Despite being advised that the Cullen Group has defaulted on a $75,000 debt, the Queensland Building and Construction Commission allows the company to keep trading, leading to one of the state's biggest building industry collapses.
Simon Katich and Michael Clarke are at loggerheads again, as the former Test players adopt opposing views over the future direction of the Australian men's team.
Foreign investors forced to sell properties because they did not adhere to tougher laws aimed at foreign investment into residential real estate, may have pocketed capital gains, according to evidence given to a parliamentary hearing.
Electricity prices have been at the centre of the "climate wars" over the past decade, but we're really only just getting to the sharp end of the energy transition where workers lose jobs, write Franziska Mey and Chris Briggs.
Two subsidiaries of the Reserve Bank of Australia were fined more that $21 million for offering bribes to foreign officials to strike banknote-printing deals, it can be revealed after a long court process, as the bank accepts there were "shortcomings" in its oversight of the companies.
Former Liberal prime minister John Howard has reminded defecting MP Julia Banks that he campaigned for her during the 2016 election and she "owes a lot to the Liberal Party", as he urges party supporters not to despair at the election disaster in Victoria, "the Massachusetts of Australia".
Have you ever picked what you thought was the cheapest petrol station on the street, only to feel misled when you reach the bowser? You might be interested in new ACT legislation.
Fragments of moon rock and an Australian flag sent into space will go on public display next year to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the lunar landing.
Police say it is unclear if any charges will be laid over the death of a 90-year-old man in a Wollongong nursing home, and await a post mortem results.
Parts of central Queensland are on fire and New South Wales is flooding. It's the second time in a fortnight things have gone awry and it's all linked.
The bulk of the $1.27 million repair costs relate to a riot at Darwin's Don Dale detention centre earlier this month, when an education facility was destroyed by fire and other infrastructure was damaged during an eight-hour rampage costing taxpayers at least $750,000.
A musterer thought at first he was dreaming when he reached down and grabbed the large snake that had crawled into bed with him — until he felt the blood running down his leg and realised he'd been bitten.
Parts of central Queensland are on fire and New South Wales is flooding. It's the second time in a fortnight things have gone awry and it's all linked.
Australia's most devastating bushfires, like the ones burning across Queensland, fuel their own fury by creating apocalyptic thunderstorm clouds that whip up weather that's the stuff of nightmares.
Parts of central Queensland are on fire and New South Wales is flooding. It's the second time in a fortnight things have gone awry and it's all linked.
Victims and protesters, including one dressed as the Cookie Monster, confront convicted paedophile Vivian DeBoo outside an Adelaide court, demanding he go to jail for his crimes.
Parts of central Queensland are on fire and New South Wales is flooding. It's the second time in a fortnight things have gone awry and it's all linked.
Parts of central Queensland are on fire and New South Wales is flooding. It's the second time in a fortnight things have gone awry and it's all linked.
Former Tasmania mining minister Adam Brooks looks likely to face Parliament's powerful disciplinary committee, after an Integrity Commission report revealed he tried to cover up his business involvement to avoid political damage.
The 25-year-old Wodonga man, who was arrested at a petrol station yesterday, is also charged with reckless conduct causing injury, the theft of a motor vehicle and reckless driving.
A man started a fire at a factory where his ex, her new partner and her daughter were sleeping, killing all three, after becoming distressed when the woman ended their relationship, a court has been told.
Ricky Ian Swan was too drunk to remember where or when he repeatedly stabbed a kangaroo in a "senseless and unfathomable" attack, his lawyer tells a Perth court.
Australia's most devastating bushfires, like the ones burning across Queensland, fuel their own fury by creating apocalyptic thunderstorm clouds that whip up weather that's the stuff of nightmares.
Parts of central Queensland are on fire and New South Wales is flooding. It's the second time in a fortnight things have gone awry and it's all linked.
