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Backpackers worked almost three months without a day off on a farm west of Gympie.

Phone users could be $650m better off, says Vodafone

Mobile prices could drop 5.6 per cent nationally, saving consumers more than $650 million collectively every year, if the competition watchdog forces Telstra to share its regional mobile network, Vodafone claims.

Unionists have been campaigning against Melbourne builder VCON/Element Five.

Building manager charged over threats

A construction company manager has been arrested and charged after allegedly threatening to track down a union safety organiser and saying he would "attack you and your family".

Continued selling in the big four banks after the South Australian government unveiled its own state-based version of ...

Levy spoils bank recovery on ASX

A new round of selling in the big four banks after the SA government unveiled its own bank levy kept the market suppressed on Friday.

Citigroup fared the best among big Wall Street banks, with a common equity Tier 1 capital ratio of 9.7 per cent.

US banks clear first hurdle

The 34 largest US banks have all cleared the first stage of an annual stress test, according to the Federal Reserve.

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Cowin loses $600m of dough at Domino's Pizza

Jack Cowin's extra large slice of Domino's Pizza got cold pretty quickly after peaking at a value of $1.336 billion in August last year. It has now chomped through $600 million of his wealth since the peak.

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