Adele Ferguson

Senate inquiry recommends buck should stop at top for big chains like 7-11

Adele Ferguson The head office operations of large store chain franchises could face greater responsibility for what happens in their stores.

Worker exploitation is a national disgrace

Adele Ferguson Billionaire's claims of ignorance ''defy belief' and it's time corporate were held accountable.

Timbercorp hardship scheme on verge of collapse as advocate threatens to quit

Adele Ferguson, Ruth Williams A hardship scheme to help victims of the failed Timbercorp is on the brink of collapse, amid disagreements between the consumer advocate and liquidator.

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Massage parlour workers' pay docked for 'lacking passion'

Adele Ferguson Massage parlours around the country are being accused of systemic wage fraud.

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CommInsure: Life insurance has lost its 'noble purpose'

Adele Ferguson The Commonwealth Bank's life insurance scandal should be a call to arms.

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CommInsure: How insurers stepped up the spying

Adele Ferguson Unannounced visits to the seriously ill cross a moral line.

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CommInsure: Arthritis sufferers denied insurance payouts due to 'antiquated' medical definitions

Adele Ferguson, Ruth Williams Sufferers of crippling arthritis are being denied insurance payouts due to the use of "antiquated" medical definitions that experts in the field say are hopelessly out of date.

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CommInsure: Former chief medical officer Benjamin Koh sues for wrongful dismissal

Adele Ferguson and Sarah Danckert The former chief medical officer of the Commonwealth Bank's insurance arm CommInsure alleges he was sacked for being a whistleblower.

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CommInsure: When is enough, enough?

Adele Ferguson When is enough, enough? In the past few years Commonwealth Bank has been engulfed in scandal after scandal yet nobody seems to have been made accountable.

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ASIC to investigate CBA's life insurance arm

Adele Ferguson ASIC will investigate allegations that CBA's life insurance arm is denying heart attack claims by deliberately using an outdated definition buried in the policy.

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Time was up for Masters, Woolworths had to act

Adele Ferguson Woolworths has paid a heavy price for poor execution in a healthy, growing sector.

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Australia a perennial loser on the global sharemarket

Adele Ferguson Australia has been a perennial underperformer for at least a decade compared with most of its global sharemarket peers.

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It was more than just a few rogue planners at CBA, review finds

Adele Ferguson After wading through more than 68 pages of a heavily jargoned review into CBA's financial planning business, two things stand out.

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7-Eleven stores raided in wage scam probe

Adele Ferguson At least 50 stores at the troubled convenience chain raided as part of wages probe.

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Consumer insurance ripe for reform

Adele Ferguson How a man too ill to drive was sold a car and then taken for a ride over junk insurance.

Sexual servitude raids at karaoke bars add sinister edge to worker exploitation

Adele Ferguson Sexual servitude is arguably the most egregious worker violation of foreign workers in this country.

Australia needs to reverse years of neglecting our innovators

Adele Ferguson For years Australia has carried the stigma of failing to commercialise inventions. The so-called smart country has looked increasingly deficient.

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7-Eleven offer $25 million in back-pay as class action looms

Adele Ferguson and Sarah Danckert At least 100 franchisees at the scandal-ridden 7-Eleven convenience store giant have signed up for legal action against head office as the deadline looms to sign a new profit- sharing agreement.

Nothing super about board law change failure

Adele Ferguson While industry funds have largely escaped scandals, legislative changes aren't always about the past, but should also be about future-proofing.