Caitlyn Gribbin

Former Army chief Peter Leahy urges Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to consult Parliament before joining the US in a war against North Korea, saying there needs to be “a lot of talking” to prevent the situation getting out of control.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison orders an investigation into why his Assistant Treasurer Stuart Robert has been slugging taxpayers up to $2,800 a month for his internet bills at his home on Queensland’s Gold Coast.

First responders to the Dreamworld ride tragedy say the best doctors or medical equipment would not have been able to save the four victims who were thrown into the water after a ride malfunction.

They’re in their nineties and they’re doing swimmingly — meet the oldest competitors at this week’s Pan Pacific Masters Games.

In Queensland's coal heartland, a number of locals are trading in their mining jobs to work in the renewables sector.

Cooladdi has a post office, pub, restaurant, motel and grocery store — but only three residents. So what do you for a night in Australia’s smallest town?

Stuffing the humble Chinese dumpling or buying this year’s Christmas ham is becoming very expensive, with pork costs almost doubling due to swine fever.

Torrential rain over the last week has brought fields of green, but sadly many have missed out too.

It was the breaking news many readers in streets, shops and newsagencies across regional Australia today did not want delivered — the loss of the print versions of their favourite local newspapers.

Some women who desperately want to breastfeed their babies are giving up because of a lack of support in regional and rural Australia.