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As the Foreign Minister warns the Indo Pacific is becoming increasingly dangerous and volatile, a visiting US general says a huge effort will be needed to avoid conflict with China.

A week after the Prime Minister's urgent visit to Alice Springs, a large community meeting has again exposed the divisions in the town over how to tackle a surge in crime

Chinese students are being encouraged to return to Australian universities because of Beijing's snap crackdown on studying online at foreign universities

Ukrainians have faced another deadly barrage from Russian missile strikes a day after Germany and the US pledged to send tanks to Ukraine; Tourism operators in Alice Springs nervous about the town's reputation ahead of the peak winter travel season; And the annual refugee soccer tournament in Darwin helping people make friends in their new home country.

Tanks for Ukraine: the US and Germany pledge to send heavy armour ahead of a possible Russian spring offensive.

New curbs on alcohol in central Australia, as the federal and NT governments try to tackle soaring youth crime and violence;

Can cash handouts fix the nation's shortage of gardeners, blacksmiths and swimming instructors?;

Donald Trump's lawyers fight to keep a grand jury's report into his attempts to overturn the 2020 US election result a secret;

And the 60 year wait for a personal apology for one victim of child sexual abuse.

New curbs on alcohol in central Australia, as the federal and NT governments try to tackle soaring youth crime and violence;

Can cash handouts fix the nation's shortage of gardeners, blacksmiths and swimming instructors?;

Donald Trump's lawyers fight to keep a grand jury's report into his attempts to overturn the 2020 US election result a secret;

And the 60 year wait for a personal apology for one victim of child sexual abuse.

More grim statistics emerge about Australia's problem-plagued aged care sector, with nearly 40,000 serious incidents reported in the last financial year.

A mass shooting in a predominantly Asian-American community in Los Angeles leaves at least 10 dead;

the Australia Day public holiday might be on Thursday, but not everyone is planning to take the day off;

the federal government to meet the operators of the world's largest dating apps to discuss new safety measures;

and why Australia's accommodation shortage now extends to the grave.

US prosecutors lay involuntary manslaughter charges against Alec Baldwin, alleging he ran a set which allowed the death to take place;

A scathing assessment of Australia's schools finds students are falling behind;

Anger in the Northern Territory after the government closes its Treaty Commission and reject its key recommendations;

And millions on the move across China for the first lunar new year without COVID controls.