A lack of available finance and weak demand are behind the delays for approved
residential construction projects proceeding to commencement, a survey says.

Not a single house has been built in the 18 months since the Northern Territory
government announced its $286 million plan to tackle Aboriginal disadvantage.

Music promoter Glenn Wheatley has told a court that a lawyer approached him after
learning of his cash woes and advised him to send his money offshore.

Australian households should start spending more towards the end of this year,
Queensland Investment Corporation chief executive Doug Taggart says.

When Fiona Coote had her first heart transplant, surviving five years was considered
about the best she could expect. Twenty-five years later, she is still going strong.

Jayant Patel ignored a junior doctor's suggestion of a way to buy time to find
internal bleeding in a surgical patient who later died, a court has been told.

Former foreign minister Gareth Evans will appear before a parliamentary inquiry
charged with helping Australia determine its nuclear non-proliferation agenda over

Two Rubicon property trusts that are related to the defunct investment firm Allco
Finance Group say they will no longer issue annual reports based on the businesses

Queensland will allow pivotal Wallabies forward Hugh McMeniman to decide on whether
he returns from compassionate leave for Sunday's Super 14 clash with the Cheetahs.

Music promoter Glenn Wheatley admitted he handled his money in a "spectacularly
stupid" way when he sent funds overseas in a scheme which put him in jail for tax
fraud.