66 h. ago Couple drops $2.5m on home with pool for ‘big dog who likes swimming’

Brisbane’s highest recorded auction sale of the weekend went to a pair of apartment-dwelling buyers looking for more space for their pet.

Politics

68 h. ago Locals use smart auction bidding strategy to win luxe $9.4m Bondi semi

Six parties registered for the luxurious four-bedroom home with high ceilings and cacti garden sitting a block back from the beach.

Economics

68 h. ago Melbourne home sellers pocket $170,000 premium after advertising reserve price

The smart warehouse-style apartment in a central location was part of a former biscuit factory and attracted four bidders.

Economics

4 d. ago ‘People will always want what we sell’: Inside the world of Sydney’s Arab jewellers

Western Sydney’s Iraqi artisans are a growing micro-economy built around a very specific product.

Politics

4 d. ago Young couple nab $3,925,000 North Sydney Victorian in competitive auction

A couple expecting their first child paid $225,000 above the reserve to buy a Victorian-era home at auction on Saturday, outbidding three other parties.

Economics

5 d. ago ‘I’ve had people in my office crying’: The three ways underquoting stings sellers

The new revelations came at a critical point in the debate about how to tackle underquoting in Australia’s two largest cities.

Politics

5 d. ago Australia cash in on England’s woeful fielding, wayward bowling to forge first

Alex Carey and Michael Neser steered the hosts to 6-378 at stumps on day two, a lead of 44 runs, after sloppy England bowling and fielding overshadowed their bright start to the second Test.

Events

5 d. ago Australia cash in on dropped catches, wayward bowling to forge first

Alex Carey and Michael Neser steered the hosts to 6-378 at stumps on day two, a lead of 44 runs, after sloppy England bowling and fielding overshadowed their bright start to the second Test.

Events

7 d. ago Russell Crowe shines as a disarming Goering in Nazi drama Nuremberg

In the film, also starring Rami Malek and Michael Shannon, Crowe’s perpetrator of atrocities projects an air of affability and common sense.

Politics

7 d. ago Wells’ Big Apple trip suggests something beginning to rot at the core

A ministerial trip to sell Australia’s teen social media ban in the US raises questions about government integrity.

Politics

7 d. ago ‘Never as good as the men’: This doco will make you gasp, then punch the air

When surfing became a professional sport, there was “no room” for women. These gnarly pioneers changed everything.

Politics

8 d. ago WA electoral commissioner resigns ahead of parliament vote to fire him

Electoral Affairs Minister David Michael announced that Robert Kennedy had tendered his resignation earlier on Tuesday, which will take effect in the new year.

Events

8 d. ago ‘Unlike Bazball’: England go safe at selection, recall forgotten spinner for Gabba Test

It’s three years since Will Jacks played the only Two matches of his Test career, but he got the nod on Tuesday for the Gabba Test, a selection former captain Michael Vaughan said was unusually conservative for the current hierarchy.

Politics

8 d. ago Ricky Nixon found guilty of selling footballs with fake player signatures

Ricky Nixon has been found guilty of selling AFL footballs with fake player signatures.

Sport

9 d. ago Truck driver responsible for horror school bus crash jailed for 12 years

Brett Michael Russell will spend more than a decade behind bars after crashing his truck into a school bus carrying dozens of Loreto College students.

Events

1 week ago Auto repair garage owners sell Vaucluse mansion for $23 million

Mechanic Steve Davidson and his wife Carmen, owners of the Bondi Junction Auto Services garage, have sold their abode with direct beach access for $23 million, local sources have revealed.

Economics

1 week ago ABC’s Michael Rowland sells Yarraville home for $2.47m at auction

The renovated house on a double-fronted block netted the high-profile journalist and his wife nearly $200,000 more than the reserve.

Economics

1 week ago Derelict eastern suburbs home sells for $835,000 over reserve at auction

The well-worn freestanding home sat empty for at least 20 years. It sold for $3,835,000 at auction on Saturday, as eager builders battled for the keys.

Economics

1 week ago ‘We are not selling out’: El Jannah’s new investor is $153b US private equity giant

The wildly popular Lebanese chicken chain has a deep-pocketed new backer to help it conquer Australia, and then its cultural motherland, Lebanon.

Economics

1 week ago ‘We are not selling out’: El Jannah’s new investor is an $180 billion US giant

The wildly popular Lebanese chicken chain has a deep-pocketed new backer to help it conquer Australia, and then its cultural motherland, Lebanon.

Economics