
Bayer pays out $15.9 billion to settle Roundup cancer claims
Global pharmaceutical giant Bayer will spend up to $US10.9 billion ($A15.87 billion) to settle thousands of lawsuits alleging the company’s weedkiller, Roundup,...

Federal Court rules in favour of live exporters in landmark class action against Commonwealth
Northern Australian cattle producers scored a win in the Federal Court on Tuesday, successfully arguing a 2011 live export ban imposed by...

Nationals switch jobs in Scott Morrison’s new-look Cabinet
Newly elected Nationals deputy leader David Littleproud will give up his water portfolio to return to agriculture, as part of Prime Minister...

Bushfire contractors owed hundreds of thousands of dollars by NSW Rural Fire Service
Businesses employed to help battle fires in northern New South Wales five months ago are yet to be paid by the state’s...

Hopes rise as new satellite beams web to rural users
The second Sky Muster satellite, built for the National Broadband Network (NBN), will be launched this week from French Guiana in South...

Truckie safety rates: no delay
Federal Court ruled against a delay on minimum safety rates for truck drivers.

Barnaby Joyce: the rise of the Nationals leader
From his ambitions as a leader to his headline-grabbing rhetoric, here's everything you need to know about the new Nationals leader.

Former Abbott minister Macfarlane switches to Nationals
Ian Macfarlane will sit in the Nationals party room after being dumped as a minister by Malcolm Turnbull.