Port Pirie in South Australia is home to one of the largest lead and multi-metal smelters in the world, resulting in historical and ongoing lead contamination in the community. Parents say they are ...

An Australian pianist is taking the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra to court accusing it of undermining his freedom of speech by cancelling one of his concerts.

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Kristina Ross this year won the prestigious Vogel Award for her debut novel First Year - she's also an award-winning ...

From Erin Brockovich to Steven Bradbury, we love to root for the underdog. David Robson is a science writer, researcher and ...

Accompanying nocturnal and hibernating Jazz Cats around Australia. First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.

A 21-year-old woman has been rescued from Gaza where she was reportedly held captive for a decade. Fawzia Amin Sido was ...