Emma Siossian

A regional queer community says acceptance is improving in regional areas, but vandalism targeting an LGBTQI+ event shows there is still a way to go.

The estimated cost of the invasive khapra beetle to Australia's grains industry could be more than $15 billion if it became endemic across the country after being discovered in imported nappy pants.

In its fifth year, Palliative Care Australia's Live Well, Die Well national art prize continues to spark important conversations about dying.

The victim of the first inmate to be granted assisted dying in NSW has criticised the decision, claiming victims should be considered.

A new large-scale recycling facility has already processed thousands of tonnes of soft plastic left over from the collapse of REDcycle.   

A group of high school students is putting in place initiatives they hope can help young people's mental health after floods.

Young musicians in NSW are staging an all-ages live music event to create more opportunities for emerging artists and lift the festival industry.

Researchers hope studies into the health of Lord Howe Island's remote reef will help experts better understand how marine systems are adapting to changing oceans.

Birdwatchers spot two critically endangered regent honeyeaters on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, giving conservationists hope the species' numbers are higher than thought.

Eucalypt species have been observed experiencing a mass budding after the May floods in northern NSW, boosting habitat for the critically endangered regent honeyeater.