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Defence Minister Richard Marles says the search for four missing personnel following a helicopter crash in the Whitsundays last Friday is now a ‘recovery’ effort.

Squawks, creaky doors, trills, bellows and a lot of grunts — our wildlife makes some bizarre and beguiling noises. But which one should get the shout-out as Australia's favourite animal sound? It's time to make a call.

A new survey involving hundreds of Australian parents finds workplaces aren't communicating with staff while on parental leave, and are changing their jobs without consultation.

Defence Minister Richard Marles and the US Defence Secretary have paid tribute to the crash victims, as questions mount over the troubled Taipan fleet.

The four army aviators feared dead in a helicopter crash off the North Queensland coast have been identified as air and sea search efforts continue.

Australian bee experts are aiding a Fijian biosecurity program targeting killer pests in a joint surveillance effort to protect beekeepers and agriculture.

As many city dwellers flock to coastal regions, many essential workers are being priced out of the rental market on the Queensland coast.

A major search and rescue mission is underway for four air crew members after an Australian Defence Force helicopter crashed into the ocean near Hamilton Island in Queensland's Whitsundays.

Three suitable donors have been found during an urgent nationwide search for an Adelaide mother with a rare blood type in need of life-saving heart surgery. 

The US Defence Secretary and Secretary of State have arrived in Australia for two days of high-level meetings.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken are here for meetings with their counterparts ahead of joint AUSMIN talks that are likely to feature climate change, regional geopolitics, AUKUS and expanding defence ties between Australia and the United States.

A robot designed to pick mangoes and hopefully ease worker shortage issues, expected to "create ripples through the supply chain", has landed $1 million in venture capital.

Long-time ABC host Trevor Chappell is leaving the national graveyard shift to take on the role of Afternoons presenter for ABC Radio Melbourne until the end of the year. 

Police allege Rafferty Rolfe chased and rammed a vehicle with his girlfriend of four weeks and 'good Samaritan', 65-year-old Terry Bishop.

State and territory governments are not being held accountable for failing to meet Closing the Gap targets and in some cases are actively exacerbating disadvantage, a Productivity Commission report finds.  

Liz Kasell, who founded the REDcycle soft plastic recycling scheme which collapsed with thousands of tonnes of plastic stockpiled in warehouses across the country, insists she believed materials being collected by the company would be saved from landfill.

Queensland police allege 25-year-old Rafferty Raymond Rolfe stole an SUV and tried to ram a ute on the Bruce Highway.

The major supermarkets have started sending samples of soft plastics overseas to be recycled, as they deal with the legacy of thousands of tonnes of stockpiled plastics from the collapsed REDcycle scheme.

An unexpected pairing between a suburban soccer club and a German giant will deliver opportunities for Australian talent.

Almost 280 children will spend the night in cells in Queensland's juvenile detention centres — more than any other state or territory. Once released, more than half will likely reoffend.

American Brian Harman runs away with the British Open, but Australian Jason Day joins nine other players to have finished runner-up at all golf majors.

The family and friends of a young mum killed in a triple fatal crash have expressed appreciation for a good Samaritan who tried to help and their sadness that he also died in the accident.

Officials are preparing for two Chinese surveillance vessels to arrive off Australia's coast next week to monitor the multinational Talisman Sabre military exercises.

Queensland police say a stolen car involved in the fatal crash in the Sunshine Coast hinterland had been trying to ram another vehicle.

After benchmark power prices jumped hundreds of dollars a year, a senior energy researcher questions whether households will end up paying too much.