The Fair Work Commission will today deliver its decision over whether to bring Sunday penalty rates in line with Saturday rates for those working in the retail, hospitality and fast-food industries, reigniting a political fight between Labor and the Coalition.

The Federal Government is facing pressure to ban lucrative mortgage broker commissions, which consumer groups say encourage bad behaviour and are contributing to record household debt.

Thousands of counterfeit prescription pills made their way into Australia's official supply chain in 2010, ending up at a children's hospital in Sydney. Now the pharmacist who supplied the fakes is fighting the cancellation of his licence.

The executive director of the International Energy Agency calls on Australia to become a world leader in carbon capture and storage technology.

Australia's energy operator finds power plant failures contributed to the unprecedented pressure on the New South Wales electricity grid during this month's heatwave.

For the people of Thebarton, the closure of Coca-Cola's bottling plant in Adelaide will be like having "your heart ripped out", a local historian says, who remembers touring the newly opened factory in 1951 as a child.

Aviation and community groups say there are too many developments hampering pilots and putting people at risk at Archerfield Airport, on Brisbane's outskirts.

Even as the Commonwealth Bank last week unveiled another record half-year profit of $5 billion, not everything was rosy — its life insurance arm CommInsure continues to be a headache, and with ASIC campaigning insurers to publicly report claim figures, premiums could rise as a consequence.

Australian workers continue to face record low wage rises, with the downturn in the mining sector driving the weak outcomes.

Seven West chairman Kerry Stokes and director Jeff Kennett are criticised by a NSW Supreme Court judge for their public comments vilifying former employee Amber Harrison.