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For Dermot AsIs Sha'Non and his daughter Sarah, spending quality time together often involves swarms of beesand the occasional sting.

Western Australia's volunteer bushfire brigades are preparing for what they predict will be a dangerous fire seasonand they're urging people to "own" the fire risks on their properties.

Olympic silver medallist Tamsin Cook sets her sights on the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, despite admitting she almost gave up swimming earlier this year.

Dr Haley Peckham has chosen not to hide the multiple self-inflicted scars along her arms as a testament to her struggle with Borderline Personality Disorder [BPD].

Fairbrother will build a $40 million, four-star, waterfront hotel in Devonport, a development the council hopes will help boost the economy in the plan to reshape the city.

Almost a quarter of retired greyhounds surrendered to the Queensland racing watchdog's adoption program have been euthanased in the past year, because their behaviour made them too unsafe to be rehomed.

When you are feeling sick but have no idea how to explain it in words, sometimes an emoji is all you need to get the message across.

A new zero-tolerance policy towards drugs and alcohol is opposed by staff in a South Australian Government department amid concerns about plans for workplace testing and whether there is any legal authority behind the move.

Stress and fears about the future are contributing to high levels of depression among the nation's fishermen who are not as highly valued as farmers, says a university researcher.

The ANU study only analysed Bureau of Meteorology data from Sydney and Melbourne, but climate scientist Dr Sophie Lewis says all of Australia can expect to see hotter extremes in the future.

Like surfers scouting for the ultimate wave, gliders travel from far and wide to soar across the Gulf of Carpentaria's rare roll-like cloud formation known as the morning glory.

An Indigenous community near Fitzroy Crossing has started up its own trial plantation of the native bush fruit known as gubinge, or Kakadu plum.

There are hundreds of thousands of camphor laurel trees growing across the NSW north coast, but how did they get there?

A Supreme Court trial is shown vision of the moment a teenager with autism followed two women accused of his murder into one of their homes.

Turia Pitt inspires crowds in Alice Springs and Darwin on her final speaking tour ahead of the birth of her first child in December.

By all accounts Tane Chatfield had a lot to live fora young son, a loving family and hope that he would soon be released from jail. But his sudden death in prison has left his family angry and searching for answers.

Claims thousands of jobs will be lost under an increase in WA gold royalties are dismissed as a 'scare campaign', with the Premier claiming the policy will not cost a single position.

Salmon giant Tassal wants to temporarily dump treated liquid waste taken from its Macquarie Harbour salmon pens in Tasmania back into the harbour.

Four-time premiership coach of the St Mary's Football Club Rick Nolan created his own software to track players' performances four years ago, and now has his sights set on China, Europe, and the US.

The life of Cecil Healy reads like a boy's own adventureOlympic gold medallist, helping to bring surfing to Australia, paying the ultimate sacrifice on the European battlefields of World War I. But not many Australians remember him.

The NBL starts its 40th season with Adelaide at home taking on this season's title favourites, Melbourne United.

National Party politicians renew calls for tougher foreign ownership rules as new figures show China's stake in Australian farmland has increased significantly.

A Victorian woman who lied to police that her truck driver boyfriend had a coughing fit when he caused a fatal crash at Murray Bridge, south-east of Adelaide, is spared from jail.

Large parts of Australia have been getting a drenching over the past few days with the break in the dry weather welcomed by many, but how did it get so wet so fast?

Instead of journalists digging up a story, an innovative news project invites the public to nominate and vote for what they want investigated.

Increased regulations and rising costs have seen more and more of Australia's tiny airports shut down. The trend seems likely to continue, so what could we stand to lose?

A man accused of killing his wife and burying her body in a shallow beach grave on the NSW south coast 20 years ago is found guilty and for the first time, parts of the conversation he had with an undercover police officer are revealed.

A battery storage facility being built on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula will be operational by May 2018 with construction to begin next month.

An elder from Borroloola creates a painting depicting Peter Garrett's decision to allow the expansion of a controversial mine, saying the rock legend should be ashamed of the impact of his actions.

Out-of-contract defender Jake Lever tells the Adelaide Football Club that he wishes to join a Victorian club in 2018.

The South Australian Government says it will proceed with awarding job creation grants and loans to businesses, with or without passage of its controversial banking levy, which is expected to be blocked in Parliament.

It threatened to get ugly early, but the Sydney Kings fought bravely in a 108-83 pre-season loss to the NBA's Utah Jazz.

In the wake of the 2016 backpacker tax saga, fruit producers in South Australia remain confident it has not impacted local industry.

The final report by the ATSB into the search for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight finds while authorities have a better "understanding" of where it crashed, they still do not know why.

Gynaecologist and obstetrician Dr Philip Walkom has been delivering babies for the past 40 years and it has taught him several things about the value of life, the strength of womenand the importance of wearing bowties.

A packed courtroom is brought to tears as the family of one-punch victim Patrick Cronin pays an emotional tribute to the "caring and blindly loyal" 19-year-old Melbourne footballer.

The acting United States ambassador has praised former prime minister John Howard for tightening Australia's gun laws, and pointed out their effectiveness in reducing mass shootings, in the wake of Monday night's carnage in Las Vegas.

Curator Alexander Boynes has viewers interact with many of the works in this exhibition.

A resurgent US dollar will sink the Aussie in coming months, despite the chance of an RBA rate rise in early 2018, strategists predict.

The RBA has again decided to leave official interest rates at the record low 1.5 per cent over October where they have remained since August 2016.

All this year Matt and Lucas Cronin have kept an empty place between them, as if their son and brother Patrick were still there.

Last Saturday, four senior coaches lined up for Western Sydney Wanderers' team photo but just one will be in the dugout for their opening-round match against Perth Glory on Sunday. 

Steve Fesus had pleaded not guilty to murdering his wife Jodie at their Shellharbour home 20 years ago.

Geelong great Jimmy Bartel has revealed he declined to vote on the Norm Smith Medal in last weekend's grand final because he had a running wager which could have netted him $350,000.

For 40 years, Joe Bowen worked in the family business of moving houses - 3000 of them.

South Australia will host two rounds of the Supercars next year with Tailem Bend's yet-to-be-completed racetrack added to the championship series.

Australian Bureau of Statistics says 57.5 per cent of eligible voters have already returned their survey form.

Brisbane airport will become one of the first airports in the world to use biofuel.

Polling suggest more than 12 million Australians have already participated in the same-sex marriage survey.

What do I, a long-time gun owner, say now? The deadly barrage unleashed from above at one of America's favourite playgrounds has taken more than 50 lives. More may die, as some of the 500 injured succumb to grave wounds.