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Airbnb will ban hosts from requiring guests to complete check-out chores such as stripping beds, washing dishes or taking out rubbish, under new rules.
The bosses of Qantas and Virgin Australia have faced a parliamentary inquiry into the state of regional air travel.
Fares, routes and ageing aircraft are all under scrutiny, and people outside the big cities have been feeling it for a while.
The airlines have laid out where they say the costs come from, and what they'd like done about it.
The future of air services across regional Australia is being examined today, with the heads of Qantas and Virgin Australia among industry leaders fronting a senate inquiry in Canberra.
Over the years, Hollywood's story factory has made movies which have made you cry, made you laugh aloud and have made you put down the popcorn in sheer terror.
Legal cigarette sales have jumped in Queensland after a crackdown on illegal tobacco.
The Federal Government is hailing the success of a crackdown on shops selling illegal tobacco in Queensland, after legal sales jumped and calls to Quitline doubled.
Queensland's crackdown on illicit tobacco appears to be having an impact, with new data showing a significant jump in legal cigarette sales after tough new laws came into force in November.
Other states are watching closely as they battle their own illicit tobacco problems, but not everyone agrees the Queensland figures tell the full story.
The New South Wales government has crushed its first batch of illegal e-bikes into scrap metal under tough new confiscation laws.
The 23 high-powered e-bikes were seized by police on Sydney's northern beaches, as more children are being injured on e-bikes and scooters.
Laws vary widely across the country, so should e-bike rules be the same everywhere?
Illegal high-powered e-bikes are being crushed in NSW as governments across Australia introduce different rules to regulate the devices.
A near-collision at Sydney Airport in July has been deemed one of the most severe runway conflicts since record-keeping began more than 20 years ago, air safety investigators have concluded.
In Cairns, house prices have risen sharply over the past three years, adding to the pressure on families with mortgages.
Banks are cutting credit card rewards points, increasing fees and trimming travel insurance perks ahead of a ban on card surcharges.
The Commonwealth Bank has wound up its Qantas Frequent Flyer partnership in favour of a new in-house program called Yello.
So will Australians put up with smaller rewards, or start shopping around?
Credit card rewards programs are being overhauled, with banks cutting points, changing fees and reducing some of the perks attached to rewards cards.
Diesel prices are nearing three dollars a litre in parts of Australia, with warnings a US move to restrict fuel exports could push prices even higher and leave Australia vulnerable to global supply pressures.
Drivers, farmers and the transport industry can't help but notice the price of diesel at the moment.
It's been rising again as the war in Iran shows no sign of stopping and now Donald Trump is considering cutting off US exports of diesel.
But could it really hit four dollars a litre?
Two new species of stick insect have been identified in Far North Queensland by a University of Sydney researcher.
Brisbane Lions and Fremantle fans are facing soaring airfares as they scramble to get to Melbourne for the AFL Grand Final.
Return airfares to Melbourne have hit $6,000 ahead of Saturday's AFL Grand Final as Fremantle and Brisbane fans scramble for seats.
Tourism operators in Far North Queensland say changes to backpacker visas could worsen worker shortages and cost the region valuable tourism dollars.
Two teenagers have been charged with murder over the alleged mistaken-identity shooting of 23-year-old university student Marco Tapia in Sydney's south-west.
Scientists have transplanted lab-grown human brain tissue into mice.
British backpackers are coming to Australia in record numbers, but regional businesses say fewer are making their way out of the capital cities.
British backpackers are coming to Australia in record numbers, but the traditional working holiday has changed.
It has been weeks in the making, but Labor is finally ready to unveil the details of its migration overhaul.
One Nation has unveiled a plan for big cuts to Australia's migration intake, promising to slash the number of temporary migrants and unlawful non-citizens in the country by three quarters of a million over three years if it wins the next election.
