Erin Parke

For many Australians, Christmas can be a hot, sweaty affair in tropical conditions.

Santa Claus has devised a special ice esky throne to beat the heat in outback Australia this year.

In the 1960s, the last of the desert families were coming into contact with white people. For one woman, the moment was captured on camera.

An Australian Border Force vessel has docked in Broome carrying four fishing boats, prompting anger from the fishing industry over a government scheme that gives illegal fishers boats to return home in.

In some parts of Australia, motorists are paying $2.30 a litre for standard unleaded petrol and some experts say it's a mystery why prices are so stubbornly high.

Industry experts say there is no excuse for wild variations in fuel prices across Australia, as calls grow for an independent investigation into the disparity.

Garrison St Clair was touted as an all-American rescuer sent to the Australian desert to find a missing adventurer. But soon after he entered the spotlight, his grand backstory began to unravel. 

From the iconic tale of Christopher McCandless, to an Alaskan's death-defying dance in the Australian desert, to extreme reality TV shows, we're obsessed with survival. So what is it about these stories that we find so fascinating?

Fascination in outback survival is widespread, but most of us consuming the content will rarely, if ever, undertake challenging adventures in the wilderness.

The American at the centre of one of the most remarkable survival feats recorded in Australia says he feels he's come full circle after returning to the Great Sandy Desert to meet the Aboriginal trackers who searched for him. 

The discovery of a German backpacker alive after eleven days alone in the bush in remote Western Australia was met with joy across the country.

The miraculous survival of German backpacker Carolina Wilga in the West Australian outback was met with joy and relief across the country. But for families of missing Aboriginal men who are still searching for answers, it's prompted uncomfortable questions.

In 1999 a young American dumped his bicycle and walked out into the Great Sandy Desert. Why was he willing to risk his life, and why do some people need to get lost in order to feel found?

Up to eight people, believed to be from China, have been detained by border protection authorities after reaching a remote part of the Northern Territory coast by boat earlier this week. 

Every week, Andrew Shandley drives a 2,000km bus route to deliver one of the longest, bumpiest public transport routes in Australia.

You probably don't think twice about jumping in the car, jumping on a bus or walking to the shops for milk.

Across Australia, unidentified human remains sit in shipping containers, storage rooms and unmarked graves.

There's growing angst about what Federal authorities are describing as an 'unprecedented surge' in foreign fishing boats along Australia's north coast in recent months.

Officials are investigating whether organised crime is behind a wave of illegal foreign fishing boats in Australian waters, which locals say are more sophisticated than ever before.

While many Australians await the arrival of Santa Claus, kids in outback Australia are celebrating with their own unique Christmas icon.

It can be one of those bugbears of the interconnected world – face-to-face services getting replaced with phone apps and online portals requiring do-it-yourself management of essential tasks.

These days, just about everything is being done online. But new research highlights how hard that's making life for thousands of Australians still living without phone and internet.

How do millions of dollars worth of diamonds go missing on a beach? Most Australians have never heard of the Dakota diamonds mystery, but the drama is still unfolding on the remote north-west coast.

Australia's major Supermarkets have been in the firing line over allegations of misleading advertising. 

There is currently no law requiring grocery stores to display visible pricing on their shelves, creating a legal loophole that leaves some shoppers "flying blind" when it comes to the weekly shop.