A gruesome flesh-eating bacteria – suspected to be transmitted by an iconic animal – is spreading in one Aussie state, and health officials are warning everyone is at risk.
Duncan Evans
Locals have sounded the alarm on a plan to put a desalination plant in the King George Sound amid fears the deposits of briny wastewater pose an “existential threat” to the south coast’s delicate ecosystem.
Melissa Sheil
A gruesome disease which can cause disfigurement has taken root in a popular tourist town – and a cute Aussie animal may be behind the spread.
A leading health advocacy group is warning parents a disease that can be fatal to babies and small children has just hit a 20-year high.
An Australian company has been given first-of-its-kind approval to launch a rocket out of a small Queensland town.
Blair Jackson
Japanese monkeys gifted to a local council in 1981 will be sterilised and left to die naturally following a vote this week.
Cameron Micallef
A dog is set to have life saving surgery after it was allegedly dumped in a random yard with a heartbreaking note.
Clareese Packer
Authorities are holding a possum responsible for a widespread blackout that plunged most of the Western Australian city of Bunbury into darkness.
Ryan Bourke
A giant meteor shower is set to pass over Australia this weekend, but one thing is threatening our chances of seeing the spectacular shoW.
Alexandra Feiam
Swimmers have been warned to stay out of the water after a bull shark was spotted in a popular river in Victoria’s east.
Emma Kirk
Summer means a lot of things: hot weather, long nights and loud cicadas. And those noisy insects seem to be turning up the decibels this year.
Aussies are being warned they will swelter through one of the hottest summers on record, with power blackouts on the cards due to a surprising culprit.
An unassuming building deep within the University of Western Australia’s Crawley campus is the professional home of a group of scientists who hope their work could transform how the world works.
Adrian Lowe
Aussies are facing a sharp rise in Covid infections just ahead of Christmas, leading to a warning from health authorities.
A new Aussie study aims to uncover more about an event that killed 10 people and forced thousands more to seek medical attention.
It will be one small step for Perth, and a giant leap for WA’s bid to be part of the booming space economy this week as five global agencies descend on the city for major conferences.
Dylan Caporn
Laos is best known for its stunning scenery, friendly locals and wild parties. But the poisoning of two Aussie teens in a bar has shown a seedier side.
An emperor penguin that took a wrong turn and ended up in Western Australia is now ready to make the 3,500km journey home.
Aisling Brennan
A young paramedic has recalled his suspected run-in with the world’s most venomous fish while holidaying in Australia.
Australia’s medicines watchdog says parents should immediately stop giving a popular medicine to kids under the age of six, warning of potential ‘psychiatric’ side effects.
Controversial chef Pete Evans has teamed up with fellow vaccine sceptic and Trump confidante Robert F Kennedy Jr on a new cookbook for kids.
The six-month data collection trial of Australia’s only wave energy project officially began this month, with the deployment of UWA’s M4 device into the King George Sound.
An Aussie woman was left in extreme pain after she came into contact with an unfriendly creature in Bali.
We know eggs come from chickens and chickens come from eggs, but the question of which comes first has been unanswerable —until now, it seems.
Xantha Leatham
