From guarding colonies of little penguins in Warrnambool and tracking injured koalas through bushfire-scorched scrub, to sniffing out rats aboard boats bound for Antarctica, conservation dogs are putting their powerful noses to work helping scientists better understand the natural environment. Conservation dog handler and ecologist Nicole Gill, joins FlowFM's Jess Dempster on air, to tell her all about these impressive canines.

Sixty years after the Battle of Long Tan, Australian singer Patricia Thompson, known at the time as Little Pattie, reflects on witnessing the battle unfold while performing for Australian troops at Nui Dat. She recalls the experience of evacuating the base, visiting wounded soldiers the following day and the lasting impact it had on her life.

Sixty years on from the battle that marked Australia's fiercest engagement in the Vietnam War, former national serviceman and platoon commander Dave Sabben says Vietnam Veterans Day presents an opportunity to recognise and appreciate the difficult job a generation of Australians was called upon to do.

Australian exporters are facing fresh pressure in the United States market after a new 12.5% tariff came into effect this week, prompting strong criticism from agriculture and business groups. Read how industry and government officials are responding to the new challenge.

The Federal Government is stepping up its biosecurity response, investing up to one million dollars to help Indonesia manage an outbreak of lumpy skin disease in livestock in Bali.

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China will attempt to land a spacecraft on the northeast side of the moon's south pole, described by scientists as the "golden belt" for...

A nearly-complete skeleton of an extinct, non-hopping kangaroo species has been painstakingly retrieved, piece by piece from a cave 20...

Pope Francis has opened his first trip of the year with a visit to a women's prison hosting the Vatican's exhibition at the prestigious...

After a year of rigorous training, a 39-year-old engineer and mum of two has become the first person to qualify as an astronaut under the...

Benjamin Netanyahu has summoned his war cabinet for the second time in less than 24 hours to weigh a response to Iran's weekend missile...

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While a shortage of chips is proving a big constraint for the development of AI, it could be smarter than the smartest human by next...

Google has resolved a lawsuit that claimed it had deceived users by tracking their web activity through its Chrome browser. Google has...

Recovery teams are working on opening a second temporary channel near the collapsed Baltimore bridge, Maryland's governor says. The US...

An international effort led by Australian astronomers has discovered dozens of new space galaxies with the help of a cutting edge radio...

China remains a "very good friend", New Zealand's defence minister says, despite Beijing backing a cyber attack on the NZ parliament and...

Tributes and support for the Princess of Wales after her cancer revelation have been extremely moving for her and Prince William, a royal...