An office worker has been jailed for stealing $4.5 million from a major transport firm.

The Transport Workers Union may have been caught in a power-grabbing rort, after it was revealed that the union had bodged its numbers to get more sway in the Labor Party.

The federal government’s approval for the biggest coal mine in Australian history has many up in arms, but ministers say it should be worth it.

Telstra is planning to cut more than 650 jobs in Australia, the latest in thousands of job losses from the local telecom in the last two years.

A new report says it will take more than financial inducement to get many professionals to ply their trade in rural areas.

The Tax Office has walloped the Obeid family with a $9 million bill after audits of tax affairs and family trusts.

This week has seen an odd interplay between the worlds of banking and groceries.

Anyone who thinks there is no passion in politics should try to discuss bike paths in the City of Vincent.

Women need to put up their hands to run in local government elections, a forum this week has heard.

Australia is missing the opportunity for billions of dollars in revenue, thousands of jobs and a better life for many citizens by ignoring one single industry.

Papua New Guinea's top oil producer is calling on the corporate sector to embrace public-private partnerships to profit through the improvement of local lives.

Researchers have taken a look at why some country towns survive and thrive, while others decline and die.

Industry groups have sent a warning that the Australian Government’s big plan to tackle harmful emissions may thoroughly miss the mark.

Funding has been secured for more rounds of the Bush Blitz – a program that sends Australian scientists on lightning war against the mysteries of the outback.

Anthropologists say that the voices heard by schizophrenics are shaped by their environments.

The US President has banned workplace discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender public service employees and government-linked contractors.

Everything from finance to safety is set to take off at Airservices Australia, after some new figures were appointed to the Board.

Dodgy bus shelter deals may be just the tip of the iceberg in state corruption inquiries.

At least eight major projects have been put on hold in recent weeks, due to uncertainty over the Renewable Energy Target.

Budget cuts could be deadly, as the World Health Organization struggles to stem outbreaks with fewer resources.

Thousands of jobs and billions of investment dollars are at risk from the ever-increasing gas price, economists say.

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