Gallery piece up for auction

ART gallery owner Alison Kelly can expect some $1.8 million from the sale of 10 Woodside Crescent in Toorak.The single-level house with three bedrooms and a study will be auctioned at 11.30am next Saturday by Marshall White Armadale's Peter Bennison.

Resurrected shopping centre up for sale

NICE bit of Sydney waterfront, close to the city, recently renovated and with offstreet parking for 1395 cars.

China joins the electric charge

A CHINESE electric car looks set to go on sale in Australia by next year, appearing likely to join Mitsubishi and Nissan in the race for emissions-free motoring.

Toorak tribute to Tuscany

THE MAN who in 1997 rescued the AFL club now known as the Western Bulldogs from a merger is selling his Tuscan-inspired Toorak mansion, Toscana.

The roar of power

Paralympian David Hall is used to turning heads on the tennis court and continues to do so in his Mustang.

Money goes up and money comes down

Corruption and nepotism might well be China's greatest PR problem, writes John Garnaut.

Wheels of China's corruption grind exceedingly fine

A fortnight ago President Hu Jintao called his Politburo together to discuss maintaining the Communist Party's "superior morality" and "establishing a clean government by eliminating corruption", according to Xinhua.

Office and warehouse ready to roll

THE modern two-storey office/warehouse/showroom at 106 Main Street, Clayton, is well presented and ready to occupy.

A taste for the classics

The owners of one of Sydney's quirkiest restaurants share a love of cars.

Fighting the sadness with soap, water and determination

GUY Williams sits in overalls at his kitchen table with coffee poured from his mother's thermos, as she rubs sugar soap on a blackened wall.

Carr plugs petrol, not electric, future

Zero-emission cars have been given the cold shoulder in favour of fuel-efficient engines, writes Richard Blackburn and Barry Park.

Camry fine-tunes its fuel efficiency

THE battle to be Australia's most fuel-efficient locally built car has stepped up a gear, with Toyota tweaking its four-cylinder Camry in response to similar moves by Ford and Holden.

Now for a Koenigsaab

SWEDISH supercar company Koenigsegg has emerged as a surprise buyer for troubled luxury brand Saab.

Carbon credits

Toyota claims its new Prius hybrid has a smaller carbon footprint over the long run than a regular car. By JAEDENE HUDSON.

For Richer, For Poorer . . . Money Can't Buy Love

MELANIE WOJTAS always dreamed of a big wedding. But, with the cost approaching $24,000 for a ceremony at the Chinese Gardens and reception at L'Aqua in Darling Harbour, she decided to pull the plug.