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Muhammad Ali is sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty of indecently touching a child at the centre where he worked.

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics survey finds around 16 per cent of women have experienced some form of economic abuse. A leading women's advocate says it's a form of abuse that too often is flying under the radar.

Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann will take on Network Ten and the ABC in the Federal Court in Sydney today in defamation action over allegations he raped his former colleague Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in 2019.

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A wombat earns the nickname, Ian Thorpe, after swimming for nearly 40 minutes before being rescued by a woman in a kayak from Yerrabi Pond in Canberra's north after a thunderstorm.

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The Bombala community's success in raising $340,000 and securing a government grant will ensure an assisted living facility will reopen in early 2024 after the town lost its only aged care home.

Iconic artist Vincent Namatjira was the first Indigenous artist to win the Archibald Prize, with his bold portrait of Adam Goodes. Now, his vibrant portraits will be on display in a very special survey exhibition. 

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Most of the people we follow from the court run away from us. Not him. He stayed and chatted, happy to tell us he did it because he had felt he had to, writes court reporter Elizabeth Byrne.

The ACT government proposes changes to the territory's surrogacy laws, including allowing single people to access surrogacy and removing the requirement for the intended parent to have a genetic connection to the child.

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From the streets, to the courts, to the halls of power — school strikes may look smaller but students are finding other ways to fight for climate action and a better future.

After a near rainless September and October, and the prospect of the driest spring on record, November serves up a pleasant surprise: rain.

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David Anderson says it's possible for the ABC to accurately describe the shocking attacks in Israel while also providing coverage of the shocking conditions being experienced by civilians in Gaza.

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