Tourists are swapping everyday life for red dust and racing camels, joining a month-long outback trail where flying humps, cold beers and new mates rule.
A First Nations dance company is set to be awarded a major accolade at the Venice Biennale – but says it represents just 35 of 65,000 years of stories.
A team of scientists has built Australia's first highly detailed database of fungi, which has the potential to help boost food crops and slash fertiliser costs.
Thousands of Telstra customers have been affected by a nationwide outage, including those trying to call triple zero, as trains and transactions are also down.
A doctor who moved to the country to save up for a sailing trip is still working in the bush 40 years later, a career path he encourages others to explore.
The time taken to build a new home in Australia has fallen by 10 per cent in two years but the country is still falling behind the pace on its 1.2 million target.