Minimum pay battle heats up between unions and business
UNIONS are pushing for the minimum wage to be increased by $27 a week, while business wants only a $5-a-week raise in submissions to the annual wage review.
UNIONS are pushing for the minimum wage to be increased by $27 a week, while business wants only a $5-a-week raise in submissions to the annual wage review.
WHILE most of us are looking to the wicket during the World Cup, the teams are also fighting for exposure on Twitter.
SCIENCE could be one of the nation’s biggest economic hitters, with a new report showing advanced maths and science contributing $292 billion to the economy.
Risk of corruption and bribery is higher than ever in Australian and New Zealand organisations, with known incidents occurring in 23% of surveyed companies.
TWO thirds of Aussies say that life insurance can protect the things they have created in life and their dreams for the future, a nation-wide poll has found.
QUEENSLAND lawyers have welcomed the Attorney-General’s promise not to cut funding to Community Legal Centres at the recent Queensland Law Society Symposium.
Advanced physical and mathematical sciences directly contribute about $145 billion a year to the Australian economy, according to a report released today.
BUNDABERG Sugar has signed a two-year contract with Coles to supply about 20,000 tonnes of sugar a year.
SOME young Australians feel they are not keeping up with the fast-moving world of information technology, a new study shows.
YOU could be an rockstar of the business world, if you can just find 24 minutes to spend on your morning ritual.
AUSTRALIA is expected to join the Chinese-led Asian Development Bank, after a meeting in Canberra discussed the options yesteday.
NETFLIX will undercut its main rivals by a $1 a month when it launches in Australia on Tuesday.
POLICE from have warned that there has been a recent increase in fraud-related crime, particularly computer/internet fraud or identity theft.
THE nation’s big business lobby group wants the number of awards for different jobs reduced to one for each industry, it has told a workplace relations inquiry.
PENALTY rates would no longer be regulated in employment awards, but negotiated directly between workers and employers under a new proposal.
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp to take 14.99% stake in APN News and Media, owner of this news website, if it is given regulatory approval.
PERTH-based manganese exploration company Eclipse Metals has posted another optimistic stock exchange report on what it is finding in the Mary Valley, particularly near Amamoor.
HASTINGS Deering is exploring cost reduction initiatives after workers blocked the company’s latest enterprise agreement offering.
A NEW report reveals seven out of 10 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are failing to reach their full potential because their workplace culture.
DO you want to know where your steak came from and what that animal ate before it hit your plate?
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