The NSW government has declared the shires of Nambucca, Bellingen and Kempsey, and Coffs Harbour on the mid north coast natural disaster areas.
Police have praised an Australia Post worker who handed in a parcel containing $100,000 she found behind a post office in Melbourne's southeast.
Young indigenous Australians are 30 times more likely to be held in a detention centre than their non-indigenous peers, a new report shows.
Brisbane will be the home of what is believed to be the world's largest solar-powered Christmas tree.
Kokoda Australian flag brought to Sydney after 67 years to the day it was flown in Kokoda.
The Queensland opposition has teamed up with wildlife conservationist Bob Irwin to stop the Traveston Crossing Dam.
Climate Change and Sustainability Minister Kate Jones announced on Saturday a raft of new measures to protect the marsupials' habitats.
Thousands of birds were reported falling out of the sky between December 2006 and March 2007, prompting an investigation into the cause of the deaths.
Queensland motorists who smoke while children are in their cars will be fined from next year.
An American who graffitied Melbourne buildings and posted pictures of his work on his webpage has been handed a suspended jail sentence.