Isobel Marshall was about to enter her final year of high school when she and her best friend came up with an idea to support women and girls at home and abroad.

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.

At a virtual World Economic Forum, Mr Xi urges nations to remove all barriers to trade while working together on coronavirus vaccine research and distribution.

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.

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.

Despite Beijing's increasingly hostile trade war, Australia sold a lot more goods to China (particularly iron ore) in December. The Australian share market begins its shortened trading week, ahead of Australia Day, with small gains.

They're qualified and keen but the work simply is not there for many Australians doing it tough. Instead they're weathering the storm at university in numbers tipped to reach record highs.

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.

Heatwaves and severe storms are predicted to become more frequent and more intense. Here are some changes you can make to your home that could help you weather the highs and lows of summer — and even save you some money.

Indonesia's transport safety agency says investigators have successfully downloaded information from the flight data recorder (FDR) of the Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the sea last week.

It is an offence in Queensland to carry an unconcealed gel blaster in public from February 1, with police urging owners of the toy guns to be fully aware of their responsibilities or face harsher penalties including jail time.

Despite China's ban on Australian coal, exports from Australia's busiest port of Newcastle have seen only a slight dip with a cold northern winter driving up global demand.

Qantas says uncertainty around COVID-19 in Sydney and border restrictions will delay the start date of three new routes in regional NSW.

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Shareholders have approved a $16 billion merger between the co-owners of Kalgoorlie-Boulder's Super Pit gold mine, consolidating it under one owner for the first time since mining began there 128 years ago.

Australian shares have ended the week on a downer, after a mixed bag of a week marked by vaccine rollout news and US pandemic relief.

Tired of rising insurance costs, Margaret Shaw sold her coastal apartment below market value and left. Now, an ACCC report into the industry offers hope, but some say the recommendations do not go far enough.

During a recession, complaining about having too much to do isn't something many people want to hear. But a new study sheds light on how, from a productivity point of view, working less can be an advantage.

We spoke to three new parents who have all done things a little differently —from buying almost everything new, to being given most things second hand.

While many Australians provide their phone number and email address when booking domestic flights, not everybody does, but now the Government wants airlines to ensure contact tracers are able to access the information they need.

China's foreign ministry says Australia is "purposely setting up obstacles" to make it harder for Chinese companies to invest.

A limit of 4,000 spectators per day at this year’s Great Race is expected to have a "huge effect" on local businesses.

No jobs will be lost in the privatisation of Adelaide's trains, the South Australian Government says, after awarding the $2.14 billion contract to a Downer Group venture despite the criticism it drew over fabricated political quotes last year.

A real estate agent who tried to blackmail one of Australia's biggest banks into paying a $25,000 ransom for reams of confidential documents it left behind in a defunct branch narrowly avoids jail.