Industry, government and financiers need to invest more than $20 billion per year for the Australian economy to expand without dangerous levels of pollution.
Plagues of sea urchins will be harvested and turned into fertiliser under a plan to regenerate kelp forests and boost farming and fisheries at the same time.
A group of Queensland miners is raising money for the families of Dylan Langridge and Trevor Davis, who were killed at work last week.
Team Global Express and Aurizon have signed an 11-year contract, one that Aurizon says is its biggest non-coal deal ever.
A blockbuster US retail sales report for January and a surprise increase in Australian jobless claims have pushed Australian stocks 0.8 per cent higher.
The close-knit Queensland community of Cloncurry is mourning the deaths of two miners killed in an incident 125 metres underground.
Spending in the regions during the summer holidays has topped pre-pandemic levels, NAB says, but people are still struggling under cost-of-living pressures.
NSW finance minister Damien Tudehope has quit his portfolio over a share scandal and another MP has been demoted while a Labor election hopeful has withdrawn.
Savers should switch to more competitive rates if banks aren't passing on cash rate hikes, the head of the Reserve Bank of Australia says.
Emergency services are leading search and rescue efforts for two workers missing after a collapse at an underground zinc mine in northern Queensland.
Official labour force data shows the unemployment rate lifting unexpectedly but there's still plenty of heat left in the jobs market.
Two miners have died in an incident that sparked a major rescue operation 125 metres underground in a Queensland zine mine.
Australia's biggest lender has lifted its half-year cash profit by nine per cent and its interim dividend by 20 per cent to $2.10 a share.
It's unlikely the cash rate has peaked at 3.35 per cent, the Reserve Bank boss has warned, without offering any indication of how many more to expect.
The federal government will need to agree to stop new coal and gas projects opening if it wants the Greens' help on a signature emissions reduction measure.
The Reserve Bank governor has acknowledged the pain felt by mortgage holders but says getting on top of inflation will prevent more rate rises and job losses.
The Greens will support the government's changes to the safeguard mechanism, a key climate policy, if it agrees to stop new coal and gas projects.
Fortescue Metals has lowered dividend payouts as it repositions itself as a green energy powerhouse, with increased spending on decarbonisation projects.
Energy Australia has been fined $1.5 million after admitting the death of a worker working on high voltage cables at its Yallourn power station was preventable.
A new alliance of farmers, livestock carriers and local councils are calling on the federal government to provide $5.5 billion in emergency funding for roads.
Shares of casino operator Star Entertainment have slumped after it flagged an impairment charge of up to $1.6 billion.
An independent review of the Inland Rail project to connect Melbourne and Brisbane will expose "significant concerns" with the project.
Another cash rate hike and suggestions of more to come has mortgage holders worried, with consumer confidence sinking to the lows of the pandemic.
The High Court is set to rule on whether Victoria's electric vehicle tax is constitutional in a case that could decide what levies states can impose.
The federal government will need to agree to stop new coal and gas projects opening if it wants the Greens' help on a signature emissions reduction measure.
The Reserve Bank's former governor has delivered a scathing assessment of its recent performance as current chief Philip Lowe faces a parliamentary grilling.
Australia's biggest lender has lifted its half-year cash profit by 9 per cent and lifted interim dividend by 20 per cent to $2.10 a share.
News Corp will cut 1250 jobs in response to a big slump in second-quarter earnings as interest rates and inflation bite.
Many Australians are facing a "painful squeeze" from the cost of living and rising interest rates, but the Reserve Bank is confident it's doing the right thing.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says intervention in the energy market is working and that a decision will be made mid-year on the fate of RBA governor Philip Lowe.
Queensland housing advocates are calling for the state government to limit the number and size of rent rises allowed each year to protect tenants.
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