Two Fijians on the Pacific Labour Scheme reveals how difficult it can be for workers who are reliant on the labour hire companies that bring them to Australia.

Lebanese Australians are trying to help increasingly desperate family members in Lebanon as the country's financial crisis worsens.

Mallacoota made international headlines during the summer bushfires and now, the little town with a strong independent streak is taking charge of how its bushfire recovery is run.

The pandemic's disrupted our lives in so many ways and while the focus has been firmly on the COVID-19 troubles in the inner-city areas of major cities, people in the bush are also dealing with isolation.

The number of coronavirus infections in the United States has topped three million, nearly double the next worst country, Brazil; A fifth of Australia's population is back under strict isolation rules in Melbourne; And TAFE trouble - concerns about the future of vocational education.

The number of coronavirus infections in the United States has topped three million, nearly double the next worst country, Brazil; A fifth of Australia's population is back under strict isolation rules in Melbourne; And TAFE trouble - concerns about the future of vocational education.

Melbourne has begun its first day of stay-at-home orders, which have been reintroduced as a result of a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in Australia's second-biggest city.

The system for dealing with returning Australian travellers is under review by the national cabinet and is expected to be discussed at a meeting of federal and state leaders tomorrow.

The number of coronavirus infections in the United States has now topped three million - that's nearly double the next worst country, Brazil.

The biggest survey of TAFE workers in a decade has revealed more than two thirds of staff are worried about the sector's future as they've witnessed courses being cut and campuses resembling what are described as 'ghost towns'.