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Lonsec Month in Review

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We spend more on petrol than eating out - VICTORIAN drivers are pumping an average $1264 worth of petrol into their vehicles each year, far more than spent on entertainment.
Man sells house for $1 million using Twitter - A TECH-savvy Melbourne homeowner has sold his house for more than $100,000 above the reserve using Twitter to advertise it.
$1m home a sign of mining boom - IF IT sells, it will be the first million-dollar home in Queensland's central highlands town of Capella.
Tell 'em they're screamin' - THE auctioneers are talking the price up, but will one of the world's most famous modern art pieces make $75 million?
RBA minutes show no urgency to cut rates - THE Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) appears to be in no hurry to cut the cash rate again, although it is clearly reserving that option.
Millions of Aussies to get $1000, will you? - MOVES afoot to reunite millions of Australians with "forgotten money". Find out if you're one of the lucky ones.
Sorry, do I look like a car crash dummy? - CAR yard caught out after trying to claim dents in car were "design features" when the buyer returned the vehicle.
House stripped and burned but no payout - HOUSE wrecked after demolition company allegedly turned up to the wrong address - and that was just the start of the trouble.
Court bungle hits de facto settlements - THREE years worth of property settlements and other orders handed down to de facto couples by the Family Court could be in doubt.
Banks 'tricks customers into vicious debt cycle' - BANKS are ramming credit cards down the customers' throats to increase their home loans, an insider claims.