An iPhone-toting amateur pap has managed to capture the first photograph of Apple CEO Steve Jobs since he went on medical leave in January for a liver transplant. The celebrity gossip website TMZ.com, fresh off a big win last month when it broke the news of Michael Jackson’s death, snagged the shot of Jobs as [...]
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HOUSE prices in Melbourne’s most expensive suburbs surged in the June quarter, recovering most of the value lost in last year’s slump and potentially adding to pressure for an interest rate rise. Australian Property Monitors says median house prices nationally grew 3.3 per cent in the three months to June 30. Melbourne was among the [...]
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Owners of the Hotel Windsor have lodged plans for a massive redevelopment of the historic Spring Street site, fuelling concerns from the National Trust about the future of the landmark Melbourne building. The redevelopment, worth $260 million, will include a 25-storey tower adjoining the heritage-listed 1883 hotel and a major restoration of the original building, [...]
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Victorian Premier John Brumby cannot guarantee the state won’t suffer another catastrophic fire season with high causalities and property destruction. The Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) has warned that fire conditions this summer will be even worse than on Black Saturday on February 7, when 173 lives were lost and more than 2,000 properties [...]
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Google is on the nose with the workers and residents of Pyrmont, and it’s got nothing to do with the quality of its products. A mystery pong has been lingering around the harbourside Sydney suburb for weeks. The epicentre of the offensive odour appears to be the sewer mining facility connected to Google’s new Sydney [...]
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