David Eccles

An electric vehicle has broken price records in Australia for the second time in a week, as two Chinese manufacturers unveil models for under $40,000.

A national action plan to improve Australia’s poor soil health will include a country wide soil monitoring program.

With a “once in a generation” university reform report due by December, Andrew Norton maps the changes - including the rise of international students and staff casualisation - the sector has undergone over three decades.

An Australian airport boss has told a Senate inquiry that Qantas acted as if it was “above the law” and should be “brought to heel” by regulators and courts.

Embattled consultancy PwC firm developed a “whatever it takes” approach to business where poor behaviour was tolerated, a scathing report has found in the wake of its Treasury tax scandal.

A former Qantas chief economist has told a Senate inquiry into the Albanese Government refusal to allow more Qatar Airways flights that a green light would have cut airfares, while Qantas was “exceptionally aggressive” in protecting routes and market share.

A consumer slowdown has smashed sales at Harvey Norman, with the retailer announcing a 30 per cent dive in yearly profit.

SA-Best has called for an urgent parliamentary enquiry into the Director of Public Prosecutions’ office, citing an “extremely troubling” email from DPP Martin Hinton to staff and workplace surveys as evidence of a “toxic, chaotic and shambolic” culture in the key legal agency.

This year’s Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand is on track to become the most attended standalone women’s sporting event ever with over one million tickets sold.

Defiant Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith has ruled out an apology as he returns to Australia in the wake of a devastating Federal Court finding that he committed war crimes in Afghanistan.