Choosing an outfit is something most of us take for granted, but for tens of thousands of Australians with disabilities it can be a painful experience. But a small coterie of Australian designers are out to change that.
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Carnival life is more than a sideshow for this travelling family
Life on the road as a show worker is hard work, but means lots of time with family, and the kids still have to put on a uniform and go to school — in a classroom that rolls along with the carnival.
Are we heating up the world by cooling it down?
An explosion in demand for air conditioners around the world is alarming climate change experts and now a treaty has come into effect to limit the environmental damage.
Budding photographers find beauty in construction site chaos
A busy construction site becomes a sea of sunflowers that is helping soften the look of building works and brighten the day of unsuspecting passers-by.
Queensland property outlook subdued but southern buyers still looking, experts say
Brisbane property prices might have bucked the Sydney and Melbourne trend last year, but southern uncertainty will hold back growth in 2019, industry experts believe.
Homemade submachine gun found in raid on Toowoomba man's house
Police discover a homemade submachine gun in a raid on a Toowoomba home, along with a large cache of weapon components and equipment stored inside a shipping container.
'Turtle in reversing camera': Resident discovers lost sea turtle on suburban driveway
A Mackay couple has an unusual start to the day after finding a green sea turtle in their driveway, after it wandered about 400 metres from the Mackay Harbour beach and into a residential area.
‘Predatory’, fake US soldier charged after allegedly scamming woman out of almost $400,000
A man accused of posing as a soldier from the United States in order to groom a woman he met online is charged with fraud after allegedly scamming her out of almost $400,000.
Carpet python riddled with 500 ticks slinks into pool 'to try and drown them'
A Gold Coast snake catcher who came to the rescue of a carpet python covered in hundreds of ticks and swimming in a backyard pool, says he’s never seen anything like it in 26 years of business.
Sweet smell of success (sort of) for teen who's cleaning up washing bins
Clay Lewis spent two years trying to find part-time work before he decided to start his own business, one that’s now so successful he’s hired extra staff.