Fortescue Metals Group has pledged to continue to invest in green technologies as key investment decisions loom for billionaire Andrew Forrest and his board.
Murder charges have been laid after the remains believed to be of missing 14-year-old Shyanne-Lee Tatnell were found in Tasmanian bushland.
Former Liberal minister Linda Reynolds has clarified her stance on potential law changes that could impact a rape survivor's decision to make a police report.
A fraud claim against Gina Rinehart made by her eldest two children has no relevance to the legal case over lucrative iron ore royalties, a court has been told.
Unhappy customers have lodged a record number of complaints against financial organisations over monetary stress, scams and insurance delays.
Nina Merrilees had little reason to suspect she was being scammed when her daughter messaged from overseas, saying her phone was broken and asking for money.
The federal government's signature housing fund will be reintroduced to parliament, setting up a possible trigger for an early election.
More than 30,000 military personnel from several nations are war gaming in Australia, with a focus on co-operation in the Indo-Pacific.
Australian ministers have been urged to raise the case of Julian Assange when they meet their US counterparts for annual talks.
As homeowners fuel a rooftop solar power surge, states are being urged to improve access for renters, including those in social housing.
NSW is considering lifting the tax it charges on mined coal but has pointed to advice that any increase will have a negligible effect on power prices.
A task force of 100 officers will probe Sydney's underworld gang war with another man gunned down in a public, execution-styled murder.
South Korean company Hanwha Defence has won a multi-billion dollar contract to build infantry fighting vehicles for the Australian Army.
Australia potentially faces a return to destructive bushfire seasons as conditions shift towards less extreme rainfall and rising extreme temperatures.
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has been playing host to Anthony Albanese for two days in Wellington.
Smaller businesses are bearing the brunt of the deteriorating economy, with conditions looking less optimistic for firms with fewer employees.
Rooftop solar is reducing wholesale electricity prices but the market operator warns more transmission is needed to keep the lights on in a post-coal system.
Australia needs to properly assess and regulate artificial intelligence to stop authoritarian nations using it to undermine national security, a report says.
Universities Australia has defended a decision to stop the rollout of a consent campaign, saying it would need to do additional focus group testing.
Australian explorer Geoff Wilson and his son are about to begin a two-year, net-zero odyssey to record how climate change is hurting the world's wildest areas.
Wildlife experts have had to euthanise the remainder of a pod of whales that began beaching themselves on a remote West Australian beach earlier this week.
Victoria's corruption watchdog will send evidence from a developer payments scandal to prosecutors as it pushes for planning and political donation reforms.
A fire has ripped through a regional Victorian retirement village, killing an elderly resident whose wife escaped to safety.
A former deputy principal has been jailed for explicit chats online in which he sought sex with an undercover cop he believed was a 14-year-old girl.
Paramedics in NSW say a four per cent pay rise offer is not enough and have resumed industrial action to make their point to the state government
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta has been fined $20 million after an app that claimed to protect user data was found to have leveraged it for commercial gain.
A solid slowdown in the inflation rate could be enough to convince the Reserve Bank to keep interest rates on hold for a second consecutive month.
Aboriginal people are massively over-represented in the criminal justice system, and a scarcity of interpreters is only adding to the problem.
A new "horseshoe" configuration will be deployed in the fight to contain and eradicate a destructive invasive insect species marching south.
Gina Rinehart knew in the 1980s some iron ore-rich mining tenements were co-owned by another company, lawyers for her father's former business partner say.
The delicate balance between protecting an accused's right to innocence and a complainant's right to justice in rape cases is being examined by parliament.
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