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Apiarists attribute concern over global bee numbers to a surge in amateur beekeepers in Western Australia over the past decade.

It was thought sweet potatoes could not flourish in cool climates like Victoria, but community farms on urban wasteland in Melbourne are producing tonnes of the root vegetable for the needy.

Tasmanian ALP candidates are unveiled by Opposition Leader Rebecca White at the party's conference, where she is talking up a majority Labor government.

One year on from the State Government relaxing the criteria for claiming Aboriginality, there are fears Indigenous services in Tasmania are under pressure.

A 33-year-old pilot escapes with minor injuries after his light plane crashed at a private air strip in the Lockyer Valley in south-east Queensland.

A 16-year-old from Hobart's northern suburbs dies when a car police say was driven by an unsupervised learner driver hits a power pole.

Perth's charity fashion event STYLEAID is set to end, as HIV awareness falls off the agenda and WA's economic downturn hits donations.

After a night in which compulsory ID scanning at clubs and pubs was put to the test and saw queues to venues snaking around the block, we explain how the new laws will affect you.

Every July 1, the NT celebrates self-government, which it attained in 1978, by blowing things up in an ear-splitting display that's unique in the country.

A woman is found dead on a footpath in Chester Hill after the car she was in crashed early on Saturday morning, with police now searching for three other people who were travelling in the same vehicle who fled from the scene.

Two 18-year-old teenagers charged with firearm and drug offences after raids by the NSW Joint Counter Terrorism team will remain in custody after being refused bail at Sydney's Parramatta Local Court.

Victoria shivers through a cold start, with heavy frosts and sub zero temperatures around the state, including -7.9 degrees Celsius at Mount Hotham, -6.9C in Rutherglen and -2C at Essendon.

Canberrans pride themselves on toughing it out through frequent sub-zero temperatures, but even seasoned pros admit this morning was cold.

Tom Bugg faces a lengthy AFL suspension after an ugly hit on Sydney's Callum Mills in Friday night's match at the MCG.

A parliamentary inquiry is set to investigate Tasmania's health system amid ongoing concerns that it is struggling to meet demand.

Two teenagers will appear before court today after being charged by counter-terrorism police in Sydney's south-west with weapons and drugs offences.

Every July 1, the NT celebrates self-government, which it attained in 1978, by blowing things up in an ear-splitting display that's unique in the country.

Jack Kanya Buckskin lives by the theme of this year's NAIDOC Week that Our Languages Matter as he teaches an Indigenous language on YouTube to save it from disappearing.

Manny Pacquiao and Jeff Horn weigh in a day out from what is being billed as the biggest fight to be held on Australian soil.

A 34-year-old man is charged after another man was allegedly assaulted and set on fire during an altercation in an abandoned building in inner Melbourne on Friday.

In 2007 a radio talkback caller inspired what would become Dry July, and a decade on it's helped raise more than $30 million for people affected by cancer.

SA Health uncovers at least two more deaths it failed to tell the coroner about, prompting the Opposition to call for a culture change within the department.

"Most blokes won't go to counselling", but an art program at Canberra's Alexander Maconochie Centre is helping them open up.

It's July 1that means the end of financial year (EOFY) hangover begins today, and for some in Queensland, it will take a while to get over.

Tasmania's Environment Protection Authority gives the green light to salmon giant Tassal's waste disposal system in Macquarie Harbour.

It will be easier for victims of institutional child sex abuse to sue under new laws that come into effect in Victoria today which reverse the onus of proof to the organisations.

A serious ski accident in 1947 saw Tommy Tomasi vow to pay back his rescuers, and now decades later the 90-year-old is finally retiring from a volunteer patrol group he helped set up in Thredbo.

There will eventually be more plastic than fish in the oceans if our consumption is not curbed, the founder of Plastic Free July warns.