Wild dingo populations have less dog lineage, with a significantly greater proportion of pure dingoes than previously thought, according to new research, challenging the view that pure dingoes are on the decline due to crossbreeding. The findings, published in Molecular Ecology, suggest previous studies significantly overestimated the prevalence of dingo-dog mixes in the wild and that lethal methods to control ‘wild dogs’ target pure dingoes.

Project will use data from satellites and sensors to provide warnings on algal bloom, blackwater and runoff contamination

Aussie Five Star Caravans Victoria is a direct Melbourne based off road caravan dealership that offer a serious competitive edge in quality and price.

They tend backyards brimming with cactus varieties, consuming the produce. Prudence Gibson meets a hidden group of gardeners and ponders the allure – and – danger of psychoactive plants.

Minimum quality standards will also be introduced, and the sale of vapes in retail settings prohibited.

Recreational vaping will be banned in Australia, as part of a major crackdown amid what experts say is an "epidemic". Minimum quality standards will also be introduced, and the sale of vapes restricted to pharmacies. Nicotine vapes already require a prescription in Australia, but the industry is poorly regulated and a black market is thriving.

A regional Australian mayor said he may sue OpenAI if it does not correct ChatGPT's false claims that he had served time in prison for bribery, in what would be the first defamation lawsuit against the automated text service.

Australia banned TikTok on official devices today and joined a long list of western countries including the US and the UK to make such move.

If you look at where wombats deposit their poo, you realize they must be able to perform some surprising acrobatics.

Australian researchers have discovered a super-sized species of trapdoor spiders found only in Queensland. The females of this rare species can live for over 20 years in the wild and grow up to 5cm long - large in trapdoor spider terms. The males grow up to 3cm. Unfortunately, much of its habitat has been lost due to land clearing, making it likely to be an endangered species, scientists said.

A series of advertisements for an online casino that target Australians are being shown on Facebook. The case has reopened the debate about how easy it is for offshore businesses to use the internet to evade Australian law, writes Casey Briggs.

An Australian man has broken the world record for the longest surfing session - clocking more than 40 hours in the process. At the end, Blake Johnston was carried on the shoulders of friends up Cronulla beach in south Sydney, describing himself as "pretty cooked".

Mike Burgess did not identify any countries behind the network, but said the undercover operatives appeared to be "highly trained". The group would study and "potentially seduce" targets including judges, journalists and veterans, he claimed. It shows the threat posed by foreign spies is at an all-time high, he added.

Australian authorities on Wednesday found a radioactive capsule that was lost in the vast Outback after nearly a week-long search along a 1,400 km (870-mile) stretch of highway, an emergency services official said.

Australian rangers have killed an invasive "monster" cane toad discovered in the wilds of a coastal park—a warty brown specimen as long as a human arm and weighing 2.7 kilograms (6 pounds). The toad was spotted after a snake slithering across a track forced wildlife workers to stop as they were driving in Queensland's Conway National Park, the state government said.

The Statue of Liberty offers a haven to the tired, poor and huddled masses yearning to be free. What greater dream could there be? Yet liberty is in the eye of the beholder, it depends on who we are, writes Stan Grant.

Colloquialisms such as barbie and smoko are like accents – part of the glue that sticks Australian English speakers together.

Indigenous engineering and care for Country points to a better way to manage the Baaka.

Authorities have urged anyone suffering from a range of severe symptoms after eating it to go to hospital.

Scott Kemp first saw glow-in-the-dark millipedes in the Illawarra 18 years ago, but he had no idea he was making a significant scientific discovery.