Queensland Rail drivers and guards are pocketing tens of thousands of dollars a year in overtime as the organisation struggles to recruit dozens more crews to fill a staffing shortfall, new figures show.

TELSTRA has signed a $390m contract to plan and design services to support the NBN rollout, for a term of up to four years.

Arguably Ziggy Switkowski’s major achievement at NBN Co has been to depoliticise the project.

The sell-off in Woolworths could be bad news for its archrival.

Local shares bounced off deep lows to close flat after Beijing’s efforts to stabilise Chinese markets seemed to kick in.

A trial at a Port Augusta hotel that requires walk-in customers to present ID before buying cask wine, and has since been adopted by other liquor outlets, was given the go-ahead by the state's hotels association.

A plan to slug foreign property buyers with a 7 per cent surcharge to aid the recovery of WA's budget will damage the recovery of the state's fragile property market, a real estate peak body warns.

Australia's major sporting codes launch a furious rearguard action to try and stop the Turnbull Government from restricting gambling advertising on television.

The Great Barrier Reef's economic, social and iconic brand value is studied for the first time, with economists giving a $56 billion price tag and claiming it is "too big to fail".

To most of us, the ping of a text message is a sound that has dictated life for years, but in outback Windorah locals are reflecting on six months with mobile reception.

The NT Government hopes a star-studded Crocodile Dundee teaser, broadcast to millions across the United States during the Super Bowl, will lure more visitors to the Top End.

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

The local share market rises after global markets mostly lifted overnight, while casino giant Crown weighs up an offer to help it buy out James Packer.

A leading economist joins the call for Brisbane City Council's investment arm to face public scrutiny amid concern it is secretly exposing ratepayers to unnecessary financial risks.

Cryptocurrencies now fall under the scrutiny of AUSTRAC — the anti-money laundering and terrorism financing body that busted the Commonwealth Bank for nearly 54,000 alleged breaches.