In 2004 the death of 36-year-old Cameron Doomadgee in a watch house on Palm Island sparked a riot which caused $4 million damage to the island and led to a $30 million class action racial discrimination. Community members say while the island may have changed due to the high profile nature of the event - the country has not  with deaths increasing year on year. 

Plans lodged with WA's Environmental Protection Authority this month will bring wild transformation to an ancient desert landscape. Experts, who note the proposed scale is "incredible", say the idea has a lot going for it.

Sky-high airfares, poor flight times and unexpected scheduling changes have become standard in Darwin — and there are concerns prices may be about to climb even higher. 

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A crisis accommodation centre manager in southern NSW says families are living in tents due to a lack of suitable housing.

Residents living near a Bendigo gold mine say the company's activities have already caused damaging earthquakes in the region.

Although the survey is only about 15 to 20 per cent complete, the northern reefs are so far revealing the biggest annual decline in coral cover in the 39 years the program has been running. 

Amid the spinifex on a remote Western Australian island looms Chevron's troubled carbon capture facility. The role the technology might play in cutting greenhouse gas emissions is likely to get a fresh airing at global climate talks in Azerbaijan.

Central Australian community leaders are warning plans to permanently transfer children in custody from Alice Springs to a new Darwin youth prison will further traumatise them and lead to reoffending. 

Outback residents say they are frustrated with rising airfare prices and service bungles in locations with few other options.