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Fines Rise After Dodgy Job Ads Spruik Below-Minimum Rates

Employers are paying the price for job advertisements offering unlawful wage rates, with fines up 18 per cent in the last year. Repeat or significant offenders have also been warned they could face court action. [...]
Markets

Open Homes on Notice in Latest Underquoting Blitz

Marking six months of the NSW Government’s Name and Shame Register, NSW Fair Trading’s Strata and Property Taskforce has covertly blitzed open homes across NSW to identify agents engaging in underquoting and other breaches of [...]
News

Trans-Tasman Partnership to Channel Māori Capital into Australia’s Indigenous Economy

Two of the largest Indigenous investment institutions in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand are strengthening a long-term partnership to invest in major Indigenous-led projects across Australia. Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) and Waikato-Tainui are set to [...]
News

First Refurbished Tangara Returns to Passenger Service

Almost 40 years since the first Tangara trains rolled out of the factory in Newcastle, they are now re-entering timetable service after an extensive refurbishment, extending their lifespan by more than a decade and boosting [...]
News

NSW Approvals Remain Volatile as Housing Accord Clock Ticks Down

The Property Council of Australia says new ABS Building Approvals data reflects the scale of the challenge NSW is facing to build the pipeline needed for the remainder of the National Housing Accord. The data [...]

Fines Rise After Dodgy Job Ads Spruik Below-Minimum Rates

Business

September 4, 2026 0

Employers are paying the price for job advertisements offering unlawful wage rates, with fines up 18 per cent in the last year. Repeat or significant offenders have also been warned they could face court action. [...]

Open Homes on Notice in Latest Underquoting Blitz

Markets

September 4, 2026 0

Marking six months of the NSW Government’s Name and Shame Register, NSW Fair Trading’s Strata and Property Taskforce has covertly blitzed open homes across NSW to identify agents engaging in underquoting and other breaches of [...]

News

Trans-Tasman Partnership to Channel Māori Capital into Australia’s Indigenous Economy

September 4, 2026 0

Two of the largest Indigenous investment institutions in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand are strengthening a long-term partnership to invest in major Indigenous-led projects across Australia. Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) and Waikato-Tainui are set to [...]

News

First Refurbished Tangara Returns to Passenger Service

September 4, 2026 0

Almost 40 years since the first Tangara trains rolled out of the factory in Newcastle, they are now re-entering timetable service after an extensive refurbishment, extending their lifespan by more than a decade and boosting [...]

News

NSW Approvals Remain Volatile as Housing Accord Clock Ticks Down

September 3, 2026 0

The Property Council of Australia says new ABS Building Approvals data reflects the scale of the challenge NSW is facing to build the pipeline needed for the remainder of the National Housing Accord. The data [...]