Sydney median house prices below $1m, Hobart house prices rise and other top stories.

• Sydney median house prices below $1m, Hobart house prices rise

  Median Sydney house prices are back below $1 million. Louie Douvis Sydney median house prices have dropped below $1 million for the first time in a year, offering some relief to first home and new buyers, Domain Group's latest  March quarter house price report showed. This agrees with earlier results from Corelogic RP Data which recorded Sydney's median price at $805,000.According to Domain, house prices fell in every capital city this quarter,..

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• Global air quality tracker shows parts of Tasmania worse than big ...

  

  Global air quality tracker shows parts of Tasmania worse than big cities Posted April 21, 2016 09:35:17 A global index shows air quality in Tasmania's Derwent Valley reached levels deemed unhealthy in the past two days, as authorities carry out autumn fuel reduction burns.The World Air Quality Index publishes data measuring pollution in units called PM10 and PM2.5, which track particles in the atmosphere.At one point in the past 48 hours, the figures showed air qualit..

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• Tasmanian judge to hear evidence in England for multi-million ...

  

  Tasmanian judge to hear evidence in England for multi-million-dollar quad bike damages trial Posted April 21, 2016 06:44:14 A Tasmanian judge will travel to England to hear evidence in a multi-million-dollar damages case over a quad bike accident on King Island.British woman Holly Raper was left a quadriplegic after a quad bike she was riding rolled on her on an island farm in 2011.She suffered a catastrophic brain injury.Tasmanian Supreme Court Judge Stephen Estcourt..

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