Good News

In the sparsely populated Northern Territory, a charity's national phone call initiative has evolved into a personal service connecting strangers with people who sometimes fear dying alone.

Ron Junghans has been pruning and prepping his Christmas trees for weeks in readiness for the festive season when families run around his farm searching for the best looking pine.

In an Australian first, a team of five people with disabilities has successfully completed an international volunteer mission.

Social enterprise the Spice Exchange helps refugee and migrant women gain employment and foster community spirit through cooking.

Kayah Guenther struggles to communicate verbally. But after discovering dance, he doesn't need to worry about that.

The questions young people tend to ask about maths often relate to their personal experience of how they found maths in school.

A Queensland singer with Down syndrome says it is a "dream come true" to perform alongside the state's best operatic voices in a rare collaboration with Opera Queensland.

Australian Federal Police join forces with the Make-A-Wish foundation to grant an unusual request from a 12-year-old cancer patient, organising a day at a training village so he can "blow stuff up".

By skipping the plastic tinsel and making their own decorations, the Carter family creates memories as well as a more sustainable festive season.

A bad knee or a sore back is not going to prevent Australia's ageing population from experiencing the freedom of cycling.

A WA town opens a pop-up cafe for harvest workers after its only general store shut its doors earlier this year.

Grazing peacefully on pastures just outside Muswellbrook in the NSW Upper Hunter, around 50 retired racehorses have found a new home at St Heliers Correctional Centre.

Thirteen-year-old Tanya is not letting profound deafness get in the way of her musical talents — she uses her instrument's vibrations to work out the notes she's playing.

An Adelaide mother tracks down via social media a Father Christmas with a real beard, and plans a reunion with him for her nine-year-old twins.

For 15 years, Ross Wallace has been a 'grandfather' to Prep students at a north Queensland school, providing friendship, knowledge, and stories from "the good old days".

Residents of a small town in Canada are being invited to pay their parking fines forward by donating to charity as part of the town's Christmas-inspired Scrooge the Ticket program.

Emma Morano, the world's oldest living person, celebrates her 117th birthday — and still swears by her diet of two raw eggs a day.

A volunteer-based community group is helping improve the lives of young autistic girls in Canberra through inclusive social meet-ups.

The Judge family create their own off-grid paradise in Saltwater River, complete with fruit growing in the bathroom.

The creators of an Indigenous counting book for children have smashed a crowdfunding campaign and are generating overseas interest.

Two young players from Hobart United FC have been selected to attend a national soccer tournament in Canberra, but they need your help to get there.

Street artists get another chance to strengthen Port Adelaide's identity with unique murals, as part of economic renewal efforts for the area.

In Australia, musicians' total income actually went up last year. While the music industry still faces many challenges, there is now a worldwide push to boost artists' royalties paid by streaming services such as Spotify.