Australian shares slide despite surprise Qantas lift

By Sally Rose
Updated August 29 2014 - 12:18am, first published August 28 2014 - 5:06pm

Australian shares fell as the penultimate day of August company season delivered some soft results, the iron ore price extended its recent fall and official statistics showed the economy's transition from mining to non-mining led business investment is still struggling.

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