A slumping sugar price and demand for reliable irrigation areas for cotton is spurring new interest in growing it in the tropics.

Most of the time, acquiring an Australian passport using evidence like a birth certificate means citizenship for life. But sometimes the Department of Home Affairs can ask for more evidence, writes Jan Gothard.

Lawyer Carina Ford says Tamil family at the centre of the deportation row will remain in detention until the court proceedings finish.

The Tamil family fighting deportation from Australia has been given a further reprieve in its fight to remain in the country, with the Federal Court ordering the Immigration Minister to provide more evidence to support claims the youngest child has no right to protection.

We take a trip down memory lane with a 'now and then' look at pools and baths all around Australia, contributed by the ABC audience.

A Tamil couple and their two children will remain on Christmas Island while a legal challenge to their deportation to Sri Lanka proceeds through the courts.

The United Nations Human Rights Committee asks Australia to end the "existing situation of detention" for the Sri Lankan Tamil family from Biloela being held on Christmas Island.

The clean-up is underway after severe thunderstorms left a trail of damage but little precious rain in parts of South-East Queensland and the Darling Downs.

A leading science institute finds Queensland must move more quickly towards renewable energy and away from coal-fired power by 2030 to meet its share of the nation's emissions reduction targets.

What was once considered a luxury – the ability to work from home – is now a necessity in today’s unprecedented time.

It takes eight wranglers to force a 200 kilogram alligator in its most aggressive state away from a well-guarded nest of eggs, but they need to be taken to ensure their survival.

Commuters can expect long delays heading north from Sydney on the M1, with two lanes closed and traffic stretching back 21 kilometres after a man died in a crash between a ute and semi-trailer at Mt White, north of Sydney.

The sizzle of a steak on a barbecue may soon sound a little different as Australia's $16.8 billion beef industry prepares to adapt to demands from 'locavores' and technological change.

Do you know how long to rest a steak? Who predicted lab meat in 1931? And do you really know what a heifer is? Dig in to our beef quiz.

The growing demand for transparency and ethically, socially and environmentally sustainable food is one of the hot topics at Beef Australia 2018.

A look under the brims at Australia's biggest beef industry event, Beef Australia 2018, reveals there are many things to consider when choosing a hat.

Clown doctors in Outback Australia medicate paediatric patients with a regular dose of humour.

Eve van Grafhorst was almost three when she was diagnosed with HIV in 1985. Then she was banned from childcare, and eventually her family was hounded to New Zealand where they started a new life.

A disease that could potentially wipe out Australia's multi-billion-dollar livestock industry has been detected at Australian airports.

In 2009 we were promised a fast National Broadband Network with optical fibre cables direct to most homes and businesses. Instead, we've ended up with a mix of technologies including optical fibre, copper wires, Hybrid Fibre Coaxial, fixed wireless and satellite.

Children as young as 10 years old are being routinely strip searched in juvenile detention in NSW with minimal or no contraband found, according to new data, and former inmates claim the searches trigger mental illness issues.

Private collectors snap up dozens of artefacts from the Third Reich at an auction, showing the popularity and value of Nazi military memorabilia is on the rise.

It's not just stockbrokers who are watching the China and US trade war Australia's wool market has fallen to its lowest level in a year-and-a-half due to uncertainty surrounding tariffs.

A pilot killed in a plane crash that also claimed the life of his passenger in South Australia's outback is a south Queensland businessman and horse stud owner.

The niche sport, which puts leads on rabbits to guide them through horse-jumping-style events, is growing in popularity and it is hoped may soon reach an elite level.

The largest study of country newspapers ever undertaken in Australia is hoping to develop sustainable models that can help the declining regional media landscape survive into the future.

Despite a tightening supply and smaller yields due to dry conditions, the value of Australia's wine exports has continued to grow.

Pig producers in New South Wales battle a combination of factors that have seen up to 80 per cent of them selling all their pigs and leaving the industry.

In 1969 a young Australian shearer travelled to Israel to orchestrate an arson attack he believed would prompt the return of Jesus and usher in the end of the world. The consequences still ring today.

An Australian record price of $160,000 has been paid for an Angus bull at a stud sale in central-western New South Wales.

Australian grain growers will produce one of their smallest crops of the decade this year.

The wine industry emerges from a decade-long grape glut, with exports playing a big role in the sector's turnaround.

While recent storm fronts have left farmers in the country's east disappointed, forecasters say this week's weather systems should deliver some relief.

'What a waste of time and energy': Farmers, the strongest opponents of the Federal Government's backpacker tax, have welcomed a court ruling saying it was discriminatory.

Following World War II, thousands of children were sent from Britain to Australia. Most of the children were orphans or unable to be cared for by their parents. In this clip, Hildi describes being taken from her grandmother’s home and secretly put on board a ship to Australia. Frankie Lewis describes the sense of isolation and anonymity wrought by not having a birth certificate.

How do people celebrate Australia Day where you live? Watch how diverse groups of Melburnians spend Australia Day in 2013, and hear some people talk about why they chose to become Australian citizens.

Many Indigenous Australian soldiers enlisted to serve in World War I despite being discriminated against, and many were awarded medals for heroic acts. Do you think they were recognised for their loyalty and courage when they returned home from war? What happened to Frederick Prentice when he returned home?

Bee populations around the world have started vanishing, in a process known as colony collapse disorder. Scientists have many ideas about what causes colony collapse, including one possible culprit: the varroa mite. Australia is one of the last places on Earth unaffected by varroa. Could this mean that Australia could have the last bees on Earth? What can you do to help bee populations?

Natasha Gregson Wagner reflects on her personal memories of Natalie Wood's life and career on Mother's Day weekend.

(United States Supreme Court) - Vacated and remanded. Plaintiffs as voters in North Carolina and Maryland filed suit challenging congressional districting maps as unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders. The district court ruled in favor of plaintiffs. The US Supreme Court held that partisan gerrymandering claims present political questions that are beyond the reach of the federal courts.

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