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Government agencies in South Australia test a new protective gel to provide a safe haven for bushfire-fighting staff.

A clean-up is underway after wild storms bearing hail and damaging wind gusts battered south-east Queensland on Sunday, with 100 shipping containers tossed around by 160kph winds at the Port of Brisbane.

Alarming statistics showing Indigenous Australians are 30 per cent more likely to die from cancer than other Australians and 65 per cent more likely if they live in rural or remote areas prompt a new approach by Cancer Council WA.

A group of NSW retirees whose fight for their homes made it all the way to the Supreme Court say they have reached "nightmare stage" as they prepare to learn their fate at a tribunal hearing today.

Thousands of dollars worth of horticulture crops have been destroyed by a freak storm across South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales.

Two men are rescued by helicopter after becoming caught in floodwaters in Tasmania's north-east, as authorities continue to monitor several flooded rivers.

On the fringe of Australia's 14th-largest regional city, Rockhampton, a tiny community is united after more than a century of frequent natural disasters.

Northern Territory stargazers and photographers are preparing for an 'extra-super Moon' to grace the skies tonight when the Earth will be at its closest point to the full Moon since 1948.

Imagine leaving behind your family, your country, your way of life. All at the age of 12. That is what it takes for young women to pursue an education at Worawa Aboriginal CollegeVictoria's only independent Aboriginal school and the first of only two Aboriginal-controlled boarding schools in Australia.

Brisbane author Nick Earls says his multi-platform experiment, publishing five novellas in five months, is proving to be a risk worth taking.

Young offenders at the Melbourne Youth Justice Centre riot for a second consecutive night, the latest in a series of disturbances at youth detention facilities in Victoria this year.

Rising music star MANE's songs contain expressions of emotional maturity of someone well beyond her years.

A pub on every corner doesn't quite ring true in Canberra.

Imagine leaving behind your family, your country, your way of life. All at the age of 12. That is what it takes for young women to pursue an education at Worawa Aboriginal CollegeVictoria's only independent Aboriginal school and the first of only two Aboriginal-controlled boarding schools in Australia.

The Queensland Government charges five former executives of Linc Energy with environmental offences over the failed company's alleged contamination of huge swathes of prime farmland in the state's south-east.

Severe thunderstorms lash parts of south-east Queensland for the second day in a row, with flights again delayed and planes hit with flying debris at Brisbane airport.

About 7,000 flatback turtle eggs are about to be laid at Australia's only privately owned turtle rookery but only seven hatchlings are expected to live to adulthood.

There is no breakthrough in the search for the body of missing man Matthew Leveson during the fourth day of scouring bushland south of Sydney.

Severe thunderstorms fire up across south-east Queensland for the second day in a row, with damaging winds and large hailstones hitting areas north of Brisbane.

Sydney FC beats Perth Glory 4-1 to keep its unbeaten start to the A-League season with a sixth win in as many matches.

The Liberal Party has switched into election mode, launching an advertising campaign which accuses Labor of being a threat to jobs and families.

Matthew Wade says he is at his best when a team needs to fight, and that is exactly the sort of player Australia's Test team needs.

There is no breakthrough in the search for the body of missing man Matthew Leveson during the fourth day of scouring bushland south of Sydney.

The NSW Rural Fire Service downgrades its emergency warning for a fire burning in the western Sydney suburb of Londonderry to watch and act.

NSW National Party MPs are preparing for a leadership spill when the party meets on Tuesday morning after Andrew Fraser said he would put up a motion to oust Troy Grant.

A man is banned for three years from all Cricket Australia matches after writing a racist remark targeting Proteas batsman Hashim Amla on a Bellerive Oval fence.

A new production by comedian Greg Fleet sets Shakespeare's Macbeth in the world of Western Australian politics.

Severe thunderstorms fire up across south-east Queensland for the second day in a row, with damaging winds and large hailstones hitting areas north of Brisbane.

Legal Aid's decision to fund an appeal for a father who pimped out his daughter to other paedophiles is labelled "amazingly stupid" by the Corrective Services Minister Joe Francis.

Industries from health care to the legal sector face being "turned upside down" by the latest advances in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), an expert warns, prompting a renewed warning in the wake of Donald Trump's US election victory.

Some property developers planning to build in a rezoned industrial area near Melbourne's CBD will have to reapply for permits after the State Government announces new planning restrictions.

Labor has unveiled part of its vision for Tasmania's west coast, with incentives for mining, and a tourism masterplan including hydro power pipeline hot tubs.

Indigenous women from across the country vow to empower themselves and each other at a national forum in Canberra.

Play is abandoned without a ball being bowled on day two of the second Test in Hobart between Australia and South Africa. See how the day unfolded in our live blog.

Police are searching for a man who held a woman at knifepoint during an attempted carjacking at Melbourne's Chadstone shopping centre.

Cricket Australia head declares a future for games in Tasmania despite poor ticket sales

Flash bombs and chemical spray are used to subdue a group of detainees in the latest incident at Banksia Hill juvenile detention centre in Perth.

An emergency warning is issued for a fire in the western Sydney suburb of Londonderry, with nearby residents being advised to shelter as the blaze approaches.

Troy Grant will face a leadership spill on Tuesday, with Nationals MP Andrew Fraser saying he will put up a motion after a backlash against the Nationals in the Orange by-election.

Australia's string of poor results puts pressure on Steve Smith, but Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland says the embattled Test skipper has a bright future.

Mitchell Starc says the Australian team needs to learn how to score "ugly runs" after yet another batting collapse destroyed hopes in Hobart.

About 7,000 flatback turtle eggs are about to be laid at Australia's only privately owned turtle rookery but only seven hatchlings are expected to live to adulthood.

A man reported missing after his hang-glider was seen to make an emergency landing north of Noosa on Saturday afternoon has been found dead.

Emergency services are called after a riot at Melbourne's Youth Justice Centre overnight, the latest in a series of disturbances at youth detention facilities in Victoria this year.

A man reported missing after his hang-glider was seen to make an emergency landing north of Noosa on Saturday afternoon has been found dead.

Riverland frog populations increase rapidly, thanks to strong flows coming down the River Murray into South Australia.

Key South Australian MPs head to the Riverland to assess the destruction of crops and consider what support can be offered to storm-hit growers.

More than 100 participants in the 1956 Olympic Torch relay have gathered in central Queensland to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the event.

Little Mob, an Aboriginal-focused playgroup on the outskirts of Hobart, is helping children develop cultural connections and improve their education.

About 7,000 flatback turtle eggs are about to be laid at Australia's only privately owned turtle rookery but only seven hatchlings are expected to live to adulthood.