It has taken all day for a fire at a controversial piggery north of Adelaide to be put out. RSPCA inspectors are attending the piggery, which was already under investigation over cruelty claims.
The Independent Planning Commission of NSW knocks back plans to restart Redbank Power Station in the Hunter Valley, fuelling it with biomass instead of coal tailings.
One of Australia's largest private landholders expands his vast portfolio of outback stations, buying Murranji in the NT for $44 million plus the value of its cattle.
Producers in Western Australia's premier wine region say the state government's expanded bottle recycling scheme is set to cost them millions of dollars.