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From former post offices to pumping stations, there are buildings with commercial histories all around Australia. Could repurposing them into homes help with the housing supply?  Source link

A new lease has been announced for the abandoned Double Island resort, and Brad Pitt, Keanu Reaves and Jennifer Aniston have been invited back for the reopening party. Source link

The ASX closed down today, led by mining and tech stocks. Oil has also fallen as the US-Iran peace deal lifts the outlook for supply. Source link

Tasmania’s cool climate and access to renewable energy has made it an attractive place for AI data centre investment, but energy industry voices are warning that the business case for the Marinus Link project appears increasingly unviable if power-hungry players such as AI data centres continue to expand across the state. Source link

Jotika and Sunny Sharma took out a loan to purchase their Sydney franchise in 2015. When the lease expired this year, their relationship with the convenience store giant turned ugly. Source link

Bean counters have historically been viewed as dull, dull, dull. But since the turn of the century, accounting scandals have come thick and fast in Australia. Source link

HSBC has admitted to failing to protect customers from scams and agreed to a $35 million penalty in the Federal Court. Source link

The flights, set to begin take off from next year, will mark the first time flights from the east coast will complete the Kangaroo Route without a stop over. Source link

Millions of Australians have been often unwittingly moved to complex and variable power tariffs. An energy watchdog says bills must be simplified. Source link

The Northern Territory government’s newly released climate resilience plan has listed the acceleration of gas extraction at the Beetaloo Basin as a top priority. Environment groups have fiercely criticised the plan, saying it will “make climate change worse”. Source link