Tourists wait to ascend Uluru as high winds temporarily close the climb, while Anangu ranger Thiangu Thomas aims to educate those who don't understand the monolith's cultural significance.

The Agriculture Department is standing by a controversial water buyback deal worth $80 million, which Labor leader Bill Shorten says is a "scandal" worthy of inquiry.

Rural independents are proving a difficult test for the Coalition in this election. But the pathway to parliament is harder than it might seem.

The family of brutally murdered woman Karen Chetcuti, whose killer was a rapist on parole, is suing the Victorian Government for her wrongful death.

Former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer says the three-week early voting period is bad for democracy, particularly in regional Australia.

As Victoria's road toll surges well above what it was this time a year ago, we look at some of the state's most misunderstood traffic rules.

Eight popular milk brands sold in supermarkets across Victoria and southern New South Wales are being recalled over fears a cleaning solution made its way into the batch.

As much of New South Wales continues to battle drought, one Gundagai farmer is counting himself as one of the lucky ones.

Legal group Slater and Gordon reaches an agreement with the former milk processing co-operative on behalf of 1,300 investors.

The Sloane's froglet used to live and breed across vast areas of Victoria and New South Wales, but now it survives in just a few wetland pockets, which are being replanted to help it thrive.

NSW and Victoria commit to an independent review of Murray-Darling water modelling, and Inspector-General Mick Keelty flags the possibility of unearthing more corruption.

Snowboarder Matt Golding was swept down 'Mary's Slide' after triggering an avalanche.

A care package for people diagnosed with cancer could be rolled out nationally after its success in a regional community.

The late deputy PM's fascination with trains was a lifelong obsession. So of course, his final public appearance had to include a rail journey. After profiling Tim Fischer four times over the past 27 years, Australian Story producer Ben Cheshire says his final goodbye.

The parents of a teenage girl who died after falling off a horse say riders are subjected to avoidable risks when there is no way to trace an animal's history.

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.

Police believe human remains found in the Murray River at Albury belong to 21-year-old university student Bigul Pandit, who drowned while swimming with friends in January.

Equestrian sports are set for a major safety overhaul following an inquest into the deaths of two teenagers who died while taking part in separate eventing competitions three years ago.

In their ruling, the three Court of Appeals judges say a couple who were inside the home had not done anything to "revoke or negate" the implied right for police to walk up their footpath and approach the door.

The NT Police's recent haul included a banned Adler shotgun and a pistol once owned by Vic Hall, a legendary NT Mounted Police officer and World War One veteran who wrote numerous books about his colourful life in the outback.

The chief executive of the Nhulunbuy Corporation has been connected to a series of serious governance issues during her time as the CEO of a remote WA shire.

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's largest bus operator is facing a litany of charges over the death of a worker who died after falling into the path of her own tour bus.

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.

As tourists flock to Uluru ahead of the October 26 climb closure, a young South Australian girl has fallen at least 20 metres while descending from the summit.

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.

It was the first jurisdiction in the country to roll out a floor price on alcohol, alongside a raft of other measures, and data shows is it having a significant effect in the Northern Territory.

With Tasmania committed to changing its laws, the Northern Territory will be the only place in Australia where sexual assault survivors are not legally allowed to share their own stories and journalists can face time behind bars if they name victims.

Despite objections from Aboriginal traditional owners, thousands of Australians have flocked to Uluru to climb the rock before it officially closes this week. We travelled to Uluru to ask a few of them why they decided to make the journey.

Hundreds of visitors have ascended Uluru today and there is now less than an hour before the iconic landmark is closed to climbers permanently, at the request of local traditional owners.

Nearly 34 years to the day since Uluru was handed back to the Anangu traditional owners, their wishes will now be enforced by law, and anyone caught ascending the culturally significant site will face thousands in fines.

The 91-year-old cattle station pioneer who laid the chain up the rock says he is not expecting visitor numbers to dive now the climb has officially been closed.

Uluru custodian Sammy Wilson says the closure of the climb has been a long time coming and wants to honour the Anangu who did not live to see it.

In the early 1970s a company spent millions of dollars developing a cattle and cropping empire near Katherine in the NT. What went wrong?

The Northern Territory's incoming police commissioner, Jamie Chalker, wants more officers to work in remote communities and develop respectful relationships with elders.

This floodplain is a hotbed for ecology - but big floods may have drowned too many rats

The Coalition's cashless welfare card is compared to the intervention and "mission" times by Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory

Emma Sharp had already used up 14 weeks of leave before her newborn son was healthy enough to come home. Now, she's calling on the Commonwealth to allow mums with premature babies to delay when their leave starts.

One week after the end of the Uluru climb, Parks Australia has flagged the first fee increase at the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in more than a decade and tourism operators could be the big losers.

Northern Territory Police send in reinforcements after a woman is shot with a crossbow during a violent outbreak in a remote Arnhem Land community