A conservation group's plans to replant species from the World Heritage-listed Daintree Rainforest on land used for growing sugar have not won everybody over.
Australia's largest wild-caught prawn operation is to close its doors after 60 years in business, impacting hundreds of workers and devastating a Queensland community.
Consumers cannot expect to find cheaper chocolate on supermarket shelves this Easter despite a major drop in the world cocoa price, industry experts say.
Farmers are turning to roadside grazing, selling up stock, and, in one case, shipping cattle to an island to navigate the drought and the rising cost of diesel.
The federal government's March deadline for national gun reform has come and gone, with more than half the states and territories still opposed to parts of the plan. Only four have committed to a gun buyback scheme.
