For Uber driver Turab Ali, last Wednesday’s Telstra outage was more than a disruption — it wiped out up to $400 in expected earnings. Mr Ali began driving full-time about a month ago after graduating from university and struggling to find work in IT. He said he worked 12-hour shifts, six days a week and…

American musician Oliver Tree, 32, has reportedly died in a helicopter crash in Brazil.  Two helicopters collided over Rio de Janeiro on Sunday morning, crashing in the city’s western zone and killing all six people onboard, the Associated Press confirmed. Tree, best known for his viral hits When I’m Down and Life Goes On, was…

Indonesian coal miner Ithaca Resources has agreed to purchase the assets of Vitrinite after the Queensland mining company collapsed earlier in the year. Mick Callan is the executive director and chief operating officer of Vitrinite. (Supplied) Vitrinite’s Vulcan coal mine in the Bowen Basin was put into care and maintenance on February 27, and receivers,…

If Jye Menzie had listened to the naysayers, he may never have been drafted into the AFL. And he likely never would have become captain of the Tasmania Devils VFL team. Growing up in Bridgewater, on the far outskirts of Hobart, the 23-year-old Menzie encountered his fair share of detractors growing up. Menzie is the…

Welcome to the ABC Arts wrap of the best new books published this month. In a huge treat for readers, both Ann Patchett (of Tom Lake fame) and Maggie O’Farrell (Hamnet — need we say more?) have new books out. Find out what our reviewers made of these much-anticipated novels below. Also among the best…