In the 1960s and 70s, Port Kembla was booming, but the slowdown of the steel industry changed things. Now a colourful cast of characters — migrants, sex workers and creatives — are bringing new life to the area.

Australians are the biggest consumers of meat in the world, yet an inevitable part of our meat-eating society — the killing of animals — is largely unseen. But community expectations about meat processing and animal welfare are changing.

One of the big losers of Donald Trump's trade war with Beijing is American tech companies that rely on Chinese manufacturers. Here's what that could mean for people in the market for a new phone.

The CFMEU says a Queensland mining company's initial response to the latest fatal incident in the state's Bowen Basin was "unacceptable" after rescuers took several hours to reach the man.

Bill Nighy says he's fallen in love with Australian outback skies and small-town charm while filming his new movie, Buckley's Chance, in Broken Hill.

Consumers' increased focus on fitness and wellbeing — as well as fears of new taxes and regulation — is challenging the Australian confectionary industry to make healthier products.

Are large parts of regional Australia doomed to fail or can years of decline be turned around to create a brighter future?

Increased taxes on properties are making South Australia even less attractive to investors according to the Property Council of Australia, amid worries surrounding the local housing industry.

Jony Ive, known for shaping Apple's signature rounded, stylish designs is leaving the company after more than two decades, to start his own design firm.

A dispute over royalties paid by mining giant BHP to the WA Government is settled with a one-off payment of $250 million, most of which will help fund a new maternity hospital in Perth.

McDonald's launches legal action over the acquisition of its Swanston St store for the Metro Tunnel works, saying it was short-changed more than $40 million.

The longest-serving member of Australia's government review tribunal compares the Department of Human Services' automated debt recovery program to being asked for money by the Mafia.

A special flight permit will be granted to allow the Hollywood film star's luxury Boeing to fly to Wollongong in November where it will be donated to an aviation museum.

Australia's largest dairy loses its senior management and a number of other staff pen a letter raising animal welfare concerns, just a year after the entire board resigns.

Thousands of jobs have been lost as banks shrink back from their peak size to meet lower revenue growth and increased compliance costs, with thousands more set to go as automation increases.

A simulator test uncovers another potential fault in the jet, and it remains unclear whether the problem that led to the grounding of the fleet is with software or microprocessors.

Global markets traded cautiously ahead of trade talks between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, at the G20 summit in Japan.

Work is suspended at a central Queensland coal mine after a man died when a wall collapsed and trapped him inside the digger he was using. The incident is the third fatal accident in six months.

Is the humble cauliflower about to take the coffee-loving world by storm?

Google says it has fixed a "temporary issue" that saw ads for Australian abortion clinics blocked for more than a week.