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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is timid and slow and was once described as "a haven for white-collar crime". A parliamentary inquiry due this week is expected to be brutal in its assessment of the regulator. Will its recommendations chart a path forward?

Developers say the proposed 100 turbine farm to be built near Collie, outside the town of Moodiarrup, will produce enough electricity to power the Perth CBD.

A major power outage hits the Balkans, disrupting businesses, shutting down traffic lights and leaving people sweltering without air conditioning in a heatwave. 

The wine glut in parts of Australia is not deterring developers from forging ahead with planting new vineyards in Tasmania.

Residents of Dongara and Port Denison have been without phone coverage since blackouts last Friday, accusing the telco of leaving the community in the dark about repair efforts.

Australians are being warned this tax time not to double dip on working-from-home claims, make sure they have detailed records of expenses and not to lodge their tax returns too early.

The Federal Court has ordered the operators of Adelaide's Casino to pay $67 million, in a money laundering case brought on by financial crimes agency AUSTRAC.

For decades multinational companies like Coca-Cola have been taking water out of the ground for free and bottling it up to sell. A small Perth community is a microcosm of the debate about whether that should continue.

The Fair Work Commission has been careful not to trigger another interest rate rise with its latest minimum and award wage increase, but a pay rise barely keeping up with inflation does little to ease the pressure on household budgets either.

WA Water Minister Simone McGurk has announced Coca-Cola will voluntarily cease extracting water for bottling from a bore in the Perth hills, to allow for the aquifer replenishment.`

Baby Boomers who used telex machines in their first jobs are working alongside Generation Z colleagues who have always had a smartphone. With more of us living — and working — for longer, how are we making it work?

As Hobart's controversial AFL stadium build seems more likely, a second private investor has stepped forward. The proposal is to convert Hobart's Elwick racecourse into a large sports and entertainment development, but it's been quickly quashed by the state government.

The snow season at Charlotte Pass could be under threat after a devastating fire, as its owners meet with the State Government to help plan their recovery.

More small business owners are falling prey to online "predatory" lenders offering them quick cash. Some business owners are in such extreme financial strife that they have been forced to sell their family home.

South Australia's energy minister has travelled to Italy to "eyeball" the firm tasked with developing a $500 million furnace for the Whyalla steelworks, as the owners of the plant reveal the project is at least a year behind schedule.

Hundreds of people attend a meeting to oppose the construction of the Tasmania Devils AFL high-performance centre on parklands in Hobart's eastern shore, but the mayor warns a potential poll of all voters could cost $200,000.

"Bruce", the first of Bonza's repossessed 737-Max 8 aircraft, takes off from the Sunshine Coast to an unknown overseas destination after negotiations to keep the budget airline in the air failed.

The major banks and mortgage brokers are calling for regulations on lending to be wound back to make it easier to give people homes loans, but consumer groups say this is dangerous amid a spike in cases of mortgage hardship. 

Australia's peak design and planning bodies say they want a say in the 2032 Olympic Games before it's "too late" to make wise decisions.

A federal minister says a bailout for airline Bonza is "not something that the government has before us" after the carrier went into voluntary administration.

On Tasmania's wild west coast, towns have risen and fallen at the whim of industry. Some of their oldest living inhabitants remember their former homes, and how their communities came undone.

A senate inquiry intro Australian retailers comes at a time when growers call for the toughest approach possible, to rein in what they say is an abuse of market power.

The University of Tasmania's push to move its law school into a purpose-built multi-million-dollar building in Hobart's CBD hits a roadblock, with the faculty head announcing it will instead stay at Sandy Bay.

While Tasmanians can shop at 17 Coles and 32 Woolworth supermarkets, there are no Aldi — with the German-owned supermarket giant unlikely to open stores on the island in the near future, it has been revealed.

Are you part of the Musk "cult"? Many Aussies have turned against the Tesla CEO even as the electric car-maker outsells the Toyota Hilux.