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.