Business
Consumer affairs
'Knowing mothers', inept fathers: Advertising clings to gender stereotypes
Despite a shift in social attitudes, a new study shows marketing messages continue to depict women in domestic roles.
- by Andrew Taylor
Latest
Opinion
Industrial relations
'Immoral and unethical': Workers' comp schemes under scrutiny
The country’s multibillion-dollar workers' compensation schemes dodged the royal commission blowtorch but two reports highlight serious and profound shortcomings in NSW and Victoria.
- by Adele Ferguson
Aviation
Airlines cancel flights as bushfire smoke makes landing too risky
Airlines cancelled flights to regional towns on Tuesday, including to fire-ravaged areas on the NSW South Coast, due to bushfire smoke making it too dangerous to fly.
- by Patrick Hatch
Soft commodities
Livestock losses another blow to milk industry in decline
Farm groups say devastating fires that have torn through two key dairy production areas will cause a further decline in Australia's already decades-low milk production levels.
- by Patrick Hatch
Childcare
Childcare centres raising revenue with 'extreme' withdrawal policies
Some centres refuse to return the bond unless the child is moving to school, while others require up to three months notice.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Opinion
Food safety
A festering scandal: Our food safety system falls well short
With fines so small they are failing to act as a deterrent, restaurants are getting away with poor food safety, which potentially puts customers at risk.
- by Adele Ferguson
Food safety
Rare bunch of restaurants convicted and named for health breaches
Only a handful of businesses across NSW and Victoria have been convicted and publicly identified for breaking food safety laws in the past year, with all coming from the southern state.
- by Patrick Hatch
Gaming & wagering
Melbourne Storm dives back into pokies with plan for gambling venue
Less than a year after the Storm declared it wanted wean itself off gambling revenue, it's back in the game and hopes to reap $8.7 million from punter losses.
- by Patrick Hatch
Opinion
How Instagram changed the way we shop
"Bride Tribe" tank tops. Mermaid toast. "Live Laugh Love" wall art. It is doubtful any of these things would even exist if not for Instagram.
- by Sarah Halzack
Opinion
Retail
Something old, nothing new: our very merry pre-loved Christmas
My mission was to set foot in not a single shop for this year's Christmas buying. Instead I hit the buy-and-sell sites, saved thousands and was rewarded with plenty of goodwill.
- by Jessica Irvine
Pharmaceuticals
Australia's medical watchdog fines Sackler-owned opioid maker over advertising
Mundipharma Australia, the international affiliate of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, fined for what it dubbed misleading advertising for one of its opioid painkillers.
- by Kristen Gelineau