Good News

A woman is rescued after slipping down a cliff face in South Australia, the alarm raised by her red heeler Abby during a family camping trip.

Canberra high school student Keely Small is the world's fastest ranked female over 800 metres under the age of 18.

Covered in fur, scooping up poo and never happier. Working as a pet taxi driver provides plenty of challenges but plenty of cute, adorable clients to cuddle too.

A new childcare centre in Canberra provides flexible places for children with serious illnesses.

Gary McArthur's photo of asperitas clouds in Burnie is chosen as the world's best example for the newly classified formation.

Each lunch break at Maribyrnong Primary School in Canberra, students donning capes and masks give up their play time to help save the environment.

Meet Nene Manasseh, the inspiring young woman behind the Students Against Racism program.

A Paralympic swimmer-turned-basketballer helped talk donors into backing the Adelaide Thunder's return to a national basketball competition.

Despite differences in the crops they farm, their religions and even their appearances, the Howe and the Murat families have a lot in common.

Grandmother Susan Gascoine is walking from Murray Bridge to Adelaide via Victor Harbor and the Fleurieu Peninsula to raise money for cystic fibrosis.

A fitness program at a north Queensland university aims to improve health outcomes for older Australians, while encouraging interaction between young and old.

Interest in the night sky has grown in recent years, sparking a resurgence in member numbers for the Astronomical Society of Tasmania.

A Sydney teenager's online petition prompts the New South Wales Government to cut the cost of car parking at public hospitals by about $200 a week.

To many zoo visitors, the African painted dog enclosure is not a major attraction. But John Lemon wants to change that.

A group in Brisbane is turning food thrown out by supermarkets into home-cooked meals which they serve to the lonely, isolated and some who are just plain hungry.

An increasing interest in nature play and a drive to see students learn more outside of the classroom sees a boom in butterfly gardens being built at schools.

It wouldn't be St Patrick's Day without the sound of a traditional Irish jig, shamrock green dresses, towering hair and feet tapping in unison.

A cycling group causes a stir online after completing an eight-hour ride across Perth, mapping a picture of a goat.

A remote school in north-west Queensland launches a nutrition program aimed at improving attendance and student health.

Story Dogs is a program that sees children read aloud to man's best friend, building their confidence and improving literacy.

Every vintage, four-legged friends play a pivotal role in keeping stress levels down as the workers toil under the blazing sun.

When Andrew Grant became wheelchair bound at the age of 28 from a muscular disease, he decided to "reinvent" himself as an artist and channel his experience into his paintings.

A man who was put up for adoption at the age of just two months by his mother on a Melbourne street in 1947 is reunited with his sister in Perth after being separated for almost 70 years.

A Brisbane woman creates a social enterprise stationery business to help fund education projects for women in developing countries.