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The creators of a storybook about "wild storms" happening inside the home hope it will encourage children to speak up about family violence.

A young scientist is working to immunise Australian honeybees against killer viruses, to protect them against varroa mites.

A team of crocodile wranglers pulls off a daring capture in the remote Kimberley, using a floatplane to relocate an aggressive croc that was harassing workers at a pearl farm.

One of the Kimberley's most respected Indigenous stockman and Aboriginal leaders has died.

Families of residents at a regional Queensland aged care facility say their loved ones are not receiving enough attention, with allegations of patients left languishing in their own waste and vomit due to understaffing at the Bundaberg home.

The Australian International Coffee Awards has attracted a record number of more than 800 entries from nine countries. Now it's crunch time as judges gather at the Melbourne Showground to choose the best International Roaster for 2017.

With the West Australian election campaign entering its final moments, clear points of difference have emerged between the two major parties.

A former colleague of a man who allegedly pretended to be a doctor in New South Wales hospitals for more than a decade says he remembers Shyam Acharya "with fear and loathing".

The quest to find the best coffee roaster in the world kicks off in Melbourne, with a record number of 820 entries from nine countries in this year's Australian International Coffee Awards.

Robert Brownhall's latest exhibition captures Brisbane's iconic urban landscapesones he says we take for granted.

A record number of nationalities will be showcased at this year's Parramasala Festival in Sydney's west, organisers of the long-running event promise.

A man has been shot dead in a targeted attack at Mortlake, in Sydney's inner west, police say.

Greens leader Cassy O'Connor accuses the Government of meddling in Right to Information releases after she received a response to one longstanding request late on the last sitting day of Parliament.

Protesters are monitored by a heavy police presence outside a Perth pub where One Nation leader Pauline Hanson gives a pre-election speech.

Canberra's newly-minted Citizen of the Year, former ABC broadcaster Alex Sloan, thanks the people of the ACT for allowing her to tell their stories.

The ACT Greens lobby the territory Government to introduce laws that would force churches to tell authorities about situations where children could be at risk of abuse.

It's time for Federal Parliament to modernise and reduce the number of sitting weeks so MPs can spend more time with their families, Liberal MP Alex Hawke says.

Luke Keary has put his hand up as an early contender for buy of the NRL season after firing the Sydney Roosters to a thrilling 28-24 win over Canterbury.

More than 200 passengers travelling on an evening ferry from Sydney's Circular Quay to Manly are back on land, after being stranded on the vessel for more than two hours due to a mechanical fault.

Look back on how the Roosters' win over the Bulldogs unfolded in the world of stats.

Farmers around Australia are turning to diesel to save money on their electricity bills, saying they don't have the luxury of worrying about how environmentally friendly it is.

Rising electricity prices are forcing rural businesses to look for alternative energy sources. But it's not renewables they're turning to - they're going back to diesel.

With a new exhibition of his work opening this week, Bill Henson remains defiant about his controversial photographs of adolescence. And he received the backing of one of his, now adult, models.

Fallout from the contentious preference deal with the Liberal party continues to plague Pauline Hanson's One Nation party in Western Australia, with yet another candidate defying the party over the how-to-vote directive.

Fallout from the contentious preference deal with the Liberal Party continues to plague Pauline Hanson's One Nation in Western Australia, with yet another candidate defying the party over the how-to-vote directive.

A review of three NSW councils finds evidence of dysfunction and unhealthy work practices, with the Local Government Minister pointing to the "loutish" wedding reception of former Auburn councillor Salim Mehajer as an example.

The Federal Government commits $2.5 million to wild dog control in Western Australia, but a group of Murchison pastoralists believe they are being left behind.

Australia may be an energy superpower internationally, with coal and gas exports, but it is danger of becoming an energy weakling at home, as the country's energy market operator warns of blackouts unless a gas shortage is sorted out.

Two turtles that spent the last few months being nursed back to health are released back into the wild, at Dundee Beach west of Darwin.

A senior WA Labor MP comes under fire for a warning he gave to Roe 8 contractors who might attempt to seek compensation if Labor wins the election and stops the project.

The Sydney Roosters take on the Canterbury Bulldogs in a tantalising grudge match. Follow all the stats that matter from the Thursday night action in our live score centre.

Under a trial program, dairy farmers across South Australia and south-east Queensland are using left over brewers' grain to feed their cows.

A Queensland community lawyer says grandparents are contacting her daily seeking custody of their grandchildren and requests for information are increasing.

Police promise a strong presence at this weekend's Melbourne's Moomba Festival after last year's violent street brawl, with a new Monitoring and Assessment Centre allowing officers to act more swiftly.

Animal rights activists in Coffs Harbour protesting the arrival of the Stardust Circus this week.

An advocate for an Aboriginal man jailed for murder in Rockhampton almost a quarter of a century ago calls on the Queensland Government to reopen the case, after new evidence surfaces that may support the man's innocence.

The powers that be are stumbling in the dark to prevent a looming energy crisis, as the grid seeks to balance competing demandsboth environmental and economic.

A One Nation candidate will boycott the party's controversial preference deal with the Liberals in Saturday's WA election, saying Pauline Hanson has lied to her.

The former Northern Territory public trustee who sold the copyright to Indigenous artist Albert Namatjira's life's work for just $8,500 in 1983 says the sale was a mistake.

Agricultural access is a major sticking point in stalled Australia-India trade negotiations, so what can Australia offer?

A 60-year-old man accused of kidnapping two female backpackers and driving them to a remote South Australian beach stripped one naked with a knife and attacked the other with a hammer, an Adelaide court hears at the start of his trial.

The grieving sister of Wangaratta woman Karen Chetcuti-Verbunt says her sister died the "most horrible death" as the man accused of her murder pleads not guilty.

Newly appointed Punchbowl Boys High School principal Robert Patruno faces threats amid community anger over the Education Department's decision to remove former principal Chris Griffiths.

An advocate for an Aboriginal man jailed for murder in Rockhampton almost a quarter of a century ago calls on the Queensland Government to re-open the case, after new evidence surfaces that may support the man's innocence.

Prosecutors say they are not seeking a life sentence for Melbourne mother Akon Guode who killed three of her children by driving them into a lake.

Why has the bilby become such a heated topic in the Kimberley region of Western Australia?

The Australian Defence Force will spend the next fortnight in the Charters Towers region to talk to landowners in the hope it can purchase properties as part of a military training base expansion.

A central Victorian organic farmer has teamed up with a Samoan counterpart in sharing farming techniques.

Former Tasmanian cricket captain Jack Laver celebrates his biggest innings, turning 100 in Launceston today.

Airbnb and the rising popularity of Hobart as a study destination as reasons international students such as Celine Yao are having to find alternative accommodationin share a room at a backpacker hostel.