Housing 'false start' hits Hardie

CITING the continued stagnation in the US housing market, James Hardie has reported a 30 per cent fall in its third-quarter operating profit and trimmed further its full-year earnings guidance.

LETTERS

Doomed ship sails into final storm of controversy

Banished to the storeroom, Macquarie will rise again

THERE was a rumour that the statue of Lachlan Macquarie, untimely ripped last year from its spot under a tree outside Parliament House to make way for a security entrance, had been taken back by the Adler family who had donated it to the people.

Cup bid 'takeover' conveniently buried in Christmas crush

A slyly timed press release has announced the Government is muscling in on FFA's turf.

Weekend Results

TOP PRICE HOUSE

My space

INSIDE a narrow whitewashed carport attached to her Altona home, Marise Maas is surrounded by paintings. Working on up to 10 canvases at a time, she renders horses and domestic objects in bold, engaging works that emerge from a meditative state that is forged in solitude. The mother of two young boys, Maas uses her morning walk to define the line between her domestic and creative lives.

Open gallery

PETER GODWIN

Pig's Bristle is the colour, no porkies

IT IS house painting time again. My wife is anxious and I am still colour blind.

Portrait of the people's choice

Michael Lallo meets one of Australia's hottest young artists, Vincent Fantauzzo.

The Issue

WHAT'S IT LIKE TO LIVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE?