The federal government made a point of talking up new measures aimed at benefiting the average Australian worker in the budget last month.  They included the $250 Working Australians Tax Offset (WATO) and a new instant tax deduction of up to $1,000. But that doesn’t mean you’ll see an extra $1,250 in your tax return…

Convenience giant 7-Eleven is accused of forcing and then blocking the sale of one of its franchises, leaving the owners to walk away with nothing after they invested more than $1 million into the business. The petrol and fast-food store in Kensington, in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, has returned to the hands of head office, which…

Bean counters have often received a bad rap. Before the arrival of “celebrity accountants”, the keepers of the books were often looked down upon as nerdy and, well, unexciting. Who could forget Mr Anchovy’s ill-conceived visit to the vocations guidance counsellor in Monty Python’s Flying Circus. When advised that his ideal career would be an…

Fraud victims are anxiously waiting to see if global bank HSBC will admit to the Federal Court that it failed to protect its customers from a long-running spoofing scam, potentially paving the way for a massive financial penalty. Hundreds of Australians were scammed out of huge sums of money over four years, where fraudsters used…

This was a press club address like no other. Lengthy, fiery, action-packed. Now even the police have been called in. One Nation would be thrilled with the attention. The main drama centred on a secretly installed GetUp banner that suddenly unfurled the moment Pauline Hanson started empathising with cost-of-living concerns. It was an attention-grabbing stunt,…