Three contractors have been charged over the theft of copper cabling worth millions of dollars from job sites around Sydney.

Bonza workers are told they will remain stood down for at least another two weeks, as administrators scramble to find investors to support the troubled airline.  

Question Time is getting underway ahead of Treasurer Jim Chalmers handing down the 2024 federal budget. Follow live.

While Rio Tinto says no staff were in the vicinity, the Mining and Energy Union says five staff were working on wagons directly in the self-driving train's path.

St John of God healthcare says it will stop providing maternity services at its Bunbury hospital from June 25 thanks to staffing issues and reduced demand.

A Queensland lobby group wants the land tax exemption raised by 200 per cent, saying landlords are having to pay too much because their property values have increased so much.

Melinda French Gates will step down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the nonprofit she and her ex-husband Bill Gates founded and built into one of the world's largest philanthropic organisations over the past 20 years.

The Queensland government had planned a potential ban of single-use plastic items from September 1 this year, including plastic cups, bread bag tags and produce bags, but that's now on hold.

Mega-miner BHP is not getting bigger today, as the board of Anglo American have rejected a second takeover bid. The ASX 200 has opened slightly lower as the market awaits the full detail of the federal budget. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live mark...

Canadian company Agnico Eagle has signed an agreement with traditional owner group Djaara to compensate First Nations people for gold mined at the Central Victorian-based Fosterville Gold Mine.

Have you changed your coffee habits? One market expert says while the morning cafe cuppa continues, those on tight budgets are adding instant options to the mix later in the day. 

Tomorrow's federal budget will deliver a $9.3 billion surplus for the current financial year, but the next three will each have higher deficits than the government had expected as recently as December.

Australian sheep farmers say they're angry after a live export ban, looming for years, has been confirmed.

The train, operated by mining giant Rio Tinto, crashed and derailed just after midnight about 80 kilometres from Karratha.

The University of Tasmania has said there is room to reconsider the location of its new STEM building, in a major walking back of its push to move into Hobart's city centre.

The University of Tasmania has said there is room to reconsider the location of its new STEM building, in a major walking back of its city-centric campus push..

Retired home owners insist their opposition to a harbour revitalisation project in South East Queensland does not amount to NIMBYism.

Retired home owners insist their opposition to a harbour revitalisation project in South East Queensland does not amount to NIMBYism.

A critical rail link between Brisbane and the beaches to its north is now locked in with a total of $5.5 billion secured from the state and federal governments.

A critical rail link between Brisbane and the beaches to its north is now locked in with a total of $5.5 billion secured from the state and federal governments.