Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's billion-dollar Melbourne Cup failure and other top stories.

• Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's billion-dollar Melbourne Cup failure

  Cup winner Lloyd Williams insisted this week that money can't buy you success on the track.These words proved to be true for his big rival on the day, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.  More Sport Videos Previous slide Next slide Almandin wins the Melbourne Cup Stars of sport come to play at Flemington Campbell sisters face the Birdcage Melbourne Cup tips from the betting ring Matt Cumani: Grey Lion 'is ready' Timel..

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• House prices again high on RBA's agenda

  

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• Australian business woefully unprepared for climate change

  

  On Friday, the Paris climate change agreement comes into legal force. It signals profound changes to energy and resources markets that, frankly, a lot of companies look woefully unprepared for.The goal of the Paris agreement is to contain global warming to well below two degrees above pre-industrial levels. More Business Videos Previous slide Next slide How does the insurance industry prepare for climate change? Salmon farming hits a snag Baby powder..

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• Analysts back ANZ's Asia exit

  

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• Miners and farmers join forces to oppose water bill they say will ruin livelihoods

  

  New Acland mine: Miners and farmers join forces to oppose water bill they say will ruin livelihoods Posted November 01, 2016 19:40:46 Hundreds of Darling Downs coal miners, contractors and farmers have protested in Brisbane against a water bill they say will threaten their livelihoods.There was a sea of orange shirts and balloons emblazoned with the message "Save Our Jobs" as they picketed outside Queensland Parliament.Workers and managers from New Hope's New Acland m..

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• You can't always get what you quant

  

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• Salmon farmer Tassal backs industry

  

  Salmon farmer Tassal backs industry

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• Minister presses China on detained Aussies

  

  JUSTICE Minister Michael Keenan has raised concerns with Chinese counterparts over four Australians held in detention in Shanghai on suspicion of gambling crimes, but was unable to give any detail on what charges they could face.Mr Keenan is the first government minister to visit China since 18 Crown Resorts employees, including the four Australians, were arrested in raids a fortnight night ago.While meeting China’s Minister for Public Security and his deputy in Beijing, Mr Keenan said he presse..

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• From lipstick to Dreamworld: The unlikely rise of Ardent Leisure CEO Deborah Thomas

  

  GOLD COAST, Ardent Leisure CEO Deborah Thomas attends a candlelight vigil outside Dreamworld on October 28, 2016 in Gold Coast, Australia. Glenn Hunt When it came to carpets, Deborah Thomas specialised in red.Before she was appointed managing director of Ardent Leisure Group a year and a half ago, the former catwalk model was a professionally frustrated publicist who couldn't break through to the male-dominated upper echelons of Australia's bi..

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• Aldi boss sees plenty of growth in pipeline

  

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