# ABC News — RSS Amplifier Everything ABC News publishes, across 11 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory. Page: Feed: --- ## [Live: Storm host Panthers trying to avoid third straight loss in Cleary's milestone](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/nrl-live-melbourne-storm-penrith-panthers/107060788) _2026-08-20 · Top Stories_ The Penrith Panthers are trying to bounce back from back-to-back losses as they take on the Melbourne Storm in Ivan Cleary's milestone 500th game as a coach. Follow live. ## [Live: Storm host Panthers trying to avoid third straight loss in Cleary's milestone](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/nrl-live-melbourne-storm-penrith-panthers/107060788) _2026-08-20 · Just In_ The Penrith Panthers are trying to bounce back from back-to-back losses as they take on the Melbourne Storm in Ivan Cleary's milestone 500th game as a coach. Follow live. ## [Live: Storm host Panthers trying to avoid third straight loss in Cleary's milestone](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/nrl-live-melbourne-storm-penrith-panthers/107060788) _2026-08-20 · Just In_ The Penrith Panthers are trying to bounce back from back-to-back losses as they take on the Melbourne Storm in Ivan Cleary's milestone 500th game as a coach. Follow live. ## [Live: Saints, Suns kick off Round 24 at Docklands](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/afl-rd-24-live-saints-suns/107055120) _2026-08-20 · Top Stories_ The final round in the AFL home-and-away season kicks off with St Kilda hosting Gold Coast at Docklands, with both sides playing for pride. Follow live. ## [Live: Saints, Suns kick off Round 24 at Docklands](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/afl-rd-24-live-saints-suns/107055120) _2026-08-20 · Just In_ The final round in the AFL home-and-away season kicks off with St Kilda hosting Gold Coast at Docklands, with both sides playing for pride. Follow live. ## [Live: Saints, Suns kick off Round 24 at Docklands](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/afl-rd-24-live-saints-suns/107055120) _2026-08-20 · Just In_ The final round in the AFL home-and-away season kicks off with St Kilda hosting Gold Coast at Docklands, with both sides playing for pride. Follow live. ## [Proposed gun reforms 'betrayal of Tasmanians', critics say](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/opposition-to-proposed-reforms-tasmanian-gun-legislation/107058874) _2026-08-20 · Just In_ Tasmania's government says its proposed gun reform legislation strikes the right balance and will result in a significant uplift in community safety — but critics say the laws are a "betrayal" and won't make Tasmania safer. ## [Proposed gun reforms 'betrayal of Tasmanians', critics say](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/opposition-to-proposed-reforms-tasmanian-gun-legislation/107058874) _2026-08-20 · Just In_ Tasmania's government says its proposed gun reform legislation strikes the right balance and will result in a significant uplift in community safety — but critics say the laws are a "betrayal" and won't make Tasmania safer. ## [Max Verstappen signs to stay with Red Bull F1](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/max-verstappen-extends-formula-1-contract-to-2030/107060388) _2026-08-20 · Just In_ Max Verstappen has ended speculation about his Formula 1 future by signing a contract extension with Red Bull until 2030. ## [Max Verstappen signs to stay with Red Bull F1](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/max-verstappen-extends-formula-1-contract-to-2030/107060388) _2026-08-20 · Just In_ Max Verstappen has ended speculation about his Formula 1 future by signing a contract extension with Red Bull until 2030. ## [Stream Torrents & IPTV Instantly (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/UDjeGUg3sztr) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Search magnet links and stream movies, music, books, and live TV in-browser ## [Driver waits for compensation after new EV suddenly stops on freeway](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/xpeng-trueev-federal-court-case-dismissed/107045386) _2026-08-20 · Top Stories_ Customers left in the lurch when a Chinese electric vehicle giant terminated its exclusive agreement with an Australian company now have more certainty, but it's been a hard for many. ## [Driver waits for compensation after new EV suddenly stops on freeway](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/xpeng-trueev-federal-court-case-dismissed/107045386) _2026-08-20 · Just In_ Customers left in the lurch when a Chinese electric vehicle giant terminated its exclusive agreement with an Australian company now have more certainty, but it's been a hard for many. ## [Driver waits for compensation after new EV suddenly stops on freeway](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/xpeng-trueev-federal-court-case-dismissed/107045386) _2026-08-20 · Just In_ Customers left in the lurch when a Chinese electric vehicle giant terminated its exclusive agreement with an Australian company now have more certainty, but it's been a hard for many. ## [Evergrande founder sentenced to life in prison by Chinese court](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/evergrande-founder-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-china-guangzhou/107060008) _2026-08-20 · Top Stories_ Hui Ka Yan, who had faced eight charges including misuse of funds and illegally taking public deposits, pleaded guilty in April, following China Evergrande's collapse five years ago after a quarter of a century in operation. ## [Evergrande founder sentenced to life in prison by Chinese court](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/evergrande-founder-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-china-guangzhou/107060008) _2026-08-20 · Just In_ Hui Ka Yan, who had faced eight charges including misuse of funds and illegally taking public deposits, pleaded guilty in April, following China Evergrande's collapse five years ago after a quarter of a century in operation. ## [Evergrande founder sentenced to life in prison by Chinese court](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/evergrande-founder-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-china-guangzhou/107060008) _2026-08-20 · Just In_ Hui Ka Yan, who had faced eight charges including misuse of funds and illegally taking public deposits, pleaded guilty in April, following China Evergrande's collapse five years ago after a quarter of a century in operation. ## [At least 100 dead after gold mine collapses in Central African Republic](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/central-african-republic-mine-collapse-death-toll-rises/107059706) _2026-08-20 · Top Stories_ An aid worker says it will be a "miracle" to find people alive under the rubble after a mine collapse in Central African Republic. ## [At least 100 dead after gold mine collapses in Central African Republic](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/central-african-republic-mine-collapse-death-toll-rises/107059706) _2026-08-20 · Just In_ An aid worker says it will be a "miracle" to find people alive under the rubble after a mine collapse in Central African Republic. ## [At least 100 dead after gold mine collapses in Central African Republic](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/central-african-republic-mine-collapse-death-toll-rises/107059706) _2026-08-20 · Just In_ An aid worker says it will be a "miracle" to find people alive under the rubble after a mine collapse in Central African Republic. ## [Judge finds 'fundamental defect' in police taser investigation](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/judge-rules-fundamental-defect-investigation-police-officers/107057240) _2026-08-20 · Just In_ A criminal prosecution of two police officers accused of tasering and restraining a prisoner with a mental illness comes to an end after a judge finds they could not be guaranteed a fair trial. ## [Browse ThreatCrush Modules (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/aEaBKaUHaptu) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Install community-built security modules to extend real-time threat intelligence and monitoring ## [Judge finds 'fundamental defect' in police taser investigation](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/judge-rules-fundamental-defect-investigation-police-officers/107057240) _2026-08-20 · Just In_ A criminal prosecution of two police officers accused of tasering and restraining a prisoner with a mental illness comes to an end after a judge finds they could not be guaranteed a fair trial. ## [Government extends aged care program funding shopping and transport help](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/government-extends-home-support-program-for-older-australians/107058406) _2026-08-20 · Top Stories_ A government program that helps older people with shopping and transport has been extended until 2029 after ongoing uncertainty about its future. ## [Government extends aged care program funding shopping and transport help](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/government-extends-home-support-program-for-older-australians/107058406) _2026-08-20 · Just In_ A government program that helps older people with shopping and transport has been extended until 2029 after ongoing uncertainty about its future. ## [Government extends aged care program funding shopping and transport help](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/government-extends-home-support-program-for-older-australians/107058406) _2026-08-20 · Just In_ A government program that helps older people with shopping and transport has been extended until 2029 after ongoing uncertainty about its future. ## [Lambie sparks veterans debate as Labor strikes deals](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/jacqui-lambie-veterans-labor-deals-gambling-ndis-cigarettes/107046758) _2026-08-20 · Top Stories_ This week Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie shared her health struggles while the government and Coalition were busy making deals and One Nation launched a debate about cigarettes. ## [Lambie sparks veterans debate as Labor strikes deals](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/jacqui-lambie-veterans-labor-deals-gambling-ndis-cigarettes/107046758) _2026-08-20 · Just In_ This week Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie shared her health struggles while the government and Coalition were busy making deals and One Nation launched a debate about cigarettes. ## [Lambie sparks veterans debate as Labor strikes deals](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/jacqui-lambie-veterans-labor-deals-gambling-ndis-cigarettes/107046758) _2026-08-20 · Just In_ This week Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie shared her health struggles while the government and Coalition were busy making deals and One Nation launched a debate about cigarettes. ## [The manosphere has gone mainstream, and it's having real-world impacts](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/geek-culture-revealed-as-pipeline-to-manosphere/107050590) _2026-08-20 · Top Stories_ Researchers say the manosphere has gone mainstream as young men who were suckered into the space reveal how they were recruited into the space. ## [Sex crimes detectives told of drug use in Sydney Swans hotel room](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/sydney-swans-players-police-told-of-drug-use-in-hotel/107059156) _2026-08-20 · Top Stories_ Detectives investigating a sexual assault scandal engulfing the Sydney Swans have been told some players paid female adult entertainers to consume drugs off their bodies. ## [Judge erred allowing room for Erin Patterson parole one day, prosecutors say](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/erin-patterson-appeal-mushroom-murder-court/107059860) _2026-08-20 · Top Stories_ The Office of Public Prosecutors says the judge presiding over Patterson's murder trial erred when he allowed for the possibility of the mushroom killer getting parole one day. ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/I6qcRYzxjceT) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [Swans sponsors pull support in wake of allegations](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/sydney-swans-sponsors-suspend-partnerships/107058932) _2026-08-20 · Sport_ A number of Sydney Swans sponsors express alarm and disappointment over the five players linked to a police investigation into an alleged sexual assault. ## [Raiders and Broncos are still reckoning with the legacy of a classic](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/canberra-raiders-brisbane-broncos-nrl-finals-josh-papalii/107057192) _2026-08-20 · Sport_ It's almost one year since Canberra and Brisbane met in the game of a lifetime and both sides are still learning to live with the fallout of perhaps the greatest match they'll ever play against one another. ## ['Fair bit of anger across the whole AFLW' after Swans players allegation](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/aflw-put-under-uncomfortable-spotlight-after-mens-players-saga/107054688) _2026-08-20 · Sport_ As the Sydney Swans AFLW side gear up for a historic double header, they have been put under an uncomfortable spotlight through no fault of their own. ## [Prince Harry, Meghan and family to move back to UK, the ABC understands](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-move-back-to-uk/107056622) _2026-08-19 · World_ Harry, the younger son of King Charles, and his wife, Meghan, intend to relocate from the US to a private, non-royal residence outside London, the ABC understands. ## [Australia's debt hits $1 trillion as US debt passes $US40 trillion threshold — as it happened](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/asx-markets-business-news-live-updates-thursday-20-august/107056572) _2026-08-19 · Business_ Australia's debt has hit $1 trillion at the same time the United States sees its debt pass $US40 trillion. ## [Longmire reveals 'deep sadness' over Swans' links to police probe](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/afl-john-longmire-reaction-sydney-swans-police-investigation/107056540) _2026-08-19 · Sport_ Sydney's longest-tenured coach, John Longmire, breaks his public silence after five players were suspended by the club. ## [Meet the FIFO workers keeping mining towns dancing all night](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/fly-in-fly-out-djs-western-australia-regional-towns/107010826) _2026-08-19 · Entertainment & Culture_ Nightclubs and other venues in Western Australia's far north are hiring fly-in-fly-out DJs to attract audiences and keep them coming. ## [Family of Zomi Frankcom 'deeply disappointed' by IDF report — as it happened](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/federal-politics-live-blog-zomi-frankcom/107055724) _2026-08-19 · Politics_ Australian Zomi Frankcom's family demands an independent investigation after the IDF cleared its soldiers of wrongdoing in the aid worker's death. ## [Australia and China cooperate to bust illegal tobacco smuggling syndicate](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/china-and-australia-work-together-on-tobacco-syndicate/107056140) _2026-08-19 · Politics_ Australian Border Force officers are tipped off to containers suspected of carrying illicit tobacco, resulting in millions of cigarettes being seized. ## [Australia 'can be very selective' about migration, says migrant rich lister](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/business-leaders-care-about-skills-not-numbers-migration-debate/107052186) _2026-08-19 · Business_ There are divergent views among business leaders, from migrant and non-migrant backgrounds, about the impact of planned immigration cuts and the types of migrants that should be allowed into Australia. ## [Israel investigates killing of Hind Rajab as part of five internal probes into IDF](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/idf-findings-from-five-gaza-reports-explained/107056310) _2026-08-19 · World_ The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has published the findings of five internal probes that examined deadly attacks its soldiers launched on aid and medical workers in Gaza. ## [Labor has made the most of its cooperation with the Coalition](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/labor-coalition-deals-ndis-gambling-cooperation-albanese-taylor/107049472) _2026-08-19 · Politics_ Fights over immigration, superannuation, housing, tobacco excise and data centre rules will continue and intensify. But this was a week for cooperation. ## [Scam payments lead to an Australian business and its Israeli owner](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/fake-abc-scam-money-trail-leads-to-global-network/106895388) _2026-08-19 · Business_ An Australian e-learning website was used as a front for scammers selling fraudulent investments, an ABC investigation reveals. ## [Public servants repay hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal charges](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/public-servants-pay-back-credit-card-charges/107056002) _2026-08-19 · Politics_ Some public servants were required to repay thousands of dollars in inadvertent charges on their work credit cards, including food delivery orders, in the past financial year. ## [The life lesson Peter Garrett wishes more people knew](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/peter-garrett-take-5-midnight-oil-zan-rowe-songs/107053812) _2026-08-19 · Entertainment & Culture_ Peter Garrett is well aware of his place in Australian music history. But at 73, he's far more interested in what's next than what's behind him. ## [From Fisk to Fountain Lakes, how well do you know your Aussie TV?](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/australian-tv-quiz-classics-new-shows/106989412) _2026-08-19 · Entertainment & Culture_ Do you know where The Secret Life of Us was set? How about the year Fisk premiered? Find out if you're on the money with our quiz. ## [Israeli military clears soldiers over Gaza strike that killed Australian Zomi Frankcom](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-19/idf-clears-soldiers-of-criminal-wrongdoing/107056204) _2026-08-19 · World_ Penny Wong said she is "outraged" and plans to haul in the Israeli ambassador after the Israel Defense Forces cleared its personnel of any criminal wrongdoing in the April 2024 strike on a World Central Kitchen convoy in Gaza, where Australian woman Zomi Frankcom was killed. ## [Breaking: Israel's military clears soldiers over Gaza strike that killed Frankcom](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-19/idf-clears-soldiers-of-criminal-wrongdoing/107056204) _2026-08-19 · Top Stories_ The Israel Defense Forces has cleared its personnel of any criminal wrongdoing in the April 2024 strike on a World Central Kitchen convoy in Gaza, where Australian woman Zomi Frankcom was killed. ## [Breaking: Israel's military clears soldiers over Gaza strike that killed Frankcom](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-19/idf-clears-soldiers-of-criminal-wrongdoing/107056204) _2026-08-19 · Just In_ The Israel Defense Forces has cleared its personnel of any criminal wrongdoing in the April 2024 strike on a World Central Kitchen convoy in Gaza, where Australian woman Zomi Frankcom was killed. ## [Breaking: Israel's military clears soldiers over Gaza strike that killed Frankcom](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-19/idf-clears-soldiers-of-criminal-wrongdoing/107056204) _2026-08-19 · Just In_ The Israel Defense Forces has cleared its personnel of any criminal wrongdoing in the April 2024 strike on a World Central Kitchen convoy in Gaza, where Australian woman Zomi Frankcom was killed.