There has been laughter and hugs as people in outback Australia discover millions of dollars in superannuation they did not know they had.

The program sees Indonesian agriculture students immerse themselves in NT cattle stations, learning how to ride horses, handle cattle, and conduct bore runs.

In the 12 months to June this year, there were 2,472 residential break-ins reported to police across the Northern Territory the highest annual figure since 2008.

Josh Meredith lives with Down syndrome and is helping change community attitudes towards disability in the workplace.

Two items salvaged from the ruins of the Glenrowan Inn, which burnt to the ground in a siege between the Kelly Gang and police almost 140 years ago, will be brought together again for an exhibition in north-east Victoria.

Victoria's high country huts, preserved and maintained by around 240 volunteers, are each a little piece of history with an important job to do.

High water prices in the Murray-Darling Basin are blamed on foreign investors and corporate speculators. The simple truth is they are caused mostly by lack of rain.

The humble haberdashery shop was once a mainstay of many a town centre, but is browsing the colourful bits and bobs in these stores in danger of becoming a thing of the past?

Despite being seriously injured during a rally event in Greece last year, Albury-based Andrew Houlihan is on track to compete in the Dakar Rally in 2021.

Alpine real estate is getting more expensive at Australia's ski resorts, seemingly shrugging off concerns about the impact of climate change on natural snowfall.

Easy-to-use apps are the key to citizen science take-up rates to fill in the gaps on data collection.

Two men have been ordered to stand trial over the murder of Wangaratta man Nathan Day, with a Victorian court hearing evidence from dozens of witnesses during a week-long committal hearing.

The sister of missing hiker Niels Becker hopes he will be found with an "epic story" to tell after failing to return from five-day hike in cold conditions in Victoria's alpine region.

A $500 million methanol plant with the capacity to produce 1,000 tonnes a day of the chemical could begin operating by 2024 in the Darwin Harbour.

Five years ago up to 10,000 magpie geese helped themselves to fruit on a mango farm. Now the birds deliberately fly around the property.

It has been 31 years since Anne-Marie Culleton was raped and murdered while she slept in her Darwin home. Her sister Eileen is now urging South Australia's Parole Board to keep killer Jonathan Bakewell behind bars.

The Northern Territory produces two thirds of Australia's total mango crop, but industry figures say the Top End's mango sector is facing serious threats from climate change.

In the remote Aboriginal communities of central Australia, a musician many of us have never heard of is "bigger than The Beatles". And he gave rise to a unique new sound.

A man who raped and murdered a woman as she slept in her Darwin home will tomorrow be released from prison to live in Adelaide despite breaching his parole four times.

South Australia's Correctional Services Minister criticises prison officers for using a decoy in an attempt to shield a notorious murderer and rapist from media attention.

The wrongful arrest of a man who spent 103 days in custody over an alleged rape, while awaiting DNA results, prompts a review into the NT Police forensics branch.

Live export ships on most short voyages to South-East Asia will no longer be required to carry independent observers in a Government policy change applauded by the industry.

The 66-year-old man is the latest person to die at a worksite in the Northern Territory, which has the highest rates of workplace deaths per capita.

A Northern Territory man who "continuously" sexually abused his two young stepdaughters will spend at least 12 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of nine child sex offences.

There had been hopes of recovery at the site of Australia's worst recorded mangrove dieback in the Gulf of Carpentaria. But during a recent visit to the area, traditional owner Patsy Evans said she was devastated by the scene.

Fishos are renowned for not letting much get in the way of their passion for wetting a line, and the Kerec family is no exception.

The 21-year-old Canberra Raiders player will still be banned from play when a new NRL season kicks off next year, after he was handed an eight-match ban for a dangerous contact charge.

While the competition watchdog investigates Australia's water market, those pushing for a central exchange for water trading say it could solve many problems.

The ACT Government unashamedly asks the community to do more to help it reach the ambitious target of net zero carbon emissions by 2045, with transport and natural gas top of the list of targets.

The trial of two teenagers who rampaged through Queanbeyan and stabbed to death a service station attendant has been abandoned after the second of them pleaded guilty.

A former public servant, jailed for almost 20 years for killing one of Australia's top police officers, is awarded more than $7 million after he was found not guilty of the crime.

As it marks 90 years embedded in the Canberra community, the YWCA looks back on its role as an organisation aimed at empowering women, from early karate lessons that scandalised to advocating leadership roles for women today.

Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young has used a senate estimates haring to grill Joe Evans, deputy secretary of the Department of Environment and Energy, about the effect of climate change.

When Farishta Arzoo moved to Australia she had to overcome significant obstacles learning English, starting a TAFE course and setting up a new life. Now she's gearing up to face her greatest physical challenge yet running a marathon.

The team at Neville's Garden Site: Phil Creaser, Karen Roberts, Liz Price, Sue Hand, Kenny Travouillon, Dr Mike Archer, Arthur White, and John Scan

A man accused of murdering a woman in Far North Queensland changes his plea to guilty two days into his Supreme Court trial and will face sentencing this morning.

The manager of Australia's best-known locally produced tea brand says there is a real shift in the climate on its plantations in Queensland's far north.

Scientists fear Cape York's Iron Range (Kutini-Payamu) National Park could take decades to recover after weekend fires.

The swimming pool is more than just a place to take a quick dip, as these seven watering holes around the country celebrate.

Astronaut screening programs have inspired a group of Australian scientists to study the individual personalities of 50 native rats and how they cope with environmental stresses.

A teenager from Byron Bay says regularly seeing a psychologist has helped him tackle crippling anxiety. The only problem is he can't afford to keep going.

An assistance package which includes the first two picks in the 2019 player draft will be handed to the struggling Gold Coast Suns to help the club "deliver upon their football strategy".

Australian surfers Stephanie Gilmore and Sally Fitzgibbons will have to wait until next May for confirmation they have been selected for the Tokyo Olympics, despite satisfying the qualification criteria.

A defamation trial is underway, with a high school principal suing five parents for comments they made on social media.