How did then 22-year-old Ngouth Oth Mai manage to buy a $1.5 million property in Melbourne upfront in 2014 when he had only ever earned welfare payments and lived in housing commission?

Half of Australia's top 10 fastest-selling suburbs are in Hobart, with humble postcodes like Risdon Vale and Herdsman's Cove making the cut on a real estate website's list.

Would-be car buyers remain vulnerable to being hit with high interest rates on loans, despite new regulations designed to limit gouging by banks and dealers.

Australia isn't prepared for a global economic downturn and should be doing more to pay down debt, the chair of the peak body for company directors says.

An Uber driver is charged after allegedly indecently assaulting a woman in his vehicle before following her to her apartment in Sydney's south.

Kostas Karras drives more than 60 hours each week, earning $16 an hour as as Uber driver. But he says the emergence of new players in the ride-sharing game has now given him — and passengers — more choice.

The latest stoush between the taxi industry and ride-share operators emerges after vision of Max Foley's unorthodox exit from a street in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley party precinct hits social media.

In an exclusive interview with The Business, former treasurer Peter Costello says he approves of the budget, despite criticising it last week, and takes a swipe at the corporate regulator.

Psychological distress is significantly more prevalent in the remote mining and construction workforce than in the general community, new research has found.

South Australia's peak road transport body fears a "horrendous crash" may be the only way to spark a long-awaited funding increase for regional rest stops needed by truck drivers.

While the Turnbull Government's $89 billion naval shipbuilding project is on track in its early stages, an independent watchdog is warning the project carries a "high-to-extreme risk" of expensive blowouts and delays in the future.

South Australians are being reminded not to eat or pick up "potentially deadly" wild mushrooms following the significant increase in the popularity of foraging and use of exotic ingredients.

Morgan Stanley argues the high fuel prices are likely to be sustained, driving up inflation and absorbing any benefit from the "modest" cuts.

Navy clearance divers from around the world are testing sea drones, live demolitions and mine exploitation as part of training to ensure sea trade stays secure.

The Reserve Bank is confident Australia will meet, and possibly exceed, the economic forecasts in the Federal Government's latest budget, but warns there are overseas risks to the outlook.