Failures at the South Pacific’s tallest building show that Beijing’s involvement in big infrastructure projects is not always the success it claims

Recession looms in the land of the long white cloud, but it’s not just young workers being lured across the sea

Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn’s performance failed to receive a single point at the Games. An online petition that claims she manipulated the selection process has been branded ‘bullying’

City abandons two-year trial as mayor says he is ‘fed up’ with accidents, drunken behaviour and deaths

Charity horrified to learn drugs were hidden in confectionery sent to 400 people

Pilot killed in the explosion in Cairns, which forced the emergency evacuation of hundreds of guests

Billionaire Clive Palmer clings to hope of building replica of ill-fated ship, but questions troubled shipbuilder Harland & Wolff’s apparent refusal of a bailout

Jack Karlson became a star of the early internet after footage of his vociferous objection to being arrested went viral

Officers pursue stolen hoard of 63,000 ‘dollarbucks’ made to celebrate the children’s TV programme — and they’re fetching a mint on the Australian black market

Father-of-three was clinging to wife’s arm after plunging into river but is thought to have let go to stop her from also slipping in