Tourism operators on one of Tasmania's breathtaking islands are riding a wave of untapped beauty and are reeling in visitors with locally grown produce.

Think rural women are all farmers' wives? You need to meet my netball team.

A man who claims he can make it rain is building a following in the Victorian grain belt, where a group of farmers have paid for rainfall between May and October.

Meryl Streep saves the day with an extraordinary performance in an otherwise disappointing biopic of the British PM.

The trouble is that Coriolanus is such a one-note drama. Or melodrama. No wonder Bertholt Brecht decided back in the 1940s to write a new version.

What perfect timing! A biopic about Aung San Suu Kyi's personal struggle for Burma's political freedom.

A magical ride across Middle and Southern America, where giant deserted malls and collapsed motels are a backdrop to this beautifully shot paean to an America lost forever.

This lacklustre threequel should be called Men in Bland.

The foxy hornbags get tizzy with a big screen adventure that's filled with noice jokes but a stew-pid storyline.

Look at moiye! Kath and Kim are back!

This exquisite little film is almost like a thriller in its grip on the viewer as well as a heart rending investigation into the human soul and the formation of the adult living in every child.

Time is running out for businesses and home-owners to vacate their land in Adelaide's inner east ahead of demolition works, despite accusations the State Government has effectively blocked landowners from accessing the equity of their own homes.

Jenny Han finds herself in the thick of country life, despite social distancing, after moving from the city to kickstart her career.

Native plant sales jump 70 per cent for South Australian nursery as rain and physical distancing provide boost for local nurseries.

Mudgee's Glen Willow Stadium is attractive to the NRL because it can be closed off to town

Demand for the Chinese medicine 'ejiao' is having humanitarian repercussions in Africa due to donkey poaching.

A group of farm workers claiming they were underpaid are hit with a rent bill in the lead-up to a Federal Court hearing.

The meat industry says a Melbourne council's decision to take meat off its menu on Mondays could damage regional economies for little environmental gain.

Apprentice jockey Mikaela Claridge is mourned by the racing community after she dies from injuries suffered in a fall from her horse during an early morning training ride at a Melbourne racetrack.

Fonterra has announced a loss of more than half a billion dollars and called on its Australian business to "stand on its own two feet" as the dairy company shifts its focus to its New Zealand operations.

A dairy company that accused foreign workers of owing rent after allegations of underpayment arose has agreed to an out-of-court settlement.

Every year, thousands of short-tailed shearwaters, or mutton birds, descend on Victoria's coastline at the end of September or early October after a mammoth journey from the northern hemisphere, but so far this year they haven't shown up.

Ratepayers Victoria has accused high-ranking council employees of silencing staff who tried to raise concerns about alleged fraudulent spending and cover-ups of financial impropriety.

Tula's last day before retirement

Oddball might have been the movie star, but Tula the maremma is the real hero of Middle Island's famed penguin protection program, and she's retiring after almost a decade of service.

A man that suffered a shark attack at Norval Park, north of Bundaberg, has called for the State Government to consider a shark cull or implementing shark nets.

Industry figures say unstable weather, a lack of infrastructure investment and poor international prices are hampering sugar sector confidence as mills open for crushing.

Calculating the road toll is "extraordinarily complicated", according to Queensland police as loved ones say the confusion is compounding their grief following a horror few weeks on the state's roads.

Big business is set to be hit with hundreds of millions of dollars in extra taxes and royalties as the Palaszczuk Government seeks to tap the top end of town to deliver payroll tax relief to small- and medium-sized businesses, in the hope of boosting jobs particularly in regional Queensland.

A horror summer season has seen fruit and vegetable growers in Queensland go to extraordinary lengths to grow crops.

Queensland landholders are afraid that new government mapping of threatened species could lock up their land and force them to stop farming and grazing.

Australia watched with sadness earlier this year as cattle country in north-west Queensland and hundreds of thousands of cattle died. Four months later, in drought-and-flood ravaged Julia Creek, families are desperately trying to adapt to their new normal.

Queensland foreign-owned companies warn a new tax will put regional jobs at risk and challenge the viability of their businesses.

A former bank that was the birthplace of Mary Poppins creator P.L. Travers has been converted into a museum in Maryborough, Queensland, where it is hoped it will prove a drawcard for tourists.

Running 500 kilometres no problem. Completing a bush course with 1,000 obstacles sign her up. Stopping to breastfeed in between dragging tyres and crossing creeks Jessica Ehrlich is your woman. The mother of three triumphs over what may be the world's longest solo obstacle course.