The outback Queensland town of Barcaldine has officially set a new world record for the longest line of motorhomes.

Emus have once again mobbed the streets of Longreach in search of food and water. While some locals say the number of chicks is a good omen for the wet season, an expert says the birds simply "lay and hope for the best."

Expanded access program streamlines patient treatment.

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The business lobby wants to use the pandemic as an excuse for its dream of dreams -- lawsuit immunity.

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An innovative West Australian farmer uses charcoal and exotic dung beetles to boost soil fertility and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from his cattle, and international researchers are taking note.

DAILY BRIEFING: The search is on for a thief who stole a "large quantity" of citrus trees, while the Launceston City Council "sincerely apologises" to a homeless man

DAILY BRIEFING: Tasmania's Speaker pauses parliament as tensions run high over her bid for a pay rise, and a police officer charged over the strip search of an 11-year-old boy indicates she'll plead guilty.

Beware The Ides of March? Not unless you want to miss a cracking new Clooney film!

George Clooney returns to the directors chair, and delivers an entertaining drama about the darker side of politics.

Martha Marcy May Marlene is a tragedy carried out in broad daylight to the soundtrack of melancholy and haunting songs

A group of farm workers claiming they were underpaid are hit with a rent bill in the lead-up to a Federal Court hearing.

Industry figures say unstable weather, a lack of infrastructure investment and poor international prices are hampering sugar sector confidence as mills open for crushing.

Student paramedics are being called up to serve, physiotherapists are being up-skilled to work in hospitals and the private sector is ready to share the load. 

In 2007 Oliver Percovich followed his then-girlfriend to Kabul Afghanistan. To keep himself entertained he rode his skateboard around the city, attracting the attention of curious local kids. 

Early testing and ongoing population screening is helping Iceland lead the way in understanding Covid 19.

Police say they've found a man reported missing on Sunday morning after launching a search and public appeal for him at Illawong Beach, South Mackay.

Residents of a Queensland beachside suburb are relieved a decision to bury a dead whale 40 metres from their backyards has been abandoned, but question why they were not consulted before a whale-sized burial plot was excavated.

It's a 73-year-old event, but for the first time, wheelchair dancers have taken to the stage at the Mackay Eisteddfod in north Queensland, to the audience's delight.

A north Queensland man has helped to create a club for car lovers with a disability or mental illness the kind of program he wished was around 14 years ago, when he attempted suicide.

The West Coast Eagles will review the way they manage drug-testing procedures in the wake of the scandal engulfing forward Willie Rioli.

Australian cricket great Nicole Bolton didn't know if she would ever play cricket again when she walked away from the sport last year after a crippling bout of depression and anxiety.

More than half a million dollars meant for a hospital cancer research unit was claimed in overtime and annual leave payments by an ex-manager despite records showing she was often not entitled to it, WA's corruption watchdog finds.

WA Premier Mark McGowan never needs a second invitation to express his disdain for the Maritime Union of Australia and its leader Christy Cain, but they may just be stuck in a loveless marriage, writes Jacob Kagi.

There was a time when everyone's important documents letters, photographs, diaries were tangible objects, but as life moves to the cloud we could lose it all.

A residential development proposed by the Satterley Property Group on Anglican Church land in the Perth Hills suburb of Stoneville is branded a planning "disaster" by concerned locals.

A WA mother is vowing to move interstate with her four-year-old son, splitting him up from his sister, if education authorities refuse her requests for him to start school a year later because he "won't cope".

Enormous growth of women's football in Europe threatens to shift the global landscape and change the way leagues and confederations around the world function.

Could Coronavirus create a new hierarchy of humanity – who’s valuable and who’s not? And, has the Vatican been affected by coronavirus? Also, the story of love across the religious divide in India and Pakistan.

If you have to take a quick crash course in thermodynamics and chaos theory before seeing a play, is it really worth seeing? It's a question that could be posed by Arcadia, Tom Stoppard's bulgingly brainy theatre piece that Black Swan State Theatre Company has chosen for its second 2012 season offering.

There's nothing like watching someone fly through the air, land on their feet and follow it up with a classic slapstick routine worthy of Laurel & Hardy, to make you feel about seven again.

Australia's biggest grain handler and a global infrastructure giant reach agreement on the use of WA's rail freight network, but farmers' hopes this will lead to fewer trucks transporting grain may be dashed.

Setio Shanahan was out exercising in a local park with a weight vest when police were called. But police say the public has the right to report "unusual behaviour".

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) launches a nationwide search for a missing Adelaide boy last seen by his father in October, believed to have been taken interstate by his mother.

AWE Richards Butchers shop is something of a rarity, with everything for sale sourced less than 50 kilometres from its 80-year-old shopfront in South Australia's Bordertown.

A routine car search by Limestone Coast police has led to an investigation into whether south-east drug users are using Australia Post as a courier service to send and receive illegal drugs.

An influenza expert says getting vaccinated against the infectious disease is more likely to save your life than going without the flu shot, yet only around 30-40 per cent of people are getting their jab.

A company working on the Shell-owned Queensland Gas Corporation project tells job applicants they will not be accepted until they submit to blood tests to check if they are at risk of heart attack, high cholesterol and other conditions.

State Emergency Service volunteers from across the Sunshine Coast, Gympie and Noosa are continuing to search for a 14-year-old boy who has been missing for 12 days.