Auctioneer Damien Cooley achieved a 75 per cent clearance rate in Sydney.

Property market fires back up

Clearance rates surged in Sydney and Melbourne over the weekend suggesting talk of a downturn in the housing market may be premature.

The CIA considers spying in China one of its top priorities, but the country's extensive security apparatus makes it ...

China stifled US spying by killing

From the final weeks of 2010 until the end of 2012, according to former US officials, the Chinese killed at least a dozen of the CIA's sources.

Landlords face loss of $950 a year

The Tax Office is showing no sympathy for property landlords complaining about the budget crackdown on depreciation claims on renovated rent...

Iron ore price falls 'overdone'

Iron ore spot prices may extend a recent rebound, perhaps into the second half, if China's steel market steadies, according to analysts at C...