Latest news with #NormanHermant

ABC News
3 days ago
- Politics
- ABC News
How badly has Iran's nuclear program been damaged?
As the world watches and waits, the ceasefire between Iran and Israel is holding. What happens next may well depend on the degree of devastation inflicted on Iran's nuclear program by the US and Israel. On that score, there are still no clear answers. Norman Hermant reports, plus David Speers interviews the former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert.

ABC News
7 days ago
- ABC News
The rising threat of synthetic opioids
The family of a woman who died in a drug overdose hopes her death will be a warning to others about the dangers of synthetic opioids. Nitazenes are many times more powerful than fentanyl and are often laced into recreational drugs with deadly results. Norman Hermant reports.

ABC News
15-06-2025
- ABC News
Is generating electricity by burning rubbish a good idea?
Electricity that's generated from burning waste - Australia is set to embrace the technology. There's a new plant operating here and more proposed across the country. But as Norman Hermant asks, does the idea just promote a wasteful society?

ABC News
26-05-2025
- Business
- ABC News
The public schools still waiting for better funding
Victoria is known as the 'Education State', with a vision to 'deliver excellence in every classroom'. But the Victorian government has quietly delayed public school funding reforms by three years — a move that will cost students more than $2 billion. Norman Hermant reports.

ABC News
14-05-2025
- Business
- ABC News
How US cuts to foreign aid are being felt across the world
The first months of Donald Trump's second presidential term have been hugely destabilising, with impacts felt across the globe. As part of his drastic cost cutting agenda the US has suspended much of its foreign aid and dismantled the US Agency of International Development. 7.30's Norman Hermant reports.