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Ellen van Neerven didn't grow up watching theatre. Now, after a prize-winning career as a poet and author, they premiere their debut play, Swim.    

These lonely sentinels are an anachronism when every commercial ship navigates using now-ubiquitous electronic global positioning, but they retain a special place in the hearts of seafarers.

A little-known berry called 'miracle fruit' has been grown in far north Queensland for its taste modifying effects.

The Wieambilla killings in Queensland in late 2022 were among the most shocking crimes this country's seen and the most bizarre. An upcoming coronial inquest will examine the trio's motives.

A cold front moving across south-eastern states is dumping snow, with strong, damaging winds bringing down trees and power lines.

More than 2,000 Palestinian refugees have made their way to Australia since the war in Gaza began in October last year. While relieved to have made it out, many are deeply pained by the fact they are now safe while many of their friends and family are not.

Queensland's Lockyer Valley has suffered multiple natural disasters, which risks the region's reputation as the state's salad bowl as fruit and vegetable crops were ruined by drought, flood and hailstorms. But some young farmers are determined to make their farms viable, turning to cotton instead.

Sparrows are often considered pests, but a new study suggests lead levels in the birds' blood could indicate if children in mining towns have been exposed to high levels of the poisonous chemical.

A radical sovereign citizen group co-invented by a fugitive mother is using a fake court to justify attempted child abduction, extortion, and intimidation of court officials.

Half of all Australians have been found to experience some level of fear when they go to the dentist.

Disease authorities say there is potential for the arrival of a bird flu strain that has already been detected in Asia and Antarctica.

The attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania has shocked the world, but US presidents are no strangers to attempts on their lives. 

Work safety authorities in at least three states called into the hardware giant, amid fears customers and workers have been put at risk by inappropriate handling of the potentially hazardous material.

A rapidly deepening low-pressure system in the Tasman Sea will track towards the coast this weekend, the precursor to a bout of severe winter weather across eastern Australia.    

The self-proclaimed leader of a religious group accused of causing the death of an eight-year-old girl is "religious persecution".

Reporter Laura Lavelle says neighbours very rarely spoke to the couple.

Members of a religious group charged over the death of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs spent a day praying and singing over her dead body, a Supreme Court trial has heard.

Hundreds of people are at town hall in Townsville to voice their frustrations and concerns to the premier and his cabinet.

A trial has begun for a religious group charged over the death of an eight-year-old Toowoomba girl more than two years ago. 

A spectacular nova may be about to light up our night sky in the constellation Corona Borealis. If it does, Australians will only have a short window to catch it.

7.30 has obtained footage showing police beating an Indigenous youth repeatedly with a baton in a watch house, sparking allegations of excessive use of force.

Surveillance cameras have been installed across Brisbane’s Mt Coot-tha walking tracks amid concerns over women's safety.

DNA analysis suggests dingoes breed with other dogs less than previously thought and reveals key populations predate European colonisation.

Australian Olympic officials have welcomed the partnership between the ABC and Nine, which will see key events broadcast live across the national broadcaster's regional radio network.

Jet James was eight when his mother died tragically. His journey back from childhood trauma led him in an unexpected direction.