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A new alliance of more than 50 business groups, unions and community organisations has today launched the ‘Activate Australia’s Skills’ campaign at Canberra Parliament House. GUEST: Dane Moores, Campaign Director, Settlement Services International 

A growing phenomenon known as “Dark Tourism” is seeing thousands of people travel to the sites of atrocities, massacres, war zones and disasters for guided tours.

GUEST: Juliet Rogers, Associate Professor Criminology, The University of Melbourne

Gil Dickmann's cousin Carmel Gat was among 6 hostages killed in the Gaza Strip in August. She was 40 years old.

A recent study published in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology has found that of the roughly 14,000 known chemicals in food packaging, around 25 per cent have been found in the human body, in samples of blood, hair or breast milk.

Lying on your resume might seem like a quick way through the door for some jobs but you could risk being fired, banned from the industry or even liable for civil or criminal penalties.

Analysts are still scrambling to understand how and who launched a massive attack targeting messaging pagers used by Hezbollah members in southern Lebanon and Syria.

At least nine people including a young girl died and thousands more are reported to be injured.

The Pagers exploded simultaneously late yesterday as part of a coordinated operation, possibly carried out by Israel’s spy agency Mossad.

Would the new childcare recommendations help you and your career?

'About Time' is a new nationally distributed newspaper helping connect and inform those on the inside.

Are the big tech companies finally listening to the Australian government’s threats or is this simply another way to keep children hooked to their screens?

A sweeping review into Australia’s military justice watchdog kept secret for the last six months has finally been tabled in the Senate after the report was accidentally published on the website of the Royal Commission into Veteran and Defence suicides on Tuesday.

Opposition defends possible Israeli pager attack on Hezbollah 

Tribal violence has again erupted in Papua New Guinea with at least 30 people killed in gun battles between rival tribes in PNG's remote central highlands.

The unrest started in August when ‘illegal miners’ attacked a landowner in the Porgera Valley, which is home to one of Papua New Guinea's largest gold deposits.

Local police had been holding peace talks but the dialogue broke down over the weekend with gunshots ringing out for the past few days.

After months of talks, Australia has hammered out a new free trade deal with the Middle East that will eliminate tariffs on nearly all Australian products entering the United Arab Emirates.  

It’s a year to the day since Hamas militants stormed Israel’s border, killing 1200 people and taking hundreds hostage. 

The program, which was approved by the House in February,  would see the government co-purchase homes with up to 40-thousand first home-buyers, reducing the size of the deposit and mortgage required.

If Australia introduced nuclear power, would it compromise your solar?

The US Federal Reserve Board to meet to decide next move on interest rates, as recession risk grows.

Genre-bending multi-instrumentalist composer, Nikodimos talks about the influence of his Greek heritage and the importance of improvisation on his music.

Cuttaburra National Park, located 150 km north-west of Bourke, has just been officially gazetted, providing protection to one of Australia's most important wetlands and an array of threatened species.

As the US elections continue to heat up, attention in Australia is turning to the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. 

Environment Minister calls on experts to scrutinise water impacts of major NT gas projects

Local Government elections generally don’t generate a lot of media coverage, but the drama that surrounded the weekend’s NSW council elections was hard to ignore.

The failure of the Liberal party to formally nominate candidates in many regions became a big story … AND a big opportunity. 

As counting continues it’s pretty clear the Libertarian Party have been the beneficiaries of the Liberals administrative failures, winning a host of council seats and likely control of one LGA.

Griffin Dunne's new memoir 'The Friday Afternoon Club' tells the story of his family's life and losses in Hollywood.

The family of Dan Duggan, a former US fighter pilot accused of illegally training Chinese pilots, has called on the Attorney General to halt his extradition to the United States. 

Former ABC journalist Richard Creswick was stationed at the Darwin bureau during Cyclone Tracy, he reflects on the events before and after and plans for the 50th anniversary commemoration. 

Fears for future of critical Whyalla steelworks 

Researchers are now warning we could see similar activity occur more often as climate change impacts the Arctic landscape.

When the The Future Made in Australia package was announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the 2024-2025 Budget, hydrogen was the star player in the energy mix.

But late last week, Australia’s second-largest power producer Origin Energy announced it will exit its project in the Hunter Valley Hydrogen Hub in New South Wales, and cease all hydrogen development opportunities. 

GUEST: Mick Liubinskas, Climate Technology Advisor and Investor, and CEO of Climate Salad, Australian Climate Tech Community

Symptoms for coeliac disease can be as vague and broad as feeling tired, having low iron or even issues with fertility, so it's not surprising that many people living with the autoimmune disorder don't even know they have it. 

The competitions best teams will face off in Sundays NRL grand final.

But is the dominance of Melbourne and Penrith undermining the salary cap, and its aim of keeping all sides competitive?

Singer/songwriter Dan Kelly explains the inspiration he gets from early mornings and country living. 

Unusual birth names are often given to children today, sometimes as a grand gesture, a bold statement or a nod to a favourite celebrity. But names can also end up being a life-long load for a child to carry.GUEST: Associate Professor Lauren Rosewarne, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne

A major milestone has been reached today in the journey to establishing the first National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People.GUEST: Catherine Liddle, CEO, SNAICC - National Voice for our Children

Research suggests the harder password requirements are, the more likely humans are to cut corners. 

Alongside the push to reach 'net zero' emissions, there's another drive for companies and banks to promote 'nature positive' projects and products. 

So what impact can this push really have on the environment and efforts to end deforestaion? 

GUEST:

Dr Ken Henry, chair,  Nature Finance Council

H5N1 is wreaking havoc around the world and authorities here predict H5N1 will be devastating to Australia’s birds and mammals and our economy. 

Anyone who spends anytime on the interweb will have seen or read about Fat Bear Week. 

Now in its 11th year,  the curious competition sees people all over the world judge Alaskan bears via web cams before casting a ballot for the beast that has enhanced their frame enough to prepare for the winter hibernation. 

The video cameras are set up along the Brooks River in the Katmai National Park & Preserve in Alaska., where the bears hunt for salmon. 

But earlier this week these cameras captured something pretty gruesome when a male bear, number 469, killed a female number 402. 

In Paddington in Sydney’s inner east, the housing crisis is being felt acutely right now by a group of mostly elderly men.

A row of four terraces have been used as boarding houses for over a century, and some of the current residents have been there for more than 50 years.

But an eviction order is looming , with the developer who bought the houses in 2022 seeking to convert them into luxury homes.

In Paddington in Sydney’s inner east, the housing crisis is being felt acutely right now by a group of mostly elderly men.

A row of four terraces have been used as boarding houses for over a century, and some of the current residents have been there for more than 50 years.

But an eviction order is looming , with the developer who bought the houses in 2022 seeking to convert them into luxury homes.

Has the US lost its power rein in its ally or deter other major belligerents in a fast-worsening regional crisis?

Has Australia fallen at the starting line in the global race to turn water into hydrogen?

Find out what possesses someone to cycle 29,169km, across 22 countries, in 108 days. 

It’s fair to say that horse racing has long had a reputation as a bit of a bloke's world - the horses are trained by men, and ridden by men.

Back in 2015, jockey Michelle Payne became the first woman to win the Melbourne Cup, aboard Prince of Penzance, and after the race gave a short speech about what she saw as racing’s inherent chauvinism.

Well things have changed a bit since that famous speech  - statistics from racing NSW reveal that this year the majority of apprentice jockeys in the state are women.

Vigils and protests are planned across the country this weekend as Jewish and Palestinian communities reflect on a year of violence and division both in the Middle East and within their own neighbourhoods here in Australia.

U-S Republican J-D Vance and Democrat Tim Walz have faced off in the only Vice Presidential debate of the US election.

The candidates faced questions on gun violence, the situation in the Middle East, and the state of the U-S economy, moderated by the CBS network in New York. 

This may be the final debate of the campaign, with the teams of the presidential candidates unable to agree on another meeting before the 5 November election.

Australian film directors say the local film industry is at risk, warning that antiquated copyright laws are driving creative talent overseas.

They're calling for copyright law to be overhauled to give directors equal footing with producers for copyright ownership of creative work.

GUEST: 

Bruce Beresford, film director

After 12 months of escalation, it appears that a regional war is now erupting in the Middle East as Israel continues its incursion on Lebanon while Iran and Hezbollah forces fire missiles towards Israel.

The new book 'All the Rage' by Josh Cohen looks at how and why anger is so prevalent in the world today. 

A new report from RMIT reveals 1 in 3 Australian's are putting their unwanted clothes in the bin. The report also reveals that this could be prevented if people knew about available recycling schemes and they were made more accessible.

Are you being harassed by companies contacting you?