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NSW residents mopping up flood damage

RESIDENTS affected by torrential rain on the NSW south coast are beginning the slow process of mopping up. MORE than 70 residents from Sussex Inlet, Sanctuary Point and Shoalhaven Heads were evacuated after 470mm of rain fell in just over 36 hours ... >> view original

Woolworths chairman Gordon Cairns vows retail repair

He's the Scot who just sold David Jones to the Woolworths South Africa for $2.1 billion. I think it's pretty clear the execution of Woolworths' strategy has been sub par for many years. Andrew McLennan. Now former brewing boss Gordon Cairns, as chair ... >> view original

World's biggest coal port joins fossil fuel divestment push

Coal stockpiled at the coal port of Newcastle in Australia's New South Wales state. The city has announced it will pull money out of fossil fuel industries Photograph: Greg Wood/AFP/Getty Images. Amanda Saunders for Sydney Morning Herald, part of the ... >> view original

National Reform Summit: trust was the key in achieving outcomes

The Australian Financial Review editor-in-chief Michael Stutchbury, left, Craig Emerson, and The Australian editor-in-chief Chris Mitchell. Picture: John Feder. This week's National Reform Summit produced a 17-page statement agreed to by major business ... >> view original

What the health safety watchdog thinks about Medibank's new 'no pay' rules

Conflict ... Medibank is in dispute with private hospitals as it refuses to pay for 165 medical events. Picture: iStock. ALMOST half the 165 “preventable” events health fund Medibank is refusing to fund in new hospital contracts aren't preventable ... >> view original

Fed vice chairman leaves door open for September rate increase

JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. — The Federal Reserve may still go ahead and raise its benchmark interest rate in mid-September, Stanley Fischer, the Fed's vice chairman, said Friday. Fischer said the Fed was preparing to raise interest rates soon because of the ... >> view original

Aussie labour laws under spotlight following 7-Eleven employee mistreatment ...

7-Eleven may be under investigation amid claims it is taking advantage of its workers. (Supplied). fteAPGd. Chain store 7-Eleven may be under investigation amid claims it is taking advantage of its workers, underpaying and overworking them. Greens MP ... >> view original

Slater and Gordon's Quindell deal: 'a country club built on quicksand'

The unlikely story of how Quindell transformed itself from the manager of Skylark Golf and Country Club, located two hour's drive south of London, into one of Britain's largest listed legal services businesses, is a tale of aggressive business ... >> view original

Harvey Norman chief: buck stops with buyers:

Harvey Norman has posted a bumper profit result but signalled it will lift the cost of consumer goods in the year ahead to counteract the effects on its business of a falling dollar. Speaking to The Weekend Australian on the release of its annual ... >> view original