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After more than two decades as the ringmaster of Kangaroo Island's pelican feeding show, John Ayliffe has pulled the pin on the popular tourist attraction.

Developing a second farm in Bali, Indonesia, seemed like a foolproof way to expand the business for two Margaret River water lily growers. But despite a setback, Martin Staines and Kathy Cameron are confident their business is still going strong.

The future of Australia's biggest mining project in remote central Queensland is in doubt after the Queensland Government decides not to facilitate a potential $900 million federal loan.

The entrepreneurs growing water lilies in the temperate climate of Margaret River who don their wetsuits each day to harvest the lovely flowers.

A passionate producer of vinegar from regional Queensland is exporting to the world.

Bales of superfine wool are fetching top dollar at auction. It's good news at last for producers who've had a tough couple of decades.

The New South Wales Government has backflipped on plans to build a Winter Olympic ski-jump training ramp on the state's far north coast.

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten vows not to shy away from the "big questions" to come out of a statement released by Indigenous leaders calling for representative body be enshrined in Australia's founding document, as the PM warns making constitutional change could be "very difficult".

A review into the NSW Environment Protection Authority's (EPA) management of contaminated sites found the agency routinely did not declare contaminated sites where property values could be affected.

The Health Minister's office is accused of concealing from the public the true extent of the crisis in Royal Hobart Hospital's emergency department.

A garbage collector finds a man's body in a wheelie bin in Preston and police are treating the death as suspicious.

The gritty, mesmerising and extremely energetic dance style "dancehall" makes its way to Australian streets, by way of a Zambian migrant with a passion for movement.

Quicker travel times are promised into and out of the Adelaide CBD once buses start using a new tunnel under the city parklands, before the end of this year.

The ABC has a long and successful tradition of quality sport broadcasting, but Wednesday's coverage of the Liverpool-Sydney FC friendly missed the mark, writes Tracey Holmes.

Aboriginal leader Pat Dodson warns the Government not to "abandon" the work it has already done on constitutional recognition, after yesterday's Uluru statement rejecting "simple acknowledgement".

The property scene in Australia's tropical capital looks a little different to the booming markets 'down south' but is it still within reach for the group that feels increasingly sidelined by cashed-up investors who rule the roost?

Hundreds of colourful cars set off from Adelaide for an outback trip to the Northern Territory and Queensland in a cancer fundraiser which promises plenty of fun and challenges.

A far north Queensland pub with a unique history celebrates 100 years since the first beer was poured.

Competition is hot at the Bells Beach Australian Indigenous Surfing Titles, but the event is also about Aboriginal culture and dispelling the myth that Indigenous people do not surf.

Rare and endangered animals are under threat from poachers who use scientific journals to track their locations, scientists warn, calling for greater caution within the scientific community.

Anthony Foster, who dedicated his life to seeking justice for victims of child sex abuse at the hands of the Catholic Church after two of his daughters were raped by a priest, dies in hospital.

What started out as a hobby grew into an obsessive passion and then a very big business for the owner of Australia's largest working camel farm.

A glut of apartments that have come on the market all at once is driving down rents in inner Brisbane, to a point where landlords are offering all sorts of goodies to secure a lease.

Eighty years after hemp cultivation was banned in Australia, the industry is enjoying a second coming.

A potential breakthrough in measuring the unique way each person moves could overhaul the way we access our phones, computers, and even our money, scientists say.

Next month adventurer Matt Napier will set off on a gruelling 1,800km trek through desert and sand dunes in Namibiaall in an effort to raise money and awareness of global poverty.

From "white knight" Ron Bakir, to the dedicated family members who stuck with her through thick and thintake a look at what came of some of the main figures in the Schapelle Corby case.

Phillip Maisel says surviving the holocaust was a miracle, but without a chance encounter that led him back to his twin sister, he would have been left with nothing to live for.