Winter Olympics 2026 quick guide: What to watch

Find out what's on at the Winter Olympics in Milan.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/winter-olympics-2026-daily-guide/106325628

#WinterOlympicGames #Sport

Top cop raises concerns about sentences for people who assault officers
By Josephine Lim

South Australia's police chief is seeking further advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) after a woman who had assaulted a police officer with a glass bottle was spared jail.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/sa-police-grant-stevens-concerned-about-police-assault/106329878

#Courts #Police #Laws #Assault #OccupationalHealthandSafety #JosephineLim

Woman kills nine in mass shooting at school, house in Canada

The shooter was a woman, described in an official active shooter alert put out in British Columbia described the suspect as a female with brown hair, who was wearing a dress.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/british-columbia-high-school-shooting-multiple-dead/106331278

#Shootings

Missing man separated from friend while collecting firewood, police say
By Sandy Powell

A 32-year-old man missing in Tasmania's north was collecting firewood with a friend when the pair became separated on Sunday, police have said.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/search-for-missing-man-corey-chugg-in-tasmania/106328680

#MissingPerson #Police #SandyPowell

Person detained in relation to Nancy Guthrie disappearance

Law officials in Arizona say a person has been detained for questioning in relation to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today show host Savannah.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/nancy-guthrie-person-detained-questioning-kidnapping/106331392

#MissingPerson #LawCrimeandJustice

Children at 'imminent' kidnapping risk by man who built secret loft in his home
By Mya Kordic

WA Police say "something terrible" could have happened if there was a delay in intercepting a Baldivis man who planned to abduct and sexually abuse a child in Perth.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/baldivis-child-kidnapper-jason-william-forbes-update/106327906

#ChildSexualAbuse #Police #Courts #Crime #MyaKordic

New engines, no DRS and other important changes to Formula 1 in 2026
By Michael Doyle

New engines, new regulations and an 11-team grid are just some of the changes in Formula 1 this season. Get up to speed with what is new in F1 ahead of the Australian Grand Prix.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/formula-1-2026-new-engines-regulations-sprint-races/106325942

#Formula1 #MotorSports #Sport #MichaelDoyle

Next fight looms after Qld government loses appeal in battle for sacred springs
By Liam McNally and Yasmine Wright Gittins

Wangan and Jagalingou peoples await the state government's next move after a win in their fight to have alleged damage to a sacred site near a mine in Central Queensland investigated.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/doongmabulla-springs-qld-government-appeal-or-face-trial/106305714

#SacredSites #Courts #LiamMcNally #YasmineWrightGittins

Two more Chinese nationals charged with foreign interference
By Tahlia Roy

A man and woman have been charged under foreign interference laws after a task force began investigating the covert collection of information about a Canberra Buddhist association last year.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/two-more-chinese-nationals-charged-foreign-interference-canberra/106331328

#Courts #NationalSecurity #TahliaRoy

Indonesia to send up to 8,000 troops to Gaza under Trump's Board of Peace
By Tim Swanston and Hellena Souisa

The move makes Indonesia the first country to clearly commit troops to a multinational peacekeeping effort in the war-torn enclave.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/indonesia-to-send-8000-troops-to-gaza-idf-peacekeeping/106330718

#UnrestConflictandWar #WorldPolitics #ForeignAffairs #DefenceForces #TerritorialDisputes #ForeignAid #TimSwanston #HellenaSouisa

Emergency warning issued for grassfire north of Melbourne

Residents near Sunbury, north of Melbourne, are advised to shelter now as a grassfire burns out of control.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/grassfire-emergency-warning-sunbury-melbourne/106331508

#Fires

No body-camera footage of woman's death in police stand-off, coroner hears
By Giselle Wakatama

A court hears a NSW inquest will need to rely on eyewitness accounts of the 2023 death of Krista Kach, who was shot with a beanbag round following a 10-hour stand-off with police in 2023.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/krista-kach-inquest-no-body-worn-camera-evidence/106330358

#Police #MentalHealth #Courts #GiselleWakatama