A future Labor government would stop information about international students who report underpayment of wages from being shared between the Fair Work Ombudsman and Department of Home Affairs under a resolution to its national party conference.

It was a sombre mood in the ABC’s Ultimo offices on May 9 when then-managing director Michelle Guthrie fronted staff over video-link about the government’s decision to cut the public broadcaster’s funding in its 2018 Federal Budget the night before.

The black truffle is already one of the world's scarcest foodstuffs, but climate change could drive it to the brink of extinction in its traditional home of southern Europe.

The great cryptocurrency crash of 2018 is heading for its worst week yet, having wiped out more than $965 billion so far.

Workers in several European countries walked off the job at Amazon fulfillment centres on Black Friday, one of the busiest online shopping days of the year.