By News Cop | Investigation and analysis | Updated 11 September 2026 There is public money to make decisions. There is public money for legal services. Where is the same urgency about the cost of getting those decisions wrong? From […]

Cancer survival rates are increasing but at a greater financial cost that is pushing patients and carers further into hardship. The Cancer Council says 2.6 million Australians will live with, or beyond, cancer by 2050 but face increasing costs to […]

Farming confidence is starting to rebound amid greater optimism about prices and better-than-expected seasonal conditions. The mood swing was caught in the latest quarterly rural confidence survey of 700 farmers and growers by global agribusiness Rabobank. The survey reveals that […]

More urban growth and nature ‘corridors’ are among the features of a draft planning report for Narangba East, north of Brisbane. The report for the Narangba East Rural Residential Investigation Area (RRIA) is now open for public comment and closes […]

Rising unpaid fines debt in Wagga Wagga means residents need to seek help as soon as possible, Legal Aid NSW says. The call comes after the service revealed that there has been a 22% increase in Wagga residents paying off […]

Productivity growth this decade is on track to be the worst ever since records began almost 70 years ago, the Business Council of Australia warns. It says that new economic analysis shows Australia ‘urgently needs’ drastic reform to avoid the […]

Did devils and human co-exist in the Pilbara for 45,000 years? And did dingoes disrupt that bond? New research from Juukan Gorge has uncovered the first definite evidence that this may have been the case in Western Australia. UNSW researchers […]

Aussie fire and rescue drone teams are now helping out in Nepal’s clean-up and recovery efforts after last month’s deadly glacial flood disaster. At least 1367 people have died and more than 5000 missing since a Himalayan glacier broke off […]