August 16, 2016
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
August 13, 2016
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, […]
October 23, 2015
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 […]
August 24, 2015
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
June 16, 2015
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 […]
June 11, 2015
Read Guidelines here; Intoxication guidelines June 2015
June 9, 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. 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 […]
May 13, 2015
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 […]
May 10, 2015
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 […]
May 6, 2015
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