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Four men have been arrested in raids across Sydney after counter-terrorism authorities became aware of plans for an alleged terrorist attack using a homemade bomb, but what do we know about those who were arrested and the locations of the raids?

The families of drug addicts in rural Australia say they've been forced to set up their own support groups. It's almost two years since the Federal Government's National Ice Taskforce recommended more support for the relatives of people addicted to methamphetamine. But families affected in regional towns say services are still lacking.

How one rural woman found the courage to share her secret and help other families struggling with ice addiction.

Karen Harrison's daughter required surgery after being beaten up by another ice addict.

Karen Harrison kept her daughter's ice addiction a secret.

Karen Harrison's daughter struggled with an ice addiction

Refugees settled in Australia say they are feeling put down by federal service providers and having their welfare payments unfairly docked, a new report by the Refugee Council of Australia finds.

It's clean, abundant, and will outlast humanityso why aren't more buildings tapping into the heat beneath our feet?

Police continue gathering evidence across homes that were raided by counter-terror police in Sydney as they piece together the exact details behind an alleged plot to blow up a plane.

Ange Anderson doesn't want to rush into having kids when she meets the right guy, so the 32-year-old is putting her babymakers on ice. But while an increasing number of women are freezing their eggs to delay motherhood, it may lead some to miss out.

Three ladies in their 70s and 80s channel Beyonce to fight council plans to demolish their beloved Chadstone Bowls Club.

Work begins on the $1.86-billion Forrestfield Airport Link tunnel, connecting Perth's eastern suburbs to the airport, but the union warns the project could go the same way as the problem-plagued Perth Children's Hospital.

The WA Chamber of Commerce says the GST is a major issue for more than half of all West Australians, ahead of a visit from the Prime Minister this week.

Transforming Health architect Professor Dorothy Keefe criticises the SA Government over its backdown on part of the controversial health system overhaul.

Water police and the SES search the area around Port Philip Bay for kayaker and Japanese national Junichi Yoshimura, who was reported missing after failing to show up at work on Friday.

A hidden camera shows a three-month-old polar bear cub taking its first steps towards a public debut at a theme park on Queensland's Gold Coast after leaving its maternity den.

Defending premiers the Western Bulldogs take on Essendon in the first AFL clash of Sunday. Follow it all live in our AFL ScoreCentre.

The $2-billion Ord Irrigation Scheme in WA's East Kimberley is defended against claims it has performed poorly as investment and has created few jobs.

For the parents of Kirste Gordon, the heartbreak has not stopped since the day their four-year-old disappeared from Adelaide Oval almost 44 years ago.

Four people have been arrested and can be held without charge for a week, and police say there is the potential for further arrests.

A man is charged after a historic church recently restored to its former glory is damaged, and a house destroyed, in alleged arson attacks in the small Tasmanian town of Dover.

Caleb Evans and Neil Rilett taught themselves to cook with YouTube, and now work out of a former aeroplane hangar at Alice Springs airport.

A man has been charged after a historic church recently restored to its former glory was damaged, and a house destroyed, in arson attacks in the small Tasmanian town of Dover.

An abandoned home is gutted by fire in St Paul's Terrace in the inner-city Brisbane suburb of Spring Hill.

Hundreds of skiers light up the snow to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Thredbo's devastating landslide and honour the 18 victims.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull confirms anti-terrorism raids in Sydney yesterday related to a threat to bring down a plane with an "improvised device". Security at airports around the country has been boosted, with passengers warned to expect delays.

The "logistical nightmare" behind two climbers' triumph over Tasmania's Federation Peak in the depths of winter is being told in a new documentary.

Amye's restaurant is famous in Darwin for the charcoal chicken she makes from her mother's recipe, but its owner has a sad story to tell of the horrors she fled on her way to Australia.

While burning off dry grasses and trees in Arnhem Land, Warddeken rangers discover a site that could contain up to 30,000 works of rock art.

Western Australia's health costs have tripled over the past decade and the state's hospitals are more expensive to run than those in other states, but why?

Having been born premature and with cerebral palsy, Tayla Taseff has spent much of her life in and out of Perth hospitals, and worries about the increasing pressure on medical staff and services.

The ABC is given rare access inside rehab as a suburban legal secretary, a ship foreman and an aspiring make-up artist lay bare their struggles with substances ranging from alcohol to ice.

Residents of the tiny outback town of Thallon in south-west Queensland refuse to let their community die, with a giant wombat and colourful grain silos all part of their plan to attract new tourists.

A new national industry-led recycling scheme is repurposing paint cans and harnessing energy from paint.