Child protection authorities were tipped off about the mistreatment of baby Anastasia Hand 16 days before her mother violently and fatally shook the infant at the family's home south of Perth, a court is told.

A judge has ruled a young West Australian mother who violently shook her baby daughter to death must serve a life jail term, with at least 13 years behind bars before she can be released.

A WA university has removed an activity from a camp for high schoolers after a mother complained that teenagers were told to change out of wet clothing behind a bush.

The youth unemployment rate in a Hobart suburb is 66 per cent higher than the national average, but young people say they are missing out on opportunities due to a lack of contacts.

The mother of one of four men who died on a fishing trip on waters near Hobart says she is disappointed the investigating coroner did not recommend changes to Tasmania's marine safety legislation.

Joan Webb has already been approved for a government-subsidised home-care package. At 93 years of age, she's now facing an 18-month wait. She's not alone.

Alice says the tobacco tax increase won't act as an incentive to break the addiction because smoking already has a "hold" on her life.

Sue Hickey draws ire from fellow parliamentarians saying Tasmanian speakers like herself deserve to earn more than their $190,000 annual salary.

DAILY BRIEFING: Police are still looking for escapee Jake Mark Pearce, the Greens want an end to wildlife culls after six permits were issued to kill platypus.

Prisoners being transported in Tasmania Police vans have no restraints and are forced to crouch of lie down when they're inside, according to the state's police union, which warns it is only a matter of time before someone dies.

They're some of the most senior figures in the country and are elected to represent the people, but are our politicians earning too much?

Tasmania's largest salmon producer applies for a research permit to trial spraying water on seals to move them away from fish farming pens, but the Greens say the proposal raises serious animal welfare concerns.

The family of a woman violently stabbed to death by a man with schizophrenia has slammed the prison system which released him in the grip of psychotic delusions, saying prison authorities had blood on their hands.

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

Australians love and will pay top prices for proper coffee, stinky cheese, and top-of-the-range wines and olive oils. Now butter has joined that list.

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.

It's a beautifully fashioned and, yes, Ealingesque tale of dreamers, madmen, terrorists and foolish but wonderful dreams.

Emily Blunt and Ewan McGregor are charming in a romantic/comedy/drama that involves lots of fish.

Based on a true story and adapted from the stage play, The Sapphires is an over-the-top comedy/musical/drama that'll have you laughing, crying and celebrating the achievement of these four amazing aboriginal women.

This fun, joyful film is filled with great soul music and some delightful performances.

There are now only two active cases in the state, the State Government announces, but border restrictions will stay in place although travel to regional areas may be reopened.

The iconic breed first saved Casterton in 1997. Now, 23 years later and they've done it again.

For William Jane, the decline in Australian bread consumption has seen his business boom. In the space of two years, he's gone from baking 12 loaves a day to 800.

Immigration Minister David Coleman overturns a department ruling based on Rajasegaran Manikam's kidney disease diagnosis that would have seen the Manikam family deported to Singapore.

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.

Despite not being able to help his niece as she battled aplastic anaemia, Daniel Roberts stayed on the bone marrow donor list, and just two years later he was reduced to tears when he got the call.

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.

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

Eyewear giant Specsavers has admitted that the personal information of some clients in Queensland is missing and may have been stolen.

Eden Camac, who has a complex disability, broke both hips and his left leg while at a supported accommodation facility. An ambulance was not called until 10 hours after the incident and his family wants to know what went wrong.

Almost 11,000 people sign an online petition demanding the Director of Public Prosecutions appeal the sentence of a Maryborough man who bashed a two-year-old girl, leaving her with a broken back in 2017, with the Queensland Opposition calling on the Palaszczuk Government to act immediately.

The Indigenous owners of Fraser Island, the world's largest sand island, are frustrated by delays in their claim for compensation from the Queensland Government.

St Kilda chief executive Matt Finnis says the club has been left heartbroken by the death of former captain Danny Frawley.

The Queensland town of Monto that was drought declared and had the local mine close on the same day is determined to see the community survive.

SunWater is about to shed the equivalent of 32,000 Olympic pools of water from Bundaberg's Paradise Dam, which is less than 20 years old so what went wrong?

Kay Boisen is being sued by Queensland Health because of an administration error over her long-service leave payment. The union says she could be among hundreds of nurses who've been wrongly paid.

The cashless welfare card trial in Central Queensland is getting mixed reviews, with charities and community organisations saying there are signs of improvement but participants are less enthusiastic.

A controversial study plays down the risk of heart disease and cancer from eating red meat, infuriating global health professionals.

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