Two tradie brothers have completely transformed a retro brick home from the 1970s into an ultra-modern family pad, doubling the property’s value in the process.

More than 50 Target stores are expected to be closed over the coming months, while dozens will be converted into Kmart outlets in a major retail shake-up.

The aged care watchdog is investigating at least seven in-home care providers accused of charging thousands of elderly Australians for personal protective equipment.

Tax authorities warn the full force of the law will be brought down upon people and businesses deliberately trying to rort COVID-19 assistance measures such as JobKeeper and the early release of superannuation payments.

It passed in on the weekend on a vendor bid of $16.5m, but the amazing Bronte home of cancer specialist GenesisCare founder Dan Collins and his wife, Cassandra has now sold.

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.

A grand Lockleys property has been given a stunning transformation and is the ultimate family home, its owners say.

BOOMING tourism and wine industries, and the recent coronavirus lockdowns, are driving the Clare Valley real estate market, with local agents reporting an increase in inquiries in the picturesque region.

2020 has been a disaster for the postal delivery industry.

The upper north shore property market wrapped up the weekend on a high, finishing with a healthy auction clearance rate of 81 per cent.

Police fear changes to the border declaration online system may not be ready in time for Queensland’s 1am border curfew, potentially adding extra wait time to already lengthy queues.

The gold price is expected to keep soaring as the factors driving it higher won’t likely change any time soon, with one analyst tipping it could hit $US3000 an ounce.

Sellers have pushed the sharemarket lower on Friday after the RBA predicted that the economy will take longer to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic compared to earlier forecasts.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has warned further outbreaks of coronavirus will threaten the country’s economic recovery, potentially pushing high levels of unemployment into 2021.

The Kmart Group has vowed to continue paying its staff across the discount department chain’s network in Victoria despite the stage 4 lockdown forcing all metropolitan stores to close.

Aussie hardware giant Bunnings has committed to paying all its permanent employees affected by Victoria’s Stage Four lockdowns their full wages.