Rents stagnate in Sydney as Perth and Darwin plunge and other top stories.

• Rents stagnate in Sydney as Perth and Darwin plunge

  

  Rents stagnate in Sydney as Perth and Darwin plungeUpdatedJanuary 14, 2016 08:27:53 Rents have continued to plunge in Perth and Darwin, while Sydney unit rents have fallen for the first time in years as supply catches up with demand.Key pointsHobart houses post the strongest rental growth last year, up 6.3%Darwin has the biggest declines in rent of 14.8% (units) and 13.6% (houses)Sydney has the highest unit rents ($500 p/w), Darwin the highest house rents ($570 p/w)The latest figures from pr..

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• Last Cab to Darwin's Reg Cribb on why stage plays make it on the ...

  

  Playright and screenwriter Reg Cribb, on the set of his latest play, opening at the Griffin Theatre.Photo: Quentin Jones These are good times for Australian film, says screenwriter Reg Cribb. Good times, especially, for those adapting stories originally invented for the stage to the big screen.Cribb's screenplay forLast Cab to Darwin– recently awarded Best Adapted Screenplay at the AFI/AACTA Awards – began as a stage play. So did Brendan Cowell'sRuben Guthrie(which first saw light in Belvoir..

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• LNG gloom, S&P oil price cuts darken outlook for energy stocks

  

  LNG demand in China saw a shock retraction last year.Photo: www.shipspotting.comChina, supposedly the biggest growth market for liquefied natural gas, saw a shock drop in consumption in 2015, adding to the bearish pressures that are overwhelming the oil and gas sector and driving share prices to fresh multi-year lows.China's LNG demand dropped 2 per cent last year, the first decline after years of double-digit growth, according to respected energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie.Wood Mackenzie also n..

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• IT'S a sale of two cities. Our property prices versus the globe.

  

  How does our real estate stack up against the world? Picture: realtor.comIT’S a sale of two cities. Our property prices versus the globe.Real estate in Aussie capitals is often labelled as the most expensive in the world and while sunny Sydney has a median house price of $850,000 - or about $1 million in the central suburbs - some of our other cities appear more tame when set against the international competition.Forget the big metropolises of New York, London, Paris or Hong Kong, here’s what yo..

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• From public glory to a 'dignified' burning, the life of a Northern ...

  

  From public glory to a 'dignified' burning, the life of a Northern Territory flagBy Elliana LawfordPostedJanuary 14, 2016 16:47:10 Life is brutal for a flag in the Northern Territory.A short time up the flagpole may feature a battering from cyclonic winds, blazing sun and sheeting rain - followed by "dignified" destruction in an industrial incinerator.This week was the time for some of the most public symbols of the NT to be pulled down and destroyed.The six-metre-by-three-metre Australian a..

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• Pussycat Doll wants to make city party

  

  Pussycat Doll Melody Thornton.MELODY Thornton has learnt from the global domination of the Pussycat Dolls that growth is about challenging herself and the world around her.She joined the group at 19 as its youngest member and was pivotal to the success of the Pussycat Dolls’ two albums.Since their hiatus in 2010, Thornton has moved forward to maintain a solo career, with a debut album in the works after her mixtape P. O. Y. B. L(Piss on Your Black List) hit in 2012.Ahead of her appearance at Mon..

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