The Commonwealth Workplace Ombudsman has launched an immediate investigation into the offer of Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs) by a Qantas valet parking contractor, to see if they comply with workplace laws.
The Australian Wool Growers Association (AWGA) says it is surprised a major international clothing chain is boycotting Australian wool because of the practice of mulesing.
SYDNEY, Feb 16 (Reuters) - A powerful cyclone off the Western Australia coast was showing signs of intensifying and was likely to cross the country's remote Pilbara mining region over the next two days.
Unions are angered by a new Qantas valet parking contractor they say has sacked its workforce, then offered them their jobs back at & #36;15,000 a year less.
The South Australian Government has released a report for public consultation, which aims to provide greater consumer protection in the real estate industry.
The Federal Government has announced former Western Australian consumer affairs and prices commissioner, Pat Walker, will be the first national petrol commissioner.
The South Australian Opposition says advisory panels for building, plumbing and electrical industries are being abolished by the State Government despite it receiving hundreds of complaints every year about the building industry.
The Northern Territory Government will appeal against a Supreme Court decision that a mining company does not have to pay over & #36;47 million in stamp duty.
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Top US retailer Wal-Mart on Friday drove another nail a coffin for Toshiba's HD DVD video disks by announcing it would shift to exclusively selling Japanese rival Sony's format Blu-ray.
