Landholders along the alignment of the Western Renewables Link have begun receiving compensation offers before the energy transmission project has been fully assessed or received approval to proceed.

A NSW Parliamentary inquiry hears the wife of former icare chief executive John Nagle was paid $750 a day after being awarded a contract without a tender.

Around 170 employees of a major South Australian winery have taken stop-work action following months of negotiations. 

A gold mining exploration licence application for the township of Adelaide River, south of Darwin, has been withdrawn following community backlash.

With demand for support exploding, the government has announced it will be expanding its multi-million-dollar scheme to help flood victims.