The City of Canterbury Bankstown has been recognised as one of Australia and New Zealand’s most innovative companies for its work in waste management services. The prestigious annual list, published by The Australian Financial Review and Boss Magazine, is based on a rigorous assessment process. Canterbury-Bankstown Mayor Khal Asfour said Council was honoured to have been ranked first in the ...

By: James Madden and Sophie Elsworth It wasn’t meant to be like this. Former Today host Lisa Wilkinson, who has positioned herself as the poster girl for pay parity, now faces a tough battle to control her tightly scripted public narrative amid claims that she commanded double the salary of her on-air breakfast show co-host Karl Stefanovic from at least ...

By: Sarah McPhee and Mary Ward All adults in NSW will receive a $50 “Stay and Rediscover” voucher next year to use towards accommodation to boost the state’s tourism sector. NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet announced more than $500 million in investment this morning to “drive tourism opportunities right across the state”, half of which is allocated to the voucher redemption ...

By: Crystal Wu Former New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has been granted approval for a taxpayer-funded legal team worth at least $10,000 a day for her Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) battle. The ICAC is holding its third day of public hearings into whether the former Premier breached public trust while in a secret relationship with former Liberal MP ...

By: Elizabeth Daoud The New South Wales government has announced more financial support measures to help businesses reopen with confidence after lockdown. Premier Dominic Perrottet announced a Summer Holiday Stock Guarantee on Tuesday that would allow eligible businesses with an annual turnover between $75,000 and $50 million to apply for a grant of up to $20,000 to compensate for the ...

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has been hit with two fines for breaching COVID-19 restrictions.Mr Andrews was filmed walking through the state parliament’s car park without a mask on Thursday 7 October.He also did not wear a mask as he approached the media on Wednesday 6 October.On both days, Mr Andrews wore a mask as he was driven to parliament but took it off before ...

  By: Elizabeth Daoud The New South Wales government has announced more financial support measures to help businesses reopen with confidence after lockdown. Premier Dominic Perrottet announced a Summer Holiday Stock Guarantee on Tuesday that would allow eligible businesses with an annual turnover between $75,000 and $50 million to apply for a grant of up to $20,000 to compensate for ...

By: Jorge Branco Premier Dominic Perrottet has avoided a fine after he was photographed enjoying a schooner while standing up to celebrate the end of lockdown. On Monday Mr Perrottet appeared alongside Deputy Premier Paul Toole and NSW Treasurer Matt Kean at Watson’s in Moore Park to speak about the reopening of the hospitality industry and relaxed restrictions. Footage showed ...

  More than one million NSW workers will, within weeks, lose the federal disaster payments that have been sustaining them through the three months of lockdown and for many, it will be a trying time.Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has revealed this week that the disaster payments of up to $750 a week for individuals will wind down once vaccination rates pass 70 percent of the ...

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says he could make “small changes” to the state’s roadmap out of lockdown during a crisis cabinet meeting being held tonight. Restrictions will ease on Monday, including the reopening of retail, restaurants and bars, after the Premier confirmed on social media that the state had reached the target of 70 per cent of over 16s being ...