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In a small town north-west of Brisbane a host of volunteers and nine horses are helping people with disabilities to learn — and flourish — every day.

When Princess Diana attended a special performance at the Melbourne Concert Hall in 1983, it all went to plan for organisers — except for one thing.

The completion of a luxury, inner-city Brisbane apartment tower is given a new deadline for completion, amid building turmoil.

In his 20 years as a hospital doctor, Mark De Souza was increasingly seeing victims of a warming climate. He resolved that becoming an unpaid gardener at work was the answer.

Kelly Higgins-Devine took the signs seriously when she felt a slight chest ache. It saved her life.

Refugees and advocates call on the federal government to put an urgent end to temporary protection visas at a gathering in the Perth CBD on Monday on World Refugee Day.

As petrol prices increase, the Royal Automobile Association has warned drivers vehicles are not the only thing thieves are targeting.

The average block of land for new homes in Perth is just 399 square metres, the smallest in the country, but the size of the houses are not shrinking as fast.

Spending 20 hours of your free time testing and reviewing a torch for social media may not appeal to everyone, but for a large community of self-professed "torch nerds", enlightening regular "muggles" with the right information can be incredibly rewarding.

Built into a limestone hill in what's known as Fortress Fremantle, the Leighton Battery has munitions stores, secret command bunkers, and 360-degree artillery batteries with large-calibre guns. The history of these World War II defence structures is being preserved to remind us how close the enemy came to West Australian…

"It has become impossible to operate the spot market in accordance with the provisions of the rules," the operator said.