The corporate regulator failed to stop a key figure in an alleged $110 million loan fraud from fleeing the country despite notifying the suspect he was under investigation and raiding his home.
The brutal and sustained fall in the oil price is shaping up to be 2015's biggest economic story.
Al-Qaeda is planning a Paris-style terrorist atrocity against Britain, according to the head of British intelligence agency MI5.
Islamic organisations in Australia have condemned the actions of gunmen who massacred 12 staff at a Paris satirical magazine.
Melbourne could get its wettest January since 2011, with widespread heavy rainfalls expected across the state over the next few days.
Trade Minister Andrew Robb has outed himself as a supporter of expanding the GST in what could be the first obvious sign of a concerted campaign underway within the highest levels of the Abbott government to tackle the thorny issue.
A 170-hectare grass fire is moving towards border city as state faces its worst bushfire danger since February.
Retail giant forced suppliers to plug gaps in profits - even when it had no basis to do so.
School massacre demonstrates the conflict at the heart of Pakistan's establishment.
Australia will do more on climate change because it won't want to be seen as the "back marker", David Cameron says.
Treasurer Joe Hockey has broken a pledge to impose tough tax avoidance rules on multinational companies.
Sooner or later Joe Hockey is going to do what's needed. He is running out of other options.
It is almost impossible to guard against malevolent intent and evil imagination.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has taken aim at a raft of Australian budget measures.
The Australian dollar dropped more than half a cent in short order to crash below 82 US cents, while a rally in energy stocks and miners have helped the ASX 200 snap - just - a six-day losing streak.
The rouble's continued to slide on Tuesday, inducing further panic in the nation's financial industry.
Retail heavyweight Woolworths has made its first land grab.
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When it comes to the currency, it seems there is no pleasing Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens.
A serious attempt to stop Australia being a dumping ground for foreign companies.
A high dividend-chasing fund aims to protect investors from market fluctuations by chopping and changing stocks.
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From seats to lounges, points to credit cards, the only constant was change.
This entrepreneur went from ruin to a multi-million dollar business in under five years.
Telstra has launched a new policy to support staff in abusive relationships. The onus is on other businesses to do likewise.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo is a big fan of heavy metal music and one of his favourite bands, Napalm Death, is fighting to save the lives of the Bali Nine ringleaders on death row.
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Allowing citizens access to their own metadata would be disastrous, telcos say.
NASA's Curiosity rover detects strange spikes of methane on the red planet, which is mostly produced by living things.
Our search habits are changing alongside the technology that helps us do it.
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Network by 2030 could boost a nation's economy by $5 for every $1 invested, report shows.
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Australia name their side for the second Test against India, with Ryan Harris and Peter Siddle replaced.
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After six years in Melbourne there’s still some re-adjusting to do.
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