3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (374+ words) An Australian state remains the nation's problem child for car and property thefts, insurance data shows. Analysis of Insurance Statistics Australia data released on Thursday reveals more cars were stolen or broken into in Melbourne than every other capital city…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (523+ words) In the last year, tradie Trent Jones says his company has saved 650 Aussie homeowners about $400,000 by switching from gas to electricity. "The pure economics of going electric absolutely makes sense now," Trent Jones told Yahoo News. In his 13 years as…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (348+ words) Australians locked out of the housing market need better conditions and transparency for borrowing money, a national inquiry will be told. A Senate committee examining intergenerational housing inequity has heard about the precarious market young Australians are stuck in, often…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (500+ words) The deadline is fast-approaching for a major housing developer to secure a last-minute funding lifeline, with thousands of buyers left in the lurch. Insolvency advisory Teneo is scrambling to secure a $20 million short-term funding package for the embattled Bathla Group…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (536+ words) A popular tourist town on the outskirts of Melbourne has vowed to target visitors in a crackdown on parking mayhem. It comes after the council racked up more than $240,000 in parking fees and fines, during a yearlong trial of paid…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (753+ words) With Isle of Man voters heading to the polls for the island's general election, plans for a major offshore wind farm have become an increasingly thorny political issue. The proposed Mooir Vannin project has been put forward by Danish energy…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (459+ words) Builders and property owners have found an unusual way around a council rule that stops them from demolishing old homes — and the results are turning heads. Two Brisbane homes, believed to have been built around the 1940s, have undergone a major…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (555+ words) For many Aussie tradies, the workday doesn't end when the tools are packed away. New data reveals that almost one in four invoices is sent after 5pm as business owners continue working long after leaving the worksite. For 50-year-old tradie Daniel…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (412+ words) A Chinese businessman who attempted to bribe a Commonwealth official with a bag of tea stuffed with $20,000 will be allowed to return home to his family. Zhu Guoxin, 40, had insisted a Clean Energy Council manager accept the tea at a…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (573+ words) Australia does not need a dramatic increase to public housing, the federal treasurer has claimed, despite detailed calls from the country's peak union body. In its new housing proposal, released on Wednesday, the ACTU has urged federal and state governments…...