Queensland's real estate lobby says people are too afraid to point out that unions are driving up the cost of housing, but an economist says that while wage growth is a contributing factor, so too is growing material costs, labour shortages and excessive government regulations.

Carina Gabb paid $21,000 to join a timeshare scheme, but three years later she hasn't gone on a single holiday. She's among a flood of people saying they've been mislead, and now ASIC is investigating the sector.

Residents in the small farming village of Dalton, north of Canberra, are picking up the fight against plans for a gas-fired power station they thought had been scrapped.

Major disruptions are set to occur yet again on three of Adelaide's suburban rail lines as work is carried out on a major freight project.

The public relations fiasco United Airlines is facing began with a viral video and snowballed into a $1 billion drop in market value and a damaged brand. What went so wrong?