Business Day

The penalty rates cuts disproportionately target women in work.

How the penalty rates decision hurts women

ANALYSIS
Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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How Australia ranks in happiness in the workplace

WORKPLACE RELATIONS
Chris Pash

Last year, bitcoin outperformed all central-bank-issued currencies.

Bitcoin worth more than gold

TECHNOLOGY NEWS
Richard Mcleish

Tumbling metal prices and wobbly global markets dragged the ASX lower on Friday, causing the index to finish the week in ...

ASX ends lower on tumbling metal prices

MARKETS
Myriam Robin
1 hr ago

Former Queensland Nickel managing director Clive Mensink.

Why Palmer's nephew hasn't fronted court

MINING AND RESOURCES
Tracey Ferrier

"Household debt is at record levels. Is it really in the national interest to get a little bit more employment in the ...

RBA chief all but rules out interest rate cuts

THE ECONOMY
Peter Martin

Bellamy's

Bellamy's flags 18-month turnaround

BUSINESS
Brian Robins

Market Indices

Updated: February 24, 2017 - 3:39PM

Updated: February 24, 2017 - 6:08PM

Updated: February 24, 2017 - 8:15AM

Updated: February 24, 2017 - 6:23PM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7717

Percentage up/down

0.03% rise
Euro

Price

0.7284

Percentage up/down

-0.10% fall
British Pound

Price

0.6149

Percentage up/down

0.08% rise

Updated: February 24, 2017 - 6:08PM

The elephant in the room is still negative gearing.

Australia must face some home truths about housing affordability

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

Illustration: John Shakespeare

Crown boss knows how to Packer punch

Colin Kruger, CBD

Qantas is fighting back by beefing up its cyber security.

They're coming after your frequent flyer points

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Murray Goulburn has disclosed a heavy loss for the December half.

Murray Goulburn discloses losses, ASIC and ACCC investigations

Brian Robins

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Markets Live: Metals' mini meltdown

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

The Australian dollar hit a new 2017 high overnight, trading at US77.41¢ briefly before unwinding some of its gains.

$A hits new 2017 high as frustration grows over US tax reform

Myriam Robin

Investors are playing it safe.

8@eight: Two schools of thought

Sponsored
Gary Burton

ASX struggles as heavyweights trade ex-dividend

Myriam Robin

Hedging against a Le Pen French victory

Jessica Sier

Markets Live: Crown and Qantas support ASX

Live
Patrick Commins, Jens Meyer

Animal spirits or fundamentals? US market defies gravity

Myriam Robin

Brokers say customers could be on the hook for loans that can't be approved.

CBA dumps brokers who don't send enough business their way

Georgia Wilkins

IAG benefited from the Trump rally, which helped boost its investment income.

Trump rally helps limit IAG's profit decline

James Kessel, 46, had his insurance claim rejected by CommInsure after he had a heart attack.

After a string of scandals, the insurance industry has a long way to go

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Staff have reported instances where they have been warned not to report unethical behaviour.

Bank staff pressured to act 'unethically' says union

Georgia Wilkins

The average credit card balance is just under $3150, according to the finder.com.au poll.

Credit card panic starts at $4113

The penalty rates decision will anger Australia's union movement, which has invested heavily in a massive campaign to ...

'Bad day for working Australians': Sunday penalty rates slashed

Nick Toscano

Erin Gibbons, a casual waitress, relies on weekend penalty rates to manage her bills and living expenses.

Casual workers threaten to walk out over penalty rate cuts

Nick Toscano

Childcare workers were allegedly underpaid $13,000 in wages and entitlements.

Childcare provider embroiled in new wage theft case

Nick Toscano

Adani's $16.5 billion Carmichael mine needs to be re-assessed by federal government.

The coal war: Inside the fight to build Australia's biggest coal mine

INVESTIGATION

Don Meij admitted that up to 2400 employees may have been underpaid.

Domino's scandal: franchisee selling visas

Adele Ferguson

Domino's

The Domino's effect: the unappetising truth behind your $5 pizza

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION

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Certified painter 'did not even know what lead paint was'

Lucy Cormack
23 mins ago

Murray Goulburn has disclosed a heavy loss for the December half.

Murray Goulburn discloses losses, ASIC and ACCC investigations

Brian Robins

The ACCC wants $6 million to set up a broadband speed monitoring system.

'It's not anything goes': Broadband providers, insurance in ACCC's sights

Lucy Cormack

Domino's Pizza admits to 'honest oversight' over regulatory breach.

Domino's admits 'screw up' on marketing fund

Adele Ferguson

Domino's pizza.

Domino's faces 11 per cent wage hike: Deutsche Bank

Madeleine Heffernan

Recent acquisitions gave RCG brands such as Skechers, Dr Martens and Vans.

Shoes giant RCG cuts guidance on 'challenging' conditions

Madeleine Heffernan

Ritchies IGA chief Fred Harrison will use the penalty rate decision to employ more experienced staff on Sunday.

Penalty rates reduction puts the experience back to Sunday

Catie Low

It's been a difficult year for Crown and James Packer.

Crown hits 'pause' on China after arrests

UPDATED
Catie Low

RBA governor Philip Lowe is wary of making Australia, an already indebted nation, 'more fragile'.

Reserve Bank chief Lowe overrules his staff on rate cuts

Peter Martin
1 hr ago

A key reason given for the decision is to encourage employment in the hospitality industry, which is already our star ...

Why penalty rates should be sharply higher

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

"Household debt is at record levels. Is it really in the national interest to get a little bit more employment in the ...

'Focus on other things': RBA chief all but rules out interest rate cuts

Peter Martin

Ken Henry has never been single-minded in pursuit of a lower company tax rate.

No zealot about cutting company tax, Ken Henry despairs about Australia's politicians

ANALYSIS
Peter Martin

Former Queensland Nickel managing director Clive Mensink.

Clive Palmer's nephew hasn't fronted court, here are his reasons

Tracey Ferrier

South 32 chief executive officer Graham Kerr said earlier this month the acquisition would be complementary to South ...

ACCC flags concerns on South32 coal deal

Victoria was told to prepare for outages as a heatwave hit NSW.

'How are these decisions made?' Victorian fury over plan to prioritise NSW

Peter Hannam

Riversdale Group is selling the Toxteth Hotel in the inner-city Sydney suburb of Glebe.

Singleton, Dixon call last drinks on investment in Toxteth pub

Carolyn Cummins

Investa Office Fund says there's strong demand for developments such as Barrack Place at 151 Clarence Street in Sydney.

Investa signals stronger office rents

Carolyn Cummins

In August, John McGrath, dubbed "Mr Sydney Real Estate", stepped down as chief executive of the group he founded in 1988.

McGrath shares hit as 'challenging' conditions continue

Carolyn Cummins

Trump has made it clear he intends to use public browbeating and threats to get companies to keep jobs in the US.

Unskilled and unable: Trump's great jobs lie

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Gates speaks during a plenary session at the 47th annual meeting of ...

Who are the richest of the rich?

Paul Sullivan

Chairman of LVMH, Bernard Arnault.

Where the world’s wealthiest invest their billions

Paul Sullivan

Scotch is a delicious dram to use in cocktails.

Five whisky 'scotchtails' you should shake up tonight

Smart Sipping

Dating, and sex, can be as awkward as it is fun.

What I learnt from going on 100 dates in a year

Self Improvement

The penalty rates cuts disproportionately target women in work.

How the penalty rates decision hurts women

ANALYSIS
Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Financial and legal advice is a good idea if you're separating, especially if there are children involved.

How to rebuild financially after divorce

Mark Bouris

Vice President of Commercial Dell EMC Australia and New Zealand, Angela Fox, was on the Dolphin Tank panel.

Pitching can be vicious, particularly if you're a woman

Cara Waters

Don't feel guilty about your caffeine habit.

Turns out caffeine isn't so bad after all

James Adonis