'The earlier we find it the easier it is to find a cure'

"It could be quite a variable rollout depending on where you are," the Regional Health Minister said.

A nurse went two years without a formal meal break, in a system dangerously over-reliant on overworked local nursing staff, a parliamentary inquiry into rural and regional healthcare has heard.

A recent study puts Australia among the top three countries with the greatest number of critically endangered languages - but the NT's Charles Darwin University is pioneering protecting them from extinction.

Applications are open for this year's scholarship, for students studying an environmentally focused science degree.

Median rents rose by 4.5 per cent in the Loddon Mallee in the December 2020 quarter.

"I can wander down the beach with people," he said. "This is fantastic."

There is still debate over where most Australian snakes call home but a researcher claims to know where more different sorts of snakes live than anywhere else.

Vinh Tran is turning Vietnam War military machines into a living museum.

By 2023, all Stolen Generations survivors will be aged over 50 years and potentially eligible for aged care services.

ACM publication Weekender interviewed local business owners from Ethiopia, Sudan, Morocco, Kenya and South Africa to learn more about what brought them to Newcastle and how their home culture influences their business.