Business
Consumer affairs
'No honesty comes out' - inquiry into 87-year-old's bruised face
Frances Woolveridge's family wants answers over conflicting explanations to her injuries.
- by Nassim Khadem
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Opinion
Sisters-in-Law
Knowing your rights around expired gift cards
We’ve all received a gift voucher that has fallen into the depths of our handbag, or we’ve put in our “important paperwork drawer” (aka junk drawer) to use later, but by the time we’ve found it the business has closed or the voucher has expired.
- by Alison and Jillian Barrett
Soft commodities
'Devastating': Fruit growers fear being collateral damage in health outbreaks
Fruit growers have called for clearer and better co-ordinated public warnings about isolated heath risks from food safety authorities to avoid sparking "hysteria".
- by Patrick Hatch & Darren Gray
Airports
Turbulent times: who profits when you fly?
While airports and airlines trade accusations of gouging, travellers foot the bill. So who's really to blame?
- by Patrick Hatch
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Crime
Husband and wife charged over alleged $3m detention centre love scam
A Nigerian woman has been charged over her alleged role in a scam police say was being run by a detainee at Villawood Detention Centre with 16 mobile phones.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
Opinion
Phones
I spend a quarter of my waking hours staring at my phone
Almost a quarter of women in their 30s and one in five in their 40s compulsively check their screens about 200 times a day - that's once every few minutes.
- by Matthew Field
Opinion
Apple
The iPhone XS and XS Max: Bigger Is Now Definitely Better
The iPhone XS and the iPhone XS Max may be making me a convert to bigger smartphones.
- by Brian X. Chen
Supermarkets
'No staff, no trolleys?' Coles can't have it both ways, readers say
A ban on trolleys at some Coles self-service checkouts has become the latest move to anger supermarket shoppers, though some are welcoming the change.
Healthcare
'Chilling': Aged care horror stories spark calls for quick action
Aged care advocacy groups say establishing minimum staff-to-resident ratios to protect elderly Australians in care won't be enough to end neglect and abuse.
- by Nassim Khadem
Opinion
Food
Thanks Deliveroo, but I want dinner, not a brand experience
Swipe right for lobster rolls, swipe left to dispose of the people who cook them.
- by Matt Holden
Tax avoidance
Pharma companies avoid estimated $215m a year in local tax: Oxfam
Pharmaceutical companies avoided an estimated $215 million in tax in Australia a year over three years - almost four times the $63 million paid, Oxfam says.
- by Nassim Khadem