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David Sparkes is a reporter and producer for the ABC's Audio Current Affairs team, which broadcasts three daily programs; AM, The World Today and PM.
Recent stories
KPMG faces tough questions at hearing (Listen here)
Australia's biggest cocaine bust (Listen here)
Iran-US ceasefire terms unclear (Listen here)
Big Bash League shake-up coming (Listen here)
Mouse plague sparks debate over poisons (Listen here)
Kenyan runs marathon under two hours (Listen here)
Economic policy (View stories here)
Archived stories
Lismore floods: Exhausted residents begin massive cleanup (Listen here)
Emergency boat teams busy in flood crisis (Listen here)
Lost jobs add to mental toll in COVID lockdown (Listen here)
Strict COVID curfew hits residents in southwest Sydney (Listen here)
Ethnic radio stations promoting COVID vaccines (Listen here)
Coverage of the COVID-19 crisis - ABC radio (View stories)
Coverage of the 2022 Australia election (View stories)
Whistleblower claims Facebook deliberately blocked emergency pages (Listen here)
Residents in Buchan take stock after devastating fires - AM, ABC radio (Listen here)
Surfing girls riding new wave of participation at Australian beaches
There's also been an explosion in the number of girls taking up surfing in Australia. These girls keen to learn and they're not holding back when they hit the waves.
Recycling breakthrough as NSW team returns plastics to crude oil
A team of scientists in New South Wales has mastered new technology that takes scrap plastic and turns it back into what it originally came from - crude oil.
Coverage of the East Gippsland bushfires
I spent 12 days in Victoria's East Gippsland region during the devastating bushfires in December 2019 - January 2020. Click here to listen to a collection of my reports for ABC radio.
2022 Election Coverage
COVID-19 coverage
I have been reporting on the COVID-19 crisis in Australia for ABC radio on the programs AM, the World Today and PM.
Project to support women in illegal brothels
A new support project is trying to reach sex workers in illegal brothels in Melbourne. Authorities estimate there are 500 illegal brothels operating in the city, compared with just 87 licenced facilities. (Radio package)
Rural Reporter: Riding the cane train
ABC Rural reporter David Sparkes jumps on board one of the cane train locomotives busy carting in the last of the sugar cane harvest in the Mackay region in tropical north Queensland. (Radio package)
More stories
Yemen crisis: experts fear catastrophe - The World Today, ABC Radio (Listen here)
Legal Aid warns against revoking visas of South Sudanese youths - The World Today, on ABC Radio (Listen here)
Harvest begins on Mackay region's first commercial rice crop - Country Hour, on ABC Radio (Read and listen here)
Mining, manufacturing and fruit picking: can automation save Mackay jobs? - The Guardian (Read here)
