COMMENT: A tape recording gave a hungry audience a unique insight into a thoroughly modern murder mystery, writes Phil Vine.

Judge tells jury they should not take Gable Tostee's conduct after Warriena Wright's death into consideration.

Four injured New Zealand fur seal pups cared for by Sea World staff on the Gold Coast have been released back into the wild after hitching a ride on an RAAF aircraft.

There will be no verdict today in the Gable Tostee murder trial after jurors asked for more answers.

After Warriena Wright's death at the foot of Gable Tostee's apartment building, people on both sides of the Tasman asked why and how she got there.

A humpback whale and her calf became entangled in shark nets off Australia's Gold Coast as debate about using the nets heats up.

Gable Tostee is not the "cartoonish villain" he has been portrayed in the media, and he did not cause the death of New Zealander Warriena Wright, his lawyer claims.

Gable Tostee was a gentleman towards an erratic and odd Warriena Wright in the hour before she died, his lawyer has claimed.

The mother of Kiwi Warriena Wright, who died after falling from the balcony of Gable Tostee's apartment, has criticised the judge in Tostee's murder trial.

The final moments of New Zealander Warriena Wright will continue to be heard today by the jury in the murder trial of Gable Tostee.

Neighbour of man charged with murdering Kiwi tourist, who he met on Tinder, says she heard what sounded like a man and woman fighting in the apartment above.

A Queensland toddler bitten by one of the world's deadliest snakes will need care for the rest of his life, his father says.

A father who filmed a viral video of his 5-year-old son performing burnouts is now being investigated by Australian child protection services.

Corazon Miller checks into the Kingfisher Bay Resort on Queensland's Fraser Island.

You can't visit Australia without cuddling a koala.

Jane Warwick recalls an overnight airport adventure.

Wartime rationing and a famous poem built an Aussie pub legend, writes Pamela Wade.

The Gold Coast might have all the cheesy thrills, but the Sunshine Coast is home to some far more enticing attractions.

Andrew Louis checks out a campground where you can have the tenting experience without having to pitch and pack away the tent.

A woman has died in a freak accident in a Gold Coast car park.

Spiders 'the size of dinner plates' invade camper but snake of more concern.

They may be lacking in numbers but the colourful characters of the hinterland more than make up for it with bold names and big personalities, writes Tim Roxborogh.

Coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef could result in one million fewer visitors and hundreds of millions of dollars in lost tourism revenue each year

A man charged with the murder of Napier man Campbell Paterson in Far North Queensland 19 months stands trial today.

Juliana Bahr-Thompson always expected to move back to Noosa one day, but didn't expect to make the 1000km journey by paddling with her arms.

A miner reveals the hidden pain of suffering a mental breakdown while living and working at a remote Australian site.

Kiwi lifesaving champ branded gutless by father of little girl hit by flying tub of KFC coleslaw.

EXCLUSIVE: The parents of a New Zealander grabbed by a crocodile in Australia have spoken of their pain as authorities continue to search for the missing woman.

Cindy Waldron was snatched by predator while she went for late-night swim at remote Queensland beach.

A Kiwi woman believed to have been killed in a crocodile attack in Australia was with her childhood friend from Hamilton.