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Job ads outstrip pre-pandemic levels. Here’s who is getting hired and which industries are bouncing back

Advertised job vacancies are now exceeding pre-pandemic levels after businesses embarked on a major festive recruitment drive.

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“It’s the uncertainty that’s the killer”: Victorian businesses are having their government grant applications rejected without explanation

As they fight to stay afloat, Victorian business owners are having their government grant applications rejected without explanation.

Dick Smith

The $500,000 cheque Dick Smith says he doesn’t deserve

Dick Smith called the tax office to complain after it sent him $500,000 for franking credit refunds, calling it "outrageous".

supermarkets

Calls for supermarkets to tackle plastic problem as Aldi ramps up the pressure on Coles and Woolies

The pressure is mounting on supermarkets to tackle their plastic problem as academics warn the environmental consequences are stark.

Macquarie Shemara Wikramanayake

How Macquarie Bank’s new chief Shemara Wikramanayake breaks the mould

Incoming Macquarie Bank chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake will be only the second woman to run a major Australian financial institution.

Coles baby formula

Coles challenged on Facebook after in-store baby formula row

An angry Brisbane mum has challenged a major supermarket chain to ensure its stock of Australian-made baby formula was available to all shop…

ATO

Greens Senator outs ATO mismangement over massive fraud and silencing of whistleblower

By John Power

Bombshell allegations that ATO mismanagement covered up massive fraud against the taxpayer have exploded into public view f…

David Jones expands private label suite, but what will happen to smaller suppliers?

David Jones apologises for poor response to complaint about black model

By Susannah Guthrie.

David Jones has apologised after it was criticised for its “not ideal” response to a customer who complained…

Coles

Former Coles employee awarded $1 million after falling off stool at work

By Elizabeth Byrne.

Coles Supermarkets has been ordered to pay more than $1 million to a former worker injured after she fell off a safet…

Federal opposition vows to fight Fair Work with move to stop cuts to penalty rates

By James Reid

Labor has vowed to fight the Fair Work Commission’s ruling to cut Sunday penalty rates, with legislation to be put to P…

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