Today's Business News & Views

Receva, a start-up business of Australia Post Accelerate, the new Smart Mailbox is designed to receive mail and parcel ...

Australia Post takes on Amazon with lockers

Postal service looks to make e-commerce more efficient for apartment residents.

Michael Fox, at the head of boutique developer CostaFox.

CostaFox has tower plans for Lorimer Street

Developer expects population to underpin a resurgence in Melbourne's apartment market.

Dr Adi Paterson, chief executive of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation ANSTO, has made changes ...

ANSTO stops women taking lower-paid jobs

"The important thing is for women to be taken seriously," says CEO.

Springvale mine worker John Tilley, before the mine extension was approved in 2015.

Government bill could weaken water protection

Decades-old standards are fine for mines operating in Sydney's catchment, new bill suggests.

Bank Place strata office buying has paid off for investors.

Strata office values soar in Melbourne CBD

Strata values in Melbourne are doubling as businesses secure property with cheap debt.

Westpac, ANZ and CBA move on transaction fees

Westpac says it will remove account and transaction fees to counter a lack of public trust.

Pipelines could be next in line for the ongoing fight over the energy crisis.

Pipelines next target in energy crisis blame game

The blame for the energy crisis could expand past gas producers to pipelines and beyond.

Mick McMahon said sales had also been helped by relatively high red meat prices that meant more shoppers turned to chicken.

No chickenfeed for Ingham's boss after $11.6m payday

As the Mick McMahon-led Ingham's Group prepares for its first anniversary as a listed stock, he can at least breathe a sigh of relief over the fact that the chook stock has flown comfortably above its $3.15 IPO price.

The supermarket giants pick their sites carefully

'Rampant underpayment': Woolworths trolley collectors to receive back pay

Woolworths will pick up the tab for underpaid trolley collectors where the contractor responsible for ripping off the workers has gone under or disappeared.

Large companies have been under ATO audit.

ATO's 'tax gap' finds $2.5b missing from corporates

An estimated $3.5 billion in revenue from large corporates and multinationals is at risk to the economy, but through audit activity this will reduce to $2.5 billion, according to the Australian Taxation Office.

The decision is a major blow for the WA McGowan government.

WA Libs kill off gold royalty hike

Gold miners and exploration companies have welcomed a move by the Western Australian Liberals to block a controversial hike in the state's gold royalty they say would have threatened thousands of jobs and damaged a key engine room of the state's economy.

Even in vineyards where all the grapes have been collected, there's the possibility of fire damage to the vines themselves.

Vineyards damaged in California fires

Wildfires are tearing through northern California's iconic wine-growing regions of Napa and Sonoma, killing at least 10 and damaging some of the most valuable vineyards and wineries in the US.

A small Sydney technology company will face off against Domino's in the Federal Court next month.

High-stakes hearing with the lot looms for Domino's

Pizza giant Domino's Enterprises, its network of franchisees, unions and thousands of workers will be itching for the outcome of a Fair Work Commission hearing that relates to more than 26 applications by two unions to terminate various enterprise agreements.

1 Bowen Crescent has been snapped up for close to $14 million.

Sydney buyers come calling on leafy boulevard

A Sydney family has made their first foray into the Melbourne investment market, snapping up 1 Bowen Crescent for close to $14 million.

Shares fall for first session in three

Australian shares fell for the first time in three sessions, dragged lower by the big miners.

Aust Unity snaps up $105m office asset

Australian Unity Office Fund has increased its portfolio with an unconditional agreement to acquire 150 Charlotte Street, Brisbane for $105.75 million, this will be partly funded through a $50 million equity issue

Melbourne Quarter, the Lendlease development in Docklands

AMP fills out One Melbourne Quarter

Lendlease has scored its biggest tenant to date for the first tower of its $2.5 billion Melbourne Quarter project in Docklands.

People looking at the stock price board at the ASX in Sydney.

Markets Live: ASX slips but AMP climbs

Australian shares fell for the first time in three sessions on Tuesday, dragged lower by the big miners, although AMP was bolstered by a broker upgrade.

The Jam Factory in South Yarra has been earmarked for a major upgrade.

Ambitious plans to revamp popular Jam Factory

The popular, but rundown, Jam Factory restaurant and entertainment precinct in South Yarra will be gutted and rebuilt as a glitzy 15-storey $1.25 billion retail and office complex under ambitious plans put forward by owner Newmark Capital.

An artist's impression of LOGOS' Erskine Park Logistics Estate.

LOGOS, Frasers expand in Sydney's west

LOGOS and Frasers Property have expanded their presence in Sydney's west with key leasing deals in industrial property estates.

The number of hydrogen-powered cars on the road will number into the millions by 2030.

Hydrogen touted as fuel of the future

Hydrogen will transform the transport industry and could eventually replace natural gas, Arup's environment and resources leader Mike Straughton says.