Sign up to Beating Around the Bush, a series that profiles native plants: part gardening column, part dispatches from country, entirely Australian. Firewood banksia ...

The nocturnal mating rituals of hairy scarab beetles are helping pollinate one of Perth's most common native trees, in a discovery that highlights the unusual adaptations of Australian plants and the ...

Receivers McGrathNicol took charge of Banksia Securities Limited on Thursday, with the firm owing $660 million to about 3000 investors, mainly in regional Victoria. McGrathNicol says Banksia still has ...

Don't be fooled by this tiny studio's modest size; it hides a perfect layout for everyday essentials, including a modern kitchenette. Whether you're looking for a practical accommodation option for ...

Booderee Botanic Gardens, in Jervis Bay, is planting 200 propagated Banksia vincentia seedlings this week The plant, which is specific to Vincentia, on the NSW South Coast, has been declared ...

A hearing into the downfall of the rural non-bank lender also heard it adopted a new accounting methodology as the group came under growing financial stress, one that masked the deterioration of its ...

There is great appeal in downsizing, and not just for the younger generation. Moving into a tiny house has many benefits, but the capacity to sleep an entire family of six is not among them. At least, ...

Banksia woodlands are an iconic ecosystem around the Perth region. They are home to more than 600 plant species and the banksia trees that grow in deep, nutrient poor sands are an important habitat ...

A riot at the controversial Banksia Hill Detention Centre has ended after inmates held authorities at bay for more than 12 hours, with confronting vision showing armed officers on the roof moving in ...

Auditors gave Banksia Securities a clean bill of health less than four weeks before its collapse last night, its latest accounts show. The non-bank lender's fall into receivers' hands has left ...

If you fondly remember May Gibbs’s Gumnut Baby stories about the adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, you may also remember the villainous Big Bad Banksia Men (perhaps you’re still having ...