Skip to content

***MEDIA ALERT*** Commentary on Stage 3 tax cuts

By API User

Media alert | Tuesday, 23 January 2024 The Australia Institute’s Chief Economist Greg Jericho is available to comment on Stage 3 tax cuts, including why rejigging them would save $130 billion over a decade while delivering a larger cut to 80% of taxpayers. Read more here: https://bit.ly/4b87IAT For interviews, contact Georgie Moore | 0477 779 … Continued

TransPerfect Legal Named as a 2023 Service Provider of the Year for Australia and New Zealand

By API User

Company Honoured for Excellence in Legal Technology and eDiscovery SYDNEY, Australia and NEW YORK, Jan. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TransPerfect Legal, a global provider of eDiscovery and litigation support solutions, has received Australasian Lawyer and NZ Lawyer’s 2023 Service Provider Award within the legal technology and eDiscovery category for the second consecutive year. Australasian … Continued

Stop blaming inflation: increasing restaurant surcharges this Friday are likely due to business inefficiencies

By API User

A consumer and marketing expert says restaurants must look at improving their own business operations before penalising diners with exorbitant surcharges, a practice we expect to see this coming public holiday.  Dr Sandy Fitzgerald, Senior Lecturer, Marketing  Topics: surcharges, service, restaurants, cost of living, public holidays “It has become a standard practice that cafes and … Continued

Rushed majority verdicts a risk under proposed jury changes

By API User

Monday, 22 January 2024 Rushed majority verdicts a risk under proposed jury changes Proposed changes to jury laws designed to contribute to a fairer and more efficient justice system, include a proposal that risks reducing an important safeguard for majority verdicts. President of the Law Society of NSW Brett McGrath said while the NSW Government’s … Continued

Rye summer carnival operator served with 133 child employment charges

By API User

The operators of the summer carnival on the Rye foreshore face 133 criminal charges in the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria over alleged breaches of Victoria’s child employment laws. The state’s child employment watchdog, Wage Inspectorate Victoria, alleges that between 26 December 2022 and 28 January 2023, Wittingslow Carnivals Pty Ltd, contravened the Child Employment Act … Continued

Scrapping investor handouts could fund half a million social homes and bring down housing costs

By API User

Amidst a historic cost-of-living crisis, Everybody’s Home is calling on the federal government to scrap tax concessions for property investors and build social housing across Australia.   The call follows the campaign’s release of Written Off, a report showing that housing affordability has crashed because the government is subsidising the private market instead of directly … Continued

***MEDIA ALERT*** Everybody’s Home: Report reveals quarter of a trillion dollar govt housing failure

By API User

****MEDIA ALERT**** In the midst of a historic cost-of-living crisis, Everybody’s Home is urging the federal government to scrap tax concessions for property investors and build social housing across Australia. The call coincides with the launch of the campaign’s Written Off report, which highlights how negative gearing and capital gains tax concessions will be a … Continued

Hut 8 Corp. media statement on short report

By API User

MIAMI, Jan. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hut 8 Corp. (Nasdaq | TSX: HUT) (“Hut 8” or the “Company”), one of North America’s largest, innovation-focused digital asset mining pioneers, and high performance computing infrastructure provider, is aware of a short report issued on January 18 by J Capital Research, which is a self-proclaimed group of … Continued