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ANZ jobs to go overseas union says
Finance Sector Union national secretary Leon Carter says an ANZ internal memo outlines plans to close the company's call centre in Mulgrave and move the jobs to the Philippines and New Zealand.The move is expected to affect about 340 jobs.A further 250 positions at ANZ's South Melbourne office are also expected to go.Mr Carter said although ANZ described the plan as a proposal, he did ...
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Nissan Pulsars conking out now
MORE THAN 9000 brand-new Nissan Pulsars are being discreetly repaired because their engines can conk out without warning - but, inexplicably, Australian safety authorities are yet to issue a ...
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Whats in store for Perths property market
In its barometer on property movement, SQM Research predicts price growth will continue - but at a slower rate for the next two years. The independent property analyst’s just-released report, Perth Housing Boom and Bust 2013/2014, says with conflicting stimuli - such as lower interest rates versus a mining downturn - the Perth housing market will "only be for the brave". Managing ...
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Dollar plummets as US winds back stimulus
THE Australian dollar has plummeted to below 93 US cents after the US Federal Reserve announced its stimulus program could end in ...
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Black day for Nathan Tinkler
FALLEN coal baron Nathan Tinkler has lost control of his key financial asset, with his lenders taking over his major stake in Whitehaven ...
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ANZ Bank jobs to be slashed
ANZ is planning to sack 590 call centre staff in Victoria and send the jobs to the Philippines and New Zealand, a secret internal document ...
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Great fall of China car sales
After some early success since becoming the first Chinese brand to go on sale in Australia, Great Wall Motors has hit reverse and its Chinese peers are struggling to get into first gear.Official figures for the first five months of the year show Great Wall Motors deliveries are down by 35 per cent compared with the same period the previous year - in a record market that is up by 4.5 per ...
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What do vibrators Qantas and cider have in common
Qantas, vibrators and an acupuncturist and cider are among the Australian winners in the Design Lions category, with Droga5 and M&C Saatchi pitching up well. A collective of creative including The Monkeys creative partner Micah Walker and former Mojo colleagues Pim Van Nunen and Justine Armour picked up a Silver for their Smile Makers range of vibrators, launched last year. Droga5 had ...
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FIFA World Cup Qualifying Wrap Australia Iran South Korea qualify
Australia, Iran and South Korea secured their places at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in the last round of AFC qualifying on Tuesday. Iran secured their fourth finals appearance thanks to a 1-0 win over South Korea in Ulsan. Ahead of the game, each team knew a win would secure their place in Brazil, with Uzbekistan hoping to overtake the losers. With the Koreans going into the game a point clear, ...
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OConnor to start for Australia
Australia have picked James O'Connor at fly-half for Saturday's opening Test against the British and Irish Lions at Suncorp Stadium with Kurtley Beale included on the ...
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Hockey Australia beats India to confirm 2014 World Cup berth
Netherlands Australia confirmed its place in the 2014 men's hockey World Cup following a 5-1 thrashing of India at the Hockey World League in Rotterdam.Glenn Simpson, Matt Gohdes, Russell Ford and Matthew Swann scored for the Kookaburras in the quarter-final clash, while their final score was aided by an Indian own goal.The Kookaburras will meet the Netherlands in Saturday's ...
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Aussie dollar dives on US moves
The Australian dollar has plunged after the US central bank flagged an end to one of the central planks of its wide-ranging support for the recovering US economy. The local currency was trading at 95.5 US cents prior to remarks by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, but lost more than 2.5 US cents to 92.90 US cents, its lowest point since early October 2010. It was recently buying 93.02 US ...
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Stocks to watch on Thursday
Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Thursday, June 20: CHC - CHARTER HALL GROUP - up 24 cents at $3.89 Property firm Charter Hall and an associated superannuation fund have paid $458 million to buy a Perth development which houses Bankwest's headquarters and the city centre's biggest retail space. NNC - NEW NEWSCORP - down 45 cents at ...
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$A falls below 93 US cents 33-month low
The Australian dollar has plummeted to below 93 US cents after the US Federal Reserve announced its stimulus program could end in mid-2014. At 0700 AEST on Thursday, the Aussie was trading at 92.94 US cents, compared with 94.91 cents on Wednesday. The Australian dollar sank to 92.63 US cents, falling below 93 US cents for the first time since September 2010, following Fed chairman Ben ...
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Vic man dies after his car hits pole
Police say the man, in his 20s, crashed on Parker Road, Silvan, at about 9.30pm (AEST) on Wednesday.Emergency services tried to revive him, but he died at the scene.Meanwhile, police are investigating a car collision that left two men with life-threatening injuries in Ormond on Wednesday night.It is believed one of the cars lost control at an intersection and collided with a stationary vehicle ...
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Dania Beach man charged with possessing child pornography
Dania Beach man was charged with 25 counts of possession of child pornography videos that showed children, some younger than 13, engaging in sexual acts with each other and adults, a Broward Sheriff's complaint affidavit says.Andres Moreno, 37, was arrested Tuesday after a BSO detective said an investigation of an Internet file-sharing network led to an Internet account at Moreno's ...
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Tomorrow When food wars begin
Senior Lecturer in Security Studies at Murdoch University Dr Rajat Ganguly , could hit Australia hard."In short, our immediate neighbourhood in the east and the west may become 'hot'. In this environment, local wars or skirmishes cannot be ruled out," Dr Ganguly ...
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RPT-Australias Intrepid faces tough fight over Indonesia mine
Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:00pm EDT By Sonali Paul and Fergus Jensen MELBOURNE/JAKARTA, June 19 (Reuters) - Australia's Intrepid Mines Ltd is learning that business in Indonesia is personal as it wages a difficult fight to win back rights to a $5 billion copper and gold prospect in East Java. Intrepid was booted off the site last year by its Indonesian partner who transferred the Tujuh Bukit mining ...
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Gillard plans Jakarta talks on boat people
Julia Gillard is planning a trip to Indonesia in two weeks to discuss with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ways to stem the rising flow of asylum seekers coming by boat before the September election. Reflecting her confidence that she will see off any push to install Kevin Rudd as prime minister, Ms Gillard intends to fly to Jakarta within seven days of Parliament rising next week to meet ...
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Watchdog in the firing line
The corporate watchdog will face a Senate inquiry into its performance that is likely to embroil the Commonwealth Bank and raise questions about the effectiveness of new financial reforms. The inquiry received strong support from all sides of politics in the Senate on Wednesday. It follows revelations in The Age that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission took 16 months to act on ...
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Man charged over Sydney bus stop attack
A 30-year-old woman was sitting at a Hunters Hill bus stop around 6.10pm (AEST) on Wednesday when a man allegedly grabbed her, forced her to the ground and attempted to undress her, police say.They allege the man then punched her in the face and torso.The woman screamed for help before allegedly being stabbed in the shoulder with a pocket knife.A passing motorist called police who were there ...
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Southwest Sydney home sprayed with bullets
A vehicle was heard outside the Liverpool home before the shooting at around 1am (AEST) on Thursday, police say.A man, a woman and three children who were insided the house were not injured.Passefield Street has been closed while police examine the ...
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Allowing homelessness socially repugnant
AS CEOs step out of the boardroom and onto the footpath for a cold night sleeping rough, an advocacy group is calling for a federal commitment to reduce homelessness across the ...
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Charges for Facebook scandal soldiers
TOWNSVILLE soldiers linked to derogatory Facebook pages will be charged under the Australian Defence Force Disciplinary Act, with Brigadier Shane Caugheye saying they deserve to be held to a higher account than the average person due to their position of trust within the ...
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Was drugs-in-sport event a foul call
At the time, the government was under fire after a disastrous run since naming the election date a week earlier.Documents obtained under Freedom of Information show the offices of Justice Minister Jason Clare and Sports Minister Kate Lundy were involved in late October in the planning for the February 7 launch, though there is no evidence they knew of the concerns.More than 60 pages of ACC draft ...
Perth Focus
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Major redevelopment plans for Perth eyesoars
The City of Perth has major projects in the works to redevelop the city’s CBD in-line with the aims of broader projects like Green City and Populate Perth, but some residents remain wary of red tape, while others fear for the future of historical sites such as Langley.
Perth is the commercial, transport and cultural backbone of Western Australia. This city of almost 2 million people is the fourth largest in Australia, but has grown consistently faster than many other cities, outstripping the national average and was ranked by The Economist in 2010 as the eighth ‘most livable city’ in the world, which means we have some of the best living conditions on the planet. Read more
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