Peter Thurnwald’s parents were taken by surprise when he ditched his science degree to pursue an acting career. Key points: Gold Coast actor Peter Thurnwald plays...
For 26 years, Benni Vincent has captured her underwater diving expeditions on camera. Key points: The northern Pacific seastar was first detected in Tasmanian waters in...
When rock lobster fisherman Simon Nash winches his boat into the water before dawn he knows he might not make any money from his long day...
A Victorian Aboriginal corporation is fighting to salvage its $34 million settlement with the government, after the Federal Court found significant legal errors occurred during the...
In 1911, the Australian Government launched a competition for the design of a new capital. The winner was a young man from Chicago, Walter Burley Griffin...
The family of a Western Sydney grocer believes their loved one would still be alive had lifejackets been made mandatory at a notoriously dangerous rock-fishing spot....
Australia’s cotton harvest is getting underway and early estimates suggest the crop will be four times larger than last year’s and worth about $1.5 billion. Key...
Scientists have successfully cloned an endangered black-footed ferret using frozen cells from a long-dead wild animal, the first time any native endangered species has been cloned...
What shall I write about this week, I asked the eight-year-old. “Greek myths!” he responded brightly. Like millions of others, he’s consumed by the Percy Jackson demi-god...
The mooted appointment of the NSW Police Commissioner, Mick Fuller, to the Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) has been touted as “a coup” in some quarters...