Authorities warn the health of Hopkins River in Victoria's south west is poor and declining and agriculture is largely to blame. 

NT police have rejected calls for an independent investigation into the death of an Aboriginal man in police custody after being restrained at an Alice Springs supermarket this week. 

The grandfather of the 24-year-old man who died in police custody in Alice Springs on Tuesday has paid tribute to his grandson and called for "accountability, justice and self-determination".

The life of Australia's largest oil and gas project will be extended to 2070, with Environment Minister Murray Watt giving the long-awaited environmental approval for Woodside's North West Shelf project. 

Survivors of the Stolen Generations in Western Australia will be compensated through a state government redress scheme offering payments of up to $85,000 each

The Prime Minister has announced 70 Australian Defence Force personnel will join the flood recovery and clean-up effort on the NSW Mid North.

A fourth person has been confirmed dead and another is still missing in record floods on the NSW Mid North Coast, as thousands of people remain without power.

 NSW Police have confirmed a third person has died in the flood emergency. 

Farmers in the Hunter region and mid north coast of NSW have been isolated by the flood waters with some are saying they have never seen anything like it in generations of farming

The National Party pulls out of the Coalition Agreement with the Liberal Party.