James Tugwell

When a businessman imported emus to his private island on the NSW south coast, he did not realise they could swim for freedom and set up their own thriving colony.

Every morning when Chris Lawler opens the doors of his Canberran pharmacy, he knows some of the customers won’t be coming to purchase, but to steal. A new online portal offers hope things might get better.

The father of a Canberra boy, who was almost killed after being hit by a car while walking to school, says attempts to make the commute safer are a "really good starting point". 

After a disaster in the Nepalese Himalayas, Armando Corvini thought he might never walk again. But he's proving age and a disability cannot stop him.

Construction of the Molonglo River bridge is causing temporary road closures and traffic delays as residents express concern the area lacks the infrastructure to support predicted population growth.

Union representatives say it took four nurses getting assaulted and a prohibition order before Canberra Health Services listened to their calls for safety. Now they say safety is worse than before.

In the dense jungle of New Guinea, April 1944, a patrol of American troops with vital military intel were surrounded by enemy troops when their radios stopped working.

Every week, Sunday night six o'clock, Australians settled down to watch a show so famous even King Charles III made an appearance.

Emergency services were called to the property in Windellama, near Goulburn, after a firearm was accidentally discharged. 

Police say it's a miracle no one was injured during the alleged cross-border chase. The driver later tested positive to drugs, with police finding weapons in his car.

Independent Senator David Pocock accuses the Australian National University of misleading a Senate estimates committee over how much it paid to a consulting firm.

The Buruli ulcer, a bacterial infection that eats away at skin tissue, affected more than 350 people in Victoria last year. Now there's a new case in NSW.

Thousands of small fish have washed up on beaches all along the NSW south coast and experts don't know why.

Kangaroos, a kookaburra and even a Tasmanian devil were smuggled overseas by Aussie soldiers during World War I, not just as pets but as symbols of home.  

The gorilla's older brother had a traumatic birth that required help from a team of neonatal carers, but this time the process went smoothly for the troop.

Australian historians couldn't believe it when they found a clue about one of the world's oldest messages in a bottle.

Hadi Nazari told the hikers who found him after two weeks missing in the NSW bush that he used journal entries in a logbook inside a mountain hut to plan his route to safety. 

The giraffes, who are cousins, were born just four days apart at Mogo Wildlife Park. The pair now make up an 11-strong herd at Mogo and are already doing "zoomies" as they explore their new surroundings.

After almost two weeks lost in bushland, hiker Hadi Nazari is now recovering in Cooma hospital, with his friends describing it as a "miracle".

One of Australia's toughest cross-country adventures attracts cyclists from around the country and overseas, but less than half reach the end. But Ollie Klein has crossed the finish line three times. 

As much of the country swelters, a cold front has brought snow to parts of NSW and Tasmania, delighting locals and visitors.

Australia is implementing stricter regulations on leafy greens, melons and berries, which small-scale growers say will cause unbearable production cost increases.

Balls of chemicals and waste were first found at Coogee in October, then at Kiama in November. Now the debris is turning up even further south, causing beach closures during the far south coast's peak tourism period.

There are calls for change after 300 teenagers transformed a normally quiet NSW beach into the site of a drunken party.

When ABC News reporter James Tugwell first pitched a story about the little-known but rapidly growing adventure sport of ice climbing in Australia, he didn't quite know what he was getting himself into.