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SINOSTEEL Corp is on the cusp of gaining control of Midwest Corporation after four of the company's directors decided to tend their own shareholding into the $1.36 billion takeover offer.

IF Australia loses its automotive manufacturing industry it is unlikely to ever get it back, Holden chairman and managing director Mark Reuss says.

THE Prime Minister has given the nation's most senior public servants a $1400-a-week pay rise, despite calling on the broader workforce to show restraint.

THE share market was mixed at noon, with gains in the mining sector and losses in the financial sector.

BUSINESS conditions deteriorated sharply and unexpectedly in June as costs continue to rise and confidence falls, a survey says.

US car giant General Motors is planning to cut thousands of white-collar jobs and may sell more brands, according to a report.

ALLCO has sold part of its real estate arm and will use the money to repay debt and it will also review other property investments.

POLICE have accused nosy drivers of causing a huge pile-up after a minor collision in Melbourne this morning.

THE "catch me if you can" conwoman who stole the identities of 15 women and went on a luxury shopping spree with their bankcards has pleaded guilty to 96 charges.

THE jailed sister-in-law of accused double murderer Tony Mokbel is expected to plead guilty to perjury charges.

18-year-old woman whose newborn son was found dead and wrapped in newspaper in an Adelaide driveway is expected to be interviewed by police tomorrow.

A PUBLIC meeting on Dennis Ferguson has decended into chaos as protesters interrupted speakers to chant "get him out!" in a 600-strong rabble.

A MAN who allegedly threatened to harm convicted pedophile Dennis Ferguson has been charged by police.

THE editor of an art magazine that published a photograph of a naked six-year-old girl on its front cover says it was not a protest against the censorship of artist Bill Henson.

MYSTERY surrounds the deaths of two commercial fishermen whose boat sank without warning in relatively calm conditions off Tasmania's remote southwest coast, authorities say.

In what was a cruel end to a promising weekend, Aden de Jager will be sidelined for at least the next two months due to a crash at Lake Macquarie (NSW) during the seventh round of the Rockstar Moto...

Australian Troy Herfoss picked up the final podium position in the Supermoto Premier class at the first round of the XTRM/AMA Supermoto Series at Evergreen Speedway in Monroe, Washington, last Sund...

National motorcycle sales have set a new record in the first half of 2008 as more Australians turn to two wheels for transport and recreation.Figures released by the Federal Chamber of Auto...