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The Federal Government committed $1 billion for Landcare out to 2023 and today it reveals more detail about how that money will be spent.

The option to be wrapped in a shroud instead of placed in a coffin will now be available as a burial alternative in north-west Tasmania.

Tough and tattooed, one Richmond footballer became a cult hero after he lit up a cigarette on the MCG to celebrate winning the Grand Final. So who is Bones McGhie?

Whether you love having your kids at home on holidays or dread planning activities to keep them occupied, there's plenty on offer in and around Sydney to keep the family entertained.

As South Australian football fans prepare for a grand final clash against a team from arch rival Victoria, rare film emerges of one of SA's greatest ever players, Ken Farmer, who kicked 1,417 league goals during the Depression era.

Colleen Harris is no stranger to photographing children and families, but some of her most precious work is done with families that have just suffered the devastating loss of a child.

A man allegedly driving while his licence was suspended is charged over a fatal hit-and-run in Sydney, in which a 19-year-old girl was killed early on Sunday morning.

The Wilsons River in Lismore was a vital transport route until the 1950s, and was such a thriving hub it actually changed the eastern Australian coastline.

A search is underway around New Norfolk for an elderly couple with dementia who have been missing since yesterday.

One event is etched into the minds of locals in Chiltern, Victoriathe day a teenage trainee RAAF pilot crash-landed into a house and lived to tell the tale.

Was Lachlan Macquarie a "mass murderer who ordered the genocide of Indigenous people" as academic Bronwyn Carlson claims? RMIT ABC Fact Check delves into a fraught and controversial part of our history.

This Canberra retiree says his "badge of honour"a $20,000 energy systemgenerates enough power to run all his home energy needs, charge his son's hybrid SUV and sell excess back to the grid.

An elderly Queensland couple who could lose their home and business after falling victim to the alleged mastermind of a massive tax-evasion scheme say their plight is "soul destroying" and "devastating".

When Guy Stayner organised a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Mount Everest with his son this September, he didn't bank on their beloved Tigers breaking a 35-year grand final drought.

Michele Phillips' passion has become a sense of duty that completely defines and controls her life.

It's hard to imagine how you might cope with losing not one but three children and then her husband, but Sophie Smith has discovered a way.

Sydney paediatric nurse Fatma Elzeim turns grief for lost daughter into productivity by building a core network of volunteers who run a charity, and have become close friends in the process.

A new report comparing the performance of New South Wales' hospitals finds higher rates of post-operative complications and longer waiting lists for some common surgeries than other states.

The path to Adelaide's third AFL grand final has not been smooththe Crows are hoping to close the circle on a history of heartbreak with a win over Richmond.

Keep your personal and work email separate for a startjust ask Hillary Clinton and Jared Kushner, writes Peter Holland.

A Croatian court sentences a former Serbian paramilitary commander and Australian citizen to 15 years in prison for war crimes in the 1990sincluding the killings and torture of imprisoned civilians and troops.

A music charity transports a mobile studio and stage over 2,700 kilometres to Wangkatjungka to help provide music therapy.

The film Emu Runner creates meaningful work and a positive boost to the remote community of Brewarrina in north-western New South Wales.

Barry Hall is at it again. This time, the former Sydney Swans star clobbers an opponents twice during a local footy grand final in Queensland.

After falling fowl of the law, Albert the Turkey finds a new home at a museum in Warrnambool.

Police claim a man who was stomped on and tasered by police during a violent arrest on Sydney's north shore tried to pull a gun on officers.

The decision to let autistic and deaf woman Georgia Fields live at her family home in Melbourne under court order angers the victim's family.

Regional communities urge conference organisers to consider a different location for the $30 billion business events sector.

Two young Canberrans convicted over a spate of aggravated robberies at the Australian National University walk free from the ACT Supreme Court after being handed suspended sentences.

A police recording taken from Korean student Eunji Ban's accused killer is played in the Supreme Court in Brisbane, where he confesses to the bashing and being troubled by a demon his whole life.

Four devastating ''fire whirls'' have ripped through a pastoral property near the Kimberley town of Fitzroy Crossing, tearing trees from the ground and amazing those who witnessed them.

Fires across the Kimberley

The Cowboys are riding their way to the NRL grand final on an incredible journey, but fans wanting to make the trip south face return flight costs nearing $1,000.

Young pranksters and chemistry experiments will not be targeted in new South Australian terror laws that will increase the maximum prison term for using an explosive device to 20 years, the Attorney-General says.

South Australia's Independent Commissioner Against Corruption recommends an overhaul of the state's Public Trustee office to prevent further cases of corruption.

One of Clive Palmer's most trusted employees tells a court she used the company credit card to organise and pay for the overseas holiday of Queensland Nickel's directorand Mr Palmer's nephewClive Mensink, who has two outstanding arrest warrant.

A Melbourne man is sentenced to ten-and-a-half years in prison for bashing a man to death during a road rage incident in the city's west.

The Crows may have just beaten the Cats and are about to take on the Tigers this weekend, but that hasn't stopped the RSPCA using their nicknames for its felines.

A group of Sikh motorcycle enthusiasts lobby a Coffs Coast council to allow them to ride their motorcycles without a helmet.

CJ reviews Kingsman The Golden Circle, The King's Choice and Beatriz at Dinner.

The Australian Boys Choir impresses outback school students in an Alice Springs School of the Air performance.

Australian Boys Choir hit the high notes at Alice Springs School of the Air on their inaugural trip to the Northern Territory

The greater variability of sea ice cover in Antarctica over the year puts tourist vessels at greater risk of getting stuck, experts meeting in Hobart warn.

A father who allegedly left his three-year-old son in a car and another child locked up at home while he went to a pub during heatwave conditions is granted bail.

A woman escapes injury and walks away with only a damaged surfboard after a close encounter with a 3.5 metre white shark in WA's South West, with a fellow surfer recounting the terrifying incident.

Korean student Eunji Ban suffered such severe injuries to her face, a paramedic was initially unable to determine her gender, a murder trial in Brisbane hears.

The Gold Coast Suns confirm Gary Ablett has requested to be traded back to Geelong during next month's trade week.

A new eco tent resort behind the popular Pinky's beach on Rottnest Island off Perth could open as early as next summermaking it the first accommodation to be built on the tourist island in over 30 years.

The ANZ tells its brokers to tighten lending restrictions in 11 postcodes in Brisbane and Perth, where buyers will now need a 20 per cent deposit before they can borrow.

Graziers look to cropping country to feed hungry sheep and cattle