Business
Consumer affairs
Online bookies come out on top as betting soars on Melbourne Cup
Australia's online bookmakers emerged the biggest winners from Tuesday's Melbourne Cup, with a huge surge in betting on the big race and an outside chance crossing the line first at Flemington.
- by Patrick Hatch
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Shopping
Australians shopping from bed, the toilet and the pub
More people are likely to be shopping from their beds than in shopping centres, as the COVID-19 pandemic speeds up the shift to online retail.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Opinion
Media & marketing
When the public side with the powerful over press freedom, we all lose
Governments of all stripes are hostile to the media. What is different in Victoria during the COVID-19 pandemic is a significant section of the public is too.
- by Osman Faruqi
Gadgets were on the way out. Then 2020 happened.
Seven months of shattered plans, coronavirus lockdowns and rapidly improvised new normals have converted jaded consumers around the world into frantic gadget freaks.
- by John Herrman
Sport supplement shake-up to follow federal government intervention
Some pre-workout, weight loss and recovery supplements popular with gymgoers and dieters could be ripped off the shelves within weeks.
- by Michael Koziol
Editorial
Poker machines
Tougher enforcement needed to stop harmful gambling
Clubs and pubs must take legal responsibility for stopping problem gamblers entering their premises.
- The Herald's View
Analysis
Retail
Solomon Lew turns the screws on Myer
If Myer’s Christmas is a disappointment, an EGM is all but inevitable, and with it calls for a board spill and an overhaul of management.
- by Adele Ferguson
Melbourne's rental vacancy 'highest on record' as unemployed move back home
Melbourne’s rental vacancy rate has more than doubled since this time last year. Tenants who lost work during the COVID-19-related recession have been moving out of rental properties and in with family and friends.
- by Jim Malo
Editorial
Aged care
Aged care funding must be tied to higher standards and transparency
Setting higher standards for aged care, and making sure they are met through increased scrutiny and transparent reporting, should be the precondition to taxpayer funding for the sector.
- The Herald's View