Woolworths has revealed that it underpaid thousands of staff by as much as $300 million in a statement to the stock exchange.

The underpayment took place when the introduction of a new enterprise agreement emphasized “an inconsistency in pay” in an old agreement for some workers, particularly department managers at retail stores.

Residents in Central West Queensland are rejoicing after overnight storms brought patchy downpours to their drought-stricken properties.

Jess Gardner from the Bureau of Meteorology said there were also decent falls at Fairview, Quilpie and Blackall, which had not recorded any rain for months.

With more rainfall due across the region on Wednesday and Thursday, local residents are hoping that this is the start of a more positive season after the long spell of dry weather.  

A 28-year-old man has had his foot bitten off and a 22-year-old man has suffered severe calf lacerations, after being attacked by a shark at Airlie Beach in Queensland's popular Whitsunday Islands yesterday morning. 

The two English tourists were snorkelling a Whitsundays boat with 20 other people when they were attacked, although it is unclear how many were in the water at the time or what the species of shark was.

Britain will hold its first December election in almost a century after Prime Minister Boris Johnson won approval from parliament for an early ballot aimed at breaking the Brexit deadlock.

Prime Minister Johnson, who had promised to deliver Brexit on October 31st, demanded an early election after parliament frustrated his attempts to ratify the last-minute deal he struck with the EU earlier this month.

Lebanon is on the verge of economic collapse unless an “immediate solution” can be found to end days of nationwide protests that have paralysed the country, according to Central Bank Governor Riad Salame.

Protesters have been demanding the resignation of the nation unity government of Prime Minister Saad Hariri, forcing road closures throughout the country and filling the streets of its urban centers.

The Australian government has ignored a request from the United Nations Human Rights Committee to release a Tamil family of four from immigration detention on Christmas Island.

The Australian Crime and Corruption Commission is suing Google for allegedly misleading customers over the collection of location data.

The ACCC has argued users were not able to make an informed choice about how to stop Google obtaining and retaining their personal data and location information.

Although new Google accounts have the “location history” setting turned off, users are still currently tracked by default through the “web and app activity” function, which is automatically turned on.

Jinibara people in Sunshine Coast have been fighting for the closure of Mount Beerwah, the highest of the Glass House Mountain in Queensland, after the closure of Uluru.

They suggest the closure after the reopening to climbing for the first time in 2016 after rock instability issues were addressed.

Indigenous elder Ken Murphy, described the mountain as the ‘mother’ of the range and a sacred birthplace for many Jinibara people in generations gone by.

A Carseldine couple have been left surprised after a two-meter-long beehive containing 10 kg of honey and more than 60,000 bees was found in their home.

The couple said they had been stung by bees while leaving the home, and could even hear them inside.

Beekeeper Paul Wood explained that bees park in a tree for a few days before they migrate to a new home during springtime, but when they cannot find a space due the limited trees left standing, they choose the cavities of houses.