A terminally ill woman has taken on business tycoon Gerry Harvey with a lawsuit to fight a forced eviction from a property that she lived in rent-free for more than eight years.

Woodside continued to claim its largest gas project would reduce emissions in Asia by replacing coal, despite commissioning a report by the CSIRO that found otherwise.

Justice Robert Bromwich ruled that the public interest in journalist Charlotte Grieve maintaining the confidentiality of her sources exceeded the public interest in her being forced to disclose their...

The super fund for healthcare workers has tightened its climate change policy and started divesting from thermal coal companies.

Victorian councils will write to Planning Minister Richard Wynne calling for legal amendments to empower councils to ban new developments with gas infrastructure.

A political art event featuring Hong Kong pop star and activist Denise Ho has apparently been rejected by several Melbourne venues for what organisers say are safety concerns, prompting allegations...

Munjed Al Muderis’ medical insurance for his signature procedure has reportedly been revoked following a joint investigation by The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and 60 Minutes.

A former senior executive at Australian energy giant Woodside has accused the nation’s multibillion dollar gas industry of misleading the public on climate change.

Three of the world's largest asset managers have signalled a move away from financing fossil fuels in recent months. What does this mean for Australian banks and funds?

A private investigator and Sydney law firm are investigating whether payments involved in a sophisticated international fraud headed by notorious conman Peter Foster were properly reported by Westpac...

One Friday in January, the ATO issued subpoenas and fired off letters. Investigators in Holland embarked on a similar task.

Scientists, professors and university employees have signed a petition asking the sector's default superannuation fund Unisuper to divest from fossil fuel producers.

Revelations of under-resourcing, bullying and systemic racism within the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency have prompted intervention by Health Minister Mark Butler.

Melissa reported an alleged rape to the national medical practitioner regulator because she thought it was the right thing to do. Instead, she was investigated.

A new system to allow medical practitioners who are not specialists to perform cosmetic operations would put patients at risk of more harm, senior specialists warn as they call for a royal commission.

Residents of Melbourne's tallest building have complained about cracking noises and other defects that have left some fearing for their safety. 

America's largest bank has come under pressure to fully disclose its emissions which could tighten lending for Australia's largest energy companies.

At least nine senior Liberal party members wrote to Opposition Leader Matthew Guy to warn him about the electoral dangers of Renee Heath. They were dismissed.

Refugee turned high-profile surgeon Munjed Al Muderis has found wealth and fame by helping amputees walk. Many are profoundly grateful, but some rue the day they submitted to his knife. WARNING: THIS...

A teenage girl was allegedly sexually harassed by her optometrist, twice. She was left devastated by the lack of action by the national health regulator.

A teenage girl was allegedly sexually harassed by her optometrist, twice. She was left devastated by the lack of action by the national health regulator.

'I’m really not safe here and it’s really scary': the 35 children who took their own lives after the state's child protection services failed to help them.

Many have told how the surgeon’s extraordinary work changed their lives for the better, but that’s not the full story. Here are some patients you have not heard from before.

A top executive at banking giant HSBC has claimed China’s crackdown on tech companies and society will benefit investors over the long term.

With the state government lifting a ban on public drunkenness, Melbourne's patchwork of public drinking by-laws are coming in for scrutiny.

Despite taking a vocal stance on the need to address climate change, some of Australia's biggest super funds have billions invested in coal and other fossil fuel firms.

Environmental lawyers and politicians are pushing for law reform to better protect Aboriginal artefacts from major development projects.

A group of health professionals will protest at HESTA's Melbourne office on Wednesday over the fund's investments in the fossil fuel industry.

Eight super funds have been singled out for voting against the majority of shareholder resolutions on climate change despite being members of the Investor Group on Climate Change.

A lack of transparency is hampering savers' ability to determine just how invested their super fund is in the fossil fuel industry.

Brisbane Lions' star midfielder has made a cheeky social media post after he was told to toughen up.

Human rights advocate Lisa Calan’s story has been used to promote Munjed Al Muderis’ osseointegration surgery. But now, she’s revealing the truth about what happened.

The world's largest asset manager and a top super fund are facing pressure to explain investments in a Chinese miner set to destroy ancient artefacts.

Motherhood is a dangerous business for girls and women living just next door, in Papua New Guinea, which has one of the highest maternal death rates in the world. Most of those deaths are entirely...

A lawsuit over the departure of a former SBS journalist adds to concerns about a dysfunctional culture at the public broadcaster.

Documents obtained under Freedom of Information laws show Professor Andrew Pitman AO has warned the prudential regulator its guidance for protecting companies against climate change is at odds with...

Confidential correspondence released under FOI shows police officers are using deportation as an alternative to the courts, in what experts say undermines the presumption of innocence for non-citiz...

This cold case lifts the veil on intelligence sharing between police and politicians that undermines the principle of being considered innocent until proven guilty.

Expulsions and conflict have beset the fraternal organisation as it looks for a way to survive amid diving membership numbers.

When a “tall, dapper, eloquent older man” wanted to take photographs of student Anders Villani on campus, he came with the apparent imprimatur of the university.

Current and former staff say redundancies were rushed through and pay cuts were unnecessary.

The troubled energy super fund exposed for spending big on corporate parties, staff training and sponsorship deals will be hauled in front of Liberal MP Tim Wilson’s parliamentary committee.

David Myers' after-the-siren kick has refocused discussion around long-kick techniques. What happened to the torpedo? Will it become the next drop kick?

Damage to underground water resources from the controversial Shenhua Watermark coal mine may be far worse than forecasts endorsed by the NSW government.

It was meant to be a tool for quitting smoking – and in a range of fun flavours. So why are regulators around the world cracking down on vaping now?

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The chief executive of EISS has resigned following allegations the $6 billion super fund’s workplace had become toxic.

Labor Senator Deb O'Neill has used parliamentary privilege to air another complaint of sexual harassment at the troubled wealth giant.

A Bermuda-based insurer has gone silent on its involvement with the controversial Queensland coal and rail project.

One of the greatest social contracts is that between patient and doctor. It is a contract being broken far too often.

An investigation by The Age and Herald has pieced together the incredible story of Bill Papas and the alleged $400 million fraud against Westpac.

Senior figures at the bank held a conference call on Wednesday to discuss a penalty that could exceed $1 billion and surpass CBA's fine in 2018.

The student strikers are at it again, with up to 50,000 people expected to march from Treasury Gardens. But this time, adults are getting behind them too.

"We have gone to lengths we haven't seen since World War II in terms of government intervening in the economy," says economist John Daley, "and I don't think people will forget this in a hurry."

'They fearlessly slapped the face of everyone,' recalls Andrew Denton, who first pitched the idea of putting the Sydney University 'troublemakers' on the ABC.

Understaffing and violence are the latest problems revealed in immigration detention centres, with a UN expert now calling for an investigation into the privately run system.

An independent review found there was widespread confusion among patients about the qualifications of podiatric surgeons, who are not medical doctors.

AMP has been referred to as a professional graveyard as executives drop like flies among scandals that shock the nation.

Leah Mooney settled a four-year medical negligence lawsuit with Munjed Al Muderis in 2016 when her husband was given three months to live. Now, they want action.

Patients and experts are calling for an end to the special rules covering podiatric surgeons.

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