February figures show end to retail spending slump, according to ABS

The spending slump in Australian retail has come to an end following the release of the Australian Bureau of...

The spending slump in Australian retail has come to an end following the release of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures for February showing a rise in turnover of 0.6 per cent. National Retail Association (NRA) CEO Dominique Lamb said the February results are promising for the retail sector,...

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Message from the CEO, Dominique Lamb: 3 April 2018

How many bags of groceries end up in the bin at your house each year? According to Foodwise.com.au, we...

How many bags of groceries end up in the bin at your house each year? According to Foodwise.com.au, we throw out a mammoth 20 per cent of the food we buy - around one in five bags. That’s 345kg per household (the weight of three average-sized fridges), at an average...

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Inaction by Employer leads to FWC anti-bullying order

By Victoria Hansen and Lindsay Carroll, NRA Legal The Fair Work Commission has found that a hotel manager and human...

By Victoria Hansen and Lindsay Carroll, NRA Legal The Fair Work Commission has found that a hotel manager and human resources advisor behaved unreasonably towards an employee by failing to follow their own policy to investigate her allegations of bullying. Jennifer Watts FWC 1455 (20 March 2018) The claim The employee, Ms...

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