Uber driver to face trial in WA test case
The first Uber driver to be prosecuted in Western Australia for allegedly operating a taxi illegally has pleaded not guilty to three charges. The Fin
Barnett takes cake on debt pie
The extent of Western Australia’s record borrowing spree has been laid bare by fresh data showing its net debt per capita will surpass the federal government’s in the coming financial year, and is now twice as high as that of most other states. The Aus
Spouses and doctors lose tax break
Labor has agreed with the government on another tax increase – removing a tax break for people whose spouses don’t work – following secret negotiations over measures stalled in the Senate since last year’s federal budget. The Fin
Quadrant Energy keen for growth
New Australian oil and gas player Quadrant Energy will waste no time in capitalising on the growth appetite of its local management, with managing director Brett Darley planning to take a set of potential growth opportunities to the board at its first meeting later this month. The Fin
‘Jet-setting juniors’ added to Burrup bill
The insolvency firm accused of inflated billing by Pankaj Oswal flew junior staff from Melbourne to do photocopying during the receivership of his family’s Burrup Fertilisers business, the first day of a Federal Court inquiry has been told. The West
Juniors await visa cash flow
Changes to Australia’s significant investment visa regime could offer a ray of hope to the beleaguered junior mining sector as new money flows into locally listed small cap stocks. The West
The Australian Financial Review
Page 1: Labor has agreed with the government on another tax increase – removing a tax break for people whose spouses don’t work – following secret negotiations over measures stalled in the Senate since last year’s federal budget.
Page 3: As many as 24 foreign investors have come forward under an amnesty to disclose they may have breached homeownership rules, Treasurer Joe Hockey says.
Page 8: A whole month has passed since the federal government announced its $20,000 tax break, but start-up investor Adrian Stone has not heard a single founder mention any of the new measures introduced to boost the small end of town.
Page 10: The head of the national energy forecaster has warned that significant new investment is needed to connect renewables to the national grid and to adapt to fast-changing consumer behaviour.
Page 12: A controversial national broadband network builder that terminated the jobs of almost 100 workers in Tasmania last week is facing accusations of pressuring migrant workers in other parts of the $41 billion project.
Page 13: One of BHP Billiton’s top oil executives, David Rainey, will finally be free to fully focus on growing the Australian company’s global petroleum portfolio, after being found not guilty of misleading the US government on the 2010 oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
The first Uber driver to be prosecuted in Western Australia for allegedly operating a taxi illegally has pleaded not guilty to three charges.
Page 15: China’s iron ore imports slumped 8.5 per cent by volume in May from a year earlier, threatening Australia’s surprisingly good first-quarter gross domestic product growth which was helped by earlier strong exports of the key steelmaking commodity to China.
Page 17: Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman Greg Medcraft is pressing American regulators to help make it easier and cheaper for Australian companies to sell financial securities to individual investors in the United States.
Page 19: New Australian oil and gas player Quadrant Energy will waste no time in capitalising on the growth appetite of its local management, with managing director Brett Darley planning to take a set of potential growth opportunities to the board at its first meeting later this month.
The Australian
Page 1: Taxpayers would be exposed to compensation claims from citizens able to sue for breaches of human rights under plans for a radical upgrade of Victoria’s charter of human rights.
Page 4: Human Rights Commissioner Tim Wilson has cautioned the government against overriding the rule of law as it moves to introduce tough new citizenship measures aimed at Australian foreign fighters.
Page 6: The extent of Western Australia’s record borrowing spree has been laid bare by fresh data showing its net debt per capita will surpass the federal government’s in the coming financial year, and is now twice as high as that of most other states.
Page 17: About 400 options trading clients of broker BBY face an anxious wait to discover the extent of any losses after they were unable to move their account to a new broker before it was placed in administration and had their trading positions sold.
Page 18: US-based information management giant Iron Mountain will acquire Recall Holdings in a deal that values the ASX-listed company at $3.4 billion after protracted negotiations led to a final agreement last night.
Page 19: On a dark and stormy night in Perth in early May, Mike Ottaviano couldn’t have been more content and relaxed as 5.8 metre waves lashed Garden Island and the HMAS Stirling naval base.
The West Australian
Page 7: More than 600ha of new sporting fields, courts and ovals are planned for Perth to meet future demand.
Page 9: Troubled health promotion agency Healthway has a new acting executive director.
Page 11: A State Government move to stop funding financial counselling services from October 1 will push vulnerable Western Australians further into debt, according to welfare organisations that have labelled it short-sighted.
Page 16: Fresh allegations of cruelty within the live export industry have emerged, with footage showing Australian cattle being brutally killed in an Israeli abattoir.
Business: The insolvency firm accused of inflated billing by Pankaj Oswal flew junior staff from Melbourne to do photocopying during the receivership of his family’s Burrup Fertilisers business, the first day of a Federal Court inquiry has been told.
Costs of living and low interest rates have seen more older Australians put off retirement in favour of becoming “greypreneurs”, according to a Bankwest report.
There are few countries where it would make sense for a car owner to walk into a second-hand dealership and give away a BMW worth about £35,000 ($70,000).
Changes to Australia’s significant investment visa regime could offer a ray of hope to the beleaguered junior mining sector as new money flows into locally listed small cap stocks.
Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines will today officially open its ultra-fine grinding mill in what is being hailed as one of the biggest changes along the Golden Mile in more than a century.