Last Top Stories: Contract killer sentenced to 24 years' jail for arson murder of Wollongong ...

Contract killer sentenced to 24 years' jail for arson murder of Wollongong ...

A contract killer who set fire to a house to murder a Wollongong solicitor in 2011 will spend at least 24 years behind bars. Bernard Justin Spicer was the last of four people to be sentenced for the murder of Katie Foreman. The court was told Spicer ... >> view original

Wollongong woman's volunteer service recognised

Woonona's Cassie Hassall is chuffed to receive official recognition for 20 years of volunteer service for Vision Australia. The 53-year-old has used her vision impairment to motivate others and raise awareness for the charity, and will have her ... >> view original

Wollongong rooftop bar humming along

While the venue's ground-level cafe has traded since January, the opening of the bar levels was held up by state liquor authorities, which cited high levels of alcohol-related violence in the area and a possible oversaturation of bars in Wollongong. Mr ... >> view original

Australian share market closes stronger

SYDNEY, May 15 (Xinhua)-- Australian shares closed stronger after record gains in the S&P 500 overnight, buoyed by strong showings in the retail, banking and mining sectors. The Commonwealth Bank had the largest gains of Australia's major banks, up 1.7 ... >> view original

Federal budget 2015: Cut income tax, says Treasury Secretary John Fraser

Federal budget: winners and losers · Ross Gittins: Small measures and a media circus · Federal budget 2015: Full coverage · Your five-minute guide to the budget. The head of the treasury believes that the easy days of high economic growth are over and that ... >> view original

Qld government to rely on LNG

Despite a downturn in commodity prices, the Queensland government will still heavily rely on the emerging $70 billion liquefied natural gas industry to boost state coffers. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on Friday toured Queensland Curtis LNG's (QCLNG) ... >> view original

Crown Castle to Sell CCAL; Debt Payoff amp; US Market in Focus

Crown Castle International Corp (CCI - Analyst Report), the largest provider of shared wireless infrastructure in the U.S., recently announced the signing of a definitive agreement to sell its stake in Australian subsidiary – CCAL. Crown Castle owns 77.6% of ... >> view original

Atlas Iron digs in to get $180m life support

Atlas Iron appears to have defied the odds and secured its future — albeit one that could leave the existing holdings of its investors massively diluted — on one of the brighter days in recent times for Australia's smaller iron ore miners. Atlas yesterday said it ... >> view original

Rainbow Nation to test South32 investors risk appetite

Analysts predict that South32 CEO Graham Kerr will get a wink and nod of goodwill, and a clean slate when launching on the South African Stock Exchange. Dean Hutton. by Amanda Saunders. Late last year, when South African power giant Eskom started ... >> view original

Bringing home the bacon, saving the base

The government's something special may not save Australia · Locking up the media is about locking in the coverage · Comment: Bipartisan convergence - but not on what matters. In all of the hundreds of thousands of words spoken this week in Canberra ... >> view original