1. Council staff received 'over and above' termination entitlements as Townsville ratepayers hit with rise

   Australian Broadcasting Corporation » 5 days ago

   Townsville City Council paid $2.6 million in termination benefits in the 2023-2024 financial year, which the state's audit office says could harm it's reputation. ...

   Category: Business  

1. Queensland mining equipment firm gets $40 million in taxpayer funds in first National Reconstruction Fund announcement

   Australian Broadcasting Corporation » 5 days ago

   The federal government has announced the first recipient of taxpayer investment under the National Reconstruction Fund, with "a dozen" more announcements promised before the election. ...

   Category: Business  

1. Gold Coast council rejects plans for housing estate on abandoned golf course

   Australian Broadcasting Corporation » 5 days ago

   The Gold Coast City Council has unanimously rejected plans for a major housing estate at an abandoned golf course, blaming a "knee-jerk" decision from the former Labor government for the controversial proposal. ...

   Category: Business  

1. Why is WA's abalone fishing zone expanding for the first time in a decade?

   Australian Broadcasting Corporation » 5 days ago

   Licensed recreational abalone fishers will be able to take the molluscs as far north as Geraldton this year for the first time since a mass mortality event in 2011. ...

   Category: Business  

1. Former NT deputy chief minister takes up role with fracking company she spruiked in government

   Australian Broadcasting Corporation » 4 days ago

   Nicole Manison's Territory Labor government recently signed a major gas contract with US-owned company Tamboran Resources, and she spruiked the firm when she was mining minister. ...

   Category: Business  

1. 'Seismic blasting' near little penguin colonies under the microscope as bill to abolish permits tabled in parliament

   Australian Broadcasting Corporation » 4 days ago

   More than 21,000 people have signed a petition to abolish the permits, and now two MPs from different parts of the political spectrum are trying to get them banned too. ...

   Category: Business  

1. RBA says February rate cut not guaranteed even if inflation figures rosy

   Australian Broadcasting Corporation » 4 days ago

   Minutes from the RBA board's last meeting suggest a rate cut is not assured even if December inflation is low using the Reserve Bank's favoured "underlying" measure, which excludes volatile items. ...

   Category: Business  

1. 'Absolutely unacceptable': Cbus cancels customer's insurance days before his death

   Australian Broadcasting Corporation » 4 days ago

   Just 18 days before Russell Wayne Hirst died of a cardiac event in November 2021, superannuation giant Cbus cancelled his insurance policy, leaving the beneficiary of his account in a year-long fight to have her claim approved. ...

   Category: Business  

1. Young entrepreneur faces charges for accepting $1.3 million in payments and failing to supply tiny homes

   Australian Broadcasting Corporation » 4 days ago

   The Victorian consumer watchdog alleges Spencer Porter, 25, accepted $1.3 million to build tiny homes but failed to supply them in a reasonable time. ...

   Category: Business  

1. NAB sued by ASIC for failures in financial hardship claims

   Australian Broadcasting Corporation » 6 days ago

   The corporate regulator alleges NAB did not respond to 345 hardship applications within the legal time frame. NAB has apologised and says it's changed its approach. ...

   Category: Business  




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