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Property bust rattles Australian economy
As property prices rocketed toward the heady peak of Sydney's real-estate boom in 2017, the bulldozers came to Epping.Eucalypt-lined streets of red-brick bungalows in the middle-class suburb were snapped up at hefty premiums by…
Tradie’s work break comes with renovator’s delight auction action
51 Mintaro Way, Seabrook, sold $60,000 above its reserve price.
A tradie on a work break has paid a $60,000 premium for a Seabrook unit he saw for the first time shortly before auction yesterday.
Despite needing an overhaul, the dated…
Camp Hill street record shattered at Saturday auction
The house at 26 Henderson St, Camp Hill, sold for $2,106,000.
A street record was shattered after a Brisbane family paid more than $2 million to secure the sale of a house in the city’s southeast yesterday morning.
Two registered…
Michala Banas reveals the stories behind some of her favourites
Michala Banas at home. Pictures: Chris Groenhout
Michala Banas has been in the spotlight for most of her life, literally starting her career when she was not long out of the cradle.
“My first job was at one-and-a-half when I was in a…
Singin’ in the Rain director Donen dies
Stanley Donen, the former dancer who directed some of Hollywood's greatest musicals including Gene Kelly's landmark Singin' in the Rain, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and On the Town, has died aged 94.Donen died of a heart attack on…
NSW drought: Kootingal beekeeper struggles as hives dry up in drought
news, latest-news, RAY Hull hasn't been home since last Christmas. The Kootingal commercial beekeeper has relentlessly trucked his hives around in search of nectar, pollen and water. "Drought is the biggest problem we've got," Mr Hull…
Stanley Donen, director of iconic movie musicals, dead at 94
Stanley Donen, the director of such stylish and exuberant films as “Singin’ in the Rain,” “Funny Face” and “Two for the Road” and the last surviving helmer of note from Hollywood’s golden age, has died at 94, according to the New York…
Pippa Grandison: What happened to the mean girl from Muriel’s Wedding?
Ada Nicodemou: ‘They call me the black widow’Cal Wilson: ‘It could have been me’In her first major feature film role, Pippa Grandison played a mean girl.She was one of four, tormenting the title character played by Toni Collette in…
Nigeria counts presidential election votes
Nigeria has begun counting votes in a closely fought presidential election although the electoral commission extended voting hours in some places where polling stations opened late or ballot machines malfunctioned.President Muhammadu…
Kim begins long train ride to Trump summit
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has set off by train for Vietnam for his second summit with US President Donald Trump next week, media report, with two witnesses seeing a train crossing into China from North Korea.The reports of Kim's…