Buyers unwilling to wait
Househunters are continuing to scramble for property - undeterred by Government promises that property prices will fall in the next three years.
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Househunters are continuing to scramble for property - undeterred by Government promises that property prices will fall in the next three years.
An armed robber who was locked up for 19 of his 20 years in Australia and joined a notorious prison gang is being deported back to New Zealand.
High court action will be launched tomorrow against a smoking ban in an acute mental health facility.
Weapons and military equipment worth more than $330,000 have been stolen over four years from the Defence Force.
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Parents have given a mixed reaction to being urged by a football club to give their kids the silent treatment from the sidelines.
Quadruple amputee Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman dreams of bionic legs and hands allowing her to pick groceries from a supermarket shelf.
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Yet another manufacturer looks set to join V8 Supercars next season, with chairman Mark Skaife expecting an announcement by Christmas.
Michael Phelps is planning a comeback to swim at the 2016 Rio Olympics, according to a well-placed US source.
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Residential rents could rise and historic buildings might be abandoned, say property chiefs who have mixed feelings about real estate changes in the Budget.
People who look after their highly disabled adult family members are at last in line to be paid by the Government - but only the minimum wage.
Despite all the political and media posturing over Thursday's Budget, nothing much really happened - again, writes Matt McCarten.
31CommentsAaron Gilmore has been and gone, writes Rodney Hide. He went from total obscurity to poster-boy for the democratic defect that we can't summarily sack list MPs.
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A man sentenced to two months in prison begged a judge to keep him locked up for an extra day so he could pocket a $350 Winz grant.
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12CommentsJohn Armstrong writes: "One of the reasons why Governments slowly decay and die is that the longer they are in office the more prone they become to ugly pragmatism and…
17CommentsThe Government's tough new student loan rules are an attempt to claw back more than $427 million of debt in default from overseas-based borrowers.
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