The average price of young cattle across Queensland, NSW, and Victoria has gone over 10 dollars a kilo, and that's just how much the butcher has to pay for it.  

The Australian Government approves the export of dozens of shipments of military items to Middle Eastern countries embroiled in the bloody Yemen war, a conflict dogged by accusations of war crimes and indiscriminate civilian killings.

After world recognition for its whisky, Tasmanian distillers are experimenting with a range of produce to make quality gin, hoping to be known as "the distillery island" for the range of alcohol the island is producing.

Business owners facing an uncertain future are exploring their options after Mirvac's decision to close the Toombul Shopping Centre.

The Reserve Bank keeps official interest rates steady at 0.1 per cent amid a "boring" meeting, and global stock markets are hit by rising US bond yields and the political battle over the US debt ceiling. Facebook suffers a global outage.