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The West Australian government will provide extra funds in this week's state budget for a range of mental health, alcohol and other drug-related services.

World Heritage status for Runanga’s historic workers’ hall could help put the West Coast town on the map, if the bureaucratic hurdles can be overcome.

The United Nations began a monitoring mission on the Great Barrier Reef Monday, assessing whether the World Heritage site is being protected from climate change as it suffers further widespread bleaching. Higher-than-average temperatures have again caused severe bleaching in parts of the reef, authorities confirmed last week, dashing hopes a…

The Great Barrier Reef has again been hit with "widespread" bleaching, authorities said Friday, as higher-than-average ocean temperatures off Australia's northeast threaten the already struggling World Heritage site. Surveillance flights over the reef revealed damage due to heat stress ranging from minor to severe bleaching across the 2,300-kilometre (1,243-mile) network…

Indigenous leaders in the World Heritage-listed Willandra Lakes Region are in dispute over federal government involvement in the re-burial of Mungo Man's 42,000-year-old human remains.

There are calls for the Queensland government to stop approving large, foreign-owned wind farm developments in the state's north, amid fears the area's flora and fauna could be devastated by land clearing.

Ukraine is home to seven World Heritage sites, including the 1,000-year-old St Sophia's Cathedral in Kyiv. Experts warn that the culturally significant sites are at risk of being damaged as Russian troops advance on Ukraine's capital.

Ukraine is a country with a vast cultural heritage. It is dotted with sites of profound historic, artistic and archaeological importance – from Unesco world heritage monuments such as the Cathedral of St Sophia in Kyiv to exquisite examples of Cossack baroque architecture. But this rich cultural history is now…

The federal government will sign off on a multi-million-dollar deal to bring power to townships living among the World Heritage-listed Daintree rainforest in Far North Queensland.