A MAN and a woman are dead following an apparent murder-suicide in Melbourne's south.

THE state's most fragile newborns are being sent interstate because Victoria's neonatal intensive care units are stretched to breaking point.

THE rapid growth characterising the mining boom may be over, as soaring operating costs and power shortages eat into earnings.

MACQUARIE Group and a syndicate of investors will spend $836 million to buy back the shares of listed private equity vehicle Macquarie Capital, leaving original investors out of pocket, in a move that appears to signal the death knell for

THE Federal Government could take control of the nation's petrol, diesel and natural gas supplies as the Western Australian gas crisis deepens.

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HOUSE prices are tipped to rise next financial year as Australia's fastest population growth in two decades outweighs the effect of higher interest rates.

THE Australian share market is expected to continue its rally today after buyers returned to Wall Street at the end of last week.

A TRIP to the NSW coastal village of Eden by members of an alleged terror cell was for fishing, not terrorist training, a court has been told.

A RAPIST who imprisoned a teenage sex slave in a mine shaft is suing police for mistreatment.

QUEENSLAND'S corruption watchdog has dismissed claims that staff of former cabinet minister Merri Rose were forced to cover an alleged affair between her and former Premier Peter Beattie.

A SURVIVOR of a plane crash in which five people died has told of praying during the last frantic moments of the doomed skydiving flight west of Brisbane two years ago.

ROC Oil Company has launched a $612 million takeover for Anzon Australia to create a mid-tier Australian oil and gas producer.

EMPLOYEES will have the right to request more flexibility in the workplace and a 38-hour week will be the national standard.

TAX cuts in July pay packets could lead to another interest rate rise in August, despite evidence of a slowing economy.

RIO Tinto chief executive Tom Albanese says more foreign investment is needed in Australia to unlock the full potential of the country's resources assets.

BABCOCK & Brown faces a possible review of a $2.8bn banking facility after its market value last week fell below $2.5 billion.

VICTORIAN man Jack Thomas will be retried on two charges after an appeal by his lawyers was dismissed today.

A FAMILY of winemakers is in shock after gun-toting intruders invaded their winery then bound, gagged and hooded three of them, including a great-grandmother in her 70s.

POLICE hold fears for a man missing since early today following an argument.