‘Fiercely competitive’: Woolies boss’ claim
The boss of one half of Australia’s supermarket duopoly has made a curious comment on competition in the sector under questioning from the consumer watchdog.
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Aussies left with nothing in $3.2m collapse
A company which collapsed with millions in debt is now under investigation by a consumer affairs body.
Simple hack to prepare for Christmas lunch
Cost-of-living threatens to blow out the cost of Christmas lunch for lots of Aussies, but one retailer reckons there’s an easy way to space out spending for the big day.
1.9 million Aussies can’t pay their bills
Almost two million Australians have fallen behind on their everyday payments and are now being chased by debt collectors.
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Aussie coffee war erupts over jar detail
A major legal fight has erupted between Aussie coffee brand Vittoria and the second largest coffee company in the world, all over a single detail in the company’s instant coffee glass jar packaging.
ASX 200 rises on record day for CBA; Block down
Super fund HESTA demands early exit for MinRes CEO Chris Ellison as partner Albemarle ramps up pressure. Scandal-hit ANZ’s cash profit drops. Cuscal kicks off $336.8m IPO roadshow. Block down on revenue miss.
Mass outage of SmartGates disrupts travellers
An outage of airport SmartGates across the country has been resolved but not before causing widespread disruption.
’Nowhere else’: Grim reality for Aussie farmers
Aussie farmers are up in arms about supermarket behemoths Coles and Woolies, but an ACCC hearing has heard they have nowhere else to go.
Why this bank’s most at risk from Trump’s rise
New NAB chief executive Andrew Irvine has seen the past benefits of a Trump bump, but this time the settings are much different.
Optus fined $12m after triple-0 failure
The regulator said Optus had failed one of its “most fundamental services” after it left more than 2100 customers stranded during a network outage.
ASX 200 jumps late in seesaw session; Sigma top gainer
ACCC gives nod for Sigma’s multibillion dollar union with Chemist Warehouse. Regis launches legal action against Plibersek mine decision. Kerry Stokes starts swinging at AGM. Business leaders warn of Trump trade implications.
Qantas says Virgin-Qatar deal risks Aussie jobs
The airline says the proposed Virgin-Qatar tie-up would see industry pay and conditions undermined with imported Qatari labour.
Go ahead for $8.8bn Chemist Warehouse deal
Australia’s competition watchdog has made a huge decision on a proposed change to Chemist Warehouse that will affect millions of Aussie pharmacy customers.
The charts that told the Trump win in real time
The US dollar surged, stocks hit a record but Donald Trump’s decisive win wasn’t good news for all markets. These are the charts that told the story.
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