AUSTRALIA’S coal exporters are facing a new challenge in the form of stiffer competition from Russian exporters in Asian markets.

ENERGY giant Santos has secured $1 billion in new debt ahead of a potential balance sheet shake up in the new year.

New Zealand’s competition watchdog has cited areas of overlap from a Fairfax-APN merger.

It could be a matter of time before a Chinese airline tries to buy a strategic stake in Qantas.

Fast-growing Melbourne payments company PromisePay is ramping its growth plans in the global platform economy.

The loss of forest, especially pine plantations, means a cloud of economic uncertainty hangs over Tumbarumba in southern NSW.

GLOBAL miner Anglo American has flagged further job cuts and asset sales in a bid to restructure the company as prices fall.

Josh Frydenberg is being warned that massive federal government debt from emergency pandemic spending could double in coming decades as borrowing costs rise and spending costs blow out.

THE proportion of women in leadership roles at in-house legal departments has grown strongly.

GLOBAL markets remained stuck in a volatility trap yesterday after a wild 48 hours marked by heavy losses from China to Europe.

TPG Telecom has delivered a strong lift in profit in its final full-year results before it integrates its iiNet purchase.

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.

The state records no locally transmitted coronavirus cases after a man in his 50s and his wife were diagnosed with the virus earlier in the week.

TREASURY Wine Estates chief Michael Clarke is pledging to jettison his cheap commercial brands in the US.

While most coal-fired generators are demolished after their use-by date, the defunct Wallerawang power station in central-western NSW is being repurposed to help with Australia's renewable energy future.

Analysts say mounting energy insecurity concerns and high prices are behind increased investment in domestic oil and gas projects, sparking fears among environmentalists.

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.

Fiji's tourism industry, the backbone of the country's economy, is under threat as coral reefs are killed off. But a US-born marine biologist known as "the coral gardener" says he may have a solution to the problem.

More and more people are bypassing real estate agents and using social media to sell their properties — but what are the risks of going it alone?

LOW consumer confidence has forced Flight Centre to downgrade its pre-tax earnings guidance by up to 4 per cent.