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It is a town that usually resembles an abandoned colonial village of stone, but each winter the Pilbara town of Cossack transforms into an artists' mecca for the Cossack Art Awards.

The Snowy Hydro's Spencers Creek snow records have become something of a bible for skiers and weather nerds, but gathering the data is not a job for the faint-hearted.

Michael Garofolo has only been in real estate a few months, but he's already the state's best novice auctioneer and has some hot tips for bidders.

The Australian tradition of woodchopping is enjoying a resurgence in Queensland, with new-found interest from women and children in the traditionally male-dominated sport.

It has been the worst week of Matthew Guy's stint as Victorian Opposition Leader, but revelations of a secret lobster dinner with alleged crime figure Tony Madafferi uncovered by an ABC-Fairfax investigation are not yet fatal.

Greater Western Sydney keeps pace with table-topping Adelaide, pumping the defending premiers the Western Bulldogs by 48 points at Docklands.

A South Australian family wins the overall prize at the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards with a multimedia work of a young man imprisoned by spears in a comment on youth incarceration, the role of elders, and the importance of culture.

The Brisbane Broncos temporarily move up to second place with an emphatic win over defending premier Cronulla, after the Newcastle Knights secured a third successive win, beating the top-four-chasing Eels 29-10.

Workers at a major tomato producer are not being given a fair deal by their employer, with many still on precarious casual contracts, a national union and the Greens say.

It's been two years now Perth's sick children have waited to get access to the new state-of-the-art $1.2 billion Perth Children's Hospital, and there's still no opening date in sight. So how did we get here?

By many measures, the decision to axe the Western Force from Super Rugby is the wrong one, a cull that stops the sport from being a truly national gamebut the club has not been a completely innocent player in its failure, writes Clint Thomas.

A 19-year-old Canberra man who allegedly injured a police officer and damaged a patrol car during a high-speed pursuit while he was high on ice is extradited to New South Wales to face court.

Can GWS keep pace with table-topping Adelaide? They face off against the Western Bulldogs, and you can follow it live in our AFL ScoreCentre.

The SA Government refuses to confirm claims it has done a deal to secure the passage of its bank tax in Parliament by reducing the cost of the Emergency Services Levy.

The Western Force are axed from Super Rugby on what is called "the darkest day in the history of Australian rugby"with ARU CEO Bill Pulver announcing his resignation and the club left to ponder legal action.

The Victorian Government will cut the number of large cleaning contracts in Melbourne from 100 to just eight next year, under a new zoned model that would also be rolled out in regional Victoria.

Manyallaluk School is about 100 km north-east of Katherine in the Northern Territory.

The son of Kings Cross identity John Ibrahim is released from Sydney Police Centre in Surry Hills after spending three nights behind bars on charges relating to an alleged international crime syndicate.

The Western Force are axed from Super Rugby on what is called "the darkest day in the history of Australian rugby"with ARU CEO Bill Pulver announcing his resignation and the club left to ponder legal action.

The High Court agrees to hear a challenge to the Federal Government's same-sex marriage postal ballot on September 5 and 6, a week before the vote is due to begin.

Historian Steve Harris shares the little-known story of Prince Alfred and the young Irishman who shot him.

It is hard to imagine hitting rock bottom, but thousands of people wake up every day in Australia in bus shelters, under bridges or in walkways.

Sports journalist Ian Heads tells the story of the legendary 1969 rugby league grand final.

A written technical manual on the buffalo farming industry in Australia is released for the first time.

Running tractors on oilseeds and powering mines with straw are two innovative agribusiness inventions helping South Australian farmers contribute to sustainable energy alternatives.

A West Australian marketing cooperative secures a deal to send apples to Hong Kong as growers face a price slump due to oversupply.

A radiologist tells an inquest into the deaths of two stroke patients he could have treated the men when they were admitted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital had it not been for efforts by other specialists to "protect their turf".

The Parramatta Eels will look to continue their surge towards a top-four spot when they take on the Newcastle Knights, before the Brisbane Broncos face off with Cronulla. Follow it all in our live NRL ScoreCentre.

The people of Launceston will need to find their 'frog in a pond' jelly cups somewhere else as a local dining institution closes after almost 50 years of trading.

A second case of measles is diagnosed in a student at a school in Perth's south, after an unvaccinated child became infected in Europe before returning to Australia.

The Federal Government says it has been forced to fund a life-saving health service because its Queensland counterparts will not.

A Nobel Peace Prize-winning 'bank for the poor' could soon begin operating in regional Australia after talks are held in Grafton.

The survival of the Western Force is in severe doubt after the Australian Rugby Union resolved to discontinue the franchise's Super Rugby licence from next year.

Cybersecurity experts are warning of the risks of using dodgy USB sticks, which may have been tampered with to access passwords and other personal information.

Brisbane's Queensland University of Technology recalls a message sent to staff and students encouraging them to vote yes in the upcoming same-sex marriage postal ballot, claiming it was issued without approval.

More major remedial work will be needed at the problem-plagued Perth Children's Hospital after a comprehensive report identified the likely cause of lead contamination in the facility's drinking water.

A US biotechnology company is on a quest to make the world more renewable, and it wants to use Australia's sugar to do it.

A mother calls for clearer danger signs to be installed near a popular rock pool in WA's South West, after the death of her son who jumped into the water near Yallingup.

A WA mother calls for clearer danger signs to be installed at a cliff tops in the State's South-West, following the death of her son after jumping into the water near Yallingup.

A man allegedly injured a police officer by accelerating harshly and initiating a pursuit.

Feather and bone butcher Grant Hilliard has a lot to say about the ethics of eating animals.

In the Sydney suburb of Auburn, a mock refugee camp has been used to show people the conditions millions of asylum seekers across the globe find themselves in every day. Visitors have had the chance to hear personal stories from refugees and asylum seekers on how they came to Australia, and what happened when they arrived.

Car dealership heir Scott Sutton has made another bold property move, listing his Harry Seidler-designed home in Bellevue Hill for $7.5 million.

"We're in unchartered territory here," expert George Williams said. "It is a free for all because none of the normal electoral rules apply."

Brisbane was expected to experience maximum temperatures of more than eight degrees above the August average on People's Day at the Ekka.

Emotion continues to run high around an attack on two pups in their own backyard in Canberra.

South Australian farmers will get more lobbying power in the debate over how the Murray-Darling Basin is managed after joining the National Farmers Federation.

His teammates rib him for being a coach's pet, but do not for a moment think Will Hayward is getting preferential treatment. The kid can play.

Glen Campbell's death makes me reflect on on the music that has accompanied me through my lifefrom eating ice cream as a child in rural Australia, to walking through a blood-strewn site of a terrorist bombing on the other side of the world, writes Stan Grant.

A lecture at the National Film and Sound Archive for National Science Week will reveal much about Hedy Lamarr