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John Dagge covers insolvency, jobs and business for the Herald Sun

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Victoria Business

Ahmed Fahour predicts shoppers will hit major centres such as Chadstone and spend big this Christmas. Picture: Andrew Tauber

Why Victoria is set for a Christmas retail boom

Victorians will hit the shops in record numbers this festive season, Latitude Group chief executive Ahmed Fahour predicts. This is why.

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‘No one left behind’: Surge in vaccine uptake

Covid infections are falling rapidly in former hotspots thanks to a huge surge in vaccination uptake, with the fully jabbed rate doubling in just a month.

Victoria

Vic wine exports are down 33% since China whacked tariffs on Aussie wine. Yering Station used to send about 10% of its product to China. Can meet at the restaurant. Yering Station winery owner Darren Rathbone. Picture: Tim Carrafa

Bad drop: How China’s wine war is hurting Vic makers

Victorian wine exports have plunged since China whacked the nation with trade war tariffs, delivering wineries across the state a punishing blow. And there’s little sign of light.

Victoria

Team USA Tokyo 2021 Olympic uniform. Picture: Ralph Lauren

Ralph Lauren pockets $6.4m in JobKeeper

The local arm of the global designer giant — backed by one of the richest men on the planet — has snared $6.4m in JobKeeper while lifting revenue.

Victoria

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos SEPTEMBER 8, 2021: Retail outlets in Sydney CBD. Bitcoin and Afterpay senior executives are expected to front a federal finance inquiry. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Nikki Short

Why Afterpay shoppers may be slugged with fees

Love Afterpay? You may be charged to use it and other buy-now, pay-later schemes after a Reserve Bank review into the booming sector.

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Vow Food founders George Peppou and Tim Noakesmith. Vow Food makes cell-based plant meat (lab meat). Contact is Tim Noakesmith on 0401 553 944 and tim@vowfood.com. Picture: supplied

Making millions: Aussies under-30 on green investment wave

More young business savvy Aussies are stepping up to meet the challenges of climate change – and attracting the attention of leading investment firms.

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Top green stocks that can help grow your wealth

Hundreds of billions of dollars are being poured into zero-carbon, and Aussies who invest into this mega-trend will do well. See the list of the best stocks around.

Business

Vic v SA in Jam Factory legal fight

A trademark tussle has heated up between Melbourne and Adelaide over who owns the Jam Factory name, and an ex-Hawks star has weighed into the debate.

Victoria

Melbourne Star could be saved from scrap heap

Hopes are building the Melbourne Star observation wheel which shut last month will win a reprieve from the scrap heap.

Environment

CFMEU mining and energy Victoria branch secretary Geoff Dyke in Morwell. Picture: Alex Coppel.

Vic workers ‘want real jobs, not token retraining’

The CFMMEU is backing an energy transition and isn’t against a net zero by 2050 target, but they have concerns about how it would happen and create jobs.

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