Supermarket giants under pressure to boycott controversial beef

A conservation group welcomes a pledge from Coles to purchase greener beef, but says it is concerned about a change in policy from Woolworths.

Bundaberg Sugar fined $250,000 after employee's death

The company pleads guilty in the Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Thursday to failing to comply with its health and safety duty.

A storm looms over Djuritte (Mount Arapiles) in Western Victoria.

BOM forecasts wet spring as severe storm barrels towards nation's south

Spring is shaping up to be warm and wet for large parts of country as warm seas off WA's north-west kick a major climate driver into gear.

Droughtmaster cattle in the Northern Territory

'Large scale' cattle duffing in the NT under investigation

Police are investigating the alleged theft of hundreds of cattle from a property in Central Australia. The NT Cattlemen's Association says it is not an isolated incident.

Coll MacRury walking down steps with woman next to him

Abattoir owner fined $785k over PALM worker's death

Western Australian Meat Marketing Co-operative are fined over the death of a Tongan worker who was pulled into moving machinery at its Katanning processing facility.

A selfie of a man staring at a camera wearing a cap

Farmhand jailed for brutally murdering farmer, burning evidence