1. Oil prices crashed to as low as they were during the GFC, anticipating the ASX to dive again.

2. Australia will extend its role in searching for who was responsible for the Malaysia Airlines MH17 disaster, as the trial commences in The Netherlands.

3. Australian supermarkets have placed restrictions on products, like toilet paper, as stocks were very low last week due to panic buying.

4. Australian Associated Press subscribers are in negotiations with the company to pool resources together and form partnerships, to stop AAP from shutting down, which the company announced last week.

5. 74.8% of properties around the country sold at auction last week according to preliminary auction clearance rates from CoreLogic, including 82.6% in Sydney and 68.6% in Melbourne.