Tourism, fisheries and environmental groups have pledged to continue to fight plans by oil giant BP to dig two new wells of up to two kilometres deep in waters off the South Australian coastline.

The garbage chute - how it works and the theories about how Ms Handsjuk came to be inside it - make up Episode two of the Fairfax investigative podcast, Phoebe's Fall.

Mr Dutton's department says it has 82 communications staff, 22 of whom are dedicated to its "24/7 media operations", with staff salaries ranging from $60,000 to $115,000.

It appears Brad Pitt has agreed to random drug and alcohol testing in temporary custody deal, and he would be supervised by a therapist when he first visits his children.

An "SOS" button is being piloted in cars in Johannesburg, accessible to drivers and linked to the company's central security system.

Staying put for the long weekend? Take a bar crawl from the Brisbane CBD to the Valley, from the mini-golf course in a church to the Brisbane's newest rooftop bar.

Underdogs to wonderdogs: Bulldogs make history.

"I just don't think Australia likes them as much."

Over the years the Donald has issued a stream of needlessly cruel and seemingly off-the-cuff insults...

By this time next week, Stewart Harris and his workmates will all be unemployed. They've known this day was coming – for three years now, in fact – since Ford, Holden and Toyota told Australians they were closing their car factories down forever.

Can every dog have its day or will this be their swan song?

When Yuko Takamatsu took to diving, it wasn't to start a new leisure pursuit but part of a tragic response to the tsunami that devastated Japan in 2011... "I'm trying to find my wife in the sea."

US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has again disparaged former Miss Universe Alicia Machado's character during an early morning tweet storm on Friday, accusing her of having a "sex tape."

Member for Mt Isa Robbie Katter spent more than $90,000 on travel and $22,140.66 on "air warrant" travel in 2015-16 and says he also paid $8000 out of his own pocket to keep travel costs down.

The appearance of Queensland Rail passenger trains in a Brisbane City Council promotional video for its metro project has prompted the Transport Minister to call for council funding for the state government's trains.

Why do bosses get big bonuses simply for doing their jobs?

Sea World hopes to have its Storm Coaster attraction back in action this weekend after it came to a sudden stop on Friday, leaving thrill-seekers stranded.

Doggies or Swans?

AFL, Cricket Australia, Movember and others may have been defrauded as part of an alleged rort by a collapsed advertising agency.

Queensland drug labs are on the wane, but police say it is because of cheap illegal drugs pouring in from overseas and flooding the market.