Buyers are turning to regional Australia for housing affordability, but little relief can be found in some of the fastest-growing areas outside the cities.
Measles outbreaks globally and less than ideal vaccination rates for children are negative signs as clusters of the contagious disease emerge in two states.
The hundreds of thousands of disused buildings across rural Australia could be transformed into worker accommodation as renewable energy projects roll out.
The NSW government is working to ready the state for future bushfire crises by progressing building work on 28 new regional stations and operations centres.
Australian beef is a hot commodity despite trade tussles with China and the United States, while domestic prices wane as farmers recover from floods and fires.
Police will confiscate and crush high-powered, illegal e-bikes in a crackdown after a viral video of 40 hoons speeding across the Sydney Harbour Bridge.