Brisbane, Australia News

Regulators published on Wednesday details of how the world's top nine insurers will calculate their first global capital buffer from 2019 to ensure policyholders are protected in a crisis.

Security checks on electronic and electrical devices are being ramped up at UK airports, in response to what the US calls a "credible threat" of terrorism.

Australian authorities struggled to rescue a beached baby whale Wednesday and were forced to suspend the operation as fading light hampered efforts to return it to sea.

It is a blow for SA which already is facing the highest unemployment of the mainland states and has workers worried they will struggle to find new jobs.

Drug discovery is an inherently inefficient process. It takes thousands of failed compounds before one can get approved as safe and efficacious, and this effort does not come at a low cost.

Brisbane, Australia and Palo Alto, CA July 09, 2014 Intapp, provider of the most-adopted information access management and auditing software for law firms, today announced that McCullough Robertson, a leading Australian law firm, uses Intapp Wall Builder to secure client data across firm information repositories and support its risk management ... (more)

Keith Walker, Ph.D., who has led Cibus since the company was founded in 2001, has announced his retirement.

A senate deadlock threatens significant budget savings that the Abbott government was banking on.

Victims of southeast Queensland's devastating 2011 floods will begin Australia's largest ever class action on Tuesday - in a NSW court.

Brisbane : A splendid unbeaten double century from Naman Ojha put India A in a commanding position against Australia A on Day 2 of their first four-day match at the Allan Border Field here Monday.

The former double European motocross champion, of Coddenham, died peacefully at Ipswich Hospital yesterday morning surrounded by his family after suffering a stroke.

The dirt truck feature winner at Fremont Speedway normally earns $400. Shawn Valenti earned that and $5,000 more Saturday.

Reginald Holland and Kathleen Malta with a WWI photograph of their father James Holland.

I've been playing golf for about 6 months and shoot around 100-110 on the average golf course in Brisbane, Australia.

Jonathan LeVine Gallery presents Power Tripping, new works by celebrated Australian artist Anthony Lister in what is his first solo exhibition with the gallery.

Tyson Williams, from Brisbane, Australia, called two separate Domino pizza stores in a three way call that made each store think the other was taking orders.

Queensland's Beau Robinson says the Reds have ignored their recent poor record against the Western Force ahead of their derby encounter in Perth on Saturday night.

Robert Hoge was born with a severely disfigured face, as well as deformities to both legs.

The Western Force will be aiming to climb back into the Asteron Life Super Rugby top six when they take on the Queensland Reds in the final regular season match at the 'Force Field' on Saturday night .

Natural disasters are not a rarity in this nation and when you're taking space in an Australian data centre, it's important to consider a particular facility's resilience to events such floods and fires, writes Hamish Barwick In Melbourne during heavy June storms the Yarra River overflowed, cutting power to some homes and closing roads.