There are fears without adequate protection, entire tribes in the Brazilian Amazon could be eradicated.

A sense of love and lightness lingers after this eighth album has run its course.

Uchida's measured approach reaps rewards, capturing the joy in this life-affirming music.

This sensitive, dynamic recording is a joy, and may even constitute a revelation.

A debut both understated and triumphant the same time.

In Jennifer Kent's award-winning follow-up to the Babadook, a young convict woman teams up with a young Aboriginal man for revenge in 19th century Tasmania.

Opposition Leader Rebecca White vows to ditch the Greens as party faithful meet in Burnie for Labor's first Tasmanian gathering since suffering a bruising federal election defeat.

DAILY BRIEFING: A Launceston man who posed as a television producer is jailed for fraud, and heavy rain falls across the state.

Director Garry Marshall and a host of famous faces throw out some bland and predictable confetti to usher in the new year.

Witty and highly cinematically inventive, a stylized affair backed by an attractive cast (including at least six credited babies and maybe an animatronic or two - who can tell?) and with plenty of ironic narration.

To many people, they're known simply as 'mothers' groups' and that can mean new fathers like Jeremy Piert don't feel comfortable going along.

Authorities fear there is a chance the Paradise Dam in southern Queensland will become unsafe if there is a major flood, with the local mayor saying it is the largest failure of a piece of infrastructure in Queensland's history.

Running is one of the most basic and natural forms of human movement but while almost all of us can run, not everyone is doing it well.

They were on holidays on the other side of the world, or with their families, and living their lives. But when coronavirus called, they answered.

The ability to navigate through the physical world is an amazing feat of the brain that was developed by our ancient ancestors. We can walk through unfamiliar places while maintaining a sense of direction, take shortcuts and remember places we visited decades earlier. How do we do it and is this ability threatened by a reliance on GPS?

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.

Adani is granted a Supreme Court order that could expose two traditional owners to possible jail time if they return to a ceremonial camp on the Queensland mine site, the men's lawyer says.

The culture within the Perth City Council reached its "zenith" in the lead-up to its suspension, breeding an environment unlike anything one of its councillors had experienced previously, an inquiry hears.

As the Cottesloe community remains split over the future of the Indiana tearooms, just down the road City Beach is reaping the rewards of a multi-million-dollar facelift.

Comedy legends Steve Martin and Martin Short discuss comedy and their 30-year friendship ahead of their Australian tour.

Suspended Lord Mayor of Perth Lisa Scaffidi tells an inquiry into the council that she supported a decision to activate a crisis management plan because an "extraordinary situation" had unfolded within the organisation.

A Perth man who viewed violence as an acceptable way to manage his relationships is jailed for life for killing his partner, who had a chronic heart condition, by bashing her to death with his fists and a metal pipe.

The decision to scrap the World Super Six golf tournament in Perth is a major blow to the sport in Western Australia, but a pitch for the Women's Australian Open could be just what the state needs, writes Tom Wildie.

Attorney-General John Quigley intervenes to order woman's release from prison for murdering her partner after her history as a victim of domestic violence came to light, declaring "now is the time for mercy".

Terry "Tuck" Waldron was instrumental in the planning and execution of the $1.6 billion Perth Stadium. Now he is facing another challenge overhauling the iconic but ageing WACA Ground.

A residential development proposed by the Satterley Property Group on Anglican Church land in the Perth Hills suburb of Stoneville is branded a planning "disaster" by concerned locals.

The heavy industrial area of Kwinana is home to Perth's only remaining beach shack community, but there are fears a new container port could destroy the simple lifestyle the locals have worked so hard to preserve.

One West Australian is tasered the equivalent of every weekday by police officers, new data obtained by the ABC via Freedom of Information shows.

An Aboriginal group has installed a caretaker to protect a forest near South Australia's Port Lincoln from an escalating spate of wood thefts.

In the fourteenth century, the plague killed about half the population of Europe and Asia, making it one of the most devastating pandemics in human history - and it's a disease that persists to this day.

Space exploration has given us conveniences such as smartphone cameras, memory foam mattresses and satellite navigation, but it also boosts the economy.

Ian Blayney is a regional MP who decided to quit the WA Liberals and move to the Nationals. But everyone, especially his own former party leader, is being strangely nice about it, writes Jacob Kagi.

As family and friends of Joyce Clarke demand to know why the young woman was shot dead by police, a tragic picture of her early life blighted by drugs and mental illness is beginning to emerge.

A Victorian man arrested and extradited from interstate over the cold case murder of grandmother Beverley Hanley has arrived back in Adelaide, where he is expected to be charged with murder.

Steven Leslie Hainsworth, 44, is charged over the 2010 cold case murder of Adelaide grandmother Beverley Hanley.

Justin and Kate McDonald did not let full-time jobs, house renovations, and parenting three children get in the way of running consecutive half marathons for three months.

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) launches a nationwide search for a missing Adelaide boy last seen by his father in October, believed to have been taken interstate by his mother.

Recycler Brad Scott is using his Robe studio to convert used plastics into everyday items like bowls, doorknobs and cheeseboards.

While dishes at Parkes and Honeysuckle Creek take the credit for beaming the vision of the first steps on the Moon to the world, staff known as 'Creekers' at Cooby Creek in Queensland say it was their work that made the whole project possible.

When Australia's premier arts industry awards said they wanted to honour the lifetime achievement of this music legend, he had one condition.

The man Naponi married tried to kill her more than once. Even after he was finally taken to a psychiatric hospital, Naponi faced another battle: convincing her community to believe her story.

Every year for the past two decades, the tiny Queensland town of Weengallon has played host to huge crowds of women dressed in pink who gather for a good cause.

Beth McEwan's world was shattered when her husband Grant took his own life last year. She says he fell through the cracks of the mental health system in their regional city and is calling for services to bridge the gap between hospital and home.

Another Queensland dairy farmer forced to send his herd to the meatworks says it may not have come to that if major supermarkets had passed on milk price increases.