Backpackers allowed to stay in Australia to work on farms but with restaurants shut and overseas trade stalled work is drying up and fruit is left unpicked

An indispensable illustration of the wild and vivid evolution of 1960s psychedelia.

How the US and China have handled the coronavirus contagion and the secret history of Labor's election debacle.

The story of one man's slide into the white supremacist movement in Canada in the late 1980s, and which asks the question; whose voices should be heard in the aftermath of violence, as a community attempts to move towards life after hate?

Stolen hand sanitizer, an iso wedding, losing all three of your jobs in one week – life at home in lockdown in Australia, as told through the intimate audio diaries of three women.

Flying a light plane to pick up bread from the local bakery is not something most Australians can relate to, but it is the unique reality for some who call Central Australia home.

When outback pioneering single mother Mary Emmott started rainfall records in 1914 she had no idea how important they would be.

Coronavirus today: May 18 set for reopening of casinos.

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Casinos and a big ask from the business lobby top the video roundup today.

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Hampton describes himself as "birthed within the state-of-mind forged by Native Americans, Civil War battles, blues and folk music, diamonds and nine students that corner-stoned the spirit of the civil rights movement."

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Another federal court has denied a request to preserve surgical abortion rights for Arkansas women.

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Little Rock Marriott giving 163 employees notice of layoffs longer than originally thought.

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Police seize $250,000 worth of methamphetamine after raiding several homes and businesses in Western Australia's South West.

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.

Most beef you eat comes from around two-year-old cattle, but some farmers are singing the praises of dry-aged beef from what they call "vintage" cows.

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.

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?

Spencer Connelly, 11, was supposed to have his third round of skin graft surgery within 90 days. But he's been waiting 15 months as Tasmania's elective surgery waiting list blows out.

The romantic supernatural saga tips over into pure melodrama in its fourth installment, but surprisingly it's a better film than its predecessors.

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.

My goodness. The big screen comedy update of the popular 80s show is actually lots of fun.

Christopher is 10, blind, and has his own ABC Grandstand segment.

One hundred years since construction began on the Great Ocean Road, the world-renowned tourist attraction is under threat from erosion, landslides and booming tourist numbers. But a record funding boost and the the biggest roadworks blitz of recent decades is now underway in a bid to secure the road for another century.

David Littleproud will seek a review of rainfall figures as Moyne Shire councillor Colin Ryan says his region doesn't need drought support granted by the Federal Government because his area isn't drought affected.

A regional council looks set to hand back $1 million in drought funding as the Federal Government concedes it needs to review how it hands out assistance to communities battling dry weather.

Big business is set to be hit with hundreds of millions of dollars in extra taxes and royalties as the Palaszczuk Government seeks to tap the top end of town to deliver payroll tax relief to small- and medium-sized businesses, in the hope of boosting jobs particularly in regional Queensland.

Police charge a 69-year-old Bundaberg man with the cold case murder of Rex Keen, who was found bashed and stabbed to death in his Brisbane hotel room more than 40 years ago.

Doctors are shocked by how quickly this season's flu is striking down the young and healthy. Last year, Amanda Nix was doing Tough Mudder, but a few weeks ago she was struck down with the infection, blacking out in an emergency ward as it took hold.

A Queensland great grandmother recalls the challenges of life on the land as she celebrates a century in the rural town of Biggenden.

More than 11,000 scientists around the world have signed a scientific paper declaring a climate emergency, in turn backing protesters across the world demanding and calling on governments worldwide to act.

Scientists are stunned by the discovery of the well-preserved body of an 18,000-year-old puppy in far-eastern Russian Siberia, but experts are unsure whether it was a dog or a wolf.

Astronomy experts explain why giant red star Betelgeuse looks a little different at the moment — and why scientists around the world are talking about it.

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.

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. 

Dr Geoff Thompson was recently recognised as the 2020 NT Australian of the year for his work coordinating the evacuation of injured people following the devastation of Darwin by Cyclone Tracy in 1974.  

At one Sydney medical centre the staff are trying to set up for the COVID-19 crisis, and to stay in business

Emmah Money lives with the lung disease Cystic Fibrosis so she has to be especially careful to avoid coronavirus

Animal shelters across Australia have to keep going although the volunteers they rely on have been ordered to stay home. How do they cope now? What can the wider community do to help? And do you have a care plan for your pet in case you get sick?