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Residents find driver shot dead at wheel of crashed car in Darwin front yard

... commission appearance · Man shot dead while driving car in Darwin · Rocker Dave Grohl breaks leg on stage, returns to perform in cast · Eighth person in critical condition after Ravenshoe cafe explosion · Australia could be accused of people ... >> view original

Teenage escapees to be held in Darwin adult prison in near solitary ...

Two teenage boys who escaped from juvenile detention will be held in Darwin's adult jail, in near solitary confinement, for at least another four days. The 16-year-olds have been held in the Holtze Corrections Centre since they were arrested after ... >> view original

Treasurer Joe Hockey's gaffes on housing have put more lead in the federal ...

In January 2014, as he got down to the hard work of preparing his first budget, Joe Hockey told a colleague the year ahead would see the sun set on his "Sunrise Joe" persona. The new Treasurer grasped, acutely, the size of the task ahead. When Joe is on ... >> view original

This German Supermarket Giant Has it Eyes on Aussie shores…

Woolworths is going 'lean'. According to their latest Investor Strategy Day media release they are adapting to a new 'lean retail' operating model. It's one of those strategy releases supposed to energise investors. It's full of exciting words like 'turbo-charge' and ... >> view original

Submarine bids by Japan, France and Germany to be subsidised with $24m ...

Australian taxpayers will spend $24 million helping three overseas bidders state their case to build the Australian Navy's next generation of submarines. The Defence Department has confirmed the Japanese government, French firm DCNS and German ... >> view original

Rio Tinto signs Ranger uranium mine death warrant

Rio Tinto has signalled the end for the Ranger uranium mine by telling subsidiary ERA it will not invest in an expansion project. Glenn Campbell. by Matthew Stevens. The massive yellow excavators and trucks stopped rolling around the big pit at the Ranger ... >> view original

Aust dollar dips on Greek stand-off

The Australian dollar has drifted lower amid global concern about the latest impasse between Greece and its creditors. The Australian dollar was worth 77.27 US cents at 1700 AEST on Friday, down from 77.61 US cents on Thursday. Westpac senior currency ... >> view original

Explainer: Everything You Need To Know About The 'Housing Bubble'

Speak to literally anybody in Sydney or Melbourne who either owns a house, wants to own a house, or is renting a house, and you best prepare for entering the battlefield: negotiating a conversation about the 'Housing Bubble', a shiny real estate anomaly, ... >> view original

TPG's $1.56b iiNet bid backed by independent expert

iiNet says an independent expert's report by Lonergan Edwards & Associates into TPG Telecom's $1.56 billion takeover offer has found it to be fair, reasonable and in the best interests of shareholders. In a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange, ... >> view original

Stevens wrong on low rates for long

The biggest deal in finance right now is the prospect of an existential battle between central banks and "reality" over where long-term interest rates will land. Fickle financial markets are mostly sitting on the sidelines waiting to see whether reality rejects the ... >> view original