A revealing graph shows how Sydney went into Covid-19 lockdown much earlier in its current outbreak than Melbourne did during its horror second wave last year.. The eastern suburbs of Australia's ...

The winter lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne threaten to push the whole economy into reverse. Prior to the restrictions Australia was bouncing back strongly from last year’s deep recession.

Melbourne was bested only by Tokyo’s 6 per cent, while Sydney was also a runner-up to Zurich’s 5.5 per cent and Monaco’s 4.5 per cent. These dwarfed the average luxury rental growth of 2.2 ...

Bellwether Sydney rose 0.3%, while Melbourne edged down 0.1% for a price gain in Australia’s major cities of 0.6%, property consultancy CoreLogic Inc. said in a report Friday.