The parent company of trouble-plagued telco Optus is one of hundreds of big companies that have avoided paying tax in the past year.

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Following Optus' outage last week the federal government is set to introduce new legislation in an attempt to prevent another disaster.

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Commonwealth Bank has restored banking services after being hit with a major outage.

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Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt insists the threat of players leaving Australia to sign lucrative deals in Rugby 360 has not been a distraction ahead of Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup clash.

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Wallabies great James Slipper is all set for his farewell Test as he chats to the crew on Stan Sport's Rugby Heaven.

The parent company of Optus has for the fourth successive year managed to record $8 billion in income without paying company tax.

The dominoes of the player market are starting to fall already, with a player fresh off celebrating the Lions’ back-to-back premierships chief among them.

WA Environment Minister Matthew Swinbourn has labelled Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation member Raelene Cooper “an activist” over her comments on Woodside’s now-approved North West Shelf expansion.

As a little girl, Clementine played in the backyard of her Norman Park home. But on Monday, the bright eight-year-old was found dead alongside her mother.

Belinda Drew says the time and money pressures were behind the launch of a new IT system which has since proved to be fraught with issues.

It’s been a bad fortnight for Optus. A new tax report has caused more problems, but there are legitimate reasons a company does not pay tax.

The treaty was delayed after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his PNG counterpart failed to sign the pact last month, but it is back on track.

Payne Haas and Stefano Utoikamanu’s battle may capture headlines, but these numbers prove a rising youngster could be key to Sunday’s decider.

Opposition energy spokesman Dan Tehan has declared there is overwhelming support for nuclear energy in the Coalition despite its thumping election loss.