People

Piling onto planes with extra bags full of meat and forgoing fruit and vegetables at the supermarket, residents of these isolated communities are doing what they can to save until a $64m grocery subsidy scheme takes effect. It might be costing their health.

Nehad Jerada says people love her baked pastries, they are flaky, savoury, and play an important part in educating people about what it means to be Palestinian.

Rosalynn Carter's press officer Barbara Heineback was the first African-American woman to serve in the role with a first lady and says Rosalynn was a selfless person and leader.

Former US first lady Rosalynn Carter, who was married to president Jimmy Carter for 77 years, dies.

The crew survived what became the world's longest raft journey across 14,000 kilometres from Ecuador to the NSW North Coast.

38-year-old Joshua Clarke's love of Elvis inspired him to pursue his passion for music in an unexpected place.

Works for the Olympics have already claimed a historic school in Brisbane. Now some residents in regional Queensland are anxious their beloved 123-year-old sports club is under threat.

Underwater photographer David Hannan is on a mission to document the beauty of sea life. Along the way, he's had incredible encounters with some of the ocean's most playful, elusive and curious creatures. 

Michaela Werner has spent years perfecting her dynamic no fins stroke technique.

Free diver Michaela Werner sets a new world record by swimming 101 underwater laps of a 25-metre pool in under an hour.

Wake in Fright received a frosty reception when it premiered to outback audiences, but a new documentary is giving insight into its rise to a well-regarded piece of Australian cinema history. 

The mother of one of Sue Lowry's 220 students says the teacher "sees the ability, not the disability" in kids. Amid thunderous applause, Ms Lowry was honoured for her work.

Matthew Perry's Friends co-stars Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer and Lisa Kudrow have now paid their own personal tributes to the late actor on social media. 

An enlarged version of Maggie Sandles' artwork goes up at a construction site in Southbank — and its creator is eager to inspire others who live with a disability. 

Warren Clancy is about to realise a vision formed when he stumbled on a beautifully crafted boat laying abandoned on a Darwin shoreline two and a half years ago.

In 1939, Peter Sprinzels was one of more than 600 Czech children rescued by train — or "kindertransports" —  by a London stockbroker named Sir Nicholas Winton.

Marley Fridd fell in love with the game when she was seven, but South Australian baseball rules meant she had a long time to wait before she could step up to the plate.

The children of lighthouse keepers who manned the Norah Head beacon in the 1900s say they want to make sure it's "here for everyone" in the future, as they return to the site for its milestone anniversary.

The Coffs Harbour community bands together to help Rachel Hill on her charity horse ride from Sydney to Brisbane, after thieves strike twice.

Jo Caminiti spent years in pain and being so tired she could barely walk as doctors failed to link her symptoms to perimenopause. She says a simple treatment "transformed" her life overnight.

South Australia's Zahra Goldsmith is heading for the world championships in Spain, but her favourite part of the sport is the connection she has with her dogs, and "hoofing down a hill" with them during training.

Robyn Neade's been forced to move hundreds of kilometres to access life-saving dialysis treatment, despite it being available in her hometown.

A NSW Central West community's "true spirit" has shone through in the year since it was smashed by flooding which took lives and livelihoods.

Salami aficionados battle for bragging rights — with secret recipes at the ready — at the Great Murray River Salami Festival.

As the new owners of an old hydro-electric village, the Ottos wondered what they had done. But after two years and a lot of hard work, they're delighted to be bringing "a sense of community into a place that hasn't had it for a long time".