David Olsen

Franchisor Seal-A-Fridge Pty Ltd has been found to have engaged in unconscionable conduct towards its franchisees the Federal Court, Brisbane has found.

New home price growth has collapsed across Australia in May, with annualised capital growth rates on existing housing in their second month of single digit growth.

Job vacancies fell in May by 2.8 percent from February to 164,600 in the latest ABS data, with public sector vacancies collapsing 12.3 percent over the same period.

NSW Labor under the leadership of Premier Kristina Keneally is polling worse than when former Premier Nathan Rees was pushed from the job in December last year.

The Western Australia Chamber of Commerce and Industry says businesses confidence has plummeted since the end of March in it’s June quarter business confidence survey.

Westpac Group, including St George, BT Wrap and Westpac Bank will pay employees superannuation when taking unpaid parental leave beginning July 1st.

Tiger Airways, the low-cost operator owned by Singapore Airlines will begin charging customers $15 to check-in at the airport rather than online from July 1st.

Office buildings are the new battleground in South Australia’s war on climate change, with two Adelaide based companies winning green innovation grants to green office buildings.

One of the world’s first law firm to list on the stock exchange, Slater & Gordon has entered into an agreement to acquire Queensland based Trilby Misso Lawyers for $57 million.

Australia’s banks may find themselves forced to cut discounts on home loan rates to avoid having to increase their standard variable home loan rates outside the RBA’s changes.