A company that has a controversial plan to build a cable car on the mountain behind Hobart has been ordered to stop work. The Mount Wellington Cable Car Company didn't have the approvals it needed to place surveying ribbons and leave pegs in the bush.

The St Mary's Cathedral choir is taking off for Europe for the biggest performances in its history. To celebrate it's bicentennial, the Sydney based Choir will be performing in front of the Pope at the Sistine Chapel.

On tonight's program: National Australia Bank is the latest to retreat from the wealth management business, announcing the sale of its wealth management arm MLC; Rudy Giuliani, tells Fox News that Mr Trump did re-pay Michael Cohen the money he gave Stormy Daniels; And Labor's promise to ban live sheep exports slammed by the Federal Government.

The Commonwealth Bank is in damage control after confirming it lost the account statements of almost 20 million customers two years ago. One data security expert says this episode highlights the flaws in the disposal of e-waste.

National Australia Bank chief executive Andrew Thorburn says the financial services Royal Commission is a "burning platform for change." Mr Thorburn spoke with ABC's Peter Ryan after NAB posted a $2.58 billion half year profit.

How the government deals with your personal data is set for radical change. The brave new world of biometrics gives police and security agencies the ability to identify individuals from CCTV footage and cross match it with other personal data.

Today one of the president's new lawyers, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, told Fox News that Trump in fact re-paid his lawyer Michael Cohen the money he gave to Stormy Daniels to stop her going public about her alleged affair with the president.

The Labor Party's promise to ban live sheep exports is being slammed by the Federal Government. Labor has been ramping up its opposition to the trade, ever since video surfaced last month of Australian sheep dying in horrific conditions on board a ship.

Drought conditions in New South Wales are slicing some big numbers off the crop state's crop forecast. Farmers around Condobolin in the state's Central West say they've had the second driest start to the season on record.

Researchers have developed the first commercially available, hi-tech cane toad trap using the invasive species' mating call as a lure for breeding females. The trap has been developed in conjunction with an Australian pest control company.