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Will Labor's NBN cash injection make your internet faster?

Labor is seeking to restore Kevin Rudd's original vision for the troubled NBN, but it has thorny issues to confront as internet customers look elsewhere.

A graphic showing various internet imagery and Australia

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Federal Government

UK PM lays out bid to become AI 'world leader', starting with civil servants

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hopes to use AI to boost efficiency in the public sector from education to detecting potholes.

A man in grey hair and glasses stands in front of a podium

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Internet

Underwater drone captures 'mind blowing' marine life under Antarctic ice

From red urchins to orange sea cucumbers, researchers monitoring the fastest-melting glacier in East Antarctica are surprised by new-found biodiversity under the ice at Bunger Hills.

Duration: 2 minutes 11 seconds

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Marine Biology

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Is electrical muscle stimulation really a short-cut to getting buff?

Trying to tone up in the new year? Electrical muscle stimulation is promoted as a way to build strength and lose fat with less effort. We look how the claims stack up with the evidence.

Woman with plait, wearing gym gear exerting herself lifting weights.

Source: ABC Health & WellbeingTopic: Exercise and Fitness

Hamish Macdonald to present Radio Sydney Mornings as 2025 line-up unveiled

The award-winning journalist leads a host of changes, which also sees Kathryn Robinson, Rae Johnston and Dom Knight added to the list of regular on air presenters.

Source: ABC Radio SydneyTopic: Radio

Five quick hits: US star's courtside hurl and Gauff's unique outfit

Lucky losers Francesco Passaro and Harriet Dart enjoy their day out, while Frances Tiafoe just loses his lunch. Here's the five quick hits from the Australian Open, including who is playing on day three.

Coco Gauff, Frances Tiafoe, Harriet Dart composite

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Australian Open

Wildlife authority investigates dead whales on Broome beach

A beachgoer made the devastating find and reported the dead whales to parks and wildlife staff who collected scientific information before they were removed.

Dead marine species similar to a whale laying on red dirt and rocks at tide line.

Source: ABC KimberleyTopic: Animals

Internet operator 'on notice' over repeated lengthy outages in Cairns

An internet wholesaler says copper vandals are to blame for a string of lengthy dropouts lasting up to 36 hours, but residents argue providers should have backup to keep networks connected.

Source: ABC Far NorthTopic: Internet

Summer life

Storms and a waterspout put on a show in the Pilbara

From storms to waterspouts, there has been some impressive weather in the Pilbara and there may be more on the way. The Bureau of Meteorology is monitoring two tropical lows off the WA coast.

Duration: 39 seconds

Source: ABC PilbaraTopic: Weather Phenomena

How to switch off digitally these holidays to be present

We share some tips from influencer Tim Abbott, along with several other people we have spoken to as part of our Unwind with... series, about switching off digitally these holidays.

Influencer Tim Abbott takes a selfie while lying on the sand at the beach on a sunny day.

Source: ABC LifestyleTopic: Mental Wellbeing

What you might not know about the seagull stealing your chips

Seagulls can get a bad rap for their chip-thieving exploits but there is more to them than meets the eye.

A silver gull standing on wet sand with its reflection underneath it and blurred apartment towers behind it.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Birds

More than half of Australians can't spot a rip. Here's what to look out for

With summer in full swing many Australians will be cooling off by the beach. But an underwater danger may be lurking nearby — a rip.

Purple dye shows the flow of a rip current at Tamarama Beach in Sydney in 2010.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Travel Health and Safety

Moments in History

Arnold Frolows, who helped shape triple j's sound for decades, dies aged 74

One of the first people hired for the ABC's youth-focused radio station became one of Australian radio's most influential figures.

Source: Double JTopic: Music

Giant 400-year-old tingle tree accidentally destroyed by authorities

WA officials have defended the state's prescribed burning strategy after an enormous tingle tree was destroyed in a recent fire.

Duration: 2 minutes 4 seconds

Source: ABC Great SouthernTopic: Fires

Family of Wanda Beach victims reflect on pitiful reward payment

The loved ones of Marianne Schmidt and Christine Sharrock have been plagued by unimaginable loss. It all began on the Wanda Beach sand dunes in Sydney's south 60 years ago.

A graphic image, half of two young girls smiling in a black and white photo, the other of the dunes of a beach.

Duration: 3 minutes 20 seconds

Source: StatelineTopic: Homicide

Jimmy Carter's state funeral sees all living US presidents side-by-side

Family members and former US presidents pay tribute to president Jimmy Carter's record pursuing environmental and humanitarian goals after his death in late December aged 100.

Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden watch the coffin pass

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Government

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