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Casual employment could soon be redefined and unfair dismissal laws changed under an upcoming review of the nation's workplace relations laws.

Tasmanian energy bosses are planning to link the island with the mainland through a series of power generation cables, as the nation shifts from coal-fired plants to renewable energy.

Scott Morrison will directly urge US President Donald Trump to resolve trade tensions with China over dinner on the eve of the G20 summit.

The "quiet Australians" are still backing Israel Folau's bid to raise $3 million for his legal battle against Rugby Australia after ANZ bank denied pressuring netball officials over his wife's support.

A country NSW community is in mourning after twin sisters and their brother were engulfed by an inferno that ripped through their family home as "heroic" neighbours desperately battled the flames with garden hoses.

Stephen Kearney says Matt Lodge's bulk and quality would be warmly welcomed by the Warriors after conceding they've made a play for the Brisbane prop.

Sidelined St George Illawarra star Jack de Belin will have to wait at least another seven weeks before his appeal against the NRL's contentious stand-down policy is heard in the Federal Court.

Synthetic opioid use is booming, with a new crisis emerging in parts of Africa, according to a world wide drug report by the United Nations.

Grammy Award-winning rapper Cardi B pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges relating to an alleged fight at a New York City strip club last year.

Comedian Bill Cosby has filed an appeal against the sex assault conviction that landed him in prison, complaining the testimony of five other accusers was "strikingly dissimilar" and should not have been aired in court.