| Good afternoon, Telstra’s regional monopoly is set to be smashed – telco industry experts say – after the competition watchdog endorsed Optus and TPG’s blockbuster $1.6bn network sharing deal, declaring it will enhance competition across regional Australia. Long a mainstay of any respectable cheese platter to go with a glass of wine, KingIsland Dairy in Bass Strait has succumbed to intense supermarket competition and will be killed off by its Canadian owners, writes Eli Greenblat. A fight for control of a large Melbourne-based private investment fund has erupted in court, amid fears more than a hundred million dollars in investor money has been blown including on personal expenses and celebrity boxer appearances. | 
