Australian Hollywood actress Rebel Wilson wants Bauer Media to pay more than $1.3 million in legal fees she incurred while successfully suing the magazine publisher for defamation.

Work-life balance, the fight for equality, juggling family, topless waitressing. Five women tell us a story about being a woman.

Australian vice-captain David Warner has been cleared to take on South Africa in the second Test after accepting three demerit points and a heavy fine for his role in a stairway scuffle in Durban.

Energy Australia shuts its gender pay gap overnight, announcing the 350 women will receive an average $3,500 raise so they are paid as much as equivalent male colleagues.

Tanya Plibersek says tampons should be exempt from the GST, but former prime minister Tony Abbott says removing the tax from sanitary products would be a "politically correct" mistake.

The woman who made a sexual misconduct complaint against former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce says the way she has been treated since making that allegation shows why people in that situation do not come forward.

Former Australian Test opener Ed Cowan retires from representative cricket with more than 10,000 first-class runs and 25 centuries to his name from a 14-year career in the game.

In 2011, Coles fired the first shot. But now the supermarket has waved the white flag, indicating a move away from price-based marketing, write Gary Mortimer and Louise Grimmer.

Rejected asylum seekers from Manus Island are being told it's too dangerous for them to return to their countries of origin, but they're also not allowed to stay in Papua New Guinea.

How the basement-dwelling Newcastle Jets turned things around in a season, became an antidote to A-League negativity and may even have boosted the Socceroos' World Cup ambitions in the process.

The Commonwealth Bank is set to refund $16 million to customers who bought questionable add-on insurance policies, as it dumps the sale of the controversial products.

Thousands of people in a controversial work for the dole scheme have been threatened with having their Centrelink payments cut off for eight weeks, leading to Opposition claims some "having to basically forage for existence".

Australia's vice-captain David Warner faces suspension from the second cricket Test against South Africa after being charged with breaching the International Cricket Council's code of conduct.

Favoured by drug dealers and criminal syndicates, there is growing momentum to dump the $100 note from circulation — and some people want the pineapple gone too.

Victorian Senator Derryn Hinch promises to push the Federal Government to expand the national redress scheme, as the Catholic Church denies colluding with the Government to reduce cap.

East Timor's chief negotiator Xanana Gusmao accuses Australia of essentially "colluding" with oil companies to ensure Greater Sunrise oil and gas gets piped to Darwin instead of East Timor.

Winning brings its own rewards. For Richmond premiership coach Damien Hardwick, it brings a new three-year deal.

Drivers for Australia's most popular ridesharing service are earning less than $15 an hour on average, according to a new report, with the Centre for Future Work director saying they are effectively subsidising the company's bid for dominance.

Sean Pollard once went for a surf but didn't come back in one piece. He is now set for his Paralympic snowboarding debut, and he's not letting the shark attack define him.

On the eve of Grizzly Bear's Australian tour, singer Ed Droste reveals the industry is changing so much that even internationally recognised bands are struggling to make touring worthwhile.