penrith west of Sydney are expected to reach highs of 42 degrees Celsius today, and 40C in Campbelltown.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-17/nsw-western-sydney-heatwave-hospital-energy-hot-weather/104734406

#Heatwaves #HealthPolicy #Weather #Health #ClimateChange #WeatherPhenomena #HollyTregenza

Australia leads the world in arresting climate and environment protesters
By Gareth Hutchens

A new study shows more than 20 per cent of climate and environment protests in Australia lead to arrests, more than in the UK, Norway, and the United States.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-15/australia-leads-world-in-arresting-climate-environment-activists/104721294

#ClimateChange #ActivismandLobbying #EnvironmentalPolicy #Environment #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #OilandGas #GarethHutchens

Australia sweats through hottest spring on record as temperatures soar 2.5C above pre-industrial levels
By Tom Saunders

Another heatwave is predicted across Australia this week, as the weather bureau confirms the nation just sizzled through its hottest spring on record.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-02/australia-weather-hottest-spring-on-record-temperatures-soar/104673886

#ExtremeWeatherEvents #ClimateChange #WeatherPhenomena #TomSaunders

Children inside Gaza wish for an 'end to the war'. But their lives are more in danger now than for decades
By Zena Chamas

Children in war-torn areas like Sudan and Gaza are suffering more than before, a new report suggests, as grave violations against them jump to the highest level we've seen in over two decades.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-30/world-more-dangerous-for-children-in-gaza-and-sudan/104561526

#Children #WarCrimes #UnrestConflictandWar #ZenaChamas

'All of us are complicit': Richard Flanagan declines $97,000 in prize money due to fossil fuel investment
By Hannah Story

Richard Flanagan has won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, but he's declined to accept the prize money until its sponsors make a plan to divest from fossil fuels.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-20/richard-flanagan-baillie-gifford-prize-for-non-fiction/104623462

#AwardsandPrizes #Books #ArtsCultureandEntertainment #Author #NonFiction #Autobiography #ClimateChange #HannahStory

Victorian treaty talks begin, in historic first for Aboriginal people and Australian governments
By Nate Woodall and Joseph Dunstan

For the first time, an Australian government has sat opposite a collective of Aboriginal communities in a bid to negotiate a treaty, in recognition of their sovereign rights over land colonised without their consent.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-21/vic-treaty-aboriginal-indigenous-negotiations-jacinta-allan/104629870

#IndigenousAustralians #History #StateandTerritoryGovernment #NateWoodall #JosephDunstan

US authorities issue arrest warrant for Adani boss
By Brad Ryan

Gautam Adani, the Indian billionaire behind Queensland's controversial Carmichael coal project, is charged in the US over an alleged multi-billion-dollar fraud scheme.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-21/gautam-adani-indicted-in-new-york/104628238

#Courts #BradRyan

Beware the wrath of teens missing their internet connection
By Virginia Trioli

As the government ponders an unprecedented ban on social media use by under 16s, I can report from the front lines of juvenile social media activity that the troops are nervous. Even pretty angry.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-16/social-media-ban-teens/104606002

#Teenagers #SocialMedia #InternetCulture #Laws #FederalGovernment #Relationships #MentalHealth #ParentingTeens #VirginiaTrioli

What's behind huge Māori protests in New Zealand?
By Lachlan Bennett

Activists are protesting proposed changes to New Zealand's foundational document, the Treaty of Waitangi. But is the bill more bark than bite?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-14/maori-protests-new-zealand-treaty-waitangi/104597346

#IndigenousPolicy #ActivismandLobbying #CommunityandSociety #LachlanBennett

Green juice, Meta and 'grounding' socks: The CHOICE Shonky Award winners released for 2024
By Jonathan Hair

This year's Shonky Awards have been announced, with Facebook parent company Meta amongst the winners for its "inadequate action" against scams.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-13/choice-shonky-award-2024-meta-scams-nib-vacuum-juice-socks/104591152

#ConsumerProtection #ScamsandFraud #JonathanHair