Popular Taiwanese restaurants and senior staff members have been fined a total of $4m by the Federal Court for exploiting vulnerable workers in a “calculated scheme to rob employees”. The Fair Work Ombudsman took action against DTF World Square, which employed workers at Din Tai Fang restaurants in Sydney andContinue Reading
A high-profile political journalist in ABC’s Parliament House bureau has resigned over the national broadcaster’s coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict. Nour Haydar, who joined the ABC as a cadet in 2017 before rising to the ranks as a political reporter in Canberra in 2019, has featured prominently across the broadcaster’sContinue Reading
An experienced ABC radio host who was sacked only hours after sharing a social media post about the war in Gaza claims she was discriminated against because of her Arab background. Fill-in host for Sydney’s Mornings radio, Antoinette Lattouf, was fired by the ABC last month after reposting a storyContinue Reading
A popular carmaker could be forced to fork out millions after it admitted to falsely telling customers at three service centres the businesses were going to be shut down. Federal Court Justice Nathan Moshinsky on Friday recommended Honda pay $6 million after it was sued by the Australian Competition andContinue Reading
A Sydney woman is seeking $20,000 in compensation from Bondi Icebergs after she alleges she was repeatedly sexually harassed and “leered” at by “older, creepy men” in the club’s pool and sauna — only to be banned after complaining to management. Camilla Theakstone, 28, alleges staff at the world-famous clubContinue Reading
Consumers used to have to wait until after Christmas for the sales, but we’re likely to see more items on sale in the lead up to Christmas this year, a new report has found. Cost of living pressures are expected to result in “consumers taking a more measured approach toContinue Reading
The former head of Spanish football has been barred from going with 200 metres of the player who he controversially kissed after the country’s World Cup win in Sydney. A court in Madrid granted the restraining order against Luis Rubiales who now cannot approach Jenni Hermoso. It comes as theContinue Reading
An Adelaide nightclub has cancelled and apologised for what punters condemned as a “misogynistic” event offering free drinks based on bra sizes. Using the slogan “the bigger the better”, the Woolshed on Hindley’s event, ‘Hang you bra in the shed’, encouraged women to take their bras off in exchange forContinue Reading
A Melbourne woman who was made redundant when failed home builder Porter Davis collapsed, has delivered a rare insight into the company’s “mind blowing” final hours of operation. In a video to TikTok, Lottie Griffin recounted “from start to finish” how her last day at the job she loved endedContinue Reading
Karl Stefanovic has slammed a Melbourne council over a proposed tax that he argues would intensify cost of living pressures for the city’s struggling residents. Yarra City Council has stirred up controversy with a proposal to add an additional $115 tax on its waste service. Councillor Stephen Jolly and aContinue Reading