Overseas visitors are more likely to check out art trails and galleries than they are to visit a winery, according to the Australia Council for the Arts. Scientists are at loggerheads with the NSW Government over whether an academic was ‘gagged’ in his reporting on feral horses.

A program in Southern Queensland is successfully keeping Aboriginal men out of prison. Dozens of men have gone through the program and so far, not one participant has gone back to prison. Even before the cases of strawberry sabotage, it was looking like a tough year for growers. Now they are trying to pick up the pieces.

The couple injured when a runaway train derailed at Devonport in Northern Tasmania say they are disappointed with ‘poor’ treatment by operator TasRail following the incident. They describe their experience. And investment in public health services appears to be paying off in regional Australia. Not only does it improve health services for locals, but it attracts people to town.

The Whitsundays community is still reeling after three shark attacks, including a man who died from his injuries. Queensland MP Rob Katter says shark numbers are in ‘plague proportions’ and that culling and increasing shark fishing could fix the problem. But commercial fishers say there’s no market for large sharks.

A strong US dollar means American tourists are getting value for money in Australia right now. US tourists are likely to be found at luxury spots like Hamilton Island, but the low take up of a Tourism NT scheme to fly tourists in for free from America points to an image problem.

An international expert in youth justice says Australia's juvenile detention centres are failing, and the evidence is in the high reoffending rates. David McGuire heads up a not-for-profit group that runs regional detention facilities in Spain and the United Kingdom. In Spain, reoffending rates are at 18 percent - a lot lower than the 82 percent of youths that recede in Australia.

It's not been easy for the town of Bourke in New South Wales. It's been crippled by drought and jobs are few. So when the construction of a new abattoir began, it looked like the town was finally getting a break. But the incomplete abattoir is at risk of collapse.

New research published has found there is a chance that the fish you're eating has been caught by slaves. It found fishing crews all over the world are working excessive hours for little or no pay. Most seafood we eat in Australia is imported, so local consumers could be contributing to the problem.

The inquest into the death of two German tourists at a famous spot near Alice Springs moved to the site where the two died today. Wilfried and Gisela Thor died in February last year. Their adult children are in Australia to hear the inquest. They’ve defended their parents actions and wanted to see what’s been changed since their deaths.

The death of a man following a shark attack at Cid Harbour in the Whitsundays has raised questions over how to mitigate attacks. Ecologist and shark expert Dr Daryl McPhee says it should not be for government to legislate on shark attack mitigation, but it should be the responsible of tourist operators and individuals.