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From $30 parmis to empty main streets, 'things have gotten out of whack'

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Cost of Living

Boy dies off NSW beach as death toll rises to seven

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Accidents and Emergency Incidents

More Australians think gender equality has 'gone too far'

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Equality

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The tradie problem fuelling the housing crisis needs more than a quick fix

The policies of both parties designed to increase housing supply are fine — they're just nowhere near enough.

a media scrum in front of a newly build house

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Housing Policy

Analysis: The question this election is whether the centre can hold

Dominant parties imply the choice is a narrow binary but in reality Australian contests are increasingly determined by third party campaigns.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Elections

Your guide to the energy divide at the federal election

Nuclear? Renewables? Gas? Coal? And what about emissions targets? What the two major parties are offering on energy at this election.

Powerlines suspended between towers against orange dusk sky.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Energy Policy

Editor's Choice

The travel toll of living with endometriosis in regional Australia

Lucy Savage has to drive 450 kilometres multiple times a month to access specialised care — a reality for many women living with endometriosis and chronic gynaecological conditions around the country.

A young woman wearing right stares ahead with a sombre look.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Endometriosis

This religion started as a 'joke', then it took on a life of its own

If Donald Trump can be president, Deborah Kelly reasoned, then she could start a religion. The artist's project began as a parody, but soon morphed into a genuine source of spiritual solace for a growing community.

Woman wearing intricate gold costume and black makeup on face.

Source: CompassTopic: Art

The Bluey episode that raises questions about parents' phone use

Experts weigh in on whether it's OK for parents to have downtime on their phones instead of playing with their children.

Bluey characters in puppet form with their puppeteers

Source: ABC LifestyleTopic: Parenting

Who won the week on the campaign trail?

This week the campaign had another leaders debate with the focus on both parties' housing policies. Will either of their policies address the real housing crisis facing the country, both for renters and first home buyers?

Anthony Albanese shakes hands with albo in the studio

Duration: 11 minutes 17 seconds

Source: ABC Radio NationalTopic: Australian Federal Elections

You've heard of fast fashion. What about fast furniture?

An antithesis to mass-produced chipboard furniture, a Tasmanian designer is making pieces that should last "hundreds of years".

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Online Shopping

Federal election 2025

Why politicans are wooing Australian Chinese and Indian voters

The votes of Chinese and Indian Australians could have a big impact on the outcome of the coming federal election. How are the major parties attempting to win over these communities and is it having much of an effect?

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hugging

Duration: 11 minutes 16 seconds

Source: ListenTopic: Australian Federal Elections

Feeling 'cheated' and 'screwed', young voters are shaping the election

Many young people have written to the ABC with a similar story: they feel like they did everything "right" but will never achieve what previous generations did. It's a story that defined the past week in politics.

A generic graphic of a man looking up at a graph that is climbing up, against a background of a house.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Australian Federal Elections

A supermarket catalogue from 2021 tells us plenty about this election

The cost of living has dominated politics for three years, and will be top of mind when voters turn up to the ballot box. But how much blame should the federal government really wear?

Source: ABC NewsTopic: National Elections

Planning on voting early? Here's your guide to pre-polling

The federal election is less than a month away. But if you can't make it to the voting booths on election day, there are other ways to have your say.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Voting

Moments in History

Meet the woman who turned female votes into political dynamite

In 1972 an Australian woman could not even open a bank account without the backing of a man. This is the inside story of how a group of feminists forced political change.

black and white photo of a woman with dark hair in a pale shirt, vest and beads with elbow on table resting head on knuckles

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Voting

The secret weapon that changed war forever

In the middle of the 1800s, the Confederate army built a stealth vessel that could travel undetected underwater to give them the military edge over the Union ... so did it work and how has it impacted military innovation since?

Duration: 31 minutes 49 seconds

Source: ListenTopic: Civil War

'Vicious trolling' took place long before the internet

Many of us have tussled online with internet trolls but did you know that trolling has its roots in Ancient Greece?

A portrait of William Shakespeare, superimposed with sunglasses on his face.

Source: ABC Radio NationalTopic: History

Egg idioms and expressions

Eggs are part of the Easter tradition. In this lesson, we explore idioms and expressions involving eggs.

Chocolate Easter eggs and bunnies wrapped in foil.

Source: ABC EducationTopic: English

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