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Thu 27 Feb 2020

Update Google Chrome right now

Update Google Chrome right now

The most popular web browser on the planet has three big holes that could be exploited by hackers and users are being urged to take action.

Batchfire seeks production trainees

premium_icon Batchfire seeks production trainees

Entry level spots on offer for graduating students at Batchfire

Aussie dollar hits 11-year low

Aussie dollar hits 11-year low

The Australian dollar has dropped to its lowest point in more than a decade as the economic fallout of the coronavirus continues.

Coast company facing legal action over truckie’s pay

premium_icon Coast company facing legal action over truckie’s pay

A Gold Coast trucking company is facing legal action after being accused of failing to back-pay one of its drivers.

Australia's best news deal:  Just $1 for the first 28 days

premium_icon Australia's best news deal: Just $1 for the first 28 days

It pays to be ‘in the know’ – and never has it been more critical in a social media age where so much false information is being pumped out.

Kaufland to sell nine sites around Australia

premium_icon Kaufland to sell nine sites around Australia

A MONTH after announcing it was exiting Australia German supermarket giant Kaufland has put its multimillion-dollar property portfolio on the market.

Apple's bizarre rule for movie directors

Apple's bizarre rule for movie directors

A top director just lifted the lid on a strict rule Apple has for using their products in films — and it doubles as a massive spoiler.

COSTS CUT: 145YO business to ‘refocus’

premium_icon COSTS CUT: 145YO business to ‘refocus’

The Bank of Queensland has announced it will cut costs, refocus its branches and expand its digital products as part of a major revamp.

Flight Centre first-half profit dives 74%

Flight Centre first-half profit dives 74%

Flight Centre reported a statutory profit after tax of $22.1 million, down from $85 million the year before.

Fair Work investigates alleged back-pay issue

Fair Work investigates alleged back-pay issue

A Gold Coast company could face a penalty of up to $31,500 if found guilty of failing to pay employees.

Extinction Rebellion protest hits newspaper

premium_icon Extinction Rebellion protest hits newspaper

Balaclava-clad Extinction Rebellion protestors have vandalised News Corp's Brisbane printing press in an attempt to stop locals from getting their paper.

How Aussie made $20k on the side

How Aussie made $20k on the side

Sarah Howse has a job that pays the bills but a simple decision she made 18 months ago is helping her rake in serious extra cash.

‘Mum and dad’ businesses to feel financial squeeze

premium_icon ‘Mum and dad’ businesses to feel financial squeeze

Profit-stricken hospitality operators are set to feel a further financial squeeze with a pay rise coming into place, leaving owners ‘playing catch-up’.

Mayor: No red flags with ex-CEO’s contract renewal

premium_icon Mayor: No red flags with ex-CEO’s contract renewal

Mayor Mark Jamieson says there was nothing to investigate when ex-CEO Michael Whittaker’s contract was extended last February.

100+ JOBS: Gladstone chosen for huge hydrogen plant

premium_icon 100+ JOBS: Gladstone chosen for huge hydrogen plant

GLADSTONE has been chosen as the location for The Hydrogen Utility’s latest project, a proposed multi-billion-dollar facility to produce green hydrogen and ammonia.

The ‘dodgy’ fee you won’t have to pay any more

premium_icon The ‘dodgy’ fee you won’t have to pay any more

It’s a fee consumers are slugged with often, and one few of them understand. But under Federal Government measures it will become a thing of the past.

Yeppoon Rd upgrade progress

premium_icon Yeppoon Rd upgrade progress

Local politicians have provided an update on plans to upgrade the treacherous Yeppoon Rd.

Wed 26 Feb 2020

Looking back on life in the CQ region in 1920

premium_icon Looking back on life in the CQ region in 1920

“I do not think there is any danger of Japan supplanting England in the Australian market.”

Apprentices walk out as Aussie jobs crisis worsens

premium_icon Apprentices walk out as Aussie jobs crisis worsens

Millennials are abandoning apprenticeships because the pay is too low, they don’t like their bosses and bullying is rife.

Michael Hill profit shines amid jewellery doom and gloom

premium_icon Michael Hill profit shines amid jewellery doom and gloom

As rivals such as Wallace Bishop struggle in a tough retail market, Michael Hill is fighting back with new product offering such as laboratory grown diamonds.

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