Turning saltwater into sourdough on a remote tropical island
The smell of fresh artisan sourdough greets visitors after they fly in to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. The bread is the brainchild of Tony Lacy, who is making the most of the remote island's limited produce.
It looks like paradise but this island's past continues to trouble its community
While the Cocos (Keeling) Islands are about to mark the 40th anniversary of a vote to integrate with Australia, longstanding issues of inequality make the milestone far from celebratory.
Search for WA family enters third day, as severe flooding continues to wreak havoc
Police will launch an aerial search for a missing party of seven people caught up in WA's flood-stricken outback due to severe weather.
Potential threat to Cocos Keeling Islands as Tropical Cyclone Anggrek intensifies
A blue alert has been issued for the remote islands, with the newly declared cyclone expected to intensify over the course of the day.
'Haunted house' on a paradise island becomes a spiritual retreat and a place of healing
Steeped in colonial history and modern-slavery controversy, Oceania House, is getting a new lease on life as a place of healing.
Why are some people calling this tropical paradise a nightmare?
Behind the palm trees and tropical beaches, unsightly piles of rubbish are building up on the Cocos Keeling Islands.
Duration: 1 minute 8 seconds
What does a pristine tropical island do with decades worth of dumped cars?
How does a pristine tropical island manage decades of rubbish? For one of Australia's most remote territories, it can be an expensive ordeal.
Ten 'abhorrent' child abuse sites using tiny Australian island's domain blocked by authorities
Federal police shut down a series of websites responsible for distributing almost 1 million child exploitation images and videos through an internet domain assigned to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
An island off Western Australia coast are calling for government funding
Locals say they haven't been getting funding to protect homes from rising sea levels even though more than half a billion dollars are being spent to upgrade a military runway.
Duration: 2 minutes 57 seconds
Some 'inconvenient Australians' fear their slice of paradise will be ruined in the name of national security
The Defence Force is about to splash more than $500 million on this remote part of Australia to upgrade the airstrip to take more high-tech spy planes. Locals, already concerned about parts of the islands falling into the sea, are worried what it'll mean for their futures.
Fishers, conservationists combine to clear ghost nets from WA waters
An environmental group is enlisting fisherman to help address the pollution crisis afflicting the Cocos (Keeling) Islands off the WA coast.
Defence minister vows greater military footprint in Australia's north with $3.8b upgrades
The federal government says upgrading air, naval and land bases across Australia's north are a key part of overhauling the nation's defences.
Australian island community considers UN action over climate change
Remote islanders on the frontline of climate change will not rule out taking a complaint to the United Nations after a landmark ruling in favour of their "brothers and sisters" in the Torres Strait.
Trepidation over Defence Force plans for tropical island territory
There has been a call for clarity over how the ADF will use an airfield on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands after a $568 million upgrade, amid fears it will create a security risk.
ADF's $384m cost blowout on 'strategically important' airstrip upgrade
Three years ago, the budget to upgrade the airstrip on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands was $184 million. Now that cost has more than tripled.
'Shark graveyard' off WA reveals link to historic predator
A massive tooth recently uncovered in a biodiversity survey off the WA coast offers a rare glimpse of the megalodon shark, an ancient ocean predator that had no peer.
Duration: 1 minute 41 seconds
Hundreds of fossilised teeth found in 'shark graveyard' off WA reveal link to fearsome historic predator
A massive tooth recently uncovered in a biodiversity survey off the WA coast offers a rare glimpse of the megalodon shark, an ancient ocean predator that had no peer.
Scientists uncover new species during underwater mapping
The Cocos (Keeling) Islands lie 2500km from Perth, and it is here that Australian scientists have begun mapping the ocean floor in great detail, uncovering many new species along the way.
Duration: 1 minute 41 seconds
The good, the bad, the ugly and their weirdo mate among deep-sea discoveries
From fish that resemble dumplings to those that stand on their own "stilts" — deep in waters off Australia's coast, scientists are dredging up mysterious creatures.
'A real voyage of discovery': Scientists are heading to an unexpected place to chart Australia's least-studied mountains
A vast mountain range dating back to the dinosaur era remains totally unexplored. Now a ship is setting sail on a 35-day journey to study them.
Slow going as fuel crisis exasperates Cocos Islands community
Locals and tourists on a remote Australian archipelago say they are frustrated, after the islands ran out of fuel more than a month ago.
Marine scientists to map underwater mountains around Christmas Island
Marine scientists have embarked on a voyage to discover the secrets of Australia's Indian ocean territories
Duration: 1 minute 33 seconds
Christmas Island locals working to protect their 'heartland'
Determined to protect their food, life and culture, Christmas Islanders are having their say about federal government's marine park plans.
Hermit crabs no match for human waste on remote islands
A new scientific study measures the deadly toll plastics and other pollution are taking on hermit crabs — an important part of marine ecosystems — on remote islands that should be paradise.
Home to one of Australia's best beaches, this island is fighting against the waves of plastic
A community of just 600 people isolated in the Indian Ocean is being inundated with the world's plastic waste. It is now finding innovative ways to fight back.