It's been a nightmare year for retail, with a parade of best-known brands decimated one after another.

Imagine having a tropical island all to yourself. The only house on an island in northern Queenstland is for sale.

What happens to the Australian economy when the construction sector dries up?

She thought he was going to confess to being unfaithful again but he replied "no, it's much worse than that... I've lost everything."

Australia looks set to follow in the footsteps of Venezuela and India by abolishing the country's highest-denomination banknote.

Former Billabong boss faked his ex-wife's signature on mortgage documents to use the family home in a A$13.5 million, a court has heard.

COMMENT: Organic baby formula, gambling resorts, nothing can escape the damage of Chinese regulation, Christopher Niesche writes.

Failing high school was the best thing that could have happened to this Australian millionaire.

The Australian economy is officially in the doldrums, with the latest data revealing its worst quarterly performance since the global financial crisis.

Shoppers are outraged after a popular stationary company has made products with uncensored swear words.

Smartpay Holdings, the listed payment terminal supplier, has warned it is experiencing a decline in both existing and anticipated growth in the Australian taxi market.

COMMENT: Building materials company Boral is spending A$3.5 billion to acquire Utah-based construction materials group Headwaters.

No one expected them to get this far but a team of Melbourne uni students have taken their new transport vision a step closer to reality.

COMMENT: Australia has enjoyed an uninterrupted and unprecedented run of economic growth - but now it's holding the country back.

After just over two years on store shelves, children's toy Shopkins has become a huge business.

A new Islamic State propaganda video features a Qantas passenger jet, Melbourne airport and St Paul's Cathedral.

A penthouse apartment in Sydney's Bennelong Point, with a 270 degree outlook of Sydney's iconic harbour, is Australia's most expensive apartment.

Here's how Australian pharmacist Danielle Di Pilla is making millions selling her goat soap around the world.

COMMENT: Investors take a glass-half-full approach and focus on hopes spending will get US economy moving again.

Could this home ownership scheme from the UK be the answer to our housing affordability woes?

Sticking cigarettes up bottoms and "cockfights". The bullying inside Australia's most humiliating workplace.

Domino's is set to add thick shakes and ice cream to its menu next year.

The luxurious five-bedroom Sydney property is expected to fetch more than $38.9 million.

COMMENT: One of the most valuable assets a business has these days is data.

In any crisis event which results in loss of life, making contact with victims and their families should be a top priority.

The milk powder train looks set to roll on, but analysts have warned of tough times ahead for Bellamy's and A2.

Christopher Niesche looks at the poor crisis management of the tragedy.

Sales at Countdown supermarkets rose 1.9 per cent in the first quarter of the 2017 financial year.

COMMENT: NZ and Australia launch combined effort to boost infrastructure.

"The Taylor Swift of sit-ups" has debuted on the BRW Young Rich List in Australia.