Australians are set to spend almost $7 billion in just four days during this year's Black Friday-Cyber Monday sales, as the cost of living sees more shoppers eager to snap up a bargain.

A woman who had to move out of her retirement unit for more than three months after the roof collapsed has called for better transparency and explanation to older freeholders about their obligations in villages.

An ABC NEWS Verify investigation has uncovered dozens of online clothing stores pretending to be high-end Australian fashion boutiques. Customers are sometimes shipped cheap, low-quality goods made in Asia, and sometimes, nothing at all.

RBA Governor Michele Bullock says Australia's strategy of reducing inflation without stoking too much unemployment is part of the reason why it looks different to peer economies right now.

As the prime minister is forced to deny he stopped key environmental legislation passing the Senate, he issues a plea to Australians who are doing it tough to stay the course at the 2025 federal election. 

Albemarle will sack four of its eight apprentices at its Kemerton Lithium Refinery in WA's South West because of challenging market conditions.

Federal government officials make surprise visits to fruit and vegetable farms in Queensland’s Lockyer Valley, after receiving information from the community about alleged worker exploitation.

A Senate inquiry into the impact and mitigation of aircraft noise has highlighted the limitations of existing regulations to effectively deal with aircraft noise.

The PwC report found a "material uncertainty" about Landbridge's "ability to continue as a going concern" at the port.

Lawyers representing Tiwi Islanders trying to stop a gas pipeline running through their traditional sea country have been ordered to pay more than $9 million to gas giant Santos for its legal costs.

Sydney-based IAG, the insurance giant behind NRMA, has announced a $1 billion deal to buy the insurance arm of RACQ. 

Unions say the supermarket giant was warned of the consequences of a battle with its warehouse workers and that "now is the time" to improve their conditions.

The Victorian music industry's peak body says unknown hackers have affected voting, causing false results in five of its six public categories.

In their final sitting week, Australian Labor has introduced the new grocery code of conduct for supermarkets and their suppliers.

An 'unbearable' smell of rotten eggs, which inundated suburban homes for months, has resulted in a record fine for a commercial landfill company in south-east Queensland.

The safety regulator has lashed national carrier Qantas over a "cascade of errors" that saw a 1.25-metre tool left in an engine for 300 hours of flying time.  

The mother of a building worker killed on the job has spoken out against the Queensland government at a protest outside Parliament House in Brisbane.

The Victorian government will become the first state to force retirement village operators to sign up to a mandatory code of conduct as part of a crackdown on the sector that also includes more transparency on how fees are calculated.

Environmental action group Rising Tide staged a protest today calling for the federal government to end new coal and gas projects.

The singer, who died in October, has been featured on the 40th anniversary remix a week after his funeral.