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Banking stocks slide as Westpac mortgage applications slump 20 per cent
A jolt for banking investors, as Westpac flagged a 20-percent drop in Q3 mortgage applications, blaming the combined effects of three interest rate r…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
Disability advocates call for watchdog and warn of 'significant impacts' as reforms loom
Disability advocates are urging the government to reconsider changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, ahead of a looming parliamentary vo…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects Trump's 15-point Gaza Peace Plan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected US President Donald Trump's 15-point Gaza Peace Plan, saying the Israeli military will not wit…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
From a billion years to two weeks: How the diamond story is being rewritten
The diamond industry is facing an identity crisis. Natural diamond prices have tumbled as lab-grown diamonds surge in popularity. Physically and opti…
3 weeks ago
INTERVIEW: How are small businesses dealing with rising costs?
Have you ever thought about how much it costs to run a small business? New research shows the cost has risen by almost 25 per cent since the start of…
3 weeks ago
INTERVIEW: Could the Space-X lunar rocket crash have been avoided?
A chunk of a SpaceX rocket hurtled into the moon this week, putting renewed attention on the issue of space junk. Alan Duffy is an astronomer at Swin…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
INTERVIEW: America's diarrhoea dilemma turns deadly
A widespread cyclosporiasis outbreak - which causes explosive diarrhoea - has grown into the largest on record in the United States and this week cau…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Ebola outbreak spreading at 'unprecedented speed', says WHO boss
The Democratic Republic of Congo is struggling to contain the world's fastest-growing Ebola outbreak, with aid workers warning the response is fallin…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
Suu Kyi signs of life, Ceuta’s migrant crisis & impaled hiker rescues himself?!
Myanmar’s junta finally provides signs of life for its former leader Aung San Suu Kyi - but why now and what does it all mean for the ongoing civil w…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
ASX closed at second consecutive closing high ; corporate reporting season hots up
Ongoing hopes of a US-Iran deal to re-open the Strait of Hormuz have sent the ASX to a second consecutive closing high. The S&P/ASX 200 added 43.8 po…
3 weeks, 3 days ago