Narooma is a haven for holidaymakers and sea-changers, but many young people are finding it impossible to rent in their own home town.

More than 12 tonnes of dead fish have been buried after a council on the New South Wales north coast bowed to public pressure and opened a lagoon.

This 83-year-old ketch, Julie Burgess, is the last survivor of more than 100 built by the Burgess family and all were named after Burgess women.

South Australian school students are urging adults and national leaders to share the water better in the Murray-Darling River system.

An Adelaide man, who founded a network which promotes online safety, issues an apology for possessing child exploitation material and exchanging nude pictures with teenagers.

A power outage in Adelaide has resurfaced hours after it had been resolved, impacting businesses and customers in the busiest section of the Adelaide CBD. The cause is still being investigated by authorities.

Adelaide police say two men turned up to a victim's house with an eftpos machine demanding money after earlier calling him pretending to be from the tax office. The man has told the ABC that he "knew they weren't legit".

A South Australian business says it's been forced to lay off workers because of almost $200,000 in unpaid bills, amid the collapse of several building companies based in South Australia in the past 12 months.

A recently released rapist and murderer was among a "conga line" of people who offered to testify for the prosecution in another long-running murder case, a court hears.

Accused wife-killer Peter Dansie was engaged in online chats with two women and was ready to fly to China with a bag of sex toys and condoms shortly after his wife's death, it can now be revealed.

An Adelaide paedophile will spend at least two years behind bars for masturbating in a store window and for using the social media site Pinterest to view images of young boys.

White text saying "Jesus Loves You" is sprayed across a colourful path celebrating Adelaide's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

A man who has previously claimed he is the nephew of rock legend Jimmy Barnes pleads guilty to assaulting two journalists outside an Adelaide court.

He has been earmarked as a Test batsman in the making, and now Victorian youngster Will Pucovski gets another chance to earn a debut after being named in the Australia A XI to play Pakistan in Perth.

Riverland growers assess the damage to crops after a sudden hailstorm cut through the region late last night, wiping out crops in minutes.

Conor McKenna debuted at Essendon in August 2015 and was jubilant when he scored his first goal.

The Sydney captain climbed onto a goal post after the siren, contravening AFL laws.

NSW Police stated the man was refusing to comply with "seating protocols".

NSW Police stated the man was refusing to comply with "seating protocols".

Bill Shorten addresses the Labor caucus after the election defeat, urging the party to continue to think big and progressive.

The father of a missing Belgian backpacker, Theo Hayez, has called on encrypted messaging service WhatsApp to release the messages his son sent and received the night he went missing.

The father of a missing Belgian backpacker has appealed for access to his son's encrypted messages, saying they are needed urgently to locate him.

Sailing out of Devonport's Mersey River on the Julie Burgess

A tiny wasp enlisted to save Christmas Island's famous red crabs from extinction is showing promising results in the battle against the crustaceans' crazy ant foes.

A council in regional Western Australia is the latest to join the list of local governments around the country to allow ratepayer money to fund defamation action against members of the public.

A 24-year-old Kalgoorlie woman who crashed into an old courthouse building and fled the scene has avoided jail for reckless driving, telling a Magistrate she had "poor recollection" of the incident after hitting her head.

In Australia, Muslims from different backgrounds are preparing for a fasting month of loneliness without social gatherings.

The lawyer for truck driver Mohinder Singh tells a Melbourne court his client is deeply distressed by the "tragic consequences" of last week's crash, when the truck he was driving hit and killed four police officers on Melbourne's Eastern Freeway.

Creswick's famous woollen mills reopen to the public in time for winter after closing amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but they remain closed to tourism for now.

A north-east Victorian alpine village says it will welcome visitors when restrictions allow despite uncertainty whether the ski season will go ahead at all.

Supreme Court Justice Timothy Ginnane orders a COVID-19 risk assessment be undertaken at Port Phillip Prison after finding there was a prima facie case prison authorities breached their duty of care.

Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos says eight employees have tested positive to coronavirus.

Parents and teachers may be finding isolation tedious, but Kurnai College's school captain finds ways to keep the student body engaged and amused.

Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas also announced additional tax relief for families and businesses impacted by pandemic lockdown measures, May 5, 2020.

Kaley Chu knew she needed to do something to change her life — her shyness was holding her back at work, and she felt like the world's most boring person. She decided to attack the problem head on.