Eye-watering fine over dodgy bid plot
An Aussie tech company has been fined $1.5m for attempted cartel bid rigging, related to upgrades at an iconic building in Canberra.
Manufacturing
Cost of Aussie breakfast staple to soar
Bad weather and disease is making an iconic Aussie breakfast staple harder to find on supermarket shelves – and farmers reckon prices are going to get even worse.
11yo hospitalised after using manicure set
An 11 year-old girl has allegedly suffered severe third-degree burns after using nail glue bought from a popular Chinese online retailer.
Aussie ports targeted in Gaza protests
Ports across the country have been the target of peaceful protesters as calls for boycotts against Israel mount.
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KFC races to stave off chicken shortage
Aussies have been reassured KFC is putting “contingency plans” in place as disruption hits a major chicken supplier.
KFC, Macca‘s could face chicken shortage
Woolworths, Coles, Aldi, KFC, McDonald’s and Subway could all face a chicken shortage as 1,000 workers at the nation’s largest poultry producer prepare to strike.
Blackout risk as strike hits power plant
Union workers are threatening a coal-fired power plant that supplies 10 per cent of one state’s energy.
Inside Aussie billionaire’s US empire expansion
Recycling king Anthony Pratt has opened the doors of his new $A1.09bn Kentucky paper mill that’s five times the size of the MCG surface.
Push against ‘Elon Musk’ rocket launch site
Tension is building over plans for a new “Elon Musk-style” rocket launch site in Australia, with the Greens moving to block the $20m complex.
‘Creepy’: car brands in US sex data shock
One car manufacturer’s US data collection policy has been dubbed “mind boggling, creepy, scary, sad, and messed up”.
‘Shocking’ wind farm move blasted
Workers are fuming following one Labor government’s decision to oppose an offshore wind energy zone, saying thousands of jobs could be lost.
Why AI could cost businesses billions
Experts warn AI will “rapidly and significantly” disrupt more than $600 billion of economic activity.
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