Updated September 11, 2019 13:42:54 Photo: The worker was killed when the brick wall collapsed about 9:00am. (ABC News) A 56-year-old man demolishing a house in Ballarat this morning has died after a brick wall collapsed on top of him. Key points: Police are yet to identify the man, who was killed in the wall
Posted September 11, 2019 15:23:22 A former credit manager of one of South Australia’s largest companies has faced court accused of defrauding her employer out of more than $12.4 million. Key points: Glenda Burgess is accused of defrauding more than $12.4 million from Adelaide Brighton Cement She was a credit manager at the cement and
Posted September 10, 2019 07:25:20 Photo: Tiffany Atkinson used her early reputation as “the chick in pink” to build her business in Orange. (ABC Central West: Emma Rennie) Female workers could be the answer to the skills shortage in manual trades, but only if more is done to remove the barriers they face entering male-dominated
Updated September 10, 2019 12:30:00 The anticipated bounce in business sentiment following the federal election, successive monthly interest rate cuts and personal tax relief has yet to materialise. Key points: Business conditions and confidence have slipped even further below their long-term trend despite the removal of political uncertainty Forward-looking measures such as new orders point
Posted September 10, 2019 09:03:04 Photo: Land tax applies to properties apart from a person’s main home and farms. (ABC News: Chris Moon) The South Australian Government has refused to back down on its controversial stance on land tax aggregation in return for lowering the rate of the levy by more than promised and more
Updated September 06, 2019 06:46:29 Photo: The Allure building at 286 Casuarina Drive in Nightcliff, Darwin. (ABC News: Dane Hirst) A multi-storey apartment complex in Darwin “came close to catastrophic collapse” during its construction, according to court documents in a $6 million lawsuit against the structural engineer at the centre of a separate government probe
Posted September 06, 2019 05:40:09 Photo: A ‘sustainable shopping centre’ planned for Melbourne includes a 2,000sqm urban farm on the rooftop. (Supplied: Frasers Property) Related Story: ‘This isn’t a path we want to be on’: Temperature rises will make city life difficult, report finds Rooftop gardens could save our cities from climate change, but archaic
Posted September 05, 2019 13:26:19 A Hugh Jackman concert in Brisbane has sparked a heated debate over unisex toilets and whether there are adequate restroom facilities at entertainment venues. A caller to ABC Radio Brisbane’s Evenings program said the 20-minute half-time interval was inadequate for the number of people who needed to use the restrooms
Posted September 05, 2019 05:01:04 Spring is more than floral blooms, football finals and trying to find where you stored your thongs — for house-hunters it represents a strong opportunity to buy a home. Key points: The price of homes in Australia’s capital cities lifted by an average of 1 per cent in August Apartment
Updated September 04, 2019 15:12:43 Photo: Middle Arm is already home to ConocoPhillips’ LNG processing plant and the Inpex gas plant. (Supplied: Inpex) A $500 million methanol plant with the capacity to produce 1,000 tonnes a day of the chemical could begin operating by 2024 in the Darwin Harbour. Key Points: Western Australian company Coogee
