Tasmania Police Inspector Darren Hopkins says he found a cattle trough to sit in to ease his burns after flames engulfed the cockpit of his light aircraft, forcing him into an emergency landing in a paddock in October.

A Victorian woman accused of making a false bomb threat at Hobart Airport is released on bail and ordered to return to court in February.

Off the Great Australian Bight, deep beneath the surface is a reef you might not know about. It's bigger than the Great Barrier Reef, more populated with wild sea life, and it's open for drilling.

Carman's Muesli founder Carolyn Creswell's approach to meal time may seem strange, but the logic of business is increasingly entering the family home.

Germany says a failure to curb climate change could cost the world "a lot more" than the trillions of dollars the US President claims he is saving by quitting the 2015 Paris accord.