While most coal-fired generators are demolished after their use-by date, the defunct Wallerawang power station in central-western NSW is being repurposed to help with Australia's renewable energy future.

Single parents will be given federal government assistance to purchase property, under measures included in Tuesday's budget.

Cockles — or "kuti" — have been a staple in the diet of Ngarrindjeri families for tens of thousands of years, and now they are getting involved in the business of shuffling for the in-demand mollusc.

The state records no locally transmitted coronavirus cases after a man in his 50s and his wife were diagnosed with the virus earlier in the week.

ABC journalists and cameramen are among the winners at the Tasmanian Media Awards in Hobart on Friday night.