Tag: Melbourne

Concerns about the impact of the rising Australian dollar have been subdued by a new report that shows high visitor expenditure expected in Sydney and Melbourne.

With the Australian Grand Prix upon us this weekend, Kaspersky Lab has launched a special Ferrari Edition of its Internet Security to mark the start of the Formula One season.

Sydney and Melbourne Airports have raised the ire of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission for the possibility of charging excessively high prices due to their monopoly status as international airports in each state.

Ms Pippa Sampson, principal lawyer of Goddard Elliott, has been restrained from sending debt collection notices by the Federal Court in Melbourne after the ACCC alleged the debt collection notices were misleading and deceptive.

Costco has blamed supermarket heavyweights Coles and Woolworths for slowing the retailer’s expansion in Australia, with chief financial officer and executive vice-president Richard Galanti claiming competition for bulk-goods retail sites in Australia was fierce.

A Melbourne man who will need to have his foot amputated following a workplace accident was awarded $1.26 million in compensation for his pain and suffering and loss of employment in the Supreme Court of Victoria last week.

Qantas is taking the fight to Virgin Blue’s plans to dominate the domestic air travel market amongst business travellers by adding 820,000 seats to its Jetstar discount airline.

The final five candidates in the competition to find Melbourne’s Ultimate Job have been announced.

Ted’s Cameras celebrates its 40th birthday this year after Ted Todd opened his first Ted’s Camera’s store on Elizabeth Street, Melbourne in 1970, surviving the ‘digital revolution’ to still be retailing in Australia 40 years later.

VicRoads has finalised contracts with Theiss to construct Victoria’s M80 Ring Road Upgrade between the Calder Freeway and Sydney Road, worth $623m to Theiss.