Women working on construction sites said they often have to plead with their employers to get them to install a female toilet.

A report released yesterday by the Electrical Trades Union (ETU) said the reason for a lack of female facilities is due to the small number of women working in trades.

Journalists overnight have become the latest targets for the Taliban’s brutality with reports of family members of a Deutsche Welle reporter being killed and others severely injured.

The German public broadcaster said the Taliban fighters were searching homes in Western Afghanistan for the reporter and will not reveal any more details about the family members.

Farmers are seeing troubling signs that the mouse plague that devastated regional communities earlier this year could surge again, in perhaps a bigger and more widespread way.

The mouse plague was halted in wintertime as the pests stop breeding, their high numbers going into the colder months means exponentially higher numbers coming into spring. 

A trend emerging out of south east Queensland is seeing the humble backyard shed transformed from a storage solution into a recreation getaway amidst frequent lockdowns.

Dubbed the "She Shed" by some, a play on the term "Man Cave", the trend has led to an enormous growth of four hundred and fifty percent in the past twelve months.  

Qantas has announced it is making COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for all staff.

Qantas boss Alan Joyce had called on the federal government to mandate the jab for the aviation industry but is not waiting for it to move.

Mandatory jabs are increasingly becoming a global standard and Mr Joyce expects more Australian companies to adopt it.

Archaeologists in the ancient city of Pompeii have discovered a remarkably well-preserved skeleton during excavations of a tomb that also shed light on the cultural life of the city before it was destroyed by a volcanic eruption in AD 79.

A Queensland man who was drunk and vaping on board a Jetstar flight to Hobart has avoided a conviction for offensive and disorderly conduct on a plane and abusing and threatening police.

Prior to getting on the plane, the rowdy passenger had drunk so much that he had no recollection of even boarding the flight. The 27-year-old paid the total of a $4,000 fine but recorded no conviction against him.

Discount supermarket Aldi is doubling down on its "Good Different" strategy, committing to a permanent price drop to 10 per cent of products sold in its everyday grocery range.

The German-owned supermarket announced this morning it was committing to reducing the prices on family staples such as free-range eggs, tasty cheese and mince.

Over the last 12 months, first home buyers have claimed a significant share of the market, as low interest rates and incentives have created opportunities for Australians to own their own homes.

Carers of teenagers with disabilities say their Centrelink payments are being cut off and that some parents are going without support for months while paperwork is assessed.

The federal government requires people who are receiving the carer allowances to transfer it to an adult payment when their child turns 16.