Tom Lowrey

The Australian nickel industry is in crisis, struggling to hold on as a surge of cheap Indonesian nickel floods the global market and sends prices plummeting.

"It's time to talk nuclear," Ted O'Brien declared in a video message filmed on an isolated beach last February.

The federal government has reversed the cancellation of Australian visas for some Palestinians fleeing Gaza.

The federal government's much-delayed plans to shake up a tax on the offshore gas sector remain stuck in federal parliament, with a deal to pass them seemingly months away.

The federal government has softened controversial changes that opponents fear could lead to fast-tracked gas approvals, as it tries to negotiate new ministerial powers through the parliament.

Millions of Australians will hit the road this weekend, filling beaches, campsites and caravan parks right around the country for the Easter break.

Federal politicians could have their pay docked by up to five per cent for serious breaches of workplace rules, under draft laws set to be considered by parliament.

Health ministers from around the country have backed the federal government's proposed vaping bans, arguing e-cigarettes are being used as a tool to recruit new smokers.

A workplace review of the Australian Border Force's marine unit has found sexual harassment and discrimination is so widespread, "immediate intervention" is needed to make it safe for the women working within it.