The Northern Territory is famous for its fishing, but one iconic species is under threat. The government says tough decisions will need to be made.

NT Police say thieves have been targeting telecommunication pits in Alice Springs in recent months, using "large vehicles" to pull out hundreds of metres of copper wire.

Gautam Adani, the Indian billionaire behind Queensland's controversial Carmichael coal project, is charged in the US over an alleged multi-billion-dollar fraud scheme.

The supermarket giant told Australia's competition watchdog its competition went far beyond Coles, Aldi, and Costco, and that it was spending millions on its online offerings to prepare with Amazon as an emerging competitor.

A NSW inquiry has proposed 18 recommendations to address climate change within the planning system including allowing councils to revoke old consents without compensation.