Western Australia Suffers As ACT, NSW And Victoria See Massive Job Growth and other top stories.

• Western Australia Suffers As ACT, NSW And Victoria See Massive Job Growth

  

  While individual experiences may differ, job growth in Australia is on the increase, according to the latest stats from career site Seek. Interestingly, it’s the east coast thats reaping the benefits, with the ACT, Victoria and NSW posting healthy gains over 2015. Image: Ray_LAC / Flickr, licensed under Creative Commons 2.0 The Australian Capital Territory topped the list with a 26.3 per cent boost in job adverts, followed by NSW’s 11.6 per cent and Tasmania’s 10.7 per cent. Compared to 2015..

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• Australia Post flooded with complaints from fed up customers

  

  Australia Post, led by CEO Ahmed Fahour, is looking at ways to reinvent the struggling national mail service. Picture: Britta CampionAnthony KeaneNews Corp Australia NetworkFALLING mail volumes, falling profits and — based on a growing chorus of complaints — falling standards are putting increased pressure on Australia Post.The 207-year-old national postal service has been busy working on ways to reinvent itself amid the slow death of the letter, but consumers are not happy.They have flooded soc..

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• Investigation launched after Sydney Entertainment Centre roof collapses on worker

  

  A worker is lucky to be alive after the roof of the Sydney Entertainment Centre collapsed on top of him. The man was underneath the structure as it came crashing down during demolition works on Saturday morning. The construction union says the worker survived thanks only to being shielded by the excavation machinery he was operating at the time. The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union’s NSW secretary, Brian Parker, claimed worker safety on the project was coming a distant second to ..

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• Is Canberra really open for business?

  

  Merlin Kong, the new executive director of the Property Council of Australia ACT. Photo: Rohan Thomson No one will contest the fact that Canberra is the centre of government. This is often taken as a given whether we like it or not.With this comes the implicit responsibility that our city must be a place with the best governance. People expect this, and there is no reason why they shouldn't.Given the sheer size and scope of government decision-making in our ..

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• Senator Arthur Sinodinos says company tax cuts will drive higher wages

  

  The Turnbull government has linked looming corporate tax cuts to higher wages – while intensifying its threats to call an early election to senators blocking key legislation.Cabinet secretary Arthur Sinodinos said studies suggested at least half of the benefit of a cut to the 30 per cent corporate tax rate ultimately flowed to workers through higher wages.While voters look to have missed out on receiving  personal income tax cuts in the May 10 budget – long championed by the Treasurer Scott Mor..

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• Flawed plans govern City to the Lake

  

  Architect Jack Kershaw is critical of the City to the Lake plans of ACT chief minister Andrew Barr, including the first stage of the West Basin Transformation. Photo: Matt Bedford Architect Jack Kershaw continues last week's interview about the development of City Hill and West Basin. TT: You indicated that, apart from being hugely expensive, the government's proposed vertical duplication of Parkes Way between City Hill and the lake, and the deletion of the..

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• Second gastro outbreak hits luxury cruise line

  

  Video will begin in 5 seconds. On board the 'voyage of the damned' Stephen Dinale's first cruise was not what he expected as 158 passengers and crew are struck down with gastro while on board the Diamond Princess. PT0M57S 620 349 It was supposed to be a royal luxury experience, a two-week escape to the South Pacific, but for hundreds of passengers on board the Golden Princess it has involved far too much time on the throne.The cruise ship - the largest to sail in and out of Me..

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• Bang & Olufsen Joins Forces With LG to Produce TVs

  

  Denmark's high-end electronics company Bang & Olufsen is joining forces with South Korea's LG Electronics to make televisions that make use of the latest screen technology.Chief executive Tue Mantoni said Friday that the "strategic technology partnership" with the world's second-largest TV maker will allow his company "to stay at the forefront of innovation."No financial details were disclosed but the hope is that a new television with an organic light-emitting diode screen will emerge in..

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