Former consumer watchdog Allan Fels slams the 7-Eleven franchise model and says the only way franchisees can make a living is by ripping off their workers.
Internal documents reveal that senior greyhound racing administrators in New South Wales were actively strategising to downplay live baiting in the industry in the days before a Four Corners program exposing the scandal was set to air.
Peter Dutton's office received an advanced copy of the press release saying Australian Border Force officers would be cracking down on visa fraud but no-one read it, the Immigration Minister says.
The expansion of the controversial Acland coal mine on Queensland's western Darling Downs clears another hurdle, with the state's environment department issuing a draft authority for the $900 million project.
An eight-year-old girl remains in hospital after losing her hand as a result of a dog attack in Lake Macquarie, in the New South Wales Hunter region, on the weekend.
New laws creating buffer zones around abortion clinics will be debated in the Victorian Parliament this week amid concerns about religious protesters harassing women as they enter the facilities.
Tens of thousands rallied outside Japan's parliament on Sunday to protest against planned new laws that could see troops in the officially pacifist nation engage in combat for the first time since World War II.
A new cafe in the upper reaches of Cape York is the only place you can get the taste of a freshly ground 'real' coffee for hundreds of kilometres, while providing a much needed boost in local skills and training.
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