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Australians are still suffering from budget airline Bonza's unreliability issues, one year after its launch.

Huge piles of tumbleweeds are surrounding houses, frustrating farmers and heightening fire risk in rural areas. But academics say very little can be done to wipe them out.

Biologist Deon Gilbert says this month's Victorian release of 70 juveniles from a spotted tree frog breeding pool is incredibly heartwarming.

More than four years after the Black Summer bushfires incinerated millions of hectares on the east coast, traces of the event have faded but remain stark in people's memories. 

Snake catcher Michael Gibson is hopeful Australians have been shifting away from fearing and killing snakes to valuing their role in the ecosystem.

Swimmers are being warned to stay away from one of Victoria's busiest beaches and a popular High Country waterhole as extreme heat grips the state.

The fiancée of a man who died when his light plane crashed in the Victorian High Country believes he was let down by the system and was not given adequate training to be a safe and competent pilot.

A coronial inquest into the death of a recreational pilot in the Victorian high country has heard weather conditions, mechanical concerns and inexperience could have contributed to the fatal crash.

Mount Buffalo's grand chalet was once the jewel of Victoria's high country, but it has been closed for almost two decades. However, hope is growing that the "old girl" can be revived.

Victoria's planning minister stuns farmers by ruling out a plan to save 1,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools worth of water in the Murray Darling Basin, saying it could harm important native vegetation.

A lack of workers and apprentices, long waits for parts and an increasingly complex market are driving waiting times for car repairs through the roof, leaving mechanics under siege.

When they are not growing food and raising livestock, Bill Hotson and Courtney Young can be found with brushes in their hands, expressing their deep connection to the country via their art.

Yorta Yorta leaders want people to "read the language of the land" after January flooding along the Goulburn River.

With half the town of Corowa having almost no mobile phone coverage, the local council is calling on government and telecommunications companies to find a solution.

A 22-year-old woman has been charged with an attack that has left 23-year-old Jake Loader in an induced coma with life-threatening injuries.

A Victorian health service says staff are taking mental health leave or leaving the health sector altogether in response to an average of 30 to 40 incidents of violence and aggression each week.

Adrian Wells aims to ignite a passion for the environment and break down stereotypes that city people might have about farming communities.

Dr Znidersic spent 19 days travelling around Antarctica as part of a women's leadership expedition.

More than twelve months since a landslide cut off access to a ski village in the Victorian Alps, locals are optimistic 2024 will see Bogong High Plains Road completely cleared.

How has fire management changed since that fateful summer four years ago, when bushfires wiped out a third of the softwood forestry plantation in the Snowy Mountains?

Paramedics worked on a man after a paraglider crash in an area of the high country noted for the sport but he died at the scene.

Dylan Meyer didn't think he'd be alive for Christmas after a mosquito bite left him on life support. He now wants others to heed his warning. 

Brandon Hawkins leads the Willigobung RFS brigade in the New South Wales Snowy Valleys, and says his station is woefully unprepared for this year's fire season due to broken and outdated equipment.

There were major delays along Victoria's regional rail network, after workers walked off the job in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

From Perth to Albury, we take a look at Australia's live music scene and how it's faring after a pandemic and during a cost of living crisis.