Business Enterprises

The cost of new and second hand vehicles has sky-rocketed, adding to cost-of-living pressures already being experienced by most Australians. This is the reason, writes Vinh Thai.

The Fair Work Ombudsman says the operators of two Adelaide Vietnamese restaurants allegedly underpaid staff more than $400,000 and unlawfully punished them for incorrectly charging customers. 

Would you quit your job if your boss told you that you must go back into the office? Or would you adhere to the new rule, especially if it meant a potential pay rise? This is a question more workers may have to contemplate in the year ahead as employers ask their staff to stop working from home.

Migrant women are teaming up with university students to bring home-cooked comfort foods to those far from home.

This was the year we got shock and more. While 2023 saw continued freedom from COVID lockdowns and rules, a cost-of-living crisis and an ever-growing crunch in housing put substantial curbs on our lives and choices.

If your ATAR results leave you unsure of what career path to take, you’re not alone. Meet the business leaders who had to find alternative paths to success.

While Central Australia’s largest melon farm's yields have been affected by bushfire ash this year, these workers from Timor-Leste still have plenty of harvesting, and singing, ahead of them. 

Bendigo Brittle founder Greta Donaldson tweaked her grandmother's recipe and has a small staff producing around 200-300 kilograms of brittle a week.

A businessman trying to set up a private crematorium in Perth says the state government's efforts to block him mean that West Australians are paying the highest fees in the country.

WA gas giant Woodside confirms it's in discussions regarding a possible merger with fellow Australian energy company Santos.

A psychosocial risk survey of more than 1,000 employees of Tasmania's state-owned electricity provider uncovers allegations of bullying, assault and sexual assault, with the boss saying he is "confronted" by the result.

Jessica Shipard and Darcy Smith, co-founders of indie game developer Studio Folly, discuss the genesis and success of their latest word game app Gubbins.

Sarah Ryan lives on a 1,200-hectare sheep farm, but she prefers being indoors, living out her dream of making candles. What started out as a hobby has grown into a fully fledged company.

A "generational" piece of water infrastructure for Queensland has been completed after years of construction plagued by cost blowouts, inundations and COVID-19 disruptions.

The Sunshine State's peak business group says the median regulatory compliance costs reported by businesses in 2023 was $50,000 — up from $25,000 in 2021.

A Blue Mountains hotel wants to significantly increase its number of helicopter flights to the area, from 14 to 105 per week, to chopper guests over flood-affected roads.

Current and former PwC executives have defended the behaviour of private consultancies during a Senate grilling in Canberra today, where former CEO Luke Sayers said he feels "terrible" about what happened. The ASX200 has closed flat after rising slightly in early trade.

Qantas chairman Richard Goyder will stand down from airline in next 12 months, as the airline tries to rebuild its reputation.

Australia's national netball team the Diamonds are number one in the world but despite this success, the viability of the sport in Australia is in doubt. 

While the great Rupert Murdoch succession drama is far from resolved, the move doesn't protect Lachlan Murdoch from his jostling siblings in the future.

After seven decades building his global media empire from an afternoon paper in Adelaide, Rupert Murdoch has stepped down as chairman of Fox News and News Corp.

Lachlan Murdoch will ascend to chairman of Fox and News Corp but experts doubt the editorial direction of the media empire will see drastic change.

Business and unions react to the news of Alan Joyce's early departure from Qantas

Billionaire mining magnate Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group loses another of its top executives, as former Reserve Bank deputy governor Guy Debelle quits after 18 months at the company.

A flashy new online shopping app has been bombarding Australians on social media. While some see it as the saviour of China's economy, not everyone is convinced.