Sunday, March 20, 2016

Investigation launched after Sydney Entertainment Centre roof collapses on worker and other top stories.

  • Investigation launched after Sydney Entertainment Centre roof collapses on worker

    Investigation launched after Sydney Entertainment Centre roof collapses on worker
    A worker is lucky to be alive after the roof of the Sydney Entertainment Centre collapsed on top of him. The man was underneath the structure as it came crashing down during demolition works on Saturday morning. The construction union says the worker survived thanks only to being shielded by the excavation machinery he was operating at the time. The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union’s NSW secretary, Brian Parker, claimed worker safety on the project was coming a distant second to ..
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  • Arthur Sinodinos talks up company tax cut benefits

    Arthur Sinodinos talks up company tax cut benefits
    Cabinet Secretary Arthur Sinodinos on Insiders on Sunday March 20. Photo: Supplied. Liberal strategist Senator Arthur Sinodinos has talked up the benefits of a cut to company tax, which is likely to be one of the key changes in the May 10 budget. Senator Sinodinos said at least half of the benefit of a cut to the 30 per cent corporate tax rate would ultimately land in the pockets of workers as higher wages."Cutting company taxes ... can encourage investment, ..
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  • Second gastro outbreak hits luxury cruise line

    Second gastro outbreak hits luxury cruise line
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. On board the 'voyage of the damned' Stephen Dinale's first cruise was not what he expected as 158 passengers and crew are struck down with gastro while on board the Diamond Princess. PT0M57S 620 349 It was supposed to be a royal luxury experience, a two-week escape to the South Pacific, but for hundreds of passengers on board the Golden Princess it has involved far too much time on the throne.The cruise ship - the largest to sail in and out of Me..
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  • Digital Account Manager - Online Media

    Digital Account Manager - Online Media Full Time NSW, Sydney Posted on 20.03.2016 One of Australia's fastest growing online media companyFlexible working hours (3-4 days from office/1 day from home)Uncapped commissions - High Earning Potential Digital Account Manager - Online Media Are you a strong digital and online sales junior executive with the skills to generate revenues and new business by networking and fostering relationships with clients within Sydney' leading media agencies? Are..
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  • Is Canberra really open for business?

    Is Canberra really open for business?
    Merlin Kong, the new executive director of the Property Council of Australia ACT. Photo: Rohan Thomson No one will contest the fact that Canberra is the centre of government. This is often taken as a given whether we like it or not.With this comes the implicit responsibility that our city must be a place with the best governance. People expect this, and there is no reason why they shouldn't.Given the sheer size and scope of government decision-making in our ..
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  • Flawed plans govern City to the Lake

    Flawed plans govern City to the Lake
    Architect Jack Kershaw is critical of the City to the Lake plans of ACT chief minister Andrew Barr, including the first stage of the West Basin Transformation. Photo: Matt Bedford Architect Jack Kershaw continues last week's interview about the development of City Hill and West Basin. TT: You indicated that, apart from being hugely expensive, the government's proposed vertical duplication of Parkes Way between City Hill and the lake, and the deletion of the..
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  • Interim hoverboard ban due to death risk

    Interim hoverboard ban due to death risk
    Interim hoverboard ban due to death risk
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  • Australia Post flooded with complaints from fed up customers

    Australia Post flooded with complaints from fed up customers
    Australia Post, led by CEO Ahmed Fahour, is looking at ways to reinvent the struggling national mail service. Picture: Britta CampionAnthony KeaneNews Corp Australia NetworkFALLING mail volumes, falling profits and — based on a growing chorus of complaints — falling standards are putting increased pressure on Australia Post.The 207-year-old national postal service has been busy working on ways to reinvent itself amid the slow death of the letter, but consumers are not happy.They have flooded soc..
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