Full-time employment collapsed to its weakest point in 16 months in January after two months of gains were reversed, leaving Australia with 56,100 fewer full-time workers than in January 2015.
Investors slammed shares in Slater and Gordon as the troubled law firm said it was yet to reach a deal with its lenders and revealed its trading performance was weaker than expected.
In the 26 weeks to December 25, David Jones sales increased by 4 per cent, compared to an 11.2 per cent spike in sales growth in the previous corresponding period.
Labor's climate change spokesman Mark Butler has dismissed as "rubbish" widely circulating claims that Federal ALP had dropped its goal of achieving half of the nation's electricity will be supplied by renewable sources by 2030.
Australia's largest telecoms company has posted an unexpected 11.8 per cent fall in first-half profit, dragged down by falling revenues for its mainstay fixed-line and mobile telephone business.
A long-awaited review into the governance of industry super funds by former Reserve Bank governor Bernie Fraser has found no grounds for legislation that would force boards to have a minimum number of "independent" directors.
Telstra's biggest plunge in more than six years weighed on investor sentiment on Thursday, but the overall market still managed to eke out a small gain.
Shares eke out a small gain despite Telstra suffering its worst session since August 2010 on a heavy day of earnings, while the Aussie dollar recovers its post-Trump losses.
Australia's largest airport argues the government-imposed restrictions on flights are two decades old and detrimental to the state's tourism industry.
Asked why he chartered the private flight, Mr Palmer said it was for staff safety reasons.
The Aussie extends its stunning 2017 rally, even after a surprise jump in US inflation increased the chances of a Fed rate rise.
South 32, the spin-out of orphan assets from BHP Billiton, has benefited handsomely from the surge in metal prices in the latter part of 2016, but has opted to hang on to a large chunk of its cash.
The NSW government has passed the buck for labour market testing to a contractor which hired IT workers from overseas on 457 visas.
The diversified property group's profits surged 7 per cent in first half of the year, although defaults on its residential settlement have hit 2 per cent as investors struggle to get finance.
Victoria's Country Fire Authority has stood down a senior member of a large Victorian brigade amid allegations he has been filming women getting changed in a shed without their knowledge.
Domino's CEO Don Meij has admitted more than 2000 of the pizza chain's employees have been underpaid while blasting whistleblowing franchisees as blackmailing "criminals".
Chloe Bridgewater has a little more drive than your average seven-year-old. Taken by the idea of working somewhere with bean bag chairs, go-karts, and slides, she decides to apply at Google.
Increased competition in the mobile space is being blamed for Telstra's half-year profit slump.
The gig economy has been blamed for putting pressure on fast food, retail, hospitality and transport services to cut costs, fuelling wage theft in those industries.
Conspicuous moves in cobalt prices have analysts calling 2017 the year of cobalt.
The federal Treasurer and the Finance Minister threw several years of Coalition dogma out the window and it's been reported as if it's just another day at the office.
The US has serious problems with recruiting, training and retaining suitable factory workers. Michael Pascoe explains.
The Australian dollar clears the US77c mark, its highest since the US election. Vision courtesy: ABC News 24.
Building sites across Australia are headed for strife, with union members preparing a wave of mass walkouts over the Turnbull government's hardline new reforms.
January's jobless figures fell to 5.7 per cent despite a fall in full-time jobs. Video courtesy ABC News 24.
Domino's CEO Don Meij blasts franchisees who have underpaid 2,400 workers by $4.5 million as "criminals".
Ansell might be willing to curry favour with the new US President Donald Trump's call to 'make America great again' by forcing more companies to create jobs in the US, but CSL has got a tin ear by comparison.
The mob who made an art form out of chanting âno new taxesâ is now saying it will need to increase taxes. Michael Pascoe comments.
The financial results of The Star Entertainment Group on Thursday are a good indicator of what's in store for James Packer's rival casino operation, Crown, following the arrest of its employees in China last October. The news was not good.
Here's another problem for Medibank customers.
Etsy's chief operations officer on how to scale and go global from the start.
When a product sells out immediately on launch, investors listen.
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