In a matter of hours Gina Rinehart could simply start talking with her estranged children and come to a settlement, financial or not. But history tells us that when Gina is taken on in court she doesn't settle, regardless of how ugly things get.

Get ready Sydney. Billionaire Bill Gates and family have decided to spend their Christmas holidays in the harbour city. The world's second richest man, along with his wife and three kids, will spend a month in Sydney renting out a $25,000-a-week mansion in Vaucluse.

The 70 most powerful people in the world have been revealed – and not a single Australian has made the grade. That is, unless you count Rupert Murdoch.

Steve Jobs, the talismanic co-founder of Apple, has died today at the age of 56. He was at the forefront of a technology revolution which permanently altered the way people around the world communicate and consume media.

Speculation is rife in Sydney property circles that Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates has secured a harbourside parcel of land for a Sydney-based Summer sojourn.