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Despite normal services resuming three weeks ago, dozens of HESTA superannuation members have contacted ABC News, distressed and frustrated they are still unable to access their own super funds. HESTA, one of Australia's largest super funds with more than 1 million members, went offline at the...

Gas hot water systems will be phased out of all Victorian homes as part of the state government's plan to wean households off gas and prioritise dwindling supplies for industry. However, the government has explicitly said there will be no changes to gas cooking or heating for owner-occupiers...

For years, Kayla's life was not her own. Image source: ABC News / Image by: Cason Ho. For four years, Kayla’s life wasn’t her own. She couldn’t choose where she lived, what to do with her own money, or who she could talk to. But now, Kayla has managed to escape the system which controlled...

Dalby locals have been travelling 30 minutes out of town to make a phone call. Image source: ABC Rural / Image by: Jo Prendergast. A mobile outage caused by 5G upgrades to a Telstra base tower has left many in the Western Downs hub of Dalby in Queensland unable to make or receive calls, texts...

Would you eat lab grown meat? (Nadia Daly) Source: ABC News / Youtube. In a kitchen in inner Sydney, chef Kevin Condon is listing the ingredients that go into his signature foie gras dish. Most aren't too striking: garlic, brandy, butter. But one is so rare that it's only just been approved...

Median property prices in Brome have gone up by 13.7 per cent in the past 12 months, according to the Real Estate Institute of WA. (ABC Kimberley: Vanessa Mills) Locals in Western Australia's north are finding themselves priced out of Broome's property market, as east coast investors snap up...

Keryn Smith says without physio she would not be able to live independently. (ABC Gippsland: Danielle Kutchel) Allowance cuts to the National Disability Insurance Scheme could see therapists forced to cancel their programs or charge clients more, according to a regional physiotherapist. The...

A West Australian town will close its only free caravan and campervan campsite after complaints of visitors leaving rubbish and human waste behind. Hopetoun sits about 50 kilometres off Highway One, or South Coast Highway, on the state's south coast and is 555km south-east of Perth. The...

Does your stomach drop when your phone rings unexpectedly? Modern communication is always changing, and while it might have been normal for our parents to just pick up the phone to call someone, these days it can feel stressful or strange for both the caller and the receiver. We asked two...

An Australian team attempting to grow plants on the moon is finalising a prototype designed to carry an assortment of plants and seeds to the lunar surface. If the plants and seeds survive the journey, the team is hoping they will be able to thrive on the moon's surface. The project, which...

As more Australians rely on family support to enter the housing market, the backyard of mum and dad is becoming an option. (Supplied: Pier Carthew) In a wealthy, riverside suburb of Sydney they built an architecturally designed house for under $900,000. "It's a huge bargain," Georgia Booth...

When Meggy the Lhasa apso puppy seemed unwell, her owners were filled with dread. New pet owners Elise Sinclair and Katana Murphy did not know if it was an emergency and did not want to waste a vet's time. "We didn't know what was wrong with her," Ms Sinclair said. Being more than an hour...

When Kate Robinson thinks back to the sight of thick black smoke billowing from her roof last month, she becomes deeply distressed. "There was nothing salvageable," she said. Ms Robinson's Bendigo home and yoga studio were destroyed by fire on May 30, when she popped out for about an hour...

Clothing containing cat fur is still being sold in Victoria while being labelled as fake or sheep's wool, an advocacy group says, years after a state government taskforce vowed to crack down on the practice. Forensic testing conducted by British fibre analysis firm Microtex has found a...

The Queensland government will allocate almost $600 million in new funding for the homeless sector in next week's state budget. It includes a 20 per cent uplift in funding for specialist homelessness services, locked in for the next four years, an increase of $209 million. Housing Minister Sam...

A passionate, progressive, smart and indefatigable breaker of boundaries. That is how Lismore community leaders are remembering the northern NSW city's first female mayor, Ros Irwin, who has died at 82 after a short illness. When Dr Irwin was seconded to develop Lismore City Council's first...

People in New South Wales are being warned against eating wild mushrooms following the spread of death cap mushrooms in the state. NSW Health and local councils have detected the poisonous fungi spreading in Sydney, the Southern Highlands and southern NSW. It follows two years of...

I grew up with a small dog but longed for a larger breed that could match my desire for snuggles and connection. (Supplied: Phoebe Thorburn) I've always been drawn to dogs. Whether it's the co-regulation, the sensory pleasure of giving pats and scritches, non-verbal communication or...

At the memory clinic, Jim Rogers is asked to reach out and touch his husband's left cheek with his right hand. He does the opposite — left hand, right cheek — and Tyler starts crying because he knows something is very wrong. Jim, whose life has been shaped by searing loss and serendipitous...

An "overworked and under-resourced" state agency has charged a woman with dementia a six-figure bill while managing her assets at a loss. Public trustees control the finances of some of the community's most vulnerable people who have been deemed incapable of making their own decisions, for...