The Senate has voted down a bill to axe the carbon tax, depriving the Prime Minister of a much-touted election promise and setting the scene for another fight in July.

Tweaks, changes, adjustments and overhauls are on the way, after the Federal Government’s first biannual  'repeal day'.

The heads of prominent Australian charities have written a letter to the Prime Minister, asking to keep their regulator.

Alan Joyce has again lashed out at the Australian union movement, claiming it has been spreading rampant lies to fight efforts for more foreign investment.

UPDATE: Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has stood down amid the corruption inquiry, but maintains he will be "vindicated" and has been described by the Prime Minister as "a man of great distinction ... and high competence".

A bill has been tabled before the Queensland parliament, proposing that landowners be given extra rights for negotiating with mining companies.

NuCoal has set off on a legal endeavour today, accusing the Independent Commission Against Corruption of unjustly cancelling an exploration license and failing to complete its investigations.

The Queensland Resource Council has released its updated ‘checklist’ for anti-mining activism in the state, saying opponents are mostly up to their old tricks.

The CEO of the national heavy Vehicle Regulator has resigned.

Physicists have discovered evidence from the first few billionths of a second after the universe formed.

One of the largest stores on the internet is preparing for its stock market debut.

The Governor-General has tabled papers to kick off the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption.

The Federal Communications minister says Telstra may be the next company allowed take a bigger share of foreign investment.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released its latest job figures, showing a surge in full-time employment but a drop in part-time.

As many lament the decline of respect and values among today’s youth, a recent study has shown the effects that older generations’ habits can have on young people’s perspective.

Rio Tinto will expand two of its mines in Western Australia, as the state government signs off on a deal to keep them digging for more than a decade.

There will be room at the top, sending some of Canberra’s senior public servants into a spree of jostling and favour-garnering as a number of government executive positions open up.

A councillor who has served for nearly twenty years says he has fought too long clearing debt to see the city just borrow even more.

The chief justice of Nauru, Australian Geoffrey Eames, says he has had no option but to resign as the government is ignoring the rule of law.

Days are numbered for the poorly timed still-frame slideshows that dominate business meetings worldwide, with researchers working on the next generation of data presentation.

The Business Council of Australia appears to be picking a fight with itself over the need to report gender figures.

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