In their final sitting week, Australian Labor has introduced the new grocery code of conduct for supermarkets and their suppliers.

An 'unbearable' smell of rotten eggs, which inundated suburban homes for months, has resulted in a record fine for a commercial landfill company in south-east Queensland.

The safety regulator has lashed national carrier Qantas over a "cascade of errors" that saw a 1.25-metre tool left in an engine for 300 hours of flying time.  

The mother of a building worker killed on the job has spoken out against the Queensland government at a protest outside Parliament House in Brisbane.

The Victorian government will become the first state to force retirement village operators to sign up to a mandatory code of conduct as part of a crackdown on the sector that also includes more transparency on how fees are calculated.