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Major wine retailer puts vineyards up for sale amid industry-wide squeeze
Endeavour Group, which owns Dan Murphy’s and BWS, announces it will step away from some key vineyards and wineries in South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania, and close a major South Australian bottling plant. Source link
Officeworks to offshore hundreds of jobs in search for white-collar workers
The Australian office products retailer is planning to offshore hundreds of jobs to India and the Philippines, joining a growing trend of businesses hoping to find more highly skilled white-collar workers overseas. Source link
Aussies facing 'most important day' of World Championship campaign
The threat of relegation hangs over the Australian men’s rugby sevens squad ahead of the final two rounds of the World Championship series. Source link
Need for mine's hybrid power plant 'embarrassing', outback MP says
An international energy company is building Australia’s largest off-grid renewable hybrid power facility, as a state politician criticises the need for it. Source link
Labor campaigned on 'integrity' so the NACC should be enjoying public trust by now
In an extraordinary irony, the National Anti-Corruption Commission has become best known for “own goals”, rocked by internal scandals and attracting a litany of complaints. Source link
Details of first NZYQ Nauru deal payment revealed
Details of the secretive NZYQ resettlement deal have emerged, including a breakdown of the government’s first payment. Source link
How tax rules benefit top earners by $700,000 but median earners by $5,700
Commonwealth Treasury secretary Jenny Wilkinson says the average top income earner benefited from the existing investment tax arrangements to the tune of $700,000 over their lifetime, versus just $5,700 for median income earners. Source link
Small business Yarn'n says Labor's capital gains tax plan 'handcuffs' ambition
Small business owners are urging Labor to rethink more than just the eligibility thresholds for capital gains tax concessions. Source link
Aussie rocker-turned-game developer restores lost art of the mixtape
Melbourne’s Johnny Galvatron gave up the rockstar life to become a BAFTA-winning game developer. Now, his studio’s latest release, Mixtape, re-imagines the music game as an eclectic playlist of genres and mechanics. Source link
Mathematical AI helps researchers crack 50-year-old problem
After an AI from OpenAI found a trick to solve an 80-year-old conjecture from Paul Erdős, mathematicians have borrowed the same technique to solve another important problem Source link