The Australian share market sank lower after a negative lead from Wall St but narrowly avoided racking up a five-week losing streak.

While the Aussie market fell by 0.3% on Friday and slipped for a second day, it did enough on Monday and Wednesday to push the market slightly higher this week. Mining and tech stocks were the best today.

If you have been thinking about finding a new home in time for a socially distanced Christmas celebration, you might want to get serious.

Middle ring suburbs Newcomb and Herne Hill have joined inner city hot spots among Geelong’s hottest markets for houses.

More than half a century has passed since Graeme Anderson stood in an auction room in the city to throw his hat in the ring for a sprawling estate in Gordon known as Trenayr.