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You’ve been put on a performance management plan. Are you on the way out?
22+ hour, 19+ min ago (1278+ words) September 13, 2026 — 10:55am When roadside patrol mechanic Yep Yap was sacked in 2022, he’d been put on a performance management plan and failed to meet three key performance indicators. But the Fair Work Commission found the targets set for Yap were unrealistic, unachievable…...
How innovation hubs at Parkville and Clayton can put Melbourne on top of the world
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (112+ words) The city’s innovation precincts are brimming with world-class talent, but raising capital is key for start-ups to grow and stay local. High-tech industries including biomedicine and robotics will help future-proof jobs and drive Melbourne’s prosperity, as long as the city…...
Medtech giant hid bad data from patients, doctors
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (1576+ words) One of the world’s largest medical device companies is accused of deliberately misleading patients and doctors over the effectiveness of an implant for back pain. Australia’s medical regulator made the serious allegation in a confidential report obtained by this masthead,…...
Prestigious Kooyong Tennis Club underpaid staff for five years
2+ week, 4+ day ago (688+ words) August 26, 2026 — 7:00pm One of Australia’s most prestigious sporting clubs has systematically underpaid its kitchen staff over five years, with the matter now being investigated by the Fair Work Ombudsman amid a fresh exodus of key leaders at the troubled private club....
Former employees claim collapsed Sydney developer struggled to pay staff
2+ week, 4+ day ago (49+ words) More fallout has followed the $3.6 billion collapse of Sydney developer Bathla Group as ex-staff claim the company struggled to pay contractors. August 26, 2026 — 4:54pm...
Price wars in perpetuity: Discounts (and Ooshies) usher in Woolies’ resurgence
2+ week, 4+ day ago (638+ words) August 26, 2026 — 4:00pm The supermarket wars have stepped up a notch as Coles continued its run of strong results and Woolworths turned a corner, showing real signs of bringing back the fight to its major competitor. For the first time in years,…...
Popular Brisbane sushi chain in financial trouble
2+ week, 5+ day ago (228+ words) August 25, 2026 — 8:13pm A chain of popular Brisbane sushi shops is in financial trouble, with external liquidators appointed to several companies controlled by its owner. Mitsuki Sushi opened its first shop on George Street in May 2021. It then went on to open…...
Beetaloo taps infrastructure giant for 750km NT gas pipeline push
2+ week, 6+ day ago (538+ words) August 24, 2026 — 4:17pm Beetaloo Energy Australia has tapped one of the nation’s biggest gas infrastructure players to map out a 750-kilometre pipeline that could become the critical midstream link between its Carpentaria shale gas project and its ambitious Beetaloo Digital development near Darwin....
Trump’s war on the world is exposing him
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1140+ words) The shocking collapse of US-Canada trade talks is the latest sign that President Donald Trump’s bulldozer approach to remaking the nation’s trade relationships may be reaching its limits. The president tried in recent days to use an untested legal power…...
A father’s will left $100,000 to charity. His daughters fought for a share
3+ week, 1+ day ago (949+ words) August 22, 2026 — 1:07pm A father of three died with almost $100,000 in unspent superannuation. His three daughters, two of whom had been cut out of his will, wanted it split equally between them. His middle daughter was ultimately paid the entire sum – even…...