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Australia has just passed laws requiring mobile coverage almost anywhere in the country, including remote areas currently outside the mobile map.The new rules would rely on low-Earth-orbit satellite technology to deliver basic calls and texts, but there are real questions about cost, funding, and whether the industry can actually deliver it.

The Greens have been in crisis management for days over reports of allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards women by WA Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John.The Senator's denied the allegations, and has now blamed the public fallout on party "factionalism".

The American co-founder of Bonza's parent company has pleaded guilty to a massive fraud scheme that's linked to the budget airline's sudden collapse.A community in Oregon is grieving after a shooting at a primary school left four people dead, including three children.The global leader of the Plymouth Brethren Church has faced a parliamentary committee over allegations his members ran a covert campaign for the Liberal Party.For more news at any time you can follow the ABC News Top Stories podcast.

Auctions in Victoria will look different from this weekend.New laws requiring vendors to advertise the reserve price one week in advance of an auction, will be fully in effect. The change will make the buying process more transparent, but some in the real estate industry say the move could leave people selling their homes out of pocket.

Greens leader David Shoebridge says he wasn't aware of misconduct allegations against senator Jordon Steele-John, who's now stepped back from the party room while the claims are investigated.Military Police are questioning a person of interest after a hidden camera was allegedly found in female-only quarters on a Royal Australian Navy ship.Researchers in Italy are exploring whether dogs share a human quirk that links the sound of a word to the shape it suggests.For more news at any time you can follow the ABC News Top Stories podcast.

Military police are investigating the discovery of a hidden camera inside a female-only cabin on a navy ship.The incident has prompted Senator Jacqui Lambie to raise the alarm in the Senate, and she says it's far from an isolated case.It's also sparked a broader debate about whether the defence force can clean up its own culture, or whether an independent body needs to step in.

South Australia has made culinary history this week, with 11 eateries becoming the first in the nation to receive world-renowned Michelin stars.The red carpet was rolled out for the Michelin Man in Adelaide, dishing out 10 one-star ratings and, and one two star rating.So how did South Australia get all these Michelin stars?

Australians are once again getting smashed at the bowser.Petrol's bad enough at about 240 cents a litre across the country.But diesel is much worse, over 280 cents, which is a blow for the likes of farmers and people in construction who need it for their heavy vehicles.These high prices have left many asking: where to from here?

Ukraine has launched attacks on Russian data centres, knocking out services tied to Yandex, Russia's biggest search engine, and causing disruption across dozens of cities.President Zelensky's claimed the strikes took Russian propaganda bots offline.But does the claim stack up, and what does it mean for the long-running debate about Russia's influence online?

Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung cancer after surgeons removed the lower lobe of his right lung at a Rome hospital.There are questions now about what this means for the 71-year-old pope's future, and how the Catholic Church handles leadership when a pope is incapacitated.

The Prime Minister is describing the planned live-streaming of an execution of a man convicted of a mass shooting on a US military base as abhorrent.Australia's competition regulator has launched legal action against some of the country's biggest egg producers, alleging "cartel conduct" and other anti-competitive behaviour.A body found in a cattle dip last week in the new south Wales northern rivers region has been identified as missing grandmother Yvonne Whear.And for more news at any time you can follow the ABC Top Stories podcast.

Hundreds of French supermarket refrigerators have been targeted in a cyber attack that's caused fires and food losses.Paris prosecutors are investigating after hackers remotely raised fridge temperatures to as high as 50 degrees Celsius.