Telstra executives have admitted that last week's national outage could have been prevented at a Senate inquiry on triple zero service outages today.

One of the biggest strikes in Western Australia's iron ore industry this century is underway at BHP's operations at Port Hedland.

After years of procrastinating over the regulation of Artificial Intelligence, the Prime Minister has announced the introduction of mandatory standards for AI.

At the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, students and academics have told the inquiry institutions are failing to act on antisemitism complaints.

The adored New Zealand actor Sam Neill, who starred in films including My Brilliant Career, Jurassic Park and The Piano has died at the age of 78.

The head of Telstra has apologised for Wednesday's outages in its mobile and internet networks as the ABC reveals the company was warned months ago that its systems were vulnerable.

Australia has signed a new agreement to export uranium to India during a visit to Melbourne by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A five hour Telstra outage has caused major disruptions across the country impacting transport systems, businesses and banks, some customers were also unable to make emergency phone calls.

The Prime Minister has described China's missile test in the Pacific as "provocative" and says he has raised his concerns with the Chinese government.

China has tested a ballistic missile in the Pacific Ocean, just as Australia and Fiji sign a new defence pact.