Library book returned after 150 years, $28k fine waived

A report finds more than 3.2 million hectares of land in New South Wales is covered by clearing permits allowing native plants to be removed.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority is suing Optus in the Federal Court over last year's network outage in which hundreds of calls failed to reach Triple Zero.

Muslim residents in Merimbula, NSW, say they feel isolated after a council decision to close a community centre that it classified as a place of worship.

Rows of black and white plastic weed mats are giving vegetable seedlings their best start in life. But disposing of them has become a logistical and cost burden.

The deadly H5N1 bird flu strain has reached Victoria after a positive test was confirmed.

A man has died aboard a Liberian vessel in north Queensland.