Daniel Miles

When Luke Simpson clocked in to work at Torrumbarry Weir for his early morning inspections one of the last things he probably thought he'd be doing would be winching an enormous goanna out of the water.

Australia's aged care sector is entering a stage of "critical" reform. So what do you do when a loved one is hesitant to accept requisite care later in life?

Australia's recycling industry is grappling with a highly combustible problem — how to properly deal with dead lithium-ion batteries.

Laura Ridout hoped her blueberry farm would put the Scotsburn Hills on the map. Instead, Apple took her farm off it and it turns out she's not alone.

Delays in the housing construction industry are soon expected to ease. But that brings little relief to frustrated owners like Travis and Noeleen, whose build is already more than 600 days late.

First, she got Beyoncé and Lizzo to rewrite their songs. But Hannah Diviney's crusade to have Disney improve its on-screen representation of people living with disability is proving a tougher fight.

Max put his dreams of paying for gender-affirming top surgery on hold when he became a father, but an application by the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons to add it to the Medicare Benefits Schedule could change that.

As a cost of living crisis grips the nation, some Victorian councils are keen to rein in their Christmas decoration spending. So what is the right amount for a region to spend on decking the halls and streets?

A soft plastics expert has given officials a "failing grade" for their response to the collapse of Australia's only national soft plastic recycling scheme.

Danni O'Connell's baby daughter weighed little more than a 600mL bottle of water at birth. Beyond her battle for survival loomed a financial struggle faced by many parents of pre-term babies.

Julie Leach has found a way to collect more than 60,000 recyclable cans and bottles in a week-and-a-half, as part of Victoria's new container deposit scheme.

Lynda George felt violated when she learnt her personal information was lost to hackers in a data breach. And to make matters worse, it took the hacked company two months to notify her of the issue.

Authorities warn 'tis the season to remain vigilant when buying online, as scammers ramp up activity heading into the holidays.

What was supposed to be a joyous trip to watch her beloved Blues in an AFL final turned to heartbreak for a teacher who is facing mounting costs.

In some parts of regional Australia, old-school matchmakers are seeing an increase in clients searching for the one.   

If you pause the telly at just the right moment and look in just the right spot, you'll see it. Or you could just look up the answers online, but where's the fun in that? 

The legendary singer-songwriter has written to the governor-general to say he no longer has faith that Australia will achieve meaningful truth-telling and justice with Indigenous Australians. 

When Jimmy Thomson's wife Roslyn died last year, he was distraught. Her love of native flowers was something he couldn't shake, so he continued her weekly tradition of making and donating native floral bouquets.

Aviation emissions have almost doubled since 2000 and in 2018 reached 1 billion tonnes. Climate Action Tracker rates the industry's climate performance as critically insufficient, despite the fact Australian airlines are introducing newer, more fuel efficient aircraft into their fleets.

From the Falls Festival and even Dark Mofo, music festivals across Australia are either shutting up shop or taking a break.

In the Victorian town of Port Fairy, "Vote Yes!" corflutes outweigh opposition posters about 50 to one, and an adult education class might be behind the response.

For a brief moment after the miscarriage of her first child Lyndal Redman couldn't help but wonder if it was her fault. Then the doom scrolling set in.

After her husband and daughter died in a car crash, Kris McMillan's son bought her a Labrador-cross for company. Max will never go without — but as the cost-of-living crisis worsens, not all pets are so lucky.

Fire ants are considered a greater invasive pest than cane toads, rabbits, feral cats and foxes combined, with documents showing a queen was discovered in Melbourne this year.

Jann Gilbert knows what it's like to lose everything. The scars of her Black Summer experience are driving her fight for all new coal and gas project approvals to be paused.