COMPLAINTS about steep rises in rent and difficulties in finding affordable accommodation - particularly in the inner suburbs - have risen considerably over the past six months, tenants' groups say.

See the sights of Asia and pick up a bargain as well. Caroline Gladstone goes shopping.

A warm welcome awaits weary travellers in Australia's only monastic town, says Caroline Gladstone.

NSW Premier Bob Carr will officially open APC Socotherm Pty Ltd's pipecoating plant at Kembla Grange on November 13. The company's total outlay by start-up time will be close to $9 million for land, buildings, office accommodation, state-of-the-art machinery and establishment funds. Among th

Community Services Department (DOCS) staff in Wollongong have imposed work bans because they say their office is too cramped. Workers at the Gladstone Ave Megacentre - established with the merger of six units in 1998 - have voted to blackban ministerial and Community Services Commission correspo