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ABC Grandstand's home of the AFL competition with the latests comments from our experienced broadcasters.

Whether you are a performance poet, a serious actor or someone who just likes to get up on stage and give it a go, we are looking for you.

As an author, columnist, mother of three, pug owner and freelance wife, Susan Maushart has developed a keen interest in why people make the choices they do.

All things rail. Your host is former Deputy Prime Minister and train enthusiast Tim Fischer.

The ABC Fiction Award is presented annually to the winner of a nationwide competition held by ABC Books, with the support of ABC Local Radio and ABC Television.

The 2020 summit follows Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's announcement in early February that he would convene 1000 of Australia's "best and brightest brains" to help to develop a long term strategy for the country's future

The apology in Federal Parliament to the Stolen Generations of Australia is expected to become a defining moment in the nation's history. Crowds gathered across the country to mark the occasion with tears, cheers and emotional displays of relief, happiness and in some cases, anger.

The Nightwatchmen bring you the latest on the Test matches between Australia and the West Indies

We're proud of the music we play. It's a unique mix of contemporary adult album tracks, pop, blues and roots from Australia and around the world..
A rare event unfolded in our night skies after yesterday's sunset.
The pest Potato Cyst Nematode (PCN), has been discovered at Thorpdale in Gippsland. It's discovery, just over six weeks ago has lead to a trade standstill for the region. Farmers are eagerly awaiting to hear if they'll be able to sell their crops this summer. The region, 140k's south east of Melbourne, produces on average 70,000 tonnes of spuds each year, with ninety per cent of the harvest going interstate. But while the region remains in quarintine, no potato can cross the border, leaving farmers and their families in the unknown...
They're old, they fart, and sometimes lose their hair... but here at the WA Country Hour we want to pay tribute to the grey nomads of the animal world.
The older you get, the wiser you get and that gives old dogs the rights to growl sometimes!
It's name may sound like that of a children's action toy but a local innovation could be saving lives in a serious way come bushfire season.
Mince pies are traditional at Christmas, but Maggie Beer offers an alternative, spreading her mince onto a par cooked sour dough pastry base, finished with a lattice topping.
Australia wool producers have voted to overhaul the board of Australian Wool Innovation. Not only does the company have a new board but a new chairman, in New South Wales fine wool breeder Wal Merriman.
December 27, 2003 - a day the small community of Tenterden in WA will always remember.
Reasons why the bush is burned and photos from a prescribed burn
An oil company executive turned crooner and a pair of octogenarian retirement-refusers ponder the question: If your career was a multiple choice question would there be more than one right answer?
