Indigenous children are about 10 times more likely to be in foster care than non-Indigenous children, so how can they stay connected to culture and country?

Where aspiring artists often leave home to pursue a career in a big city, this group of young Indigenous artists from western NSW have made the choice to stay on country to make and sell their art.

The new Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Development says he expects improving conditions for elderly residents in Western Australia's south-west and Great Southern will be a key focus.

With extremely hot inland conditions being experienced and forecast in Western Australia, farmers are warned of potential threats to livestock.

A man has been charged with possessing methylamphetamine and MDMA with intent to sell or supply, after a police search in Albany last night.

The commission, sitting in Mudgee, hears how home care providers are charging for services that haven't been delivered in rural and remote areas.

Daniel McCarthy assesses the mood and politics of a country desperate to get back to normal.  

Police have charged a NSW man with murder after what witnesses described as a furious chase during which shots were fired before one of the cars rolled and burst into flames.

There are fears important wildlife habitat is being destroyed as a developer tries to enact a 1984 site approval on the New South Wales north coast.

MORNING BRIEFING: A NSW police officer is left with bite marks after an attack by a man who also swallowed a balloon, while divers resume their search for a car that crashed into the Hawkesbury River last night.

Six months out from Queenslanders heading to the polls to elect the next state government, coronavirus has cast a shadow over the entire process as families and businesses struggle to survive — will anyone care who the next premier is?

Welfare recipients in three states will remain on the controversial cashless debit card for another six months after the Federal Government extended the trial.

Melbourne Storm winger Josh Addo-Carr and the South Sydney Rabbitoh's fullback Latrell Mitchell post an apology on their social media accounts after footage emerged of the NRL players on a camping holiday with around 10 other men. The trip prompted a NSW Police investigation.

Australia's COVID-19 death toll rises to 88 after four more fatalities at a western Sydney aged care facility, bringing the total number of coronavirus fatalities at the centre to 11.

Anglicare Sydney, which operates the facility, says the past 24 hours had been "tragic", following the announcement of four deaths yesterday.

Mr Millard says all residents have been provided mobile phones but it's not always possible to assist with calls.

Given only weeks or months to live, Gail Baker's dying wish is for her sister to travel from New Zealand to care for her toward the end of her life. But red tape is preventing her from doing so.

The number of coronavirus fatalities at the Newmarch House aged care home in Western Sydney continues to climb, as the NSW Premier asks the Federal Government to intervene in the "horrific" situation.

Ms Berejiklian says there needs to be better communication between aged care facilities and relatives after a 13th person has died from coronavirus at the Newmarch House.

Gail Baker's dying wish has been granted, with her sister allowed a travel exemption to fly to Australia from New Zealand to care for her in her final days.

A disability carer has been charged with 16 offences including counts of producing child abuse materials, after an investigation into a care home in Sydney's west.

Newmarch House records another death as cases there continue to climb, while more than 7,200 people were tested in NSW yesterday, the highest testing on a Saturday so far.

A 76-year-old woman died in Nepean hospital yesterday after contracting the virus.

Patients who end up on ventilators often face a long, slow and traumatic period of recuperation, which often includes relearning how to swallow, speak, breathe and walk.

The number of coronavirus related fatalities at the Newmarch House aged care facility in Western Sydney rises again, putting the death toll at 15.

Sydney arts centre Carriageworks says the coronavirus pandemic has caused an "irreparable loss of income" after six months of events were cancelled or postponed.

MORNING BRIEFING: The multi-arts venue hosts Vivid, Sydney Writers' Festival and Fashion Week, but a new proposal would see the Sydney Opera House take control.

Over $340,000 raised by celebrity bushfire relief concert Fire Aid 2020 is being pre-loaded onto EFTPOS cards linked to local businesses, tackling two disasters with one innovative idea.

Managing Carmen is a light-hearted parody of football's excesses, says 720 cultural correspondent Victoria Laurie.

There was a palpable thrill of anticipation in the audience last night at the debut of Black Swan Theatre Company's Streetcar Named Desire. Whether you left the night sated would depend on how you like your Tennessee Williams like bourbon, dark and stormy or like Southern Comfort, a little lighter and sweeter.

'The Importance of Being Earnest' rightfully sits in the list of classic plays, and a near full-house at Wollongong's Illawarra Performing Arts Centre on opening night of this touring production shows it's still one of our most loved.

An 11-bed regional aged care facility is about to celebrate its 10th anniversary as a community-owned organisation, which has kept jobs and residents in town while proving the viability of an innovative new model for aged care.

Meet Payden, who is two weeks old and one of 21,000 babies born into regional NSW towns every year who, on average, have a lower life-expectancy than their counterparts in the city.