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Bohemian Rhapsody superfan breaks world record for seeing movie 108 times

A woman who says she has only been a fan of the iconic rock band Queen for about a year sets the Guinness World Record for clocking up approximately 240 hours, or 10 consecutive days, watching Bohemian Rhapsody in cinemas.




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'I thought, geez, that's unusual': Rain brings fishy phenomenon to outback town

Fish have been found on the streets of Yowah, in outback Queensland, after record rainfall.





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'Nobody wants to part with it': Cafe offers to trade coffee for toilet paper

Toilet paper is the butt of jokes in Australia but it has become currency for a desperate Far North Queensland cafe with dwindling supplies.




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Outback roadhouse starts flying beer and pizza to cattle stations in lockdown

A Top End roadhouse has started an aerial takeaway service to help lift community spirits during the coronavirus lockdown. So far, the owner says, the service has received "quite a good response".




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Feral sheep get much-needed makeover before new career as 'lawn mowers'

The ewes, estimated to have been roaming free for years, are spotted on WA's south coast by a man who's had their monster fleeces removed.






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Floodwaters lift the spirits of graziers in drought-ravaged outback Queensland

Floodwaters are swelling rivers in drought-ravaged outback Queensland and lifting the spirits of graziers.




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Wild dog fence funding pledge of $25 million to fix 1,600km welcomed by South Australian sheep industry

The Coalition has promised to fix 1,600km of SA's dog fence if it returns to government, an announcement warmly received after almost 20,000 sheep were lost to wild dogs last year.




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Underground coal gasification technology, banned in Queensland, holds hope for Leigh Creek

A controversial underground coal gasification project could tender for an SA Government electricity supply contract formerly held by a renewable energy project.





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Australia's livestock feed supplies in precarious position due to drought

Australia's livestock feed supplies are under threat due to the drought, which is putting pressure on both domestic customers and the export market.




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Mintabie community launches Federal Court legal action against South Australian Government weeks out from eviction

A community weeks away from being evicted has launched legal action against the South Australian Government in a bid to stop their town's closure.



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Did Orwell's nightmare Nineteen Eighty-Four inspire the Snowtown murders?

Journalist Andrew McGarry covered the trial of one of Australia's most notorious serial killings. Two decades since police made the gruesome discovery in a disused bank vault, he looks at the similarities between the actions of ringleader, John Bunting, and George Orwell's novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four.




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After making the choice to stay alive, amputees find solace in each other

Having an amputation is a life-changing experience and rehabilitation a long process. This support group is helping injured people overcome trauma and feelings of isolation.




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Time bomb: The making of Bourke Street killer James Gargasoulas

As a child he showed sociopathic tendencies. By the time he was an adult he was a drug dealer with an extensive criminal record who would go on to kill six people.




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Quad bike safety plans sparks rift between ACCC and manufacturers

Quad bike manufacturers claim ACCC-favoured mandatory rollover protection will not improve safety as another child dies in rural NSW on Monday.




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Gayle's Law loophole, allowing nurses to see patients alone, draws concern from union

The nurses' union says a law requiring remote health workers to be accompanied when going on unscheduled or after-hours callouts is being undermined by the State Government.



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RSPCA worried about welfare of horses due to 'unprecedented' feed shortage

Horse sanctuaries close and horse owners are forced to consider putting their horses down amid an "unprecedented shortage of hay".





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Former police officer and mother killed in Leigh Creek plane crash was 'beautiful friend'

Tributes are flowing for a former Queensland police officer and a respected horse stud owner killed in an outback plane crash, with investigations into the cause of the incident continuing.




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Plane crash victim posted on social media hours before death near Leigh Creek

Former Queensland police officer Rachel Whitford, who died in a plane crash in outback South Australia on Saturday, posted to social media shortly before that she was "grateful for another safe landing".




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Kangaroo Island ecotourism project given the green light as SA Government seeks to 'open up' national parks

A contentious ecotourism project on Kangaroo Island has been approved and could lead the way for similar projects that will open up South Australian national parks currently "under lock and key".




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Drought forces Jamestown sheep market to cancel for the third month in a row for the first time ever

As the drought drives Australia's sheep flock to historic lows, a South Australian sheep sale has been called off three times due to a lack of animals.




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Plane crash at William Creek airfield in South Australian outback

A woman and a man aged in their 50s are in a stable condition after the light plane they were flying in flipped upon landing at the William Creek Airport.




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WA pilot praised for quick thinking after light plane crash at William Creek in outback SA

A former military pilot from WA is being praised after switching his light plane's engine off when it flipped during a landing on a remote SA airstrip. He and his wife are in a stable condition in hospital in Adelaide.




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Shopping trolley dumping is 'costing everyone' and needs a government solution, council says

Adelaide councils are considering a range of options to address the problem of abandoned shopping trolleys including GPS tracking, locking systems and a bounty for returned trolleys.




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Pilot vows to keep flying after outback plane crash leaves him with broken spine

Despite breaking his back in several places in a light plane crash in outback SA that also injured his wife, experienced Perth pilot Jamie McAlindon is determined to get back into the cockpit.




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The Marree Man: an outback enigma

We still don't know who created the Marree Man, an enormous figure in the Australian outback. For every question answered, another two or three need to be asked. But like with all great mysteries, everyone has a theory.




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Milk price increases at supermarkets fail to reach struggling dairy farmers in Queensland and NSW

Dairy farmers say they are devastated a 10-cents-a-litre increase in the retail price of milk in July has not been passed on to them.





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Ghost town restoration of Farina a labour of love for volunteers across the years

For more than a decade, Australians have travelled to the South Australian outback ghost town of Farina, in an effort to restore the crumbling buildings.




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Snapper fishing to be banned in SA waters for more than three years, SA Government says

The SA Government says a three-year statewide ban on snapper fishing will come into effect within weeks, despite a backlash from fishers and charter boat operators.




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Shackling not to blame for prisoner's death at Queen Elizabeth Hospital

The death of a frail and immobile prisoner at an Adelaide hospital in 2015 was not because he was shackled to his bed for three weeks, but due to natural causes, SA's deputy coroner finds.




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Three-year-old girl dies in hospital after suffering horrific burns in Port Augusta house fire

A toddler has died in an Adelaide hospital after suffering horrific burns in a house fire in Port Augusta in South Australia's Mid-North last week.




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Birdwatchers see rare birds escaping the drought in search of food and water in southern Australia

Birdwatchers are spotting crimson and rare orange chats in southern Australia, refugees of the drought in the inland.





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Jenny and Graham Francis only recently learned both of their identities had been stolen

Jenny and Graham Francis only recently learned both of their identities had been stolen.




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You could be ingesting a teaspoon of microplastic every week, study finds

At a conservative estimate, people around the world are consuming a credit card's-worth of microplastic every week, according to a new study.




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Police find teenage mother of newborn whose body was found in Newcastle backyard

The 18-year-old mother of a newborn baby boy whose body was found in a backyard on Tuesday has been found in Penrith and taken to hospital.




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Hot water bottle filled with boiling water bursts, leaves woman with third-degree burns

A young mother left with third-degree burns is urging others not to make the same mistake as her, and says to never fill a hot water bottle with boiling water.




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Sydney news: Police seek man over alleged train station robbery, new advice to prevent allergies

MORNING BRIEFING: Police release an image of a man they are seeking after a young woman was allegedly knocked to the ground during an attempted robbery, while a new health campaign recommends introducing nuts to babies before they turn one.




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Singleton house fire kills three children, mother and 8yo survive

Neighbours say they were woken by "screaming" in their quiet cul-de-sac as an intense fire took hold of a house in Singleton on the NSW Hunter Valley, leaving the local community "distraught".




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Singleton community in shock after house fire claims lives of three 'little angels'

Residents of a quiet suburban street in NSW's Hunter Valley say they watched on helplessly with a young mother whose house burnt down in front of her with three of her children inside.




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Going single use plastic-free 'the next natural step' for Dungog




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Boomerang Bags leading the way to a single use plastic-free town




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New South Wales Blues recall Mitchell Pearce for State of Origin III against Queensland

He has been the butt of jokes when it comes to State of Origin, but Mitchell Pearce has a chance of finally winning a series with New South Wales after Nathan Cleary is ruled out of game three because of injury.




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Rebecca Maher's death in custody could have been prevented if police called ambulance

The death in custody of Wiradjuri woman Rebecca Maher is ruled accidental but the inquest finds police failed to conduct a proper body search over unfounded concerns of HIV.



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Two rescued and three have died after a catamaran capsizes near Stockton, Newcastle