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Pet Insurance is now available in Australia and could save you a fortune in vet bills. Make sure you consider some critical features of the cover before you buy pet insurance.

1300 Insurance is a new company serving up a better deal to Australians on their car insurance. 1300 Insurance is managing to consistently outperform its competitors by offering competetive quotes and better service on car insurance products.

Recent Queensland flood coverage by the media provides all Australians with a good reminder to conduct, or update their home inventory. Offering help is a Home Inventory Service based on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia.

AAMI's strong focus on customer service was rewarded when the company received the 'Best Call Centre' award at the sixth annual Australian Banking and Finance Magazine Insurance Awards.

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Just a couple of months after launching in the Australian car insurance market, Bingle has proven that there is a growing number of people who are feeling the financial strain and looking for a lower cost car insurance alternative.

Bingle believe that car insurance can be too complicated and expensive. All those fancy add-ons offered by most other insurers might be nice to have, but you do pay for them.

Virtually everything can be done online nowadays - from hotel reservations to flight bookings, and even purchasing car insurance (which is a fairly new addition).

Bingle is a new, low cost car insurer.Even though relatively new,you can feel safe knowing Bingle is fully underwritten by AAMI. Bingle has people with years of proven experience in the Australian car insurance industry.

Affordable classics are back on the block at Shannons Sydney Winter Auction on Monday (July 21), with some potential bargains going under the hammer:

Motoring enthusiasts will rev their engines at the sight of Shannons' new "Super Rig", which hit the road today in a travelling road show set to span the country.

Historic racing enthusiasts wanting a driver's view of all the action will be 'going for gold' at this year's VACC Historic Sandown from November 7-9, which is being supported by Shannons.

The very first FPV GT Cobra sold to the public will go under the hammer at Shannons Sydney Winter Auction on Monday July 21, representing a unique opportunity for Ford enthusiasts and collectors.

Fuel prices might be soaring, but the value of classic bowsers is also rising and often out-pacing the petrol they used to pump.

Shannons is putting its weight behind Australia's newest and most exciting motor museums in eastern Victoria.

After soaring fuel prices and other kill-joy motoring news this year, Shannons are giving performance car enthusiasts something to really smile about at their Sydney Winter Classic Auction on Monday July 21.

Australian muscle cars of all models will gather in the Nursery Car Park at Flemington Racecourse on Sunday July 20 for the fourth annual Shannons Classic Australian Car Show.

With winter only days away, new research1 from leading insurer AAMI shows many homes are not equipped with basic fire fighting equipment - prompting warnings for better home fire preparation.

An evolving ‘green’ consciousness has seen many people change their behaviours to reduce their impact on the environment – including many Australian drivers.

The Victorian Shannons Goggomobil has received some much needed love to it's interior from well known Motor Trimmer Mick of "Mick'z Motor Trimming.

A 1963 Holden EH Special Station Wagon, restored by disadvantaged young people with the encouragement of the late Peter Brock, has turned in one of the more impressive auction results of recent times, and all for charity.

A pristine, one registered owner Holden VL Commodore Group A 'Walkinshaw' sedan with just 16,637 kilometres on its odometer sold for $87,000 at Shannons Sydney Autumn Auction last night - nearly double its original new price of 20 years ago.

A pair of red and rare Porsches that have never seen an Australian Porsche showroom will be going under the hammer at Shannons Winter Classic Auction on Monday June 2.

A stunningly original, unmolested 1969 HT 'Bathurst' Monaro GTS 350 coupe with just 71,000 miles on its odometer is one of the highlights of Shannons' up-coming Melbourne Winter Classic Auction on Monday June 2.

Every now and then I think that Kawasaki Heavy Industries, the parent of the (relatively tiny) motorcycle division, has forgotten about its smallest child.

With bikes like this Hyosung GT650 Comet prowling the streets for just under eight grand.

There is something just so utterly intoxicating about the way Honda's Super Blackbird blends such enormous raw power with such velvety-smooth refinement.

Just as much as it is a motorcycle in its own right, Triumph's Thruxton is a time machine.

There's no doubt about it, BMW is on a roll. Even since the thoroughly revised and subsequently top-selling R1200 GS.

One of the best Triumph Bonneville motorcycles ever offered for sale in Australia is going under the hammer at Shannons Sydney Autumn Classic auction on Monday (May 5).

Chrysler's sledgehammer 440-cid 'Big Block' V8 that made the Plymouths and Dodges of the late 1960s and early '70s the benchmark of performance sedans, also powered one of Britain's great Grand Touring cars of the same era.

One of Australia's rarest Porsches - a 1989 911 Wide Body Speedster - will be going under the hammer at Shannons Sydney Autumn Classic Auction on Monday, May 5.

Drivers are shunning ethanol blends and biofuels when filling their car, despite claims the fuels are less polluting and better for the environment than petrol, new AAMI research i shows.

Shannons has announced the launch of a completely redesigned website to further extend its popularity amongst motoring enthusiasts.

South Australian Steve Glenney has held his challengers at bay on day three of Targa Tasmania, and holds a comfortable 37-second buffer with two days remaining.

South Australia Steve Glenney has further increased his lead in the Modern Competition on day four of Targa Tasmania, and will start day five in Strahan on Sunday morning carrying the hopes of Mitsubishi's first victory in the tarmac classic.

South Australian Steve Glenney, driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX, has dominated the Modern competition at Targa Tasmania to finish one minute 31 seconds clear of eight time winner, Jim Richards, in a 2008 Porsche 911 GT2.

A 1977 Holden Torana A9X sedan that had languished silent and neglected behind a block of flats near inner Melbourne for 12 years sold for $192,000 at Shannons Melbourne Motor Show Auction on March 10th - an auction record price for the model.

Richards and high horsepower racing cars are far from strangers, but even the seven-time Bathurst and eight-time Targa Tasmania champion admitted that his unexpected guest drive at the recent 2008 Shannons Phillip Island Classic was something special

The most significant private collection of neon and other garage signs, petrol pumps to come onto the Australian market for many years will be auctioned in Brisbane by Shannons on April 20.

Name your Poison - Queenstown was always a bit of a tough place in its own right, like most mining towns.

Launched just 12 months ago, online motorcycle insurance specialist InsureMyRide has struck a chord with Aussie riders, ruffling plenty of feathers among the established order in the process.

When you're used to riding bigger motorcycles or scooters, hopping onto a 50 comes as something of a shock.

If Honda's Forza-X points the way to the future of scoots, then that future looks pretty darn rosy.

The 2008 Shannons Phillip Islands Classic from March 7-9 is already guaranteed to be the largest historic motor race meeting ever staged in the Southern Hemisphere and in terms of entries, one of the world's biggest.

Yamaha Motor Australia has released the latest incarnations of its four-stroke motocross bikes – the YZ250F and YZ450F.

The motorcycle market is on target for another record year after achieving sales of more than 60,000 for the first half of 2007.

With many Australian families hitting the road on Australia Day long weekend, leading insurer AAMI is urging drivers to break their drive, with research* showing 26% of Australian motorists have momentarily fallen asleep while behind the wheel.

An expensive Bingle is a thing of the past for many Australians, with the launch of a new, low-cost car insurer.

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