5+ hour, 31+ min ago   (751+ words) September 14, 2026 — 12:01am Self-driving cars have successfully developed to a point where a major insurer believes they reduce the risk of collision enough to warrant offering some owners using the technology cheaper insurance premiums. Most Australians may not realise they’re already sharing…...

18+ hour, 37+ min ago   (1278+ words) September 13, 2026 — 10:55am When roadside patrol mechanic Yep Yap was sacked in 2022, he’d been put on a performance management plan and failed to meet three key performance indicators. But the Fair Work Commission found the targets set for Yap were unrealistic, unachievable…...

14+ hour, 39+ min ago   (711+ words) September 13, 2026 — 2:53pm The escalation of the US-Iran war, now in its seventh month, is expected to put more upward pressure on airfares, petrol and diesel as the higher cost of fuel filters through the economy. Fears of further oil supply disruptions…...

13+ hour, 2+ min ago   (820+ words) September 13, 2026 — 4:30pm An updated Californian bungalow in Northcote sold for $3.4 million on Saturday, after a “knockout” $49,000 final bid. With its classic 1920s front restored in 2011, 83 Mitchell Street has been updated over the past 15 years to incorporate the Baltic timber and exposed bricks…...

14+ hour, 24+ min ago   (789+ words) September 13, 2026 — 3:08pm An architecturally renovated family home in Rosebery is still available after passing in at an auction on Saturday at which nobody bid. The transformed four-bedroom bungalow at 24 Morley Avenue has leadlight windows, high ceilings, glass sliding doors, a gourmet…...

16+ hour, 2+ min ago   (783+ words) September 13, 2026 — 1:30pm During five years’ trading in Melbourne’s west, Phil Gaby’s business has had just as many homes. Nan’s Bakehouse began at the markets, then moved to Footscray Plaza before expanding into the business next door. A coffee van followed, then…...

1+ day, 9+ min ago   (748+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:23am Former Mirvac chief executive officer Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz and her husband Stuart Lloyd-Hurwitz have listed their upper north shore Sydney home for $10 million to $11 million, local sources say, after holding it for more than a decade. Records show the couple…...

1+ day, 32+ min ago   (347+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:00am However, I cannot find any advice on how best to access the monies, what the full tax implications may be on both ends, and how to transfer them in a tax-efficient way. I suggest you talk to the fund…...

1+ day, 32+ min ago   (1132+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:00am Last week we saw the enticing, vote-buying idea of being able to raid our super contributions, raised again. Previously a Coalition thought bubble, One Nation’s Pauline Hanson has been spruiking it this time. Because gee it’s a sugar hit....

1+ day, 32+ min ago   (726+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:00am Richard Yetsenga is the chief economist of the ANZ Bank. He refuses to be alarmist about the global economy, but he does sound one big alarm. I spoke to him this week. Fitz: Richard, I know you as my…...