One in a hundred success rate sparks small business sacking reform call

Small businesses are calling for reform in the wake of new research showing less than 1 per cent of unfair dismissal claims were backed by the industrial umpire. The Australasian Convenience and Petroleum Marketers Association claims small businesses are incurring significant financial and time penalties contesting unfair dismissal claims at the Fair Work Commission that…

How Dungeons & Dragons inspires, and feeds off, the rise of geek culture

Click:手机号微信开通批量过滤 Fantasy and science fiction currently make up a disproportionate amount of the world's biggest mainstream films and TV shows, from Game of Thrones to The Avengers: Endgame. And while most can trace their inspirations back to legendarily geeky sources, like Lord of the Rings and Marvel Comics respectively, their popularity has also led to…

More commuters than expected ride Sydney's new metro line in first test of peak-hour services

The integration of a $7.3 billion new metro line into Sydney's broader rail network passed its first test on Monday despite a greater number of commuters than expected riding on the driverless trains. A day after about 140,000 people hopped on board for the first time, attention turned to how the system would handle high…

'Best outcomes in the world': NSW takes big steps to cut cancer deaths

Growing numbers of people are being diagnosed with cancer, but the good news is your chances of survival are getting significantly better, the latest Cancer Institute NSW report shows. As our ageing population swells, so do absolute numbers of cancer diagnoses and deaths across the state, the Cancer Control in NSW report shows. Loading Replay…

Sydney's water restrictions to kick in from June 1 as big dry worsens

Sydneysiders will have their first water restrictions imposed in almost a decade to help stem a rapid decline in the city's reservoirs amid the state's ongoing drought. Click Here: The Berejiklian government decided to bring forward the level 1 curbs to June 1, or about two months earlier than would be triggered under the Metropolitan…

'Murder not acceptable in NSW': five men arrested over fatal shooting

A member of the Comancheros and four other men have been arrested in connection with the death of a man who was shot multiple times outside a home in Sydney's west. Emergency services were called to Meridian Place at Doonside about 7.30pm on Monday after reports of a shooting. Loading Replay Replay video NSW Ambulance paramedics…

Albanese warned to stand firm on tax cuts as he vows bipartisan approach

Click:全国楼凤论坛 Click:856A1491G02 Anthony Albanese has been warned by colleagues to hold the line against the government's medium-term tax cuts as the incoming Labor leader puts his stamp on the job by offering to work with Prime Minister Scott Morrison on key policies to end "conflict fatigue". Meanwhile, the Coalition has opened a dialogue with key…

Mitchell relishes chance to resume Origin hostilities with Chambers

Latrell Mitchell's "mad battle" with Will Chambers typified NSW's coming of age this time last year. Mitchell, the game's hottest young talent, was just 20 years old when he made his Origin debut alongside 10 others rookies. Chambers, a player 10 years his senior, was the ultimate Queensland warrior. When they met for the first…

Arranged marriages are common in Pakistan, but this one was unusual

Islamabad: Rabia Kanwal's parents were sure her marriage to a wealthy Chinese Muslim she had just met would give her a comfortable future, far from the hardships of their lives in Pakistan. But she had a premonition. "I was not excited," said Kanwal, 22, who lives in a poor neighbourhood in the city of Gujranwala, in…