Want a credit squeeze with that fall in house prices?

Business and home buyers worry that a credit tightening could end up a squeeze as Josh Frydenberg rallies against the trend.

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Business hoping clear election win can break 'political paralysis'

Business leaders at this year's Couta Boat Classic are hoping for an end to the coalition's leadership turmoil and the polarisation around public policies.

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Australian shares, dollar reverse losses

Australian shares reversed their losses from the previous session on Thursday as a stronger energy sector helped to shrug off concerns of an economic slowdown. 

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'Didn't expect it': Drought warning on pet and animal food prices

There are fears customers will continue to feel the pain on animal food as drought conditions affect cost.

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Treasurer predicts home lending pick-up as regulations ease

Josh Frydenberg says lending will pick up on the back of APRA winding back some of its recent restrictions

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WA lithium jobs boom set to continue into 2019

Work has started on a huge lithium processing plant in WA's South West.

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Markets Live: ASX rises, retailers slide on Kathmandu downgrade

Australian shares have soared higher, reversing some of Wednesday's fall, although retail stocks are softer following a post-Christmas downgrade from Kathmandu.

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Suncorp hit with 24,800 claims after Sydney hailstorm

December's wild Sydney storms has hit Suncorp hard, and the insurer says damage costs are expected to rise as more customers make claims in the new year.

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Seven minutes of chaos: The 'flash-crash' that rocked currency markets

It took seven minutes for the yen to surge through levels that have held through almost a decade.

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China's economic slowdown accelerates and sinks the Australian dollar

The Australian dollar has been hit by a double whammy this week, sending it tumbling.

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Health giant Healius receives $2b takeover offer from Chinese investor

One of Australia's biggest owners of GP clinics and pathology centres, Healius, has received a $2 billion takeover bid from China's Jangho Group.

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The five money resolutions you should make to kick-start 2019

This year could be the year you not only wipe those debts but put money away to spoil yourself. Here's how.

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'Deterioration': Apple shares tumble as it warns sales will fall short

Apple on Wednesday fed fears that the global economy could be slowing faster than anticipated by announcing it would miss its first-quarter revenue estimate

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Kathmandu crashes as Christmas shoppers take a hike

Adventure apparel chain Kathmandu reports weaker than expected Christmas and Boxing Day sales, in what could be a ominous sign for the broader retail market.

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Wall Street starts off 2019 with more turbulence

The roller-coaster ride on Wall Street resumed on Wednesday, the first trading day of the new year, as stocks plunged early on, then slowly recovered and finished with a slight gain.

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'A little glitch': Trump downplays Wall Street's December meltdown

The President says he isn't concerned about Wall Street's miserable end to the year.

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Cathay Pacific to honour $23,000 premium seats sold for $964 in ticketing blunder

Cathay Pacific Airways made a mistake selling first- and business-class tickets at a steep discount. Now, the lucky few who made the bookings will travel in style after all.

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Australian dollar tumbles to ten-year low

The Australian dollar has tumbled below US68¢ to its lowest mark in ten years, extending its 2018 retreat.

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8@eight: ASX set to surge at open

What happened overnight and what's ahead for the ASX.

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'Normally people would be pulling their hair out': How are Bitcoin backers handling the crash?

At the highest point in December of that year, one Bitcoin was worth $25,717. Its current value is one fifth of that.

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Criminalisation of wage theft likely to backfire, say experts

Workplace experts say Labor party proposals to criminalise wage theft in Victoria and NSW may be unconstitutional.

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Banning plastic? Be careful what you wish for!

There's a move to ban single-use plastic. There are cafes which only use steel "straws" and won't serve coffee in disposable cups. But do plastic bans add up?

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Winning your loyalty: Australia's retail data war is heating up

Loyalty schemes used to be relatively simple. Customers would present one of their many loyalty cards at a checkout to be rewarded with points or other inducements to shop again. 

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Aussie property market facing the moment of truth

House prices are set to dominate the political and economic agenda.

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A New Year's Eve Trip Around Russia — and Into 2019

The celebrations reach Moscow some nine hours after the Far East first rings in the New Year.

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Baby Boy Found Alive After 35 Hours Under Rubble After Russia Blast

Rescuers have found a 10-month-old child alive in the rubble of a Russian apartment block that partially collapsed in an explosion.

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Putin Arrives in Magnitogorsk After Deadly Gas Explosion

President Vladimir Putin arrived in Magnitogorsk on Monday after an apartment building blast left at least four people dead.

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$100K Stolen From Moscow Louis Vuitton Store, Media Report

The store’s security guard informed police early Monday that the sum was missing when he showed up at work.

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Russia Outlaws Animal Cruelty

Russia has banned petting zoos, animal cafes and the killing of stray dogs and cats.

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Russians, Putin Name Their Landmark Events of 2018

From the conflict with Ukraine to sports competitions, Russia saw no shortage of events that shaped the nation in 2018.

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Russia Detains American in Moscow Over Suspected Spying

The Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Monday it had detained an American citizen suspected of spying in Moscow.

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Aussie property market facing the moment of truth

House prices are set to dominate the political and economic agenda.

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Cathay Pacific customer who bought first class ticket at economy price during apparent glitch says booking cancelled

At least one Cathay Pacific Airways customer who bought a first class ticket at a huge discount had his booking cancelled by the airline, as others who took advantage of an apparent system glitch were set to learn on Wednesday if the company would honour their deals.

Hong Kong's flag carrier has remained silent for 24 hours since the incident came to light. Bargain hunters had flocked to secure return business and first class seats on flights from Vietnam to North America, sold for as low as prices in economy class.

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Bomb outside shopping centre kills two, wounds 28 in Philippines

A crude bomb, blamed by security forces on a small pro-Islamic State militant group, killed two people and wounded dozens on Monday in the southern Philippines, an army commander said.

Islamist militants operate in the south of the largely Christian Asian country and some are known to have links with groups abroad, including al Qaeda and Islamic State.

Major General Cirilito Sobejana, an army division commander, told Reuters the bomb bore a "Daesh-inspired signature", referring to Islamic State by another name.

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Woman's 15-year memory loss journey ends in family reunion

A Chinese woman who created a new life after losing her memory 15 years ago started the new year by tracking down her birth family and has plans to meet the daughter she left behind.

Wei Xiuli, who was born in Hubei, central China, was reunited with her family on New Year's Eve after losing touch with them in 2003, according to Chinese media reports.

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'Abused Korean girl' statue in Philippines removed after Japan protest

SAN PEDRO CITY, Philippines - The statue of a young woman seated with her fists clenched on her lap has been removed following a protest from the Japanese Embassy in Manila, which considered it a memorial to comfort women, the sex slaves forced to serve Japanese invading forces in World War II.

The statue drew controversy that prompted Malacañang to issue a statement in its defence, amid condemnation of the Japanese government by a group of former comfort women and their supporters for demanding that Filipinos forget Japan's war crimes.

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Thai man marries gravely ill girlfriend at her hospital ward

IN sickness and in health, love has no boundaries for a couple who tied the knot at the Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok.

According to China Press, a Thai man married his gravely ill girlfriend in a wedding ceremony at her hospital ward.

She has been sick for months, is as thin as a stick and has to use an oxygen tube.

To commemorate this meaningful occasion, the man wrote a post on social media which touched the hearts of netizens.

He thanked the people around them who made the wedding happen in such a short period.

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Pregnant woman in China and her autistic son found dead on Christmas Day

A pregnant woman in Southern China was found dead alongside her seven-year-old autistic son on Christmas Day in what police and emergency services said was the result of carbon monoxide poisoning, according to Chinese media.

The bodies of the child and the 32-year-old, who was three months pregnant, were discovered in a bedroom in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on Christmas morning by the woman's husband, the boy's father, Shanghai-based news outlet Thepaper.cn reported on Tuesday.

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Indonesian police officers shot at while moving headless corpse

Two police officers were shot at while attempting to move the body of a beheaded person at the village of Salubanga in Sausu, Parigi Moutong, Central Sulawesi on Monday (31 Dec).

Parigi Moutong Police chief Zulham Efendi Lubis suspected members of the East Indonesia Mujahidin (MIT) in Poso, Central Sulawesi, to be behind both the shooting of the officers and the murder.

The MIT is a terrorist group led by Ali Kalora.

The wounded officers are being treated at the Bhayangkara Hospital in Palu, Central Sulawesi.

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Kim ready to meet Trump 'anytime', but warns of 'new path'

SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Tuesday he is ready to meet US President Donald Trump again at anytime to achieve their common goal of denuclearising the Korean Peninsula, but warned he may have to take an alternative path if US sanctions and pressure against the country continued.

In a nationally televised New Year address, Mr Kim said denuclearisation was his "firm will" and North Korea had "declared at home and abroad that we would neither make and test nuclear weapons any longer nor use and proliferate them".

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Multiple killings, suicide at New Year party in Thailand

A 41-year-old Thai man shot dead six relatives including his two children aged 6 and 9 before turning the gun on himself during a countdown party at their home in Chumphon's Pato district on Monday night.

Police were alerted to the shootings at 00.20am and, along with forensic officers and rescue workers, rushed to the scene – a house in Tambon Pato, the front section of which serves as a salon.

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Vehicle plows into New Year's crowd in Tokyo, injures eight people

TOKYO - At least eight people were injured, one seriously, when a vehicle plowed into crowds celebrating New Year's Day in Tokyo early on Tuesday.

A police spokesman said the driver had been detained and national broadcaster NHK said the man had been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

He was identified as Kazuhiro Kusakabe, 21, from Osaka, a major city about 400 km (250 miles) southwest of Tokyo, NHK said.

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Cathay Pacific sells first and business class tickets at economy prices in apparent error

Cathay Pacific Airways sold first and business class tickets for as cheaply as it would cost to fly in economy, in what appears to have been an error by the airline.

The offer lit up the internet in the new year with frequent fliers and bargain hunters alike buying tickets quickly as word spread across social media and popular flight blogging websites and forums.

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The Script Secrets of Gillian Flynn, John Krasinski, Barry Jenkins and Christopher McQuarrie

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In their own words, the screenwriters behind “A Quiet Place,” “Widows, “Mission: Impossible — Fallout” and “If Beale Street Could Talk” explain their approaches.

‘Genesis 2.0’ Review: How to Clone a Mammoth

By BEN KENIGSBERG from NYT Movies https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/01/movies/genesis-20-review.html?partner=IFTTT
Is it possible to bring back the mammoth? The documentary “Genesis 2.0” investigates.

Who Will Be Nominated for Best Director?

By KYLE BUCHANAN from NYT Movies https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/01/movies/best-director-oscars.html?partner=IFTTT
Your Carpetbagger weighs the odds of 11 directors, including veterans like Spike Lee and would-be first-timers like Bo Burnham.

New on Sports Illustrated: Breaking Down the Possible Effects of the NHL's Stanley Cup Beer Mug Lawsuit

As the NHL and the makers of the Stanley Stein continue to battle in court in 2019, legal analyst Michael McCann breaks down how the impact of the lawsuit could go well beyond the Stanley Cup.  
January 02, 2019 at 12:59PM
Breaking Down the Possible Effects of the NHL's Stanley Cup Beer Mug Lawsuit

New on Sports Illustrated: Texas Sends a Strong Message for 2019 After Powering Past Georgia in Sugar Bowl

College football is fixated on answering the question, “Is Texas back?” While that’s difficult to answer, one thing is clear: Tom Herman has made significant progress in two years and has the program moving in the right direction.
January 02, 2019 at 12:48PM
Texas Sends a Strong Message for 2019 After Powering Past Georgia in Sugar Bowl

New on Sports Illustrated: Watch: Jimmy Butler, Avery Bradley Ejected for Late Scuffle in Sixers–Clippers

The Sixers and Clippers got really chippy late Wednesday night in Los Angeles. 
January 02, 2019 at 11:32AM
Watch: Jimmy Butler, Avery Bradley Ejected for Late Scuffle in Sixers–Clippers

New on Sports Illustrated: Report: Troy Tulowitzki, Yankees Agree to Deal

The Blue Jays will reportedly pay the remainder of Tulowitzki's $20 million salary owed this season.
January 02, 2019 at 10:09AM
Report: Troy Tulowitzki, Yankees Agree to Deal