Three Whyalla steelworks employees have been treated for injuries suffered during attempts to restart the site's troubled blast furnace, the ABC understands.

There have been six incidents involving falling tools and building materials at BlueScope, less than a year since contractor Jack McGrath was killed.

The Iran war has been a contributing factor to Queensland's Triple Zero phone system being delayed until next year, the ABC understands.

A Melbourne hospital apologises after mixing up the medical data of two people, resulting in one of them being wrongly declared dead by police.

Data centre builder Firmus Technologies posts to its website a statement, since removed, indicating its intention to get some of its cooling water from the state-owned irrigation system, adding "but we do not want to highlight this yet, as they are yet to agree".

Data centre builder Firmus Technologies posts to its website a statement, since removed, indicating its intention to get some of its cooling water from the state-owned irrigation system, adding "but we do not want to highlight this yet, as they are yet to agree".

Data centre builder Firmus Technologies posts to its website a statement, since removed, indicating its intention to get some of its cooling water from the state-owned irrigation system, adding "but we do not want to highlight this yet, as they are yet to agree".

Australia's "pharmacy deserts" have been mapped for the first time, revealing remote NT communities and outer-city Melbourne have fewer pharmacies per person than some other parts of the country.

A Queensland family are living in an overcrowded caravan and shed, after insurance provider Suncorp exacerbated damage in their home, initially caused by a leak.

The heads of the ABC, SBS, Nine and News Corp say AI companies should strike licensing deals rather than freely train on Australian news, warning journalism is a public good that must be protected.

The Fresh Food people turns to Droga5.

Central Queensland University signs an enforceable undertaking to repay more than a thousand staff members who were affected by underpayments that date back to the 2012 enterprise agreement.

Here's a story we take no glee in reporting.

With Tweed's housing shortage at critical levels, plans for higher density housing has been welcomed, but community leaders want more done on affordable and social housing. 

Excellent work from CommBank on this important and overlooked topic.

To no surprise, Spain’s win over Argentina in the 2026 FIFA World Cup final on SBS delivered one of the biggest television audiences of the year on Monday night, with SBS dominating both traditional television and streaming. A whopping 5.262 million Australians were reached by SBS’s live coverage of the match, while an enormous national […]

Remarkably, 2.6 million stayed the journey as Argentina's shithousery reached new heights.

Netflix and TF1 are going through their honeymoon stage. Could an Aussie broadcaster follow suit?

What are you doing for the rest of this week? You should be corralling friends, colleagues, family to get voting!

With just three days left before voting closes, the race for the B&T Women in Media Awards, presented by Are Media, People’s Choice Award is proof that no position remains safe. While Resolution Digital’s Christen Fernandes continues to hold the top spot, her share of the overall vote has tightened slightly, easing from 7.1 per […]

A new report argues Australia's employment services system is failing jobseekers, while filling the pockets of private equity firms and millionaires.

A new report argues Australia's employment services system is failing jobseekers, while filling the pockets private equity and millionaires.

These two are said to be influential faces in the industry. Now they're Influential faces, too.

Publicis Groupe’s influencer and social agency, Influential Australia, has appointed Kelson Ong and Erin Hunter as group directors for Melbourne and Sydney. Ong returns to Publicis Groupe after almost a decade, where he most recently worked at We Are Social Singapore for over four years as general manager & head of business development, marketing and […]

Remember those halcyon days when only the most insufferable film nerds had heard about 70mm IMAX film?

Remember those halcyon days when only the most insufferable film nerds had heard about 70mm IMAX film?

Bench strengthens its, erm, bench here.

Omnicom is merging two of its legacy agency brands: Omnicom’s Hearts & Science and Interpublic’s Mediahub. This means that a new agency brand will be revealed in the coming months as operations, leadership and respective teams combine.  In Australia, however, there will be no change to the way either agency operates, B&T understands. In this […]

Though there are three people in this picture. You'll need to click to work out who's who.

We're always big fans of Jane Evans. But you can consider us very big fans today with this announcement.

Prophet has added several new big brands to its client roster including BYD, MYOB and Endeavour Group. It comes as the growth consulting firm has reported 309% year on year growth as the organisation adopts digital clones to run forward simulations on budget and media decisions before committing spend. Rather than relying on quarterly or […]

Meredith Cranmer is the co-founder and managing director of Curious Nation, with more than 20 years in brand activation across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Auckland. She refers to herself a “how, why and what if” person rather than a “yes” person and it shows in how she leads the agency. In this week’s Fast 10, […]

Hyperpersonalisation is overrated, says Cranmer. Something we wholeheartedly agree with when writing Christmas cards.

Entries for the inaugural SONARR Awards, a new national awards program covering podcast, radio, audiobook and voice-over, close 31 July. Founder Pariya Taherzadeh built the program to give the full breadth of Australian audio a night of its own: 34 categories across six judging blocks, one SONARR of the Year, a $10,000 cash prize pool […]

The SA government says it is exploring all legal options to respond to developer Wel.Co after it walked away from 75 contracts at a site north of Adelaide.

Yes, you should call your mum. Yes, you have left it too long. And yes, you do have things that she'll want to hear about.

The White House says the tariffs will go into effect in 30 days, meaning there is time for negotiations. 

Optimise Media has retained the media account for electric vehicle (EV) brand ZEEKR account in Australia after a competitive pitch. The agency continue to manage media strategy, planning and buying, with CEO Chris Barrio highlighting the agency is proud to continue the partnership. “They are a dream client to work with, always empowering us to […]

Fabulate finds its new pavlova recipe-stealer in chief to lead NZ expansion.

APAC creator marketing and technology platform Fabulate has announced the appointment of media and creator marketing specialist Gabrielle Lawton as its first New Zealand Commercial Lead. Lawton comes from New Zealand state-owned media company TVNZ , where she held the role of content (partnerships) strategist for almost six years. The appointment marks another significant milestone […]

News Australia has kicked off All Access 2026, an invitation-only event series for small-to-medium businesses and independent agencies looking to build their brand and reach new customers. The series gives businesses access to the strategies, specialists and solutions needed to drive sustainable growth in today’s market. Held in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, each session opens […]

Australian acne skincare brand The Breakout Hack is encouraging Australians to ‘Give Acne The Finger’ in a new campaign which is raising funds for youth mental health charity ReachOut. At the centre of the campaign is a giant middle finger roaming Sydney’s CBD, designed as a public declaration that acne doesn’t get to dictate how people […]

Last month I sat in a packed marketing conference, just before a presentation I was due to give, and watched a utility brand brag on stage about publishing more than 40 pieces of content a fortnight, all produced by AI. Fast. As the marketing director showed the ads on screen, my colleague leaned over and […]

Is anyone not in AI these days?

Startup acquires startup in this exciting deal.

Brand tracking startup Tracksuit has acquired Sydney based startup, Hall, which measures how brands appear in responses from AI assistants. Terms of the acquisition have not yet been disclosed, however the deal is set to add AI-monitoring capability to Tracksuit’s existing business of surveying consumer sentiment for brands including Unilever and Pfizer. Founded in 2021, […]

Tesoriero joins Bastion, adding some firepower to its flagging lawn bowls team.

EssenceMediacom has retained Uber across Asia-Pacific, following a competitive regional pitch. The regional account is led by Sydney-based client managing partner Maddison Keogh, who joined the agency last year. EssenceMediacom handles more than $200 million in media billings for Uber across the APAC region in a relationship that began in 2017. The regional model spans […]

Nine Entertainment shares were steady following news of redundancies at publications including The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, Brisbane Times and WAtoday. On the ASX, the share market has finished flat after a negative session on Wall Street.

When bushfire and drought robbed farmer Peter Chauncy of his livelihood, he started chopping wood to sell. Forty years later, he runs one of Australia's largest firewood businesses.