A disease is wreaking havoc on Australian beehives, and one PhD student and beekeeper is trying to find out why.

A Federal Court ruling in the United States in favour of a man suffering from cancer has turned the spotlight again to one of the most commonly used global chemicals.

A man has been found not guilty of killing his 13-week-old son in regional Victoria, eight years after the baby died.

A surprise collection of 1,300 lots of Holden and other memorabilia, including 120 cars, secreted away by a South Australian panelbeater has gone under the hammer.

IBM is hiring 10 employees with autism at its Client Innovation Centre in Ballarat, joining the growing trend of neurodiversity programs in the workplace.

This year's Budget reflects a horrific summer of natural disasters, with increased support for natural disasters and drought relief.

Thirteen volunteer conservation detection dogs have been trained to detect broad-shelled turtle nests in northern Victoria.

A GPS clock rollover, which experts predicted would have little impact because of years of advance notice, causes the grounding of the Bureau of Meteorology's weather balloons.

Hateful language in parliament filters to the street, advocates say, and it can lead to disaffection so deep in some Australians that they choose not to vote at all.

Usually, federal elections are decided outside Victoria. This one could be different, with Bill Shorten hoping to pick up a number of seats in his home state that were once considered Liberal bastions.

A new report by La Trobe University finds 80 per cent of teachers have experienced some form of student or parent bullying or harassment over the past nine to 12 months.

Some people collect cars, mugs or sports memorabilia. Hayden Peters collects jewellery made from the hair of dead people.

The Holland family have hosted thousands of dinner parties in a bus parked in the driveways of complete strangers. It is their way of keeping one foot in urban life while living off the grid.

Former Fairfax Media executive Antony 'The Cat' Catalano strikes a $115 million deal to buy his old employer's regional newspaper group.

An expert policy advisor says until governments properly fund crisis accommodation for family violence perpetrators the risk to victims will only escalate.

A four-year study into faith communities has found Muslims experience acts of violence on an individual basis like no other religious adherents.

The You Ask, We Answer election project has received dozens of questions about immigration with many concerned about how Australia can care for new migrants.

For residents living in the New South Wales village of Murrurundi in the Upper Hunter Valley, three minute showers and a limit of two loads of laundry a week have become the norm.

Australia will import foreign-grown grain for the first time since 2007, after the Department of Agriculture approved a permit to import bulk wheat from Canada.

After 25 years without a hairdressing salon the locals of Wedderburn in central Victoria finally open their own community enterprise.

A homeless man suffers a broken tooth and sore back after falling more than 2 metres when the skip bin he was sleeping in was tipped up and into the back of a garbage truck at Kerang, in northern Victoria.

A company that teaches do-it-yourself builders to design and construct their own off-the-grid tiny homes is recognised for helping make cities safer, more resilient and sustainable.

Industry experts say consumers are often misguided about what is healthier between alternative and dairy milks, and some say branding is the issue.