Stephanie Convery

A non-blind person leading Vision Australia is “nothing unusual”, its chair has said, as the organisation faces criticism for seeking a new chief executive through internal expressions of interest only.

Major strata insurance brokerage company and underwriter, Steadfast Group, has suspended trading on the Australian Stock Exchange after reports the company had allegedly misled its clients.

Steadfast Groups’ share price falls 6.14% to $5.96 ahead of a Four Corners report alleging the company misled its clients

Last week, the Queensland Labor government announced its 50c fares on public transport were here to stay.

Expert says 50c fares would be good for those near public transport, but regional and rural Australia may not benefit as much

Victoria police seeking an extradition order for the 65-year-old over the 1977 deaths known as the Easey Street murders

NSW Rural Fire Service warns people in Cromer Heights area near Oxford Falls Road that their lives are at risk

· 5-min read My Linh describes her time spent as an outworker in the Australian garment industry as feeling as though “I've been jailed”.

Textile union says the plight of My Linh, a refugee from South Vietnam who was paid around $5 an hour, is typical of outworkers facing exploitation

Without a national measurement for poverty or disadvantage, how does a country measure whether things are getting better — or worse?