A regional Victorian town will soon house one of the world's largest medicinal cannabis production facilities, amid a push to drive patients away from the thriving black market.

Cannabis patients who ignore the standard medical advice to wait five days before driving are risking more than a fine or a suspended licence. If they are involved in an accident, their insurance will be voided.

Two osprey chicks are now live-streaming from their barge-nest in Port Lincoln. They will then be tracked after they fledge in December.

The whale shark may be the world's largest fish but locating them on the Great Barrier Reef is like "finding a needle in a haystack".

In the late 19th and early 20th century, these pioneering scientists scaled mountains, hiked across glaciers and flew into storm clouds to unravel the mysteries of the Earth's global climate system.

A genus of Queensland marsupial lion that, in its heyday, would have had other animals "shaking in their boots", is reclassified to be entirely new.

Livestock industries are not immune to the threat of coronaviruses, but experts say the risk of the COVID-19 strain passing to animals remains low.

In her time as a professional skier, a research student and working at Google, Annabel Blake noticed a reoccurring theme: an alarming shortage of women, and she's on a mission to change that for the next generation.

Trapped deep under layers of solid Antarctic ice are air bubbles from before the industrial age holding clues to a climate riddle which could radically reshape our understanding of global warming.

Clark Whelton survived the global flu pandemic in 1957 and is now in his 80s living through the coronavirus pandemic

Student paramedics are being called up to serve, physiotherapists are being up-skilled to work in hospitals and the private sector is ready to share the load. 

Cutting off essential services - like schools and support groups - because of the Coronavirus pandemic leaves 'at risk kids' increasingly isolated and vulnerable. 

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There won't be an Easter parade down Fifth Avenue in New York this year, as the Big Apple suffers through the COVID 19 pandemic, with 8,000 deaths and counting.

Despite the advances of medicine, today's societies are vulnerable to sudden outbreaks of infectious diseases.

The principal violinist for the Australian Chamber Orchestra spent her childhood in Japan and Finland as part of a Finnish Lutheran missionary family.

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Inspiring individuals talk about a pivotal moment in their personal histories. This week, veteran journalist and commentator Mike Carlton reflects on the formative experience of reporting on the US invasion of Cambodia during the Vietnam war. 

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With protesters unable to assemble in the streets in Hong Kong due to coronavirus restrictions, some are taking their protests into the virtual world of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, a Nintendo Switch game.

Scientists have used a growth marker caused by radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons tests to determine the age of whale sharks.

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The Prime Minister wants Australians to stop watching Netflix and start studying online – will his new package for universities work?

A lawyer for the family of murdered Mackay woman Shandee Blackburn tells an inquest into her death the evidence points to the victim's ex-boyfriend.

Police say they've found a man reported missing on Sunday morning after launching a search and public appeal for him at Illawong Beach, South Mackay.

After months of uncertainty for canegrowers, German-owned Nordzucker acquires a 70 per cent stake in Mackay Sugar.

A 64-year-old woman who allegedly purchased a yacht for her son to flee the country while he was on bail over a multi-million-dollar cocaine-smuggling operation is remanded in custody.

An elderly man is badly injured after being attacked by a goanna in north Queensland, but his dog survives, which his wife says is "the best news I've heard all day".

High levels of dust in a central Queensland town have been attributed to lower-than-average rainfall, but residents say more needs to be done to ensure it isn't coming from nearby mining operations.

Mackay teenager Brooke Anderson still vividly recalls the devastation at seeing her family's beloved Jack Russell terrier Jackie in terrible pain before he died in a suspected poison bait incident.

A north Queensland man has helped to create a club for car lovers with a disability or mental illness the kind of program he wished was around 14 years ago, when he attempted suicide.

An English tourist has his foot bitten off and his friend suffers serious injuries when they are attacked by a shark while snorkelling in the Whitsundays.

Geelong will face Richmond for a spot in the AFL grand final after surviving a West Coast comeback to prevail by 20 points at the MCG, leaving the Eagles to reflect on the end of their premiership defence.

A new brand of militant activists hope to derail the WA Government's plans to build an outer harbour by waging an environmental war similar to the successful campaign to kill off the Roe 8 highway expansion.

The West Coast Eagles will review the way they manage drug-testing procedures in the wake of the scandal engulfing forward Willie Rioli.