Seven West Media chief executive and managing director James Warburton steps down with immediate effect. 

The electricity distribution Today in the Shepparton Magistrates Court electricity distribution company Powercor admitted to failing to cut back vegetation around its powerlines, triggering a risk management failure that resulted in a bushfire in western Victoria.

The union-run newspaper's shutdown is another blow to the Far West New South Wales town of Broken Hill, which lost its nightly commercial news bulletin a year ago.

 Woolworths admitted in court that it short-changed at least 1,235 former Victorian employees by not properly paying their long service leave entitlements.

Earlier this month Tanya Plibersek released an interim decision that found removing 58.7 hectares from the internationally protected wetland was an "unacceptable impact".

While shoppers battle with the cost of food at the check-out, farmers around the world are expected to sow less crops this year, as the cost of growing some produce is higher than its potential value. 

The unemployment rate increased slightly to 3.8 per cent in March, after employment fell by 7,000 people and unemployment rose by 21,000 people.

The unemployment rate increased slightly to 3.8 per cent in March, after employment fell by 7,000 people and unemployment rose by 21,000 people.

Prince Harry's lawyer says he may be "forced" to settle a lawsuit against the publisher of Rupert Murdoch's tabloid newspaper The Sun after British actor Hugh Grant agreed on a deal.

The ASX has snapped a five-day losing streak to close 0.5 per cent higher on Thursday, while the unemployment rate rose to 3.8 per cent in March. Look back on the day's developments as they happened with our blog.

The cards used by public transport commuters in South East Queensland for well over a decade will be phased out and replaced with a new fare card system — but Translink is yet to determine when.

For many people living with disability, catching up with friends for a coffee or a night out often involves a level of extra planning – but an app is making crucial information about whether a venue or activity is accessible much more readily available.

Another private hospital is poised to shut down maternity services in Queensland, as new data shows a significant shift away from private births.

For a decade, he regulated the energy industry in one of Australia's biggest states. Now Ron Ben-David is alarmed by the rise of complex, and often punishing, power tariffs.

HECS-HELP debts are forecast to rise between 4.2 and 4.8 per cent this year, the second-highest rise in a decade.

Floodwaters on the Nullarbor are slowly starting to recede more than a month after drought-breaking rain cut off outback pastoral stations in one of Australia's most isolated regions. 

Floodwaters on the Nullarbor are slowly starting to recede more than a month after drought-breaking rain cut off outback pastoral stations in one of Australia's most isolated regions. 

Police arrest a number of protesters fighting to block a housing development bound by a tract of coastal heathland in northern New South Wales. The 18-hectare site in the popular coastal town has approval for 124 houses.

It's Pay Day! Luke Springer — better known as Mr Luke — reveals the splurges he refuses to give up, and how getting called upon by a debt collector paved the way for an important financial victory. 

It's Pay Day! Luke Springer — better known as Mr Luke — reveals the splurges he refuses to give up, and how getting called upon by a debt collector paved the way for an important financial victory.