Community Organisations

For about 30 years, the owner of a remote station in New South Wales has opened her gates to welcome potters from near and far. 

Some 830 Australians will be recognised as part of the King's Birthday 2025 honours on Monday, including film director Baz Luhrmann and his frequent collaborator Catherine Martin, an award-winning costume, production and set designer.

The effects of drought creep insidiously into every corner of a country Victorian community.

Col Laing became a surf lifesaver in 1958 and went on to found a club at a hotspot for rescues, but is now ready to leave North Entrance beach patrols to the younger generations. 

The NeuroRhythm program, run over the past five weeks, was designed to help provide mental and physical therapy to people with brain injuries.

Offering millions of books, free internet access and everything from craft clubs to storytelling dogs, libraries are an essential public space — particularly in regional and remote Australia.

Western Australia's local government minister says she's commencing groundwork to install a commissioner at the Town of Port Hedland after another councillor resigned.

Council Watch says it holds local governments to account. Some Victorian councillors say it is actually "ground zero" for misinformation and abuse.

A 46-year-old man has been charged after he allegedly grabbed a young boy by the neck at a junior soccer match in Perth's north.

Areas still recovering from last week's record floods are now bracing for gale-force winds, prompting concerns about falling trees.

Queen Mary of Teck, grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II, was a reserved intellectual. But some historians and descendants argue she was also an "upmarket kleptomaniac".

The NSW government has launched a new approach to renewable energy in the Illawarra, pitching the region as the state's first "urban renewable energy zone".

People can have set ideas about what the Country Women's Association looks like, and who gets to be involved. In southern Tasmania, this reforged branch is trying to change that — and prove it's not all about baked goods.

Alfresco Community Kitchen were informed by City of Sydney council via email on Monday they wouldn't be able to serve at their usual location during the time of the festival.

The Peterborough community in South Australia is questioning why its district council cannot keep a chief executive after the newest resigned after just two months in the job.

Alice Springs residents have celebrated the warmth, openness and diversity of their community at the annual Bangtail Muster event.

A wave of dam building during the mid-20th century displaced dozens of towns, villages and First Nations communities. A public history project hopes to recover them.  

An inner-city Melbourne mayor has been granted an interim personal safety intervention order against the head of Council Watch, Dean Hurlston, over alleged harassment. 

Pam Ashman has sat courtside for thousands of netball games, keeping score by hand and recording fixtures on her typewriter. Despite the painstaking work, the 78-year-old volunteer vows to "never ever" use a computer.

With a cure for Parkinson's disease remaining elusive, the sport of ping pong is providing relief for people living with pain and fatigue from the condition.