Australians urged to reconsider fast fashion as workers fight for better pay

Queensland Water Minister Ann Leahy says rapid industrial growth in the Western Downs could help drive private investment in major water infrastructure projects, including the long-discussed Nathan Dam project.

Paraguay's president has stepped down after the collapse of Ueno Bank plunged the country into a political crisis.

The waste authority responsible for the failure of South West WA's FOGO waste system is being dissolved after repeated environmental breaches cost ratepayers millions of dollars.

While Perth's property prices have dropped in the past three months, the real risk to people with mortgages is not negative equity but losing their job.