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.

Showcasing Australia's breathtaking landscapes may seem like a dream job, but there's a nationwide shortage of tour guides.

It's been one week since the 3G network was switched off in Western Australia and farmers in the middle of the grain harvest say connectivity has suffered.

Housing data shows 68 locations across the country have less a than 1 per cent rental vacancy rate.

A Victorian mine will start exporting a rare earths concentrate, which can be processed into commercial quantities of uranium, next year, sparking protests from farmers and an environmental group.