Australia

Australia’s unemployment rate remained steady at 4.3 per cent in March - the first full month of the Iran war - making an interest rate rise next month more likely. LNG-rich Queensland saw jobless rate plunge.

A former US marine pilot accused of unlawfully training Chinese military personnel is set to be extradited from Australia after a years-long legal battle.

Australians are considering electric cars most prominently for one reason, and it isn’t what you might think.

Zivan Radmanovic died in a late-night ambush carried out in a Canggu villa in front of his wife.

AARON PATRICK: The closure of most of Australia’s oil refineries over the past two decades left the economy dangerously exposed to a disaster like the one that hit Wednesday night.

Viva Energy Australia’s chief executive says production is no longer a priority after an enormous blaze hits Australia’s most critical oil refinery amid the global fuel crisis.

Unemployment data for March will be the first glimpse of how the Middle East conflict is affecting the economy more broadly.

Energy Minister Chris Bowen has confirmed petrol production has been affected after a blaze tore through one of Australia’s only remaining oil refineries.

Australia should be an example to the Asia-Pacific of how to manage the energy shock. Instead, what was one of the world’s wealthiest countries a century ago looks like an economic has-been.

7NEWS chopper footage shows emergency crews working to extinguish flames on the freight train locomotive.

Aussies are among the most stressed workers in the world — as a growing number also feel sad, angry and emotionally drained at work — a major new global report has found.

Pauline Hanson has taken to social media to declare a restriction she feels should be in place for foreigners who are not Australian citizens.

A man dragged out of a ute at gunpoint and arrested for allegedly ramming the gate of an inner city synagogue has denied all charges, a magistrate has heard.

‘Could not have met a genuinely nicer guy.’

Diners were left stunned after a confronting act unfolded in full view outside a busy Brisbane cafe on Sunday morning.