Japanese police have arrested the chief executive of the failed company MtGox, which was once the world's biggest exchange of the virtual currency bitcoin.
YEARS of community service paid off for departing Geelong councillor Stretch Kontelj on Friday when a wallet containing his identification, credit cards and a large amount of cash was found on the road and handed in to the Corio police station.
Police made a gruesome discovery at a Geelong residence this week – the apparently savaged body of a 49-year-old-man who was last seen alive four weeks ago.
Australia's legal bill for defending its cigarette plain packaging legislation is set to hit $50 million as it battles to contain a case brought by tobacco giant Philip Morris before a tribunal in Singapore.
