Mind check: should schools track kids’ mental health?
Australian schools will have access to a government-funded digital tool to support students' mental health but some question whether it will be effective.
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Small events such as farmers markets might look like a twee country novelty to an outsider, but research shows they are a powerful force in community connection, reports STEPHANIE GARDINER.
An award-winning pioneer of virtual reality films invites travellers to experience the Kimberley region, with Luke Hemsworth at your side as a personal guide.
As families make cutbacks and sacrifices to save the spirit of Christmas, charities warn that many will face a bleak festive season devoid of celebrations.
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Release of Bali bombers ‘reopens old wounds and scars’
Paul Vanni lost six of his best mates in the devastating Bali bombing attacks and the repatriation of two people involved to Malaysia has reopened old wounds.
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Apple launches its big AI push but is it too late?
Features launching on Apple devices will write a story, draw an image and summarise articles but the AI push helped by ChatGPT arrives after those of rivals, writes JENNIFER DUDLEY-NICHOLSON.
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Racism role in death at centre of teen shooting inquiry
A coroner is being urged to discount racism as a cause of an indigenous teen's death, despite the ex-officer who shot him being labelled a racist by police.
The dams are empty, the crops are struggling and the livestock are hungry, as farmers in southern Australia live through one of the driest seasons in memory.
What if public toilets weren't dingy and dark but opened the door to a world beyond ones and twos? Designers, business and road safety advocates urge a rethink.
Powering Australia's capital for generations to come, a big battery will deliver profits to locals to share the benefits of rising demand for clean energy.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has revealed the hardship she experienced as an immigrant child after being honoured at the Asian Australian Leadership Awards.
Social media shouldn't carry the blame for mental health issues among the young and blocking access will also remove support, the Black Dog Institute argues.
Drones could help Australians survive the "age of mega-fires" as climate change drives new fire seasons that are outpacing the disaster response of past decades, writes MARION RAE in Canberra.
Local author NOEL BEDDOE continues his occasional series on the people who make our home a remarkable place to live.
Six years after being the last of his siblings to find a home, Bear the kelpie has taken out a working dog competition after clocking up 570km in two weeks.
Country halls remain at the heart of small towns in times of both celebration and disaster, but their longevity largely depends on the kindness of locals.
It might have started out "in sickness and in health" but increasingly, marriages put under strain when the woman develops breast cancer are failing.
Grief and hurt are still being felt in First Nations communities one year on from the 2023 Voice referendum but many are still fighting for change.
Sharks have survived five extinction events over 500 million years thanks to their sensory "superpowers", but now the fish are being killed in the millions.
