A US Senate investigation finds "shockingly" high levels of debilitating injuries and safety conditions made impossible to follow.

One south-east Queensland council is in a pay dispute with unions, which could see tens of thousands of bins left uncollected until next year. 

Details of the coming promise to voters, which follows months of consultation with the gas industry, are being calibrated to counter Labor's likely strategy of ongoing direct-to-households energy bill relief.

Granties Maze owner John Grant says he will fight a court order to dismantle dozens of rides at his NSW south coast attraction.

Former Nine Entertainment chief executive Hugh Marks has been appointed as the new managing director of the ABC.