Jayden Whyte tried to get help twice on the day he died. Now he is being remembered through a striking grassroots project that could help others before it's too late.

When Grammy-nominated American jazz performer Joey DeFrancesco sold his blonde-coloured Hammond B3 organ over eBay to an Australian bidder, he had one condition. That it be made available when he played in Australia.

An ageing workforce and preconceptions about the transport industry are helping create a nationwide truck driver shortage that has serious implications for the economy.

A purpose-built home for people with a disability in Mount Gambier has sat vacant for eight months despite having clients ready to move in.

A former employee at Renewal SA becomes the first public servant charged with breaching secrecy provisions surrounding investigations by SA's Independent Commissioner Against Corruption.

The blaze, which is now contained but still smouldering, had prompted a warning for locals in nearby Marburg to evacuate. The warning has been lifted but authorities are still fighting about 30 fires across the state.

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.

The simple genetic "heel-prick" test for newborns is saving the lives of children in New South Wales and the ACT, but elsewhere parents say their children aren't being afforded the same chance of survival in the face of rare diseases like Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

A blogger makes legal history by successfully suing a sitting politician senator Malcolm Roberts over the 2016 dual-citizenshipsaga.

Tourism operators throughout Australia are being told to focus on relationships rather than destinations, or risk repeating the mass-tourism mistakes of Barcelona and Venice.

Australians' growing appetite for exotic plant-based foods boosts business for a no-till regenerative farm that's setting trends in some of south-east Queensland's fanciest restaurants.

Building an artificial reef could be the key to stabilising a popular beach at Queensland's Inskip Point that suffers from repeated landslips, a geotechnical expert says.

Dozens of residents from the Peregian Beach area have evacuated.

Parents are seeking answers after buses dropped off school children at a road block during the height of the Peregian Beach bushfire emergency, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast yesterday.

Category two patients in the NT will soon be able to get their long-awaited operations, but visitor restrictions will stay in place "for the foreseeable future", the Health Minister says.

Lawyers for a former senior NT police officer facing rape allegations can access the identity of a whistleblower who complained about him, an NT Supreme Court judge rules.

The largest addition to the New South Wales national parks network in almost a decade is welcomed by traditional owners of the land, who say it is a monumental cultural milestone.

An empty station homestead in drought-stricken outback New South Wales may look unassuming but has gained renown by being featured on the new $20 banknote.

Members of the public are being urged to comment on proposed changes to laws governing contaminated sites across Western Australia.

A group of photographers in Albany are taking the town by storm.

The public will soon have an opportunity to comment on new guidelines being developed for companies who want to use fracking to access gas deposits in Western Australia.

Firefighters will continue to strengthen containment lines around a bushfire in Riverslea in the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River.

Investigations are continuing into the cause of a blaze in the Western Australian Wheatbelt town of Corrigin.

Great Southern traffic police say they will be targeting distracted drivers during a campaign over the Australia Day long weekend.

The State Government says it has sent a serious warning to the owners of one of Albany's prime vacant lots, by signing off on a plan that would allow it to forcibly reclaim the site.

The State Government says it's sent a serious threat to the owners of one of Albany's prime vacant lots, by signing off on a plan that would allow it to reclaim the site. But the Opposition maintains it's a hollow threat.

The passionfruit vine is a typical grievance for those with a green thumb, a temperamental plant that just won't do what it's told.

Police have charged a teenager with deliberately lighting a fire in the Albany suburb of Centennial Park.

The chairman of Australia's first parliamentary inquiry into 'fracking' says the investigation is entering a significant new chapter.

Residents in the Great Southern town of Broomehill West have expressed frustration over a lack of information during a recent blackout.

Farmers in some of the driest parts of Western Australia are concerned they will miss out on funds from the Federal Government's drought assistance package because they will not meet the criteria.

When the local RSL in Coonamble in central west New South Wales found itself in debt to the tune of $500,000, it was feared nothing could be done.

Coonamble is suffering one of the worst droughts in living memory.

Coonamble Golf Club tried to boost its numbers by promoting social games but this month the club has made a desperate plea for financial assistance.

Regional Express threatens to scrap flights or reduce their frequency on its popular route from Sydney to Dubbo due to a dispute over increased airport fees.

This year is crunch time for determining whether it is still possible to save our planet. In 2020, all major conventions dealing with climate change and biodiversity will meet and decide on the emission levels ambitions that every nation must adopt. While leaving no doubt about the urgency of action on climate change, conservationist Aila Keta is optimistic. She sees very encouraging new initiatives coming out of the finance and the banking sector.

Blowflies could hold the key to managing the most damaging pest to Australian agriculture and the country's biodiversity.

Panic immediately set in at the sight of an injured Ellyse Perry limping from the field, but her limited role in the Australian T20 team might mean the side can cope better than expected, writes Geoff Lemon.

Australia is Women's T20 World Cup champion again after thumping India by 85 runs in front of a whopping 86,174 people at the MCG.

On the day Grafton's water fluoridation fight reached fever pitch, one man was stabbed with a tomato stake; another struck by a stock whip. At some point, a pistol was drawn. But how did it get to this point?

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.