Report backs tunnel for Perth Freight Link and other top stories.

• Report backs tunnel for Perth Freight Link

  

  A tunnel as part of the controversial Perth Freight Link will reduce road deaths, increase house values and create more jobs, a study has found, but the opposition has rejected the findings.The report, prepared by Matusik Property Insights, found the tunnel was likely to have a greater positive effect on residential values than improving surface traffic routes.Transport Minister Dean Nalder admitted he was surprised about the potential uplift in residential values over the long term, which coul..

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• The time for climate action is now

  

  Imagine water crashing into your bedroom in the dead of night, dragging you from your bed and into its cold, murky depths. Imagine watching the roof above you being ripped away by a howling, raging wind. Imagine dodging flying debris and hearing your children’s screams mingled with yours above the roar of the storm. Imagine watching helplessly as your family is hauled away by a swirling, rushing deluge. Imagine the aftermath, knowing that your house and everything that you own is gone. Imagine s..

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• 'People should be terrified fracking is spreading' – Australian MP who set river on fire to RT

  

  Fracking should be banned as a “global threat” as it causes methane leaks contaminating water in the communities near gas wells, says an Australian MP who literally set a river ablaze to draw attention to the adverse effects of the practice. The companies that extract coal seam gas via fracking are duping people into believing that their technology is safe, while in reality it has contributed greatly to the pollution of sites like Condamine river located in the Australian state of Queensland..

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• Safety authority warns drone users ahead of Anzac Day

  

  Australia's aviation safety authority has warned drone operators to steer clear of Anzac Day celebrations or risk facing up to $9000 in fines.While the use of drones for aerial photography has taken off thanks to the availability of drones in retail stores, Monday has been marked as a no-fly day for recreational drone operators. Australia's aviation safety authority has warned drone operators to steer clear of Anzac Day celebrations or risk fines. Photo: Supplied Regulations prevent dron..

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• `Full-Scale Cash Crisis' in Oil Sector

  

  Video will begin in 5 seconds. Three key questions for this week’s FOMC meeting With the Federal Reserve to meet on Thursday (04:00 AEST), traders and investors want clarity on future policy moves. (This video was produced in commercial partnership between Fairfax Media and IG Markets) PT1M59S 620 349 The head of the world's largest provider of services to oilfields has warned of a "full-scale crisis" as the industry is lashed by an unprecedented slump in trading conditions...

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• Gladys Berejiklian declines to rule out stamp duty, land tax surcharge for foreign buyers

  

  NSW Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian has declined to rule out introducing stamp duty or land tax surcharges for foreign buyers of residential property after her Victorian counterpart declared the measures had not devastated investment in that state.On Friday, Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas announced surcharges introduced last year on stamp duty and land tax payable by foreign buyers of residential property would be increased.Mr Pallas said his budget this week would increase the stamp duty surcharg..

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Legal action has 'zero' chance of success: Palmer .	Sydney median house prices below $1m, Hobart house prices rise .
Former Western Bulldogs AFL star Paul Dimattina fined for drunken ... .	Sydney's corals now bleaching in 'pretty shocking' sign of warming waters .