Search and rescue teams have been deployed to section five of the Larapinta trail, 55 kilometres west of Alice Springs. A lone 46-year-old female hiker activated...
At first glance a series of concrete slides alongside the Rookwood Weir near Rockhampton in central Queensland may not seem like a feat of engineering. But...
Repairs have begun on nearly 150 headstones that were vandalised in Toowoomba nine months ago. Heavy stone monuments have been craned out in pieces from the...
Dogs have been trained to find a variety of things — drugs, cancer, biosecurity risks and, of course, treats. But now, specialised working dogs and their...
A corporate law expert says hard questions need to be asked due to a conflict of interest in the award of a lucrative contract within Western Australia’s...
Dozens of giant creatures with stomachs of steel have proved a powerful enemy to one of the most invasive plants in the Queensland outback. Over four...
In a Darwin agricultural centre, biosecurity officials and pastoralists are wargaming an emergency scenario — lumpy skin disease has just been detected on a remote territory...
Australian author Charlotte McConaghy’s third novel, Wild Dark Shore, opens with a woman washing up on a remote island halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica. Who...
The Queensland government has expanded its flagship ‘adult crime, adult time’ laws, with juvenile offenders subject to harsher penalties for 20 new offences. State parliament passed...
China says it is “gravely concerned” by Donald Trump’s Golden Dome missile defence system plans, warning it could weaponise space. The US president on Tuesday, local...