The South Australian Government announces increases to a raft of fees, fines and charges ahead of next month's state budget.

Last year, Edie Rayner wrote an open letter addressed to all the doctors of Australia. Like many regional towns, her Kimba does not have a permanent doctor but she's looking to change that.

John Flynn established a medical facility in Innamincka and now, 68 years later, the RFDS is continuing on-the-ground medical services.

World jousting champion Phillip Leitch of Kryal Castle, near Ballarat, defeats challengers from as far away as the Netherlands, Russia and Canada to claim the title for another year.

In regional Victoria, palliative care patients are waiting hours and sometimes days for much-needed medications to help with pain and quality of life.

A species of grasshopper that has not been seen in Victoria since the 1960s is rediscovered at Omeo in East Gippsland.

Unrequested nude photos are reaching the inboxes of high school students as young as 13 years old via social media apps like Snapchat and Instagram.

In a breakthrough during week three of a nine week trial over Clive Palmer's ill-fated Queensland Nickel venture, a "resolution" is reached on Aurizon's $90 million claim, as talks continue with liquidators trying to claw back money owed to other creditors.

The Queensland Ethical Standards Command will review an incident after a "disturbing" video emerged showing a police officer appearing to strike a woman several times in the face.

Two holidaying nurses want to have a beer with two "cool" English tourists who managed to keep positive minutes after being attacked by a shark. The nurses provided first aid which is credited with saving the men's lives.

Witness AAC says five of her children with disability have had negative experiences with the education system, with problems ranging from verbal abuse to denial of access to bathroom facilities and other restrictive practices.

An Alice Springs family is feeling lucky to be alive after a speeding car missed a turn and crashed into the front of their house, with one passenger sent to hospital with head injuries.

A journey into Australia's arid heart by camel train has retraced a remarkable archaeological discovery.

The Northern Territory's Police Commissioner and soon-to-be federal police chief admits some of his officers inappropriately accessed the private medical records of a public servant.

In the remote Northern Territory community of Ampilatwatja, paintings show the prescriptions for thousands of years of traditional healing.

Josh Meredith lives with Down syndrome and is helping change community attitudes towards disability in the workplace.

Concerns are raised about Charles Sturt University's spending priorities and credibility after a number of conditions were attached to the facility's registration.

Wielding an oversized wooden spoon, this popular Darwin laksa restaurateur, prepared for battle over a median strip, has taken to social media with a comical protest video.

South Australia's Correctional Services Minister criticises prison officers for using a decoy in an attempt to shield a notorious murderer and rapist from media attention.

The 91-year-old cattle station pioneer who laid the chain up the rock says he is not expecting visitor numbers to dive now the climb has officially been closed.

The first Territory patient to ever fill a script for medical cannabis in the NT has now been approved, NT Health has confirmed.

Edible insects are praised as a sustainable form of snack, but that is not their only drawcard, with some Territorians reporting that they are 'crunchy and full of flavour'.

The first milestone in the Federal Government's review of drone noise vindicates community complaints that the unmanned delivery vehicles are loud and obtrusive.

Angus Taylor downplayed the risk to Australian oil reserves in the aftermath of the drone attack on the world's largest oil refinery.

Farmers say they should be able to make enough money to look after themselves. But as they contend with one of Australia's worst droughts, it's set to produce a billion-dollar welfare bill as taxpayers help keep them afloat.

Australia is set to become only the second country in the world to have a dedicated national women's baseball competition.

A social media project inspired by the Humans of New York photoblog helps transform perceptions about Queensland's largest Aboriginal community, which was being torn apart by fights and bad press.

New laws are before Queensland Parliament to protect the Great Barrier Reef from harmful nutrient and sediment run-off, with a voluntary scheme not working fast enough according to the Environment Minister.

A Gold Coast mother relives the horror of finding her young son with a pencil lodged in the roof of his mouth as she is reunited with the paramedics who helped save his life.

More than 50 bushfires are burning in Queensland amid potentially catastrophic, hot and windy conditions. Emergency warnings are in place for fires near Stanthorpe in the state's south.

In a world first, Queensland researchers say have been able to "cure" cervical cancer in mice using gene-editing technology and they are working towards performing human trials in the next five years.

A Queensland miner has created a popular roadside stop with hundreds of travellers pulling over to take a photo with his now-famous family of Minions.

A Queensland crocodile farmer has found a surgical plate "complete with six stainless steel screws" inside a dead crocodile, months after the sick animal stopped eating.