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The senior constable and another man will face court today accused of threatening the 78-year-old and stealing $100,000 in cash.

A severe storm destroyed seven Transgrid transmission towers on October 17, plunging 12,000 residents into darkness in the states far west.

Treechangers say they have been caught unawares by the lack of healthcare services in the bush as rural towns grapple with a critical doctor shortage.

A prominent not-for-profit is calling for Australia to radically improve mental health funding and planning on the back of stark new data revealing worsening problems with the care system.

The ban is in place for residents across the Toowoomba, the Southern Downs, Western Downs, Goondiwindi and Maranoa local government areas.

Investigators found the animals would have endured 'slow and lingering deaths', including two joeys left to starve.

Almost one in four Australians live in a childcare desert - where more than three children vie for every childcare place available.

A woman was sitting inside her parked car outside the cemetery when her back window was smashed in by large rocks.

She was born in Adelaide in 1914, meaning she lived through two world wars and two pandemics.

The flu has already caused numerous poultry deaths. 

The pair, aged in their 80s, were found dead in a paddock by a relative who'd gone to check on them on Thursday morning.

Farmers had to watch their fruit grow for months, knowing half of their perfectly edible pomegranate crop would be rejected.

Growers claimed apples were on sale for more than twice as much as they had been paid for the produce.

An Alice Springs grape grower claims he has been forced to close his business after the standards and accreditation set by the country's two major supermarkets became "unachievable".

Officers from Tennant Creek thought the man's body had been there for about five days.

The body was 'in an advanced state of decomposition', according to police.

The lotto player held the only winning ticket in last night's Lotto draw, scoring the entire $1 million prize.

Two states are leading the country in best-performing non-metropolitan property, new research found.

Wotif has calculated Australia's top ten towns based on search trends, affordability, accommodation quality and reviews.

"Initial inquiries indicate the man was felling trees on large private bush property."

A trip to deposit cash involves an exhausting and dangerous 11-hour round trip on a hot and dusty highway.

A man has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, bringing to an end an hours-long police negotiation after he is believed to have killed a colleague at a grain silo in Western Australia.

A man is dead and another is fighting for life after a ute crash in rural Victoria.

The retention payment is double the previous offer as regional health districts struggle fill nurse shortages.

The cow wandered into a dam on Mamre Road in Kemps Creek and was unable to move about 6pm yesterday.

The 39-year-old struck the cow on Hendy Main Road in Moriac near Geelong about 6.15am.

The anticipated El Nino and attendant warmer, drier conditions in the coming year are set to roll Australian agriculture back from recent record-breaking levels.

The world first study began after a mouse plague destroyed thousands of crops and cost grain growers about $1 billion two years ago.

A school in rural New South Wales are offering tens of thousands in bonuses, accommodation costs and a job to any teachers willing to make the move there.

During an unexpected blackout her machine was switched off while she was sleeping about 5am on May 8.

Officials say March was the busiest busiest month of the season, with firefighters responding to over 2800 incidents.

Maternity wards in Geelong, Gladstone and Burnie have recently closed, forcing pregnant women and their families to travel large distances to give birth.

Three American firefighters who died when their water-bombing plane crashed in 2020 will always be honoured among Australia's fallen, an RFS boss said.

Quilpie has a population of just 650 people and is 1000 kilometres away from Brisbane.

The flood warnings have prompted Queensland Police to remove residents from their houses as experts warn that flood waters haven't reached their peak yet.

Dozens of other grass and bushfires are currently burning across the state.

Quairading has just 619 people, with just one doctor who is about to leave the town.

Hundreds of hay bales have landed on the doorsteps of battling farmers for Christmas as they continue to rebuild from multiple devastating flooding events.

The plane crashed in the Caiguna area, about 350 kilometres west of the Western Australia-South Australia border, around 9.30am Friday.

A family and their dogs huddled on an outdoor table in their dark backyard as they waited for assistance while floodwaters rose around their Forbes home last night.

Searches are underway for two people believed to be missing in floodwaters in the New South Wales central west.

The 30-year-old pilot pulled himself out of the crashed cabin and walked to a nearby home for help.

When Perth single dad James Brougham hits a roadblock, you can guarantee his solution will be equal parts unconventional and inspiring.

Vittorio Stefanato appeared via videolink in the NSW Supreme Court on Friday.

An Australia-wide shortage of antibiotics is leaving doctors unable to prescribe the best medications to their patients.

The NSW RFS has unveiled a new technique they hope will reduce the risk of bushfires this upcoming season: goats.

Nationals-held seats received $104 million more than they deserved in a billion-dollar federal government grants program.

The federal opposition is calling for Australia to shut the border to Indonesia as foot and mouth disease spreads.

In 2016 Gayle Woodford was raped and beaten to death while working on-call in South Australia's far-north, by Dudley Davey who was later sentenced to life in prison.

From the lamb who gets laser treatment to the piglet who dashes around in a tiny wheelchair, take a look at some of the rescued animals who have been lucky enough to find their way to this farm sanctuary.