Last Top Stories: Flights from Townsville to Sydney skyrocket in price during NRL grand final week

Flights from Townsville to Sydney skyrocket in price during NRL grand final week

North Queensland Cowboys (and Brisbane Broncos) fans hoping to travel from Townsville to Sydney for the NRL grand final will either have to shell out big or take the 20-hour roadtrip to the NSW capital if they want to watch the game. Flights from ... >> view original

Townsville man charged with murder after woman stabbed to death

A man has been charged with murder after a woman was stabbed to death in a Townsville apartment block last night. Police said they were called to a unit block on Oonoonba Street in Idalia just before 11pm where they found a woman with serious stab ... >> view original

Townsville police say selfie could have led to alleged stabbing murder

Ms Henderson, 32, uploaded the pic of her and her new partner at the Townsville Cup to her Facebook page. It was seen by her former partner, soldier Dane Andrew Pilcher, 36, who police allege drove to her unit and stabbed her to death in a jealous rage. >> view original

Townsville City Council counting the cost of crashes

TOWNSVILLE City Council staff are having three car accidents a week, costing ratepayers about $50,000 a year. An audit obtained by the Bulletin reveals the council's 650-vehicle pool has about 170 crashes each year. Most are council workers' fault, ... >> view original

Pandia gave the Townsville Blackhawks a licking

THEY call him 'Liklik' in his PNG homeland and boy did he give the Townsville Blackhawks a licking on Sunday. Richard Pandia, take a bow. The Ipswich Jets' history-making Intrust Super Cup grand final win over the Blackhawks came on the back of 17 men ... >> view original

MP Butcher part owner in Townsville Cup winning horse

GLADSTONE owned horse Honey Toast had the biggest win of its racing career yesterday, taking out the $60,000 Townsville Cup. The horse owned by the Gladstone Racing Syndicate and managed by Gladstone Member of Parliament Glenn Butcher was ... >> view original

Vampire currency: Australian dollar is refusing to drop

The Australian dollar's capacity to hang onto a rate around US70¢ despite declining conditions has led one analyst to describe it as "a vampire that just refuses to die". After plunging through its analyst set end-of-year goal of US70¢ months ahead of ... >> view original

Soaring prices hurt homebuyer's mood

The latest Genworth homebuyer confidence index shows that the number of people who believe it is a good time to buy a home fell to 48 per cent in September, from 52 per cent six months ago. The rise in Sydney house prices is likely to have hurt ... >> view original

ASX closes sharply lower amid resources rout

Volatility is reigning over financial markets as “a classic sharemarket panic” pushed the Australian stockmarket below the key 5000-point for the second time this month, driven by a sharp sell-off in resources stocks amid a global equity rout. The ... >> view original

SMSFs on track to lose $40b over six months on equities slump - Credit Suisse

Self-managed super funds are on track for their biggest losses since 2011 due to an overexposure to Australian equities, Credit Suisse says. SMSFs lost $19 billion in the June quarter, according to the research, and are set to lose a further $21 ... >> view original