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.

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

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

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.

New evidence of a platypus population emerges amid a development boom on the city's urban fringe.

Carnarvon has been devastated by the silting up of its main waterway for years; now, the State Government will pay for a permanent fix as part of its pandemic recovery plan.

It sounds like a contradiction — but the meat you eat in the future might come from a plant, or a laboratory, eliminating the need to slaughter animals.

For people living in some of the nation's most remote and disadvantaged communities, a weekly air delivery service is a lifeline, delivering food, medical supplies — and online shopping purchases.

For people living in some of the nation's most remote and disadvantaged communities, a weekly air delivery service is a lifeline, delivering food, medical supplies — and online shopping purchases.

A couple whose calls to triple-0 to report a fire were not answered during Friday's national outage — prompting a mad dash to the nearest fire station — receive an apology from Telstra CEO Andy Penn.

A couple whose calls to triple-0 to report a fire were not answered during Friday's national outage — prompting a mad dash to the nearest fire station — receive an apology from Telstra CEO Andy Penn.

Police in southern China seize more than $6.3 million worth of counterfeit products, including large hauls of popular Australian branded wines, vitamins, foods, and cosmetics.

Police in southern China seize more than $6.3 million worth of counterfeit products, including large hauls of popular Australian branded wines, vitamins, foods, and cosmetics.

The Sydney and Melbourne property markets were supposed to experience a boom in 2018, but a previously optimistic property analysis firm reverses its earlier forecast tipping a 4 per cent drop.