A champion surf lifesaver who was paralysed in a surfing accident while on holidays with friends last year has taken her first steps with the aid of a sci-fi-like robotic suit.

Early morning walkers in Port Macquarie received a surprise when a koala came walking down the middle of a popular breakwall path. The sighting has sparked renewed concerns about habitat loss and declining koala numbers.

A woman whose house burnt down in bushfires affecting the NSW North Coast said that she and her husband now plan on leaving the bush due to the hazard.

One of the Top End's only female bull riders has taken on the US rodeo circuit despite suffering a serious shoulder injury just days from leaving.

Emergency services rescue an eight-year-old boy after he climbed into a chimney at his home in the town of Katanning in WA's Great Southern and became stuck.

As it makes what could be a last-ditch effort to ensure its future, collapsed wave energy hopeful Carnegie Clean Energy is still not disclosing the performance of its most valuable asset, its CETOwave technology.

Modern consumers want to know more about the story of their food where it came from, how it was produced and farmers in WA are taking advantage of the trend.

Vicki Denton is seeing better than she has in years. She gave up on the public health system and went into debt to have private surgery to avoid going blind.

A man who died days after attempting to take his life in a hospital toilet was unable to get immediate care despite experiencing thought of self harm, a Hobart inquest hears.

Isabella Corbin can remember sitting on her dad's lap in the cockpit of his helicopter when she was just a baby. Two years after his death, she's determined to keep his legacy alive.

Parishioners in rural communities are increasingly perform the role of priests, taking funerals and Sunday celebrations into their own hands.

Bus drivers used to receive respectful thanks at the end of a quiet ride, but these days some say they work in fear of being punched, stabbed, screamed at or spat on.

We’ve reported before on 3D printing technology being used to make parts for satellites and other spacecraft, and this trend looks set to continue in the future, with Thales Alenia Space being one of the major companies leading the way.

A priceless 17th-century map of Australia is back on display after being painstakingly restored.

A major work by influential German avant-garde artist Joseph Beuys is back on display at the National Gallery, and is taking the space usually occupied by Jackson Pollock's Blue Poles.

When Dave Suter donated the 'innocuous' wartime artefacts he had once used as bookends, he was shocked to learn they were unexploded WWII bombs.

After denying responsibility for years, billionaire Clive Palmer has agreed to repay millions of dollars over the Queensland Nickel collapse, but he still faces a civil trial that may see him take the witness stand.

A self-funded engineer was 12 kilometres short of his goal of reaching space at a recent attempt in the middle of Australia's Outback.

Sprinting into the path of a bucking 600-kilogram bull is not something most people would consider enjoyable, but it is what Cain Burns does for fun.

The program sees Indonesian agriculture students immerse themselves in NT cattle stations, learning how to ride horses, handle cattle, and conduct bore runs.

Commemorating his love for trains, Tim Fischer's coffin was transported by rail to Albury where a state funeral will be held.

For the past three years, the Darwin Street Art Festival has enlivened the city's derelict laneways. This year, those artworks are coming to life, thanks to an augmented-reality app that transforms static images into three-dimensional animations.

An Australian fast food giant launches a '0 per cent beef' burger that aims to imitate the real thing and appeal to meat lovers' tastes.

A British investor plans to buy out one of Australia's largest cattle companies, in a deal reportedly worth $600 million.

Laws that allow developers to appoint their relatives to long-term building caretaker contracts should be changed to better protect unit owners, the Owners Corporation Network says.

Lynne Walker will be Labor's candidate for the Arnhem Land seat of Nhulunbuy in the 2020 NT election, standing against Yolngu independent Yingiya Mark Guyula.

Farmers say they should be able to make enough money to look after themselves. But as they contend with one of Australia's worst droughts, it's set to produce a billion-dollar welfare bill as taxpayers help keep them afloat.

One year out from the ACT election, Liberal Leader Alistair Coe is confident he will win government. The only Liberal to have achieved that, Kate Carnell, says it's a tough ask.

Revenue from parking fine patrol vans jumped from $1.6 million to more than $4 million in the last financial year, showing technology is increasingly becoming a vital tool in a crackdown on rogue parking choices across the capital.

Scientists fear Cape York's Iron Range (Kutini-Payamu) National Park could take decades to recover after weekend fires.

Security vision reveals the moment a Gold Coast service station attendant is taken hostage by a man with a gun in what became a four-hour stand-off with police.

The lawyer for a Tamil family facing deportation from Australia says she is deeply concerned about access to her clients now they have been relocated to Christmas Island.

She might look like a normal Queensland teenager, but Skylah Hamill is an undefeated world champion in the growing sport of Muay Thai, or Thai boxing, and is about to defend her title in Turkey.

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.

A year's worth of accumulated wisdom rests easy on the shoulders of current World Surf League ratings leader, Matt Wilkinson.