The Australian dollar is slightly higher after oil prices started to stage a recovery.

More than 1,000 people flock to the KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa in search of diamonds.

Construction on Sydney's newest city centre will begin before the end of the year, with the NSW government releasing first images of how it will look.

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.

SUNRICE has forecast a 40 per cent lift in full-year profit.

The Dow Jones index briefly hit a new record of 23,000 but has since retreated slightly, while the Australian share market is headed for a slightly lower open.

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A senior air force officer whose career was in part inspired by the Apollo 11 moon landing will become Australia's first space commander next year.

The deputy leader of the Nationals says the party has struck a deal to allow more foreign workers into Australia to work on farms, hinting that an agriculture-specific visa could soon be announced.

TELSTRA is in talks to buy Asian undersea cable operator Pacnet in a deal that could be worth as much as $1 billion.

CHINA’S gross domestic product turned out to be 3.4 per cent larger last year than originally announced.

Millions of investors have learnt the hard way this week that bull runs do not last forever.

THE big four banks have lost their appetite to lend to greenfield toll road projects.

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

THE slide in oil prices has caused sharp losses among some of Wall Street’s biggest names — the latest in a series of bad bets made by star investors.