Habitat degradation and erratic rainfall conditions are impacting the movement of birds through northern Australia's fragmented landscape, a new study by Monash University has found.

Tech giant Apple will formally recognise the Indigenous lands of Australia and New Zealand in a groundbreaking revamp of its ubiquitous Maps product.

More than 8,000 continental islands sit just off the coast of Australia, many of them uninhabited and unspoiled. For ...

The Albanese government has “drained” general practice doctors from regional areas by ­redirecting newly migrated health professionals, the peak GP association says, as the ­Coalition calls ...

It's no secret that Australia, like the rest of the world, is heating up. So much so that, by 2050, seven regions across the country are on track to spend 90 days or more with temperatures over ...

The Australian region has set new sea surface temperature records on each of the past five months, with the oceans around Australia expected to stay abnormally warm throughout autumn. Rising ocean ...

More than 50% of the region is for pastoralism, primarily beef cattle grazing. 41% of the region contains conservation areas, including nature reserves and national parks. Katherine is the regional ...

As wanderlust drives us toward increasingly off-the-beaten-path destinations, the number of passengers traveling on ...

The total value of residential dwellings in Australia rose by $26.4 billion to $11,032.2 billion this quarter. The number of residential dwellings rose by 53,200 to 11,294,300 this quarter. The mean ...

The tiny community of Megan, north east of Dorrigo on the New South Wales Mid North Coast, has been hit hard by the loss of one of their own to floodwaters. Shocked neighbours describe lifelong ...

Once the warm, salty water from the tropics reach the polar region, they cool enough to sink to the depths ... leading to wetter summers in northern Australia and a drier New Zealand year-round.

Ballina Shire Mayor Sharon Cadwallader says the Ballina region is “very well prepared” for Cyclone Alfred. Cyclone Alfred has re-intensified to a category two storm on Tuesday morning.