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Kimberley farmers will restart the commercial cropping of mung beans this year for the first time in more than two decades.

A beach on Western Australia's south coast, near Esperance, will remain closed today after a shark attack claimed the life of a 17-year-old girl surfing with her father.

The measles outbreak in western Sydney worsens, with a 16th case reported at the Blue Mountains Hospital over Easter and authorities warning more cases are likely.

Two federal MPs, mayors and councillors from three south-east Queensland councils will face a a corruption inquiry starting today over "possible criminal offences" during the 2016 local government elections.

American rhythm and blues singer Mavis Staples' career spans more than 60 years. In the 1960s Mavis Staples became heavily involved in the American civil rights movement, performing at rallies with Martin Luther King Junior. Now at the age of 77, she's still touring the world with musicians including Bob Dylan. Mavis Staples spoke to David Lipson.

An army of volunteers roll out working bees across Perth to help preventpeople being evicted from public housing and ending up on the streets, where welfare workers say it is almost impossible for struggling families to access support services.

An army of volunteers has stepped in to prevent Indigenous families being evicted from public housing across Perth.

A 17-year-old girl who was surfing with her father dies after being attacked by a shark near Esperance.

A young boy is treated for critical injuries and airlifted to hospital after reportedly falling off a carnival ride at Rye on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula.

The family of Teresa Bradford is furious Queensland's legal system failed to protect her from being murdered by her violent ex-partner and has called for urgent change.

A woman's decision to speak about how she bled for five years straight after her first period touches the lives of tens of thousands of girls and women across the world with similar problems.

It was Geelong against Hawthorn, but not as we knew itand the Cats' massive win signals the end of an era for both the Hawks and a famous AFL rivalry.

Parramatta Eels muster a second-half fight back to overhaul the Wests Tigers and win 26-22 on Easter Monday.

Australia is taking on New Zealand in the ultimate show of Trans-Tasman rivalrythe Bledisloe Cup for alpacas.

Geelong straightens up after half time to beat a struggling Hawthorn by 86 points in their Easter Monday clash at the MCG

The family of Teresa Bradford is furious Queensland's legal system failed to protect her from being murdered by her violent ex-partner and has called for urgent change.

At least one person has died after a four-vehicle crash near Maryborough on Queensland's Bruce Highway, police say.

There has been no sign of a 17-year-old boy, feared drowned, who became caught in a rip at a remote beach on Saturday afternoon.

The chairwoman of Thoroughbred Racing South Australia takes aim at the local racing minister for calling jumps racing "barbaric" following the euthanasia of a horse at the Oakbank Easter Racing Carnival.

Three-time Sydney Royal Easter Show campdraft winner Mark Palmer sleeps in a bunk in a box, up a ladder, from his horse chewing hay below at the show.

Round seven in the NRL concludes with an Easter Monday showdown between the Parramatta Eels and the Wests Tigers. Follow all the live scores, stats and commentary in our live Score Centre.

Tasmanian state and independent schools say a needs-based funding system will address a funding gap in supporting students with disabilities.

Australia is rich in the ores, tech metals and rare earths needed for renewable energy storage and technology growth, positioning it on the verge of a new mining boom.

The Hawks may be struggling, but an Easter Monday clash with Geelong is guaranteed to be a big one. Follow live scores, stats and streams in our ScoreCentre.

The Stawell Gift is won by pre-race favourite Matthew Rizzo, while the women's race is taken out by a teenager Liv Ryan.

Western Downs' "quiet pieces of country", which once attracted tourists, are being gradually boxed in by Queensland's large scale development.

Aussie Steph Gilmore falls short in the Bells Beach final, losing to American Courtney Conlogue, but will keep her lead in the WSL championship.

One of two young crocodiles stolen from a mobile wildlife zoo early last month is found sunning itself on a riverbank in Sydney's south by a family on an Easter Sunday stroll.

In an high school gym in Queensland, a group of young students are dressed in Army fatigues and put through a series of military exercises as part of an experimental program designed to build character.

More Australian surgeons will be trained to use robots at the operating table, with the opening of the countrys first robotic surgery training facility at Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

Two men who allegedly tortured a 64-year-old man with an aerosol can and lighter at a Highgate Hill unit are remanded in custody.

A coalition of Tasmania's peak health bodies and unions is calling for immediate action to repair a health system it says is leading to dozens of avoidable patient deaths.

Parks Victoria teams up with the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria to study the notoriously shy malleefowl, which is under threat from feral animals and foxes.

For the owner of a 140-year-old pub-turned-gallery at Wilcannia in far west NSW, the art on display inside is just a "front".

Fears grow for three orphaned koala joeys stolen from the home of a wildlife carer near Brisbane, with the animals unlikely to survive without medication and specialist care.

Detectives investigate the death of a 67-year-old woman whose body was pulled from an Adelaide pond along with her wheelchair on Sunday night.

It may attract skilled competitors from across the Territory but the Aileron Rodeo is known for a slightly different signature eventthe Mexican donkey race.

Rage is celebrating its 30 years of broadcasting late night music videos. Mike Williams looks at the stories behind the iconic Australian music program.

The Foreign Investment Review Board as given its tick of approval for China's Yancoal to purchase Hunter Valley coal assets for $3.2 billion in what would be the largest acquisition by a Chinese Government entity of Australian assets.

Detectives investigate the death of a 67-year-old woman whose body was pulled from an Adelaide pond along with her wheelchair on Sunday night.

Wild brolgas once danced in the national capital, now new species are making themselves known as the city continues to expand.

Australia's richest foot race is on today and just like every Easter weekend, the country town of Stawell in western Victoria is putting on a show. The annual Stawell Gift was first held in 1878 and since then its legend has grown, as has the prize money on offer, with $40,000 going to each of the men's and women's winners. It's an old-fashioned event, held on a grass track with handicaps, that continues to endure on the modern sports landscape.