Analyst news

• Former dairy town 'booming' as pandemic pushes renters from cities and coast

  30-01-2021 23:03 via abc.net.au
  
  As the COVID-19 pandemic switches the "bright lights syndrome" into reverse, drawing people away from the cities and into regional areas, one small Queensland town is welcoming its new residents.
  
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• Even Karl Marx used his stimulus payment to bet against professional traders

  30-01-2021 20:17 via abc.net.au
  
  When Karl Marx received a large bequeath from a friend who had died, he used some of the money to gamble on the stock exchange.
  
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• The 'last' Holden car manufactured in Australia sells for $750,000 — but was it the last one?

  30-01-2021 08:19 via abc.net.au
  
  An auction bidder pays $750,000 for "the last car ever produced at Holden Australia" — even though General Motors says "absolutely the last Holden" is sitting in the National Motor Museum, not for sale.
  
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• Which are Tasmania's most notorious roads?

  30-01-2021 07:36 via abc.net.au
  
  An RACT survey gives the Tasman Highway on Tasmania's east coast the title of the state's worst road. It is prompting the motoring body to call for urgent action to improve the state's highways.
  
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• Consumers wait up to 12 months for a new bike

  30-01-2021 04:42 via abc.net.au
  
  A bicycle retailer in New South Wales says manufacturers are struggling to cope with the surge in demand for bikes during the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Venue owners frustrated at turning customers away during peak tourist season

  30-01-2021 01:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The influx of WA tourists to regional areas has never been higher, but hospitality venues are screaming for help as severe staff shortages mean many are unable to open every day.
  
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• Remote school blindsided by $300k power bill from miner Rio Tinto

  30-01-2021 00:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Nhulunbuy Primary School, on the Gove Peninsula in Arnhem Land, is now in the process of paying back the hefty bill, which Rio Tinto said was the fault of an "electricity invoicing discrepancy".
  
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