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FIVEAA News Briefing
FIVEAA news flash briefing brings you the latest Australian and World news, from politics to sport and entertainment headlines.
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FIVEAA News BriefingSoldiers Injured in Army Truck Collision
13 Defence personnel who were responding in flood zones have been injured in a serious crash Relentless rain continues to fall in the wake of ex tropical…
FIVEAA News BriefingThousands Without Power as Cyclone Alfred Weakens
Cyclone Alfred has been downgraded to a tropical low Thousands without power in the wake of the storm Donald Trump issues stern warning to RussiaSee…
FIVEAA News BriefingCyclone Alfred Losing Some Steam Ahead Of Landfall
TC Alfred expected to weaken to a Category One before making landfall on Saturday. A second SpaceX rocket has exploded shortly after take-off, raining debris…
FIVEAA News BriefingTeen Accused Of Walking Onto Melbourne Plane With Shotgun
A 17 year old boy is facing eight charges - after allegedly walking onto a commercial flight at Melbourne's Avalon airport - armed with a gun. Tropical Cyclone…
FIVEAA News BriefingTropical Cyclone Alfred Slows Down In The Coral Sea
Tropical Cyclone Alfred isn't likely to make landfall until early Saturday morning. The United States begins negotiations with Hamas. AND Ice Cube is stuck at…
FIVEAA News BriefingPM Approves Early Recovery Grants as Cyclone Alfred Approaches
The Prime Minister has confirmed early recovery grants of a million dollars for affected councils across QLD and NSW as Cyclone Alfred inches closer. The…
FIVEAA News BriefingHow Cyclone Alfred Has Affected The Election
This week on the show, we break down how Cyclone Alfred could affect the upcoming election. Plus! What’s it like to have a foreign government put a…
FIVEAA News BriefingAlfred Within Hours of Making Landfall
South east Queensland has been shut down, a Cyclone Alfred barrels towards the coast The US stops intelligence sharing with Ukraine The latest health update on…
FIVEAA News BriefingADF Deployed To Queensland Ahead Of Cyclone Arrival
A quarter of a million sandbags on their way to SE QLD ahead of TC Alfred's arrival. The US President addresses Congress, declaring "America is back". AND…
FIVEAA News BriefingCyclone Alfred Makes Beeline for Brisbane
Alfred on path of densely populated areas A Perth boy being questioned over threats to a Sydney mosque Australia out of the Champions Trophy cricket And a…
FIVEAA News BriefingQueensland Prepares For Cyclone Alfred
Queensland prepares for incoming cyclone Alfred. China has announced retaliatory tariffs on the US. AND Country music icon Dolly Parton has announced her…
FIVEAA News BriefingUS Pauses All Military Aid to Ukraine
The US has announced it's pausing all military aid to Ukraine, effective immediately. Communities from Queensland and NSW are bracing as Tropical Cyclone…
FIVEAA News BriefingOscars - All The Best Bits
All the winners from this years Oscars. Tropical cyclone Alfred is sitting over 400 kilometres from Brisbane, and moving south east. And Harry Styles is pretty…
FIVEAA News BriefingEuropean Leaders Agree To Boost Military Aid To Ukraine
Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to Queensland and New South Wales coastlines tomorrow. European leaders agree to boost military aid to Ukraine, following…
FIVEAA News BriefingWorld Leaders Rally Behind Volodymyr Zelensky
The Ukraine leader has arrived in the UK where he's received an outpouring of support Labor claws back support Queensland rocked by strong earthquakeSee…
FIVEAA News BriefingTrump Halts Talks with Ukraine after Heated Oval Office Exchange
Volodymyr Zelensky has been kicked out of the White House after clashing with Trump during meeting Pope suffers another health setback Queensland braces for…
FIVEAA News BriefingP-M Brushes Off Donald Trump's AUKUS Gaffe
The P-M is brushing-off Donald Trump's apparent AUKUS gaffe. Investigators are looking into possible suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of…
FIVEAA News BriefingMillions of Aussie's to get Rate Cut from Today
Finally struggling homeowners will get a rate cut - with three of the four major banks' rate cuts starting from today. The Prime Minister is brushing-off…
FIVEAA News BriefingSuspicious Death of a Hollywood Icon
Police are investigating the death of Gene Hackman, who has been found dead, alongside his wife and dog, at their New Mexico home The controversial Tate…
FIVEAA News BriefingAussies Set To Get Slugged With Higher Health Insurance
Close to 15-million Australians will pay bigger premiums on their private health insurance come April. Qatar Airways approved to take a 25 per cent stake in…
FIVEAA News BriefingSix Tonnes of Date Rape Drug Discovered in Sydney
Six-and-a-half tonnes of a date rape drug known as BUTE has been uncovered in a storage unit in Sydney's Inner West. Qatar airways has been given the green…
FIVEAA News BriefingThe Answer To Where The Election Will Be Won
Last week we told you the date of the election, and this week we'll tell you who will win! Plus! We have both the PM and the opposition leader with questions…
FIVEAA News BriefingWarnings Private Hospitals Will Close
The Private Hospitals Association issues dire warning ahead of jump in health insurance premiums A manhunt underway, following the shooting death of a woman…
FIVEAA News BriefingInflation Data Puts Dent In Another Interest Rate Cut
The latest Inflation data has potentially put a dent in another interest rate cut. The head of Australia's defence force has confirmed Chinese warships gave no…
FIVEAA News BriefingTreasurer Makes Pitch for Aussie Exemption in US Tariffs
The Federal Government is waiting to find out from the US President if Australia will face tariffs on some metal products... Headline inflation remains steady…
FIVEAA News BriefingSydney nurse charged over anti-Israeli video
A nurse has been charged over a video filmed at a Sydney hospital earlier this month, where she and another worker were allegedly recorded threatening harm to…
FIVEAA News BriefingLiberal Party Hits Back At Attacks On Peter Dutton
Accusations fly amid revelations the opposition leader baught shares in banks day before bail out. Government officials have revealed a Virgin pilot first…
FIVEAA News BriefingIVF Patients Caught Up in Cyber Attack
A major I-V-F provider in Australia says it now believes personal information of patients may have been accessed in a cyber attack. A member of the Bali Nine…
FIVEAA News BriefingRaiders Players Sorry in Sin City
Two Canberra Raiders players have apologised, after getting into a scuffle in Vegas, ahead of the opening round of the NRL season Two men rounded up in outback…
FIVEAA News BriefingThree Years Since Russia Invaded Ukraine
The Federal Government says any peace secured in the war in Ukraine must be on Kyiv's terms. Police say they will expand the search to the NSW south coast as…
FIVEAA News BriefingSearch Continues for Fisherman Feared Taken by Shark in NSW
A desperate search for a man, feared to have been taken by a shark off the NSW coast - has entered its second day. Bruce Lehrmann has appeared via phone in a…
FIVEAA News BriefingBomb Threat On An American Airlines Flight
An American Airlines flight has been escorted to Rome by fighter jets following a bomb threat A search will resume off the coast of Newcastle this morning…
FIVEAA News BriefingGovernment Announces Major Cash Splash for Medicare
$8.5 billion dollars will go towards boosting the bulk billing rate, if Anthony Albanese is re-elected China carries out more firing drills in the Tasman Grave…
FIVEAA News BriefingFresh Search Begins for Beaumont Children
Its hoped a new dig will solve the 59 year mystery of the missing Beaumont children Australia closely monitoring Chinese warships off our coast AFL player…
FIVEAA News BriefingAirspace Warnings Over Chinese Warships In Waters Near Australia
Commercial pilots have been warned of a potential hazard in the airspace between Australia and New Zealand -- where three Chinese naval ships are conducting…
FIVEAA News BriefingNation's Biggest Superannuation Fund Fined Millions
The nation's biggest Superannuation fund has been fined almost 30 million dollars - after failing to merge members duplicate accounts. Hamas is being slammed…
FIVEAA News BriefingBodies Of Four Israeli Hostages Returned
Hamas returns the bodies of four Israeli hostages Hundreds of nurses and midwives from Northern Beaches hospital prepare to walk off the job in Sydney The bird…
FIVEAA News BriefingWelcome News For Jobseekers
New data shows 44-thousand new jobs were created over the last month ALL of them full-time. The Opposition says Labor's 2-point-4-billion-dollar package to…
FIVEAA News BriefingADF Keeping Eye on Chinese Warships Spotted off Sydney
The Defence Minister insists Australia is closely watching the movements of three Chinese warships sailing East of Sydney. The nation's spy boss is warning the…
FIVEAA News BriefingWe know the exact date of the election…Maybe.
This week we tell you the exact date the election will be called. Well, we are almost certain of it. Plus! We catch up with Misha Zelinsky to find out if the…
FIVEAA News BriefingA Grim Warning From Australia's Spy Agency Boss
ASIO's director general Mike Burgess reveals five major terror plots were foiled over the past year Flames tear through a factory at Revesby in Sydney's south…
FIVEAA News BriefingS-A Governement Steps In To Save Whyalla Steelworks
The Whyalla Steelworks has been placed into administration, with the South Australian government saying it had no choice but to act. Australia's wage growth…
FIVEAA News BriefingPM Lashes Out at Shadow Treasurer Over Interest Rate Cut Comments
The Prime Minister has lashed out at Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor - after he argued yesterday's interest rate cut was 'too little too late.' Clive Palmer has…
FIVEAA News BriefingTwo Killed In Sydney House Fire
A woman and young girl have been killed in a house fire in Heckenberg Sydney's south west A deadline has been set for a decision on an Olympic stadium in…
FIVEAA News BriefingR-B-A Cuts Rates For The First Time In Five Years
The Government is welcoming the latests Interest rate cut. Six people referred to the corruption watchdog by the robodebt Royal Commission will be…
FIVEAA News BriefingAussie's Hold their Breath as RBA Interest Rates Decision Looms
Economists believe Today's possible interest rate cut could be the beginning of more cuts later in the year. Foreign Affairs is working to verify a video…
FIVEAA News BriefingInterest Rate Cut On The Cards
There's set to be some relief for mortgage holders when the RBA meets today Aussie prisoner of war Oscar Jenkins appears in an unverified video European…
FIVEAA News BriefingRate Cut Could Be On The Cards When RBA Hands Down Decision
The Reserve Bank is considering whether to hand down its first interest rate cut since 20-20. An injection-based weight loss drug has been approved for the…
FIVEAA News BriefingLong-Awaited Interest Rate Cut Widely Predicted as RBA Meets
The Reserve Bank will start its two-day meeting today, with a cut to interest rates widely expected. European leaders are meeting for an emergency summit in…
FIVEAA News BriefingSydney Train Commuters Brace For More Delays
Sydney train commuters brace for more delays and cancellations as industrial action drags on Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton steps down…
FIVEAA News BriefingForeign Investors Banned from Aussie Housing Market
The government will ban foreign housing investors for at least two years in a bid to ease the housing crisis Peter Dutton gains ground in the polls New search…
FIVEAA News BriefingTwo People Shot at Super Bowl Parade
A gunman has opened fire at Philadelphia Eagles celebrations Police raid home of nurse at centre of hate video Russia targets nuclear plant in drone strikeSee…
FIVEAA News BriefingCyclone Zelia Makes Landfall In W-A
Communities in W-A's Pilbara Region have been bunkering down -- after a powerfuL Cyclone made landfall. Australia could be in the firing line of more White…
FIVEAA News BriefingFull Anti-Semitic Convo with Two Sydney Nurses made Public
An Israeli influencer has posted the full, unedited conversation with two Sydney nurses - who suggested they would kill ISRAELI patients. Residents in WA's…
FIVEAA News BriefingTensions Flare Again Between Australia and China
A Chinese fighter jet has fired flares towards an Australian Airforce jet, in the South China Sea An Afghan asylum seeker has been arrested after driving a car…
FIVEAA News BriefingW-A's Pilbara Coast In Path Of Catagory Five Cyclone
A cyclone powering towards W-A's Pilbara Coast is now tracking to be one of the biggest in Australia's history. The Federal Government is demanding a please…
FIVEAA News BriefingDonald Trump Kicks off Talks to End War in Ukraine
Donald Trump kicks off talks with Russia's President to end the war in Ukraine. NSW's Health Minister speaks to staff at Bankstown Hospital after viral…
FIVEAA News BriefingWill Albo Sacrifice Rudd?
This week we find out about THAT phone call between Donald Trump and Albo and what it means for Australia. Plus! Will Albo sacrifice Rudd as the ambassador to…
FIVEAA News BriefingTwo Sydney Nurses To Face Police Questioning
Two Sydney nurses accused of an anti-Semitic rant to face police questioning Shocking vision has emerged of a brawl outside a popular Bali beach club The U-S…
FIVEAA News BriefingNSW Nurse In Antisemtic Video Claims It Was All A Joke
One of the nurses featured in antisemitic video claims threats to kill Israeli patients were a joke and misunderstood. There's fresh concerns that taking…