Big miner BHP and oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum have announced a $20 billion merger of their oil and gas businesses to form one of the world’s...
NT Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker is urging people across the Top End to “do the right thing” but warns officers will hand out hefty fines to those who...
Regional buyers, excluding Sydneysiders, have been granted an exemption from NSW’s lockdown to attend regional auctions for food supply, livestock fibre or crops. Key points: Exemption...
Broadacre farmers in Western Australia’s grain belt are facing lengthy delays for crop-dusting services, sparking “desperation” amid concern that crops will suffer in a year with record production...
One of Australia’s rarest mammals, known as a “suicidal reproducer”, has been found in a national park south of Gladstone, after fears the population had been...
There was no need for major changes to the way Australia records foreign ownership of water, according to the Productivity Commission. Key points: Eleven per cent of...
Kamilaroi elder Kim Sullivan says the fear in the Walgett community is palpable. She has been spending her mornings dropping off masks and bottles of sanitiser...
The construction union has called for an apology after the competition watchdog abandoned the prosecution of the union and its Canberra boss Jason O’Mara on charges which...
Tasmania will downgrade all of Queensland to “low” COVID-19 risk from midnight tonight, allowing travel without quarantine between the two states. Only travellers who have been in...
Two Catholic organisations have admitted liability in the Supreme Court related to the actions of a now-deceased paedophile priest. Key points: At least 14 abuse survivors...