After hearing from thousands of people over four-and-a-half years, the disability royal commission is about to hand down its final report;

Concerns that Australia's new multi-million dollar fire warning system is miscalculating the danger;

And the experiment trying to transform polluted stormwater runoff in our cities into a valuable source of safe water.

As Daniel Andrews steps down as Victoria's Premier, his political legacy examined;

Will the Tasmanian government keep its promise to respond to a damning child sexual abuse inquiry?

And could a shortage of lifeguards stops some pools in regional areas from opening?

An autism expert says he's appalled at the lack of oversight of programs being offered by some providers under the National Disability Insurance Scheme;

Qantas pilots demand the airline's chairman Richard Goyder stand down.

And farmers hoping recent good years will get them through a possible drought.

People with disabilities are being lured to new homes by unscrupulous operators who want to use their NDIS funding.

After a seven-decade reign and media empire spanning the globe, Rupert Murdoch steps down as chairman of Fox and News Corp; The Federal Government announces funding to test programs aimed at stopping family violence perpetrators re-offending; And fire services hoping to recruit more women and diverse volunteers, to secure the workforce into the future.

As Queensland calls for more volunteer firefighters, authorities say a repeat of the Black Summer season is unlikely.

The Bureau of Meteorology has formally declared an El Niño weather event and already the mercury is soaring and total fire bans are in place in parts of the country baking under the hot conditions;

Bank bosses to be grilled about regional branch closures;

And could there be a seaweed solution to lowering the world's methane emissions?

Sydney is having its first fire ban in 3 years as experts warn that bushfire fuel loads in other parts of the country are very high

Political campaigning experts say the 'no' campaign has been using more effective strategies ahead of next month's referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament

As Australia brings on more renewable energy, thousands of kilometres of new transmission lines will be needed, but communities are concerned about the impact. 

The death toll from the floods in Libya is now more than 10,000.

The long-running Disability Royal Commission officially closes today. those involved hope it will lead to change.