The Rockpool Dining Group says it is "keen to resolve" payroll issues as it contacts workers to top-up their salaries after an audit found they were owed $1.6 million in wages.

The federal opposition says some workers are underpaid and exploited but farmers argue piece rates drive productivity and a minimum wage won't drive out "rogue operators".

Liverpool's burgeoning population lives just 26 kilometres from Sydney's CBD, and on a good day a train trip can take just under an hour, but experts say it could be faster. NSW Transport disagrees.

Deputy Leader of the Nationals Bridge McKenzie said there are 54,000 people employed in the thermal coal industry, but is the number that high? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

Media chiefs could face renewed efforts to overturn media laws after Malcolm Turnbull seized the Liberal leadership.

ASIC says the chance of it backing a plan to rescue Planet Platinum is the same as “a snowflake in hell”.

This year's Grow Your Own music festival in the NSW sister towns of Forster-Tuncurry shows off the best of regional Australia, fusing music, food, art, and film into one 'beast' of an event for young festival-goers.

Regional Victorian legal firm issues call-out to regional border communities for interest from agribusiness to join class action, citing freedom of trade across state borders as a 'very important guarantee in our federal constitution'.

Painters and colour consultants say grey is the new beige when it comes to house exteriors, with "neutral" tones spreading across our cities. But a Brisbane artist says seeing newly "bland" streetscapes is "heartbreaking".

A Gulargambone grocer says he catches between 400–500 mice per night and has lost more than $30,000 in stock due to a plague taking over western New South Wales.

As Australia looks to meet housing construction targets, companies in SA and Victoria's Green Triangle are investing more heavily in softwood timber.

Many parts of Australia have worked hard to attract migrants to help boost the population and ageing workforces, but many like Rosan Bhattarai are now without a source of income because they are on temporary visas and can't get access to the JobKeeper program.

Elizabeth Holmes was Silicon Valley's next big thing, but her blood-test technology never really worked. Her company, Theranos, is now a fable of unchecked startup bravado.

Qantas has gained provisional approval from the ACCC to launch more services with American Airlines between here and the US.

LISTED healthcare providers took a battering on the local bourse yesterday.

THE big four banks have lost their appetite to lend to greenfield toll road projects.

TELSTRA is in talks to buy Asian undersea cable operator Pacnet in a deal that could be worth as much as $1 billion.

New Hope is banking on strong Asian thermal coal demand as it looks at opportunities despite a $21.8m loss.

It's one of the most popular walks in northern NSW, but rescuers are warning tourists of the increasing danger of climbing Mount Warning.

The botched sinking of ex-HMAS Tobruk by a government contractor, which left the ship on its side and needing modifications to make it safer, will not be fixed after the risks of damaging it are deemed too high.