Suffering from 60 years of population decline, the ambitious Queensland town of Hughenden plans to attract more agricultural investors in order to bolster the district's economy.

AUSTRALIA’S largest gas infrastructure business, APA Group, has confirmed it will pay more than $6 billion for BG’s Queensland’s pipeline.

Telco’s venture capital arm tips $10m into Nginx and its application delivery platform.

A MAN accused of faking his CV left a $400,000 role at Myer on his first day to fetch ‘proof’ of his job history, and never returned.

The West Australian government hopes the final closure of an asbestos-riddled town will at last deter social media influencers and 'danger tourists' from visiting.

Tasmania's largest salmon producer Tassal reveals major expansion plans, flagging a $270 million investment in capital expenditure over the next five years.

The Darling Point trophy home’s new occupants make fund manager couple Charlie and Ellie Aitken look beige.

Single parents will be given federal government assistance to purchase property, under measures included in Tuesday's budget.

CROWN Resorts has today announced a joint venture with online bookmaker BetEasy, which will see the two companies combine their sports businesses.

Woodside needs to raise its bid for Oil Search to have any chance of success, analysts at UBS have said.

The Indonesian Government is reportedly looking to Mexico as an alternate source of live cattle, after Australian cattle hit record prices and Jakarta meat sellers go on strike.

Three people are charged in connection with an alleged million-dollar gold theft in Western Australia's Goldfields, in which police say more than 8,000 tonnes of gold-bearing ore was stolen.

Queensland's books are expected be back in black within the next four years, with Treasurer Cameron Dick predicting the state will return to a $153 million surplus by mid-2025.

A key measure of wage growth has disappointed again with most Australian workers' pay failing to grow in real terms.

With unprecedented support from global governments, the stock market has boomed, driving up billionaire's wealth even while the real economy has faced the deepest recession in a century and the poor have gotten poorer.

OIL giant ExxonMobil has lowered the prospects for development of a Victorian coal-seam gas industry.

The collapse of one of the nation's oldest engineering companies, RCR Tomlinson, has destroyed Christmas for thousands of families, according to the union dealing with the fallout from the unexpected job losses.

The local share market is closed for Australia Day, while rising COVID-19 cases and delays in supplying vaccines have offset Wall Street's optimism about a potential $US1.9 trillion ($2.46 trillion) stimulus package that the Biden administration is trying to pass.

INVESTORS who ploughed funds into international shares are set for another year of double-digit returns.

AUSTRALIAN consumers are the gloomiest they have been in three years, survey data released this morning shows.