Australia's passage to the women's football tournament at the Tokyo Olympics was confirmed with an unconvincing second-leg win over Vietnam.

Vow and Declare became the first Australian bred and trained winner of the Melbourne Cup in a decade.

The sound of chatter and wind instruments being blown at different times fills the room at the Launceston College music centre as the band members warm up for rehearsals.

On a soft, misty morning, all was quiet and still on the swamp except for a piercing whistle and splashing of water.

In 1955 Derby celebrated the launch of the Royal Flying Doctor Service in the Kimberley. For the Diamond Jubilee, ABC Kimberley joined the celebrations in Derby's RFDS hangar and looked at some of its amazing history.

It was a chance encounter with a scrap metal truck that led to a 15 year journey of collecting historical New South Wales fire fighting equipment.

While their families celebrated back home, Papua New Guinean students marked the 40th anniversary of their country's independence from Australia with a colourful performance at TAFE Queensland North in Townsville.

Powerful surf, cool winds and sporadic pockets of heavy rain has swept across the Hunter.

From late August every year, wildflowers blanket the south west corner of Western Australia. The ABC Great Southern's wildflower photo competition showcases the most beautiful blooms of the season, submitted by audience members.

Oktoberfest celebrations took over Gladstone in Queensland, with hundreds of people turning out for the annual event. But it's not all about beer and sausages. Over the event's history it has raised thousands of dollars for local charities and helped people new to the area make connections in the city.

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High-profile members of the surf lifesaving movement have described a continual wrestle for resources between spending on sport and spending on rescue equipment.

Australia's attempts to appeal to reason and have a truly non-partisan coronavirus inquiry appear to have sparked a nationalistic debate between the United States and China, writes Philip Williams.

Residents on the New South Wales south coast have rejected the finding from a Rural Fire Service investigation into the cause of a deadly fire at Lake Conjola.

An online petition and Facebook page to negotiate better deals on high-cost airfares for regional West Australians is gaining traction.

A tiny number of performers worldwide stuff their adult frames into cannons, to be shot across an arena at 60 kilometres per hour. Queenslander Warren Brophy is one of them.

A power outage in Adelaide has resurfaced hours after it had been resolved, impacting businesses and customers in the busiest section of the Adelaide CBD. The cause is still being investigated by authorities.

The family of an elderly man posts a video of him crawling on his hands and knees to the toilet and claims he was discharged from an Adelaide hospital without proper treatment.

A pioneering project on the WA coast is searching for underwater evidence of ancient culture. Scientists hope the exploration will lead to evidence of human life from when the seabed was land.

Businesses in SA's Riverland are urged to be on the lookout for fake $100 notes after one was passed at a bakery and two other incidents were reported to police.

Along the Victorian coastline, residents in booming seaside towns fear the rapid rate of development is ruining the character of the communities. The Government has promised to strike a balance between growth and protection, but residents fear it may be too little, too late.

A woman who says she has only been a fan of the iconic rock band Queen for about a year sets the Guinness World Record for clocking up approximately 240 hours, or 10 consecutive days, watching Bohemian Rhapsody in cinemas.

After years of drought, drenching rain in March gives farmers in Queensland's south-west a reprieve from paddocks of dust and destocking.

The prospect of playing football with mates was the only thing that could coax 13-year old Dasha Hill back to school a few months ago.

A woman and a man aged in their 50s are in a stable condition after the light plane they were flying in flipped upon landing at the William Creek Airport.

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.

Camera tapes, used by police to identify Star Hotel rioters 40 years ago, have resurfaced and show that fire hoses were used to subdue the crowds.

A dairying heritage in northern NSW, dating back to 1863, is coming to an end as farmer Bert Bradford hangs up the cups.

Early figures from Surf Life Saving Australia show that 53 people drowned on Australian beaches over summer.

Farmers in the NSW Great Lakes area band together to titillate taste buds.

Crescent Head is currently experiencing wind gusts of up to 40kph.

Coach and former professional surfer Wayne 'Huddo' Hudson loves sharing his passion for the waves, but there was a time he was told none of it would be possible.

MORNING BRIEFING: A woman has been charged with murder after a man was found with multiple stab wounds in a Sydney apartment complex, while easing weather conditions have helped firefighters in Tenterfield gain the upper hand on a bushfire.

An increase in the production of the trendy grains overseas forces a number of pioneering Australian growers to scale down production. What is the future for Australian farmers in the multi-billion-dollar superfood industry?

Scuba divers can reach depths of 40 metres, but there's a small group of hardcore divers who venture more than twice as deep. You just need a sense of adventure and the right gear.

TasPorts has plans to give the popular Sullivan's Cove a facelift over the next 15 years, but has ruled out any 'aggressive' development.

Mick Lawrence was making a film for his son, Tim. But, when Tim was tragically killed in a jet ski accident in 2017 he dropped the project. Now, two years on, it's finished.

DAILY BRIEFING: TasWater has lifted a boil water alert that was put in place on Monday for Lauderdale, Acton Park, Roches Beach and Seven Mile Beach, but investigations into how the drinking supply became infected with E. coli are still underway.

Former Fairfax Media executive Antony 'The Cat' Catalano strikes a $115 million deal to buy his old employer's regional newspaper group.

Amateur photographer Kristan Emerson is legally blind and is helping other people with visual impairments to experience travel and foreign cultures through his eyes.