| | | | Complaints about the country's two biggest phone and internet providers, Optus and Telstra, continue to make up the bulk of consumer gripes — and they're mostly about mobile services. | | | | The construction industry has a women problem, but as one of its largest clients, government is uniquely placed to shake up our biggest boys club, write Natalie Galea and Abigail Powell. | | | | Indonesia's relationship with Australia could be "thrown under a bus" following Canberra's provocative move to consider relocating its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, a trade expert is warning. | | | | Warracknabeal, in western Victoria, was once a thriving town — but the hallmarks of country life are starting to disappear: pubs are closing, footy leagues are disbanding and workers are moving away. Both big parties are pushing for decentralisation, but it's difficult to get people to go bush. | | | | Researchers discover a mineral that is only created during a big meteorite impact buried in remote Western Australia in a sample that lay untouched for 20 years, and it could confirm what is suspected to be the country's biggest crater. | | | | The idea of locating new migrants in regional Australia is not new and it's had mixed results over the years, so will the Government's new proposal be any different? | | | | In a series of tweets, President Donald Trump insults the physical appearance of the adult film actress, questions the DNA test of Elizabeth Warren and threatens to cut aid to Honduras over migrants making their way to the US border. | | | | A cheesecake shop owner in Melbourne's CBD says a payphone which includes a billboard over 2.5 metres high is blocking his shop front, and should be moved down the street to sit in front of Telstra's store instead. | | | | Telstra chair John Mullen says executives are paid too much and bonuses are too complex, but his board has only itself to blame for a massive protest vote, writes Stephen Letts. | | | | Excavations on the vast Pompeii site in southern Italy find new evidence that the ancient Roman city may have been destroyed two months later than previously thought. | | | | Federal crossbenchers are pushing for legal changes that could strip former Governor-General Peter Hollingworth of millions of dollars in public benefits over his mishandling of sex abuse complaints while he was an Anglican archbishop. | | | | Ken Wong reckons games can take you on the same emotional journey as a book or a film — and can even make you cry. | | | | The future of a sketch by convicted sex offender Rolf Harris, still on view backstage at a South Australian theatre, still polarises local artists. | | | | With Australia's population topping 25 million this year, our major cities are not just spreading out, they're also stepping up. | | | | Rain brings some relief to farmers in New South Wales, even though 98 per cent of the state remains in drought and farmers worried they'll be forgotten. | | | | Australia's Nathan Lyon takes four wickets in six deliveries against Pakistan, but the hosts fight back to post 282 and then take two cheap Aussie wickets on a compelling first day of action in the second Test. | | | | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with King Salman to discuss the disappearance and alleged killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as Turkish police prepare to widen their probe. | | | | In every way, a White House reflects the president who lives there. And its current occupant apparently enjoys seeing himself on a wall, having a Diet Coke with his predecessors, writes Micheline Maynard. | | | | A flash storm that ripped through parts of drought-ravaged far-west New South Wales leaves a trail of death and destruction for two grazier families. | | | | China's Government releases details of its network of 'vocational training' centres in Xinjang province for the first time, which activists claim are political indoctrination camps for thousands of Muslims. | | | | In a memo to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Ecuador ordered the Australian to avoid commenting on political issues and to better take care of his cat and quarters if he wants internet access reconnected. | | | | As Australia's population hurtles towards 40 million by 2050, where will they all live? On current trends, places like Mickleham, Australia's fastest-growing suburb. | |  |
By business reporter Stephen Letts | |  |
By Natalie Galea and Abigail Powell | |  |
By Micheline Maynard | |  |
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