A diplomatic spat between Australia and China appears to be escalating, with accusations of unprofessional conduct and petty games.

When the COVID-19 restrictions hit Big White in British Columbia, Canada, 90 per cent of the mountain dwellers left within 24 hours, leaving behind hundreds of dollars worth of ski equipment and even abandoning their cars in the street.

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Coronavirus has had a devastating effect on the travel industry, and now it's dripping through to the tech sector as well, with AirBnB announcing they're cutting 1,900 jobs.

On The Wrap this week, we take a look at why South Australia's Independent Commissioner Against Corruption announced he's investigating allegations of improper conduct at Adelaide University, and a scheme to bring water to a remote community in the Northern Territory.

If Rose represents the future of American country music, it’s in safe hands.

Artful simplicity from the couple in the cottage next door.

A spirited album converting life’s sadder aspects into music graced with humour and joy.

Bragg conveys truths about his home country like few other songwriters can.

The hardcore trailblazers may have another classic LP in them, but this isn’t it.

First new album for three years from Cleveland’s famously experimental sons.

An absolute tour de force of an album from an artist with nothing left to lose.

Cope’s solo standout, and a record he’d naturally never repeat.

Alice Baxby wasn't around to enjoy (endure) the scrunchie hair trend of the 1980s and '90s, but she's selling hundreds of the hair ties to help drought-affected families.

Floodwaters more than 50 kilometres wide came through Queensland's Channel Country earlier this year, but the extended weather forecast is not promising a return to average rainfalls.

When outback pioneering single mother Mary Emmott started rainfall records in 1914 she had no idea how important they would be.

The first fall in the small town of Ilfracombe in Central West Queensland since 3mm was measured in March

35mm of rain fell in Rainmore last night, 85km south of Alpha, Queensland.

Outback Queensland towns are celebrating after much-needed rain, but the effects may not flow on downstream.

Michael Flynn is a free man. But he's still a liar.

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A man accused of leaving his injured passenger in a stolen car after it collided with a train in WA's South West tells court he panicked and did not know what to do.

A group of young Indigenous Kimberley stockmen is following the American Dream competing on the professional bull riding circuit in the US.

Two West Australian pig farmers involved in the smuggling of Danish pig semen hidden in shampoo bottles are jailed to three and two years' jail respectively.

A judge has ruled a young West Australian mother who violently shook her baby daughter to death must serve a life jail term, with at least 13 years behind bars before she can be released.

A prison in WA's South West remains in full lockdown as a three-day raid uncovers a significant haul of drugs and syringes.

Tasmania's east coast is experiencing some of its driest conditions on record, but in the west there has been record high winter rainfall. How can the weather vary so much in such a small state?

Joan Webb has already been approved for a government-subsidised home-care package. At 93 years of age, she's now facing an 18-month wait. She's not alone.

Opposition Leader Rebecca White vows to ditch the Greens as party faithful meet in Burnie for Labor's first Tasmanian gathering since suffering a bruising federal election defeat.

When Jane Rankin-Reid moved her mum Shirlee into an aged care home in Hobart, she hoped she'd live out her twilight years in comfort and dignity. But the elderly woman's life soon became a nightmare.

DAILY BRIEFING: A Launceston man who posed as a television producer is jailed for fraud, and heavy rain falls across the state.

Spencer Connelly, 11, was supposed to have his third round of skin graft surgery within 90 days. But he's been waiting 15 months as Tasmania's elective surgery waiting list blows out.