Peter Dutton has pledged $10m for a new weather radar in outback western Queensland, where several towns have been inundated ...

For decades, the native iguanas of Fiji and Tonga have presented an evolutionary mystery. Every other living iguana species ...

A levee bank has been built to protect a town from "unprecedented" floodwaters after dozens were forced to flee to higher ...

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Advance Metals has nailed some seriously high-grade gold hits up to 93 grams per tonne from a diamond drill hole at its Happy Valley prospect in the Victorian goldfields.

Workers in the racing industry across Australia say horses are being routinely drugged for track work at the peril of rider and horse safety in a malpractice which could breach nation-wide racing ...

A high pressure system lies in the Great Australian Bight and extends a ridge south of Tasmania. A low pressure system lies over the Tasman Sea and will move slowly southeastwards over coming days as ...

Broome 35 °C Partly cloudy. Derby 33 °C Possible shower. Fitzroy Crossing 37 °C Mostly sunny. Kalumburu 31 °C Showers. Possible storm. Wyndham 35 °C Shower or two. Possible storm. Kununurra 33 °C ...