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Man behind multiple company collapses wins $400k council contract

A local council has awarded nearly half a million dollars' worth of contracts to a builder with a fraught past.

Smiling Anthony Falconer in a grey T-shirt, bearded and wearing glasses, background is blurred.

Published: 14h agoSun 7 Sep 2025 at 8:32pmSource: ABC NewcastleTopic: Local Governmentby Alex Turner-Cohen

Surfing's newest world champion receives a hero's welcome in Sydney

Australia's newest surfing world champion has returned to a hero's welcome in Sydney, two days after securing her maiden title.

Women's world surfing champion Molly Picklum holds her world champion trophy at Sydney Airport

Duration: 2 minutes 26 seconds

Published: ThuThu 4 Sep 2025 at 8:38amSource: ABC NewsTopic: Surfing

A military warship sunken for diving is now a 'complex tangle of broken aluminium'

Ex-HMAS Adelaide was sunk in 2011, 1.8 kilometres off the shoreline of Avoca Beach — a well-known surf break less than 2 hours north of Sydney.

A bunch of signs on a beach saying "Our ocean is not a dump".

Published: WedWed 3 Sep 2025 at 7:12pmSource: ABC NewsTopic: Environmental Impactby Angela Heathcote

Kathleen Folbigg: The journey to freedom in her own words

"I was exonerated, therefore the returning of innocence comes back to me."

Duration: 17 minutes 46 seconds

Published: WedWed 3 Sep 2025 at 2:14amSource: ListenTopic: Justice Systemwith Paul Turton

Nine ideal Sydney suburbs for social housing identified in new report

Researchers have identified the nine priority areas for social housing builds in Sydney — but there are concerns the Not In My Backyard movement could prove a challenge in community sentiment towards new developments.

Published: WedWed 3 Sep 2025 at 3:47amSource: ABC NewsTopic: Housing Policyby Miriah Davis

Beachside residents 'sitting ducks' as seawall proceeds for others

Residents of one Central Coast beach have gained permission to build a rock wall to protect their homes, while in another notorious erosion hotspot there is still no solution.

A patio and balustrade that has fallen down an embankment on a beach.

Duration: 2 minutes 45 seconds

Published: WedWed 3 Sep 2025 at 2:09amSource: StatelineTopic: Erosionby Sarah Forster

Molly Picklum becomes surfing world champion, wins WSL finals in Fiji

Molly Picklum is Australia's newest world champion after storming to victory in the World Surf League Finals in Fiji.

Surfer Molly Picklum sitting on her board in the water before a surfing heat

Published: TueTue 2 Sep 2025 at 6:34amSource: ABC NewsTopic: Surfing

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TGIF with Shaun Micallef, Jude Perl and Jordan Barr

Start your weekend right with TGIF, hosted by Charlie Pickering. This show features special guests including TGIF with Shaun Micallef, Jude Perl and Jordan Barr.

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Duration: 53 minutes 46 seconds

Source: ListenTopic: Comedy

Tina Arena on identity, culture and claiming her space

Tina Arena joins ABC Radio Sydney Mornings for a candid conversation about music, identity, and intuition with Kathryn Robinson.

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Duration: 11 minutes 44 seconds

Source: ListenTopic: Musicwith Kathryn Robinson

Hear a taste of The Living End's explosive new single Misery

The Living End are back with new fire, new music, and a sharp take on the world around them.

three members of The Living End pose in a white studio that has been covered in graffiti

Duration: 15 minutes 20 seconds

Source: ListenTopic: Musicwith Kathryn Robinson

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Wamberal residents have experienced multiple coastal storms this year.

Screengrab of mobile vision shows white water washing up on a beach.

Duration: 14 seconds

Source: ABC News

Coastal erosion at Central Coast

Wamberal residents are nervous about waves washing away the sand, despite council's protection works this morning.

Duration: 14 seconds

Source: ABC News

Wild winds and big surf batter the Central Coast

Coastal erosion is a concern for people living on the beachfront of Wamberal and The Entrance as a prolonged weather system bears down on the NSW.

Duration: 2 minutes 33 seconds

Source: ABC News

Traffic chaos as hundreds of vehicles stranded on the M1 near Gosford

Hundreds of cars have had their tyres shredded by scrap metal that spilled from a truck onto the M1 on the NSW Central Coast.

Duration: 2 minutes 34 seconds

Source: ABC News

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Family uses AI to save hundreds of dollars a week on groceries

When New South Wales Central Coast mum Brooke Ferrier turned to generative artificial intelligence to cut her weekly grocery bill she was surprised by how much she saved.

A woman standing at a kitchen bench about to cut up pumpkin and carrots

Source: ABC Central CoastTopic: AIby Sarah Forster

Orchid could face 'tragic future' without help of scent-detection dogs

Three scent-detection dogs help to locate an elusive orchid that is "almost impossible to find with the naked eye", as part of efforts to protect the plant.

a brown and white dog, she has a lead on, a person is behind her, she is lying in long green grass

Source: ABC Central CoastTopic: Endangered and Protected Speciesby Shauna Foley and Emma Simkin

Brain donation a 'way of living on' for woman with MS who ended life

Frances Flemming gave her brain to science after choosing voluntary assisted dying. Donations such as hers are crucial to understanding multiple sclerosis, which affects tens of thousands of Australians.

a man and woman smiling, the woman is in a wheelchair and white shirt, the man is wearing green and glasses

Source: ABC Central CoastTopic: Multiple Sclerosisby Shauna Foley and Caroline Perryman

Here's to bench warmers, the unsung heroes of sporting teams

They're the backbone of every sporting team, the bench players who spend months or even years waiting to get their moment in the spotlight.

Tom Campbell poses with a football at the MCG after signing with Melbourne

Source: ABC NewsTopic: AFLby Matthew Smith

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Top 100 Books of the 21st Century

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Know your ABCs in an emergency

This summer know your ABCs; action plan, be safe, connect with us. The ABC has a host of useful resources and tips on how to best prepare yourself for emergency weather so you can keep you and your household safe.

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Published: 9 Dec 2024Mon 9 Dec 2024 at 5:23amSource: ABC EmergencyTopic: Bushfires

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Bulldogs prop forced to move out of home on eve of NRL finals

Max King has been living with a mould infestation at home that he is glad to have finally escaped in the lead-up to Friday's qualification final at Melbourne.

Max King of the Bulldogs running with the NRL ball

Source: ABC NewsTopic: NRL

The storylines to define the NRL finals

In the industry, they call it the 'second season'. Only eight teams remain as the NRL gears up for a finals series rich with storylines. What are the narratives that will define finals time?

Tom Starling jumps on Corey Horsburgh, who is hugging Hudson Young after scoring an NRL try.

Duration: 14 minutes 54 seconds

Source: ListenTopic: Sport

Hynes free to play elimination final after NRL backflips on suspension

Nicho Hynes has avoided a suspension and will play in Cronulla's elimination finals against Sydney after a downgrade in his dangerous contact charge against Canterbury last week.

Nicho Hynes for the Cronulla Sharks preparing to pass to the right in an NRL match

Source: ABC NewsTopic: NRL

The Australian woman who spearfished a 162.5kg striped marlin

After a shock cancer diagnosis, Nikki Watt thought she'd never dive again. But now she's broken a spearfishing world record with a huge marlin.

A woman, wearing a snorkel and mask under water, next to a massive marlin.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Recreational Fishing

NSW News

'Smoke in the cockpit': Plane's emergency landing after mayday call

The British Airways passenger flight BA16 was on its way to Singapore and made the emergency return to Sydney Airport about an hour after take-off this afternoon.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Air Incidentsby Jean Kennedy

Bulldogs prop forced to move out of home on eve of NRL finals

Max King has been living with a mould infestation at home that he is glad to have finally escaped in the lead-up to Friday's qualification final at Melbourne.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: NRL

ATV driver charged with manslaughter over death of toddler

The 34-year-old was allegedly towing farm equipment behind an all-terrain vehicle when the boy fell last year.

A brick arch in front of a historic-looking building beneath a clear sky.

Source: ABC RiverinaTopic: Courtsby Andrew Mangelsdorf

A stage adaptation of Craig Silvey's novel Runt will premiere next year

Runt earned a slew of awards for younger readers and was turned into a movie. Ahead of the release of the sequel, a theatre adaptation is in the works.

A middle-aged man and woman, Steve Rodgers and Rebecca Massey, and a little girl chase a small dog.

Source: ABC ArtsTopic: Theatreby Hannah Story

National News

Man critically injured in Perth workplace incident

A man in his 40s has been critically injured in a workplace incident in Perth's north-east.

Front entrance of a building marked "Hoffman Engineering"

Published: 18m agoMon 8 Sep 2025 at 10:21amSource: ABC NewsTopic: Accidents and Emergency Incidents

'Smoke in the cockpit': Plane's emergency landing after mayday call

The British Airways passenger flight BA16 was on its way to Singapore and made the emergency return to Sydney Airport about an hour after take-off this afternoon.

Published: 17m agoMon 8 Sep 2025 at 10:22amSource: ABC NewsTopic: Air Incidentsby Jean Kennedy

Bulldogs prop forced to move out of home on eve of NRL finals

Max King has been living with a mould infestation at home that he is glad to have finally escaped in the lead-up to Friday's qualification final at Melbourne.

Published: 1h agoMon 8 Sep 2025 at 9:08amSource: ABC NewsTopic: NRL

Supertramp co-founder Rick Davies dies aged 81

Rick Davies, the co-founder and lead singer for British rock band Supertramp, has died aged 81 after a decade-long battle with cancer.

Published: 1h agoMon 8 Sep 2025 at 9:04amSource: ABC NewsTopic: Music

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Man behind multiple company collapses wins $400k council contract

Surfing's newest world champion receives a hero's welcome in Sydney

A military warship sunken for diving is now a 'complex tangle of broken aluminium'

Kathleen Folbigg: The journey to freedom in her own words

Nine ideal Sydney suburbs for social housing identified in new report

Beachside residents 'sitting ducks' as seawall proceeds for others

Molly Picklum becomes surfing world champion, wins WSL finals in Fiji

ABC Central Coast Local News

TGIF with Shaun Micallef, Jude Perl and Jordan Barr

Tina Arena on identity, culture and claiming her space

Hear a taste of The Living End's explosive new single Misery

ABC Radio CENTRAL COAST

Live. Evenings

Connect with ABC Central Coast

Wamberal residents have experienced multiple coastal storms this year.

Coastal erosion at Central Coast

Wild winds and big surf batter the Central Coast

Traffic chaos as hundreds of vehicles stranded on the M1 near Gosford

Family uses AI to save hundreds of dollars a week on groceries

Orchid could face 'tragic future' without help of scent-detection dogs

Brain donation a 'way of living on' for woman with MS who ended life

Here's to bench warmers, the unsung heroes of sporting teams

Australia Votes: Your Vote, Your Say

Download our free ABC listen app

Top 100 Books of the 21st Century

Know your ABCs in an emergency

Bulldogs prop forced to move out of home on eve of NRL finals

The storylines to define the NRL finals

Hynes free to play elimination final after NRL backflips on suspension

The Australian woman who spearfished a 162.5kg striped marlin

'Smoke in the cockpit': Plane's emergency landing after mayday call

Bulldogs prop forced to move out of home on eve of NRL finals

ATV driver charged with manslaughter over death of toddler

A stage adaptation of Craig Silvey's novel Runt will premiere next year

Man critically injured in Perth workplace incident

'Smoke in the cockpit': Plane's emergency landing after mayday call

Bulldogs prop forced to move out of home on eve of NRL finals

Supertramp co-founder Rick Davies dies aged 81

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