Domino’s Pizza profit rises 28.7 per cent

Domino’s Pizza Enterprises’ net profit surged 28.7 per cent to $82.4 million in 2016 but fell short of forecasts due to costs associated with the acquisition of pizza chains in France and Germany during the year. Read more: http://www.afr.com/business/retail/dominos-pizza-profit-rises-287-per-cent-20160815-gqt1vy#ixzz4HS2tP9OO

Tourism crying out for workers as visitor numbers climb

THE tourism industry is crying out for staff, with operators now opting for 457 visa workers from overseas as a skills shortage becomes a major issue. The demand for workers is on the back of a surge in Chinese visitors to Australia which has created boom-like conditions but also coincides with a climbing unemployment rate, […]

Has McDonald’s turned the corner?

MCDONALD’S sales edged up at established U.S. locations during the third quarter, snapping a streak of about two years of quarterly declines. The world’s largest burger chain also said sales rose 4 per cent on a global basis at established locations. In the U.S., the figure rose 0.9 per cent, marking the first increase since […]

More than half of students chasing dying careers, report warns……….

Sixty per cent of Australian students are training for jobs that will not exist in the future or will be transformed by automation, according to a new report by the Foundation for Young Australians. Read more here: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-24/next-generation-chasing-dying-careers/6720528

Stress, loneliness for South Korean families heading overseas to gain edge in ‘brutal’ education system

Thousands of South Korean families are leaving home and heading to countries like Australia to get an English-language education and gain an edge in the “brutally competitive” system back home. Hyemi and her two children – a seven-year-old boy and a four-year-old girl – left home in South Korea in 2013 to come and live […]

Intoxication Guidelines released Determining if a person is in a state of intoxication will be easier from this week, with the release of Intoxication Guidelines by the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR).

Read Guidelines here; Intoxication guidelines June 2015

A liquor licence ban that has stopped new boutique bars and live music venues serving alcohol past 1am is being scrapped to reinvigorate Melbourne’s nightlife.

  A liquor licence ban that has stopped new boutique bars and live music venues serving alcohol past 1am is being scrapped to reinvigorate Melbourne’s nightlife. The regulations were introduced in 2008 to combat late-night street violence. But Liquor Regulation Minister Jane Garrett says research shows small venues are low-risk. Venues that hold less than […]

Stopping dropouts: how can universities keep hold of first years?

An alarming number of students still do not make it beyond their first year of university. Life Matters speaks to a panel of educators and student representatives to find out why, and what is being done to curb the first year dropout rate. Around one in five students will drop out of university or change […]

Australia’s winemakers have given the Government legal advice on how to end what they describe as a “perverse” and “absurd” subsidy for the New Zealand’s industry.

Australia’s winemakers have given the Government legal advice on how to end what they describe as a “perverse” and “absurd” subsidy for the New Zealand’s industry. The wine equalisation tax (WET) was introduced to make up the difference when the GST replaced higher wholesale sales taxes. In a move initially designed to support smaller winemakers […]

Federal Government to examine payslips of 417 visa holders to crack down on labour exploitation

The Four Corners investigation earlier this week found that some foreign workers on 417 visas in Australia are enduring shocking working and living conditions and are even being targeted sexually in exchange for visas. Read more here: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-06/government-to-examine-417-visa-payslips-foreign-exploitation/6447836