Fix your power bill — it’s happening
IN A first, an energy provider is to offer customers the chance to pay a fixed amount on their electricity and gas usage regardless of their consumption.
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Aussie know-how in world’s airports
AN Australian company is now considered the go-to firm for international airports. The reason says its boss Greg Fordham is ‘awfully obvious’.
What you don’t know about your bacon
BEFORE that juicy, delicious bacon lands on your plate, it needs to be prepared. Our reporter felt she could stomach the truth … before the retching started.
Blackfish killer whale may soon die
THE killer whale responsible for the death of a SeaWorld trainer is very sick from a bacterial infection that may eventually kill him.
You should invest in these companies
IF YOU used this rule when buying shares a year ago, you’d be laughing. The simple trick is to look for one thing in a company’s management structure.
New twist in cattle empire sale
AN AUSSIE company has emerged as part of a joint bid for the $370 million Kidman cattle empire, Australia’s largest beef producer.
Handed a $95k job with no experience
A FORMER labourer felt ‘like a boy who had been given the keys to Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory’ after landing a senior officer’s role.
‘I want to buy shares in this kid’
ENTREPRENEURIAL boy’s ingenious note goes viral after comedian Dave Hughes endorses quirky business venture.
Crowdfund bid to save iconic property
LEGENDARY Australian property might stay in the hands of Australian investors with a last-minute bid from an unusual source.
Futuristic Holden car wows Europe
HOLDEN could soon have a budget-priced sports car, dubbed the “mini Monaro”, in its showrooms for the first time and it has a strong Australian link.
Escort murdered on ‘sex tour’
JESSICA McGraa was a doting mother with a secret job as a fly-in, fly-out sex worker. On Friday, she was found dead in a rented flat.
Why Kim is locking her cash away
WHAT do you do when you’re married to a “struggling artist” who is $72 million in debt?
So who wrote Virgin’s Kanye-hate tweet?
VIRGIN Australia has identified the culprit behind an inflammatory tweet posted on their official account telling rapper Kanye West to “EAD you douche”.
High rollers’ $80 million ‘lucky run’
WHOEVER said the house always wins hasn’t been to this high roller’s room, where punters have had an incredible $80 million ‘lucky run’.
The deal that brought down Salim
ONE “bloody controversial” development could eventually cost one-time deputy mayor Salim Mehajer millions of dollars.
‘Stark raving mad’: Jones’ angry rant
SHOCK jock Alan Jones has laid into the NSW Premier, asking why you can shoot up heroin in Kings Cross but can’t buy a bottle of chardonnay.
Viciously bashed, but against lockout
ANDREW Maher and Joe Frost became poster-boys for Sydney’s lockout laws when they were bashed. Even they think the crackdown has gone too far.
Tens of thousands of dollars in debt
LURED in with promises of free laptops and iPads, students have been left out of pocket and without a qualification after the collapse of another training college.
‘City’s become a laughing stock’
AUSSIE DJ Alison Wonderland has become the latest person to unload on Mike Baird in a stunning Twitter rant.
One thing Melbourne can teach Sydney
THE controversial lockout laws that saw Sydney branded a nanny state have been tried before, in Melbourne and it didn’t go well.
Lee-endorsed company ‘a Ponzi scheme’
A COMPANY that cricket legend Brett Lee once used his star power to endorse has been accused of ripping off $10 billion from Indian investors.
Real life Chicken Run goes viral
THIS farmer broke the internet after filming hens roaming wild and free, attracting more than a million hits on YouTube.
Watch for this renovation scam
EVERY renovator has a tale of a builder who failed to live up to their promises. But one Aussie homeowner has known the ultimate tradie nightmare.
‘Sydney has become a joke’
ONCE the world’s best city, Sydney has now been ruined, says Matt Barrie. The destruction is almost complete.
Callous emails from ‘most hated man’
HE EARNT the dubious title of “most hated man” when he jacked up medicine prices by 5000 per cent. Now emails show just how much he was driven by greed.
The hotels hitting back on TripAdvisor
AUSTRALIAN hotels and restaurants are turning on customers who leave them negative online reviews and dishing out their own insults in return.
Cheap fuel prices here to stay
AUSSIE motorists have revelled in cheap prices at the petrol pump, and experts predict they’re here to stay for the next few months.
Irate customers attack Australia Post
AUSTRALIAN taxpayers are now paying more and more for postage — so why can’t Australia Post even deliver a package?
‘Whole new level of incompetent’
MANY Australians are familiar with poor postal delivery service, but one angry couple has spoken out after a particularly shocking experience.
The workers making $225k a year
WAITING on people on hand and foot might not seem like the best job in the world, but butlers actually make much more money than you’d think.
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