CBA mediation scheme to settle Storm investor claims

THE COMMONWEALTH BANK has taken the unprecedented step of trying to settle any individual dispute over its involvement with the collapsed financial planner, Storm Financial, through a formal mediation scheme in an effort to avoid years of costly legal action.

Demand, not shortage, fuels year's strongest result

MELBOURNE'S auction market delivered another stunning result this week, with the clearance rate soaring to a new high for the year and posting one of the best performances on record.

Dubious poll has dashed hopes for reform in Iran

Ahmadinejad's win makes Western diplomacy more difficult.

Swine flu test results are unreliable, WHO warns

SOME Australians may have been falsely diagnosed with human swine flu while others with the disease may have been sent home with a negative result because the laboratory test used to identify the potentially deadly virus is only about 90 per cent accurate.

Unreliable swine flu test leaves people in doubt

SOME Victorians may have been falsely diagnosed with swine flu while others with the disease may have been sent home with a negative result because laboratory testing used to identify it is only about 90 per cent accurate.