Business

The NT government has rejected a federal plan to mandate the use of renewables for new large-scale data centres, but the Commonwealth says it will block proposals that rely on gas.

The national healthcare watchdog has inadvertently identified more than 100 doctors, nurses and other practitioners who were offered addiction and alcohol misuse training in a mass email that has triggered fierce backlash and privacy complaints.

It's been talked about for years, but construction on Whyalla's long-awaited foreshore upgrade is underway, bringing renewed hope to a city that has been hit by several kicks to the gut.

Employees from the Brisbane, Cleveland and West Moreton Youth Detention Centres, as well as the Wacol Youth Remand Centre, took part in industrial action on Thursday.

One of Alan Jones's six male complainants in the veteran broadcaster's historic indecent assault trial has continued to face cross examination but a court order has limited reporting of the case.