Oil giant Santos is juggling capital-intensive projects, including the hotly contested Narrabri field in NSW, as rising costs and lower LNG prices hit profits.
Federal MPs have been urged to lift behavioural standards, as laws are introduced to enforce a code of conduct for elected officials.
The federal government will introduce laws to establish an Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission to police the behaviour of MPs and staff.
Teachers, students and state and territory education ministers are urging the federal government to increase its funding for public schools
More than 20 new coal projects in two states would have a devastating impact on the habitat of endangered koalas, climate and conservation groups warn.
Approval of a huge renewable-energy project could establish Australia as a leader in the field, but there's no start date in sight for the solar farm.
From temporary visa holders to citizens, high-paid to insecure jobs, migrant and refugee women are not immune from being sexually harassed at work.
Most Australians have struggled to cancel a subscription and some have given up entirely, a report has warned amid calls for legal reforms.
The federal government has moved to close almost 150 tertiary institutions that offered no training but continued to operate.
A report card on Australia's progress in ending gender-based violence concludes more funding is needed, especially in crisis areas.
Australians living in the regions and metropolitan outskirts are missing out on child care as providers preference areas where they can charge the highest fees.
A man accused of three cold case murders was a drug user who killed vulnerable people while searching for valuables to fund his habit, a judge has heard.
Directors sued for allegedly using Fortescue secrets in their own startup filed a "monumental waste of time" to avoid defending the lawsuit, a judge has heard.
Former federal minister Marise Payne has told a court about her concerns for Linda Reynolds and Brittany Higgins after the latter's alleged rape in parliament.
Traces of cancer-linked chemicals have been detected in drinking water supplies, prompting an investigation and calls for calm.
Retail property group Vicinity Centres has acquired a 50 per cent stake in one of the biggest shopping centres on the west coast.
Weeks after Victoria's paramedics union condemned the state's ambulance board with a vote of no confidence, the chief executive has resigned.
The father of an Indigenous man who was fatally misdiagnosed with a drug-related illness says the doctor responsible shouldn't be treating patients.
Rangers and scientists have been training crocodiles in Western Australia not to eat cane toads, by giving them a bout of food poisoning.
Contracting group Monadelphous, a bellwether for energy and mining activity, says labour shortages continue and warns of barriers to decarbonisation.
Changes to Australian privacy laws may not stop employers from requesting invasive medical tests with little explanation, a report has found.
NSW and ACT residents can now zoom in on sophisticated new projections that show how climate change will affect their own backyards.
Borrowers are being warned to not bank on any short-term relief on their mortgages as the RBA talks down hopes of an interest rate cut in 2024.
The CFMEU has signalled it could challenge new laws forcing it into administration for at least three years, as parliament agreed to pass the reforms.
Generative AI tools are a concern for a growing number of Australians, a report has found, even though only two in five have tried the technology.
Cultural and scientific knowledge combine as important ingredients in protecting and restoring seagrass but now the effort is in expanding the process.
Fortescue is accused of falsely painting two scientists as "nefarious" to get court approval to raid their homes after allegedly stealing confidential secrets.
Anthony Albanese has defended the government's approach to issuing visas to Palestinians, accusing the opposition of confecting outrage on the issue.
Anthony Albanese is vowing to reform gambling ads but one disgruntled Labor backbencher says anything short of a complete gambling ad ban is 'disgusting'.
Collapsed book e-retailer Booktopia has been rescued by a white knight digital business that will reopen the company.
A major steelmaker warns of tough conditions as it braces for rising electricity, gas and labour costs amid a stubbornly soft home building market.
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