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Major charities rethink Appco contracts amid exploitation claims

WORKPLACE RELATIONS
Nick Toscano

Qantas has increased fees for exceeding its baggage allowance by 75 per cent.

Qantas ratchets up excess baggage fees by 75%

AVIATION
Patrick Hatch
1 hr ago

Wanted a cap: AFL chairman Mike Fitzpatrick has long pushed for a reduction in interchanges.

AFL chairman Mike Fitzpatrick gets a big strike

CBD
Colin Kruger, CBD

Ardent Leisure's chief executive Deborah Thomas at the company's annual meeting on Thursday.

Ardent has failed at every step over the Dreamworld tragedy

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Richard Murray has taken on a group chief executive role now JB HiFi has acquired The Good Guys.

JB Hi-Fi enjoys Dick Smith bonus

RETAIL
Catie Low

The inquiry found labour hire workers were treated as "second class".

'Second-class' workers: Abuses prompt labour hire reform

WORKPLACE RELATIONS
Nick Toscano

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk confirmed on ABC Radio on Thursday that the government would require Adani to comply with ...

Calls for Adani coal mine exemption from new laws

MINING AND RESOURCES

Market Indices

Updated: October 27, 2016 - 4:17PM

Updated: October 27, 2016 - 7:08PM

Updated: October 28, 2016 - 12:53AM

Updated: October 28, 2016 - 12:53AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7607

Percentage up/down

-0.56% fall
Euro

Price

0.6969

Percentage up/down

-0.61% fall
British Pound

Price

0.6228

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Updated: October 28, 2016 - 12:38AM

Ardent Leisure's chief executive Deborah Thomas at the company's annual meeting on Thursday.

Ardent has failed at every step over the Dreamworld tragedy

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Wanted a cap: AFL chairman Mike Fitzpatrick has long pushed for a reduction in interchanges.

AFL chairman Mike Fitzpatrick gets a big strike

Colin Kruger, CBD

Money for nothing

Heads need to roll over systemic problems in our banks

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

The ASX fell below 5300 points for the first time in five weeks.

ASX loses $40b in two days

Vanessa Desloires

Investors are hoping for a better day as NAB drops annual profit numbers.

Markets Live: ASX loses $40b in two days

Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

A currency trader watches monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, ...

Curse of the witching hour haunts currencies

Netty Ismail

The RBA has no need to switch from its easing bias just yet, SSGA says.

Don't get excited about rising inflation

Vanessa Desloires

Snapchat eyes $5b in biggest tech IPO since Twitter

Alex Barinka and Sarah Frier

Gold poised to sink to $US1100

Ranjeetha Pakiam

8@eight: Can NAB burst the pessimistic bubble?

Sponsored
Chris Weston

Deutsche pushed for bonus rethink

Tom Beardsworth and Alastair Marsh

NAB chief executive Andrew Thorburn said the revenue environment would remain "challenging" for banks.

Thorburn eyes 'smaller, leaner, simpler' NAB

Clancy Yeates

Money for nothing

Heads need to roll over systemic problems in our banks

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

ASIC has been investigating the advice arms of the big banks and AMP since 2014.

Big banks to refund $178 million to financial advice customers

Georgia Wilkins

NAB boss Andrew Thorburn: "This has been a milestone year for the group."

NAB shares jump on $6.48b profit, steady dividend

Clancy Yeates

Deutsche Bank awarded staff €2.4 billion of bonuses for 2015. More than half of bonuses were paid out immediately, while ...

Deutsche pushed for bonus rethink

Tom Beardsworth and Alastair Marsh

Now aged 46, the victim still has no idea what motivated the attack.

'I was blindsided': More than $1m paid out for workplace bullying

Anna Patty

CBA's school program will promote women as financial decision makers and explore the gender pay gap and savings gap in ...

'A man is not a (financial) plan', CBA to teach female students

Anna Patty

"Our data strongly suggests that tech skills will continue to be most in demand," says Cliff Rosenberg, the Australian ...

The 10 most sought-after job skills in Australia

Chris Pash

Portrait for case study looking into the exploitation of young workers by companies fundraising for charities. Pictured, ...

Former 'chuggers' join class action against Appco

INVESTIGATION
Adele Ferguson, Mario Christodoulou, Ruth Williams

James Packer.

All bets are off: James Packer's exploding China punt

Philip Wen

A Lamborghini Aventador was the prize purchase of a Melbourne man who gambled with his Chinese friend suspected of money ...

Casino whales, junkets and a Lamborghini

Sarah Danckert

About 2.86 million people are at risk of credit default in the next 12 months.

The Sydney region with the nation's highest credit scores

Esther Han
1 hr ago

ACCC boss Rod Sims wants the backers of mega mergers to have to prove their case.

Mega-deals may face mega-challenge

Peter Martin

A novated lease allows users to easliy switch to a new car every three to five years.

The dark side of an otherwise good car deal

Esther Han

Richard Murray has taken on a group chief executive role now JB HiFi has acquired The Good Guys.

JB Hi-Fi enjoys Dick Smith bonus

Catie Low

Blackmores doesn't expect to match last year's record full-year performance.

Blackmores shares slump as growth fades

Brian Robins

A speculated 50 franchise agreements will be approached to have their franchise agreements terminated before their ...

7-Eleven, sex slaves targeted by migrant taskforce

Adele Ferguson

Wesfarmers said sales data pointed to a reduction in how much shoppers were spending on groceries.

Coles promises to keep cutting prices

Catie Low

Pumpkin Patch has been forced to go into administration.

Pumpkin Patch appoints administrators

A massive rally in coal prices is delivering a boost to national income.

Biggest jump in terms of trade since 2011

Jens Meyer

Increasing numbers of Australians will be burdened by rent in their retirement years.

We are the ones pushing up the house prices about which we complain

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Melbourne Cup day.

Photo finish for Melbourne Cup day rate cut

Peter Martin

The latest figures leave the inflation rate well below the Reserve Bank's target band of 2 to 3 per cent.

Eyes on RBA as underlying inflation slips

Peter Martin

BHP Billiton's commercial director Dean Dalla Valle, who is to quit the company in early 2017.

BHP's Dalla Valle to quit

Brian Robins

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk confirmed on ABC Radio on Thursday that the government would require Adani to comply with ...

Calls for Adani coal mine exemption from new laws

Queensland's coal industry accounted for 58.1 per cent of resource sector spending in 2015-16.

Resources contributed $55.7 billion to Queensland economy in 2015-16: report

Cameron Atfield

A Stockland housing development in Craigieburn, in Melbourne's north.

Australia's residential developers come back down to earth from sky-rises

Simon Johanson

ASX-listed Ardent owns Dreamworld and the neighbouring WhiteWater World.

Ardent Leisure shares sold down after Dreamworld tragedy

Carolyn Cummins

Wyndham Vale.

Property in Australia's fastest-growing suburb sells for $95m

Simon Johanson

The company has 200 reformulations in the works that are aimed at reducing the sugar content of its existing products.

How Coca-Cola is profiting from the war on sugar

Jennifer Kaplan

Atlassian co-founders Scott Farquhar (left) and Mike Cannon-Brookes have a new battle on their hands.

Atlassian co-founders' wealth breaks $4b

John Stensholt

Five-year old Snapchat, which makes a smartphone app for sharing selfies and videos, watching news videos and chatting ...

Snapchat eyes $5b in biggest tech IPO since Twitter

Alex Barinka and Sarah Frier

Sorry gents, skinny ties are on the way out.

Sorry hipsters, but this trend is officially over

Men's Style

Young drivers will be tested on how they share the road with cyclists, motorcyclists and pedestrians before they are ...

The top five biggest cycling whinges (and why they're wrong)

On Your Bike

Dressing up for the Melbourne Cup is an Australian tradition.

Buying a new outfit for party season? Read this first

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Will we get a health care card if we lose our pension?

Noel Whittaker

A long lunch or spending less time at the desk doesn't mean a worker is looking to move.

How to tell your employees are about to resign

James Adonis

Robert Willis shops for a Halloween mask at a costume store.

The case for Australian businesses embracing Halloween

Tony Featherstone

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