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More revelations about embattled Liberal MP Gladys Liu emerge Audio
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The ABC's obtained preselection forms from her nomination for candidacy at the recent election, which show she omitted mention of her membership several groups at the centre of concerns from the Opposition about her suitability to sit in Parliament.
Topics: liberals, foreign-affairs, federal-parliament, australia, china
Calls for better staff to patient ratios in aged care homes Audio
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It's not just Bupa facing claims of failing the elderly and their families. At two other facilities in Tasmania, a worker and a family have told us that staff shortages are the underlying cause of serious injuries to some residents.
Topics: aged-care, royal-commissions, older-people, australia
Bupa's failing standards across the country Audio
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The management and culture at Australia's largest private aged care facility is under scrutiny, after an ABC investigation revealed more than half of its nursing homes are failing basic standards of care.
Topics: aged-care, royal-commissions, older-people, australia
Australia has little leverage to secure release of detainees in Iran Audio
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The Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister say they're working with the families of three Australians imprisoned in Iran, as observers worry it could be years before they're released.
Topics: foreign-affairs, travel-health-and-safety, prisons-and-punishment, iran-islamic-republic-of, australia
R U OK co-founder shares his suicide note from 15 years ago Audio
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One of the founders of the mental health organisation R U OK has been receiving messages of thanks from around the world over his decision to share a suicide note he wrote 15 years ago.
Topics: mental-health, suicide, men, depression, charities-and-community-organisations, australia
NT police and ambulances trial Indigenous language call service Audio
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In the Northern Territory, police and ambulance services are trialling an automated call service in 20 local Indigenous languages to combat communication barriers in emergencies.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, aboriginal-language, emergency-planning, police, race-relations, health, nt
Liu defended by PM as Labor continues attack over China links Audio
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The Prime Minister is defending his embattled MP Gladys Liu as Labor ramps up the pressure over her former links to the Chinese Communist party.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, liberals, alp, world-politics, foreign-affairs, australia, canberra-2600
Risk to Bupa aged care residents 'intolerable', says economist Audio
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A former head of the Commonwealth Health Department has little patience with the "too big to fail" argument in relation to Bupa's aged care homes failing basic standards of care.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, aged-care, government-and-politics, health, regulation, australia
Bupa's aged care failings 'unacceptable': Aged Care Minister Audio
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An ABC analysis has found that more than half of Bupa's 72 aged care homes are failing basic standards of care and that a third of them are putting the safety of residents at "serious risk".
Topics: aged-care, healthcare-facilities, disabilities, company-news, australia
Three Australians detained in Iran facing 'terror and deep trauma' Audio
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A journalist who was detained in Iran for nearly two years has said he fears for the psychological trauma the three Australians currently detained in Iran are facing.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, world-politics, foreign-affairs, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, human, human-rights, iran-islamic-republic-of
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau calls general election for October 21 Audio
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called a federal election for next month, with polls suggesting he'll face a tough fight.
Topics: elections, world-politics, foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, canada
US-China trade war hurting Chinese inbound travel: analysts Audio
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Fewer Chinese travellers are making their way to Australia, with figures showing the slowest annual growth rate in nearly a decade. Analysts are blaming the US-China trade war and increased tensions with China.
Topics: world-politics, foreign-affairs, tourism, travel-and-tourism, international-aid-and-trade, trade, unrest-conflict-and-war, china, united-states, australia
School students join Hong Kong protests in peaceful demonstration Audio
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Secondary students forming so-called human chains outside their schools have emerged as a new front in Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests.
Topics: schools, secondary-schools, children, education, demonstration, world-politics, foreign-affairs, hong-kong
Fiji leader to arrive in Australia for first official visit Audio
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Fiji's Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama will arrive in Australia today for his first official visit to the country.
Topics: world-politics, climate-change, environmental-policy, climate-change---disasters, foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, fiji, australia
Beyond Blue helping people get back on track after suicide attempt Audio
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A program by Beyond Blue is trying to address the issue of ongoing mental health support for people after a suicide attempt.
Topics: suicide, mental-health, gillard-julia, australia
AMP forcing hundreds of its financial planners out of business Audio
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Embattled wealth manager AMP is forcing hundreds of its own financial planners out of business, with many at risk of losing their homes as it tries to ensure its own financial future.
Topics: company-news, law-crime-and-justice, business-economics-and-finance, work, unemployment, australia
New watery planet discovered in 'Goldilocks' zone Audio
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An international team of stargazers has found water on a distant planet located in the so-called "Goldilocks" zone, but there may be more problems than temperature for potential inhabitants.
Topics: astronomy-space, water, australia
Increasing numbers diverted to Newstart from disability pensions Audio
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More people with a disability than ever have been diverted to the Newstart allowance after being rejected from the Disability Support Pension since the introduction of points-based impairment tables in 2012.
Topics: disabilities, welfare, discrimination, australia
Calls to hold Iran for account over foreign political prisoners Audio
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Two young Australian travellers have been held as political prisoners in Iran for the past two months, while another Australian woman is being held in solitary confinement, it emerged overnight.
Topics: international-law, unrest-conflict-and-war, iran-islamic-republic-of, australia
Scotland's highest civil court rules suspension of UK Parliament unlawful Audio
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To London, and another complication in the political travails over Brexit; Scotland's highest civil court has ruled that Boris Johnson's suspension of the UK Parliament, which took effect on Monday, is unlawful.
Topics: government-and-politics, courts-and-trials, england, scotland
ASIO advised former PM not to attend Gladys Liu meeting Audio
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It's been revealed the guest list for a meet-and-greet with Gladys Liu in the seat of Chisholm before she was the sitting member was provided to the prime minister's office and passed onto ASIO - ASIO Director Duncan Lewis' advice was that the prime minister should not attend.
Topics: government-and-politics, defence-and-national-security, security-intelligence, australia
Trump Administration loses third national security adviser Audio
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US President Donald Trump has sacked John Bolton, a national security adviser who took America perilously close to war with Iran earlier this year. The churn at the top of the National Security Council leaves a vacuum in Washington, in a world awash with crises.
Topics: government-and-politics, defence-and-national-security, united-states
Indigenous groups concerned about proposed new NT burial laws Audio
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Proposed new legislation in the NT would mean those who choose to bury deceased people outside the registered burial sites without government permission could face fines of up to $31,000, and a possible two year prison sentence.
Topics: death, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, laws, government-and-politics, nt
Thousands of Hezbollah supporters march in the streets of Beirut Audio
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Thousands of Hezbollah supporters have hit the streets in south Beirut, as the militant group trades barbs with Israel just days out from the rerun of Israeli elections. Correspondent Adam Harvey has been speaking to Hezbollah members in its Beirut stronghold.
Topics: government-and-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, lebanon, israel
Call for more mental health support for children in conflict zones Audio
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The humanitarian organisation Save the Children is urging Australia to put more of its foreign aid towards the mental health of children caught in conflict zones, saying seven million children at risk of the most severe mental disorders.
Topics: children, mental-health, charities, unrest-conflict-and-war, australia