Caitlyn Gribbin

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.

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

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.

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?

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

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.

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.

The hours leading to this moment had raced by. My mother lay dying, but we still had an important decision to make, writes Caitlyn Gribbin.

Speaking to the ABC moments before his maiden speech to the Senate, One Nation’s Malcolm Roberts says he never lost sight of his goals and brushes away criticism of his views on subjects such as climate change.

While many small Australian towns are struggling to survive as more people move to the coast, some are thinking innovatively to stay afloat.