Former gaming regulator opens fire on Barangaroo

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The former chairman of the NSW Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority has alluded to a potentially dangerous prospect for Crown Resorts.

Feeling good about medical cannabis investments

It could have once been a stretch of the imagination of Queensland Bauxite shareholders to think that they could be treated to crop updates from the Northern NSW hippie paradise of Nimbin.

China's $200b dining out scene draws foreign dairy firms

Cream, cheese and butter are seldom used in commercial Chinese kitchens. Now dairy exporters like Fonterra are working to change that.

Slater and Gordon class action takes a strange turn

 A class action against troubled law firm Slater and Gordon faces another hurdle with lawyers for shareholders being accused of a major conflict of interest.

Proposed laws 'unlikely' to stamp out exploitation of underpaid workers

Outlawing employer requests for cash back from employees and higher penalties will fail to stamp out exploitation, a leading migration labour lawyer has warned.

Job cuts to follow $3b auto merger

(Bloomberg) -- PSA Group agreed to buy General Motors Co.'s Opel unit in a transaction valued at 2.2 billion euro ($2.3 billion), creating Europe's second-largest carmaker in a bid to better compete in the region's saturated market.

Retail sales bounce, but consumer spending lacklustre

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Retail sales rebounded in January after two months of tepid outcomes, although the underlying pulse was one of sluggish household consumption.

Miners pull ASX into the black

BHP and Rio Tinto helped pull the sharemarket back from early losses on Monday, a welcome reverse of last week's falls.

Markets Live: Miners dig deep

Shares overcome a weak start to finish the session higher as investors jump into miners following the weekend's National People's Congress in China, while Navitas is smashed after an earnings downgrade.

'Lollies on bread': Complaint about school lunch ad upheld

A complaint about a Bakers Delight billboard "advertising lollies on bread for school lunches" has been upheld.

Singaporeans buy Hilton South Wharf Hotel

Singapore-based investors have snapped up the 396-room Hilton South Wharf hotel in Melbourne for $230 million in the biggest hotel deal so far this year.

Active is back say Macquarie quants

Macroeconomic events have largely driven market sentiment in recent years, however some quant traders are now betting on a return to fundamentals.

Iron ore prices 'could drop 30pc'

Although iron ore's price gains defied predictions in 2016, many analysts now believe new supply, high inventories, and insufficient demand are setting iron ore up for sharp losses in the second half of this year.

Slater and Gordon shareholders, execs face wipeout in rescue plan

Slater and Gordon's top brass holding shares in the troubled law firm once worth more than $150 million are preparing to take a major bath as the company works to push through a deal to avoid receivership.

ATO eye cafes, restaurants, beauty salons in illegal cash economy fight

An estimated 400 restaurants and cafés and hair and beauty salons will get a visit from the Tax Office this month.

Queen Vic revamp at risk, says Doyle

A $650 million revamp of Melbourne's popular Queen Victoria Market is "at risk" because the state government hasn't approved key planning guidelines covering its development, Melbourne's Lord Mayor says.

Witchetty grub lab explores erectile dysfunction 'powers'

A backyard scientist is hoping witchetty grubs in his garage will make him rich, and that they'll perhaps produce an ingredient to cure erectile dysfunction.

Insurers facing $370m bill from Sydney hail storm

A recent hailstorm in Sydney could cost two of Australia's major insurance companies, IAG and Suncorp, up to $370 million.

Australian Snap investor makes billions

The very first investor in what would become Snap was an Australian living in the US, whose initial $641,000 on behalf of his firm Lightspeed eventually led to billions in gains.

Barangaroo licence scrutiny 'inadequate, superficial': former regulator

Crown Resorts' Australian casino licences should be reviewed if any of its staff detained in China were convicted of an offence, the former head of the NSW gambling regulator says.

Vicinity Centres to use robots as cleaners

Vicinty Centres is considering replacing some of its cleaning contractors with robots in a bid to automate and save costs, according to one of the company's non-executive directors, Wai Tang.

GDP growth beating trend

Funny thing about the official family downgrading what we might consider to be Australia's normal economic growth rate - since they did it - is that our economy has been outperforming.

Coalition to fight to the end on APS wages conditions

Minister flatly rejects Parliamentary committee's peace plan.

The face of Centrelink's robo-debt crisis is not the boss

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Centrelink spin-doctor takes the heat for the real bosses.

'Change of heart': Deutsche to raise $11b in major overhaul

Deutsche Bank plans to raise capital, list its asset management business and overhaul its business structure as it tries to reinvent itself after spending two years dealing with its past misdeeds and huge losses.

8@eight: US March rate hike almost a given

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Local shares are poised to open higher after Janet Yellen all but confirmed US rates will rise this month.

Seven charts show exactly how much Australia's workforce has changed since 1911

What happened to the the job of "paid companion" or "inspector of nuisances" recorded in Australia's first national census in 1911?

New buying group to challenge Metcash model

A group of hardware retailers and suppliers have thrown their support behind a fledgling, independent buying group that will challenge Metcash's wholesale distribution business.

Breakthrough for local biotech as an influential backer emerges

It's more than a lifestyle outfit.