Southern Hemisphere’s biggest shopping centre

ONCE you’ve been inside this glitzy retail mecca, you’ll never want to leave. It’s the Southern Hemisphere’s biggest mall, right here in Australia.

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The weirdest viral posts on Gumtree

THESE wacky viral Gumtree posts give a glimpse into the unique lengths Australians will go to for a buck — or matters of the heart.

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Skittles’ response to Donald Trump Jr

WHEN Donald Trump Jr compared refugees to a bowl of Skittles in a Twitter post, it drew a sour response from the sweet maker.

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Man jailed over Nutella dispute

A MAN was sentenced on Tuesday to two years in jail for punching an elderly man at a store in a dispute over Nutella samples.

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Kathmandu to go globe trotting

ADVENTURE retailer Kathmandu says it will expand into international markets after a lifting its full-year profit by 64 per cent.

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Newspaper’s embarrassing balls-up

A REGIONAL newspaper has been left red-faced after it failed to notice this massive balls-up in its back-page photo. WARNING: Nudity

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Hilarious ads are riling up its critics

THEY’RE the not-too-serious Airtasker ads which are top-shelf hilarious, despite some critics like Unions NSW seriously hating on what they promote.

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Domino’s signs dunny deal

THIS Domino’s franchise is diversifying its pizza business to offer a service of a different kind.

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Glitch causes day of stockmarket mayhem

THE Australian stockmarket was in full crisis mode yesterday after the computer systems that runs its trading crashed for several hours.

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New McDonald’s has no burgers

IT’S Maccas like you’ve never seen it before. Instead of Big Macs and Quarter Pounders, the fast food giant’s new outlet has a surprise menu.

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Medibank’s new $40 million perk

AFTER hiking premiums and driving customers away, Australia’s biggest private health insurer has finally come up with a plan to win us all over.

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‘It’s a con’: Milk wars heat up

A FIGHT to the death is brewing over the product labelling and health claims of the Australian dairy industry’s most bitter rivals.

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‘Domino’s might be wasting its time here’

DOMINO’S has a new app that promises to let you order a pizza with “zero clicks”. Here’s what happened when we gave it a try.

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Stations may become ‘mini Westfields’

THERE are warnings passengers could be second to profits under an expensive new proposal to redevelop Australia’s busiest railway station.

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Is this the worst train driver ever?

AND you thought Melbourne was bad. This train driver left more than 100 passengers stranded mid-route when he left his post for a bizarre reason.

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It’s time to kill food tradition

THIS is about more than just food. This is about the changing face of shopping centres as they struggle to keep up with us.

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Mum asks nightclub to ban son

“I’D LIKE to request you impose a ‘ban’ on my son until the end of exams period.”

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What Myer can learn from Aldi

MYER is celebrating an incredible turnaround, but there’s one area where the department store needs to up its game.

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The lesson Woolies needs to learn

AUSTRALIANS are getting sick of supermarket giants Coles and Woolies. To fix that, they need to learn from Bunnings’ example.

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Myer doubles profits to $60.5 million

DEPARTMENT store chain Myer has more than doubled its full-year profit to $60.5 million after growing sales revenue three per cent.

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$88 billion ‘marriage made in hell’

TWO of the world’s largest companies have just inked a controversial $88 billion merger that’s being described as a “marriage made in hell”.

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Office helper to VP: ‘How I hacked my career’

WHEN Kirstine Stewart graduated from university, she had no solid career prospects. So how did she rise to become Vice President of Twitter?

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Commbank writes off $2.5 million

THE Commonwealth Bank has been forced to write off $2.5 million worth of overdrafts it should never have approved.

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Woolies’ big hipster problem

THIS culinary fad has provoked a war between Woolworths and its suppliers. But the retailer says it’s just keeping customers happy.

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Domino’s unveils radical new menu

IT’S THE biggest menu shake-up since 2009. Domino’s has unveiled new gourmet toppings, along with dishes you wouldn’t expect from a pizza chain.

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Dick Smith furious at $50b ‘fiasco’

A WAR of words has erupted between the government and a group of prominent Australian businessmen over a controversial $50 billion spending splurge.

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‘Nobody asked the obvious bloody question’

McDONALD’S has promised to overhaul its online job applications after a flaw in the system led to it hiring a convicted child sex offender.

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Racist tradie cops a serve

A PERTH man has issued the ultimate smackdown to a racist tradie who drove by because he “looked like a Muslim”.

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Big changes to lockout laws

THEY have saved lives but they’re killing Sydney’s night-life — now a review says changes are needed to the controversial laws.

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Is this Aldi’s boldest move yet?

THE cut-price retailer is about to up its game in the one area where it trails behind the competition.

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Say goodbye to online shopping

SCO-MO is planning his own Mike Baird-style lockout laws by blocking access to overseas retailers that fail to collect tax revenue.

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Scary loophole for same-sex marriage ads

TAXPAYERS will fund $15 million worth of advertising promoting both sides of the gay marriage debate, but the ads won’t even have to be truthful.

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Masters sale descends into chaos

IT’S like the Dick Smith sale all over again. Masters’ fire sale is plagued by missing stock, weird prices and frazzled staff.

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JB Hi-Fi snaps up The Good Guys

JB Hi-Fi has confirmed it is acquiring The Good Guys for $870 million in a deal that will cause headaches for Gerry Harvey.

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Why can’t we stop political donations?

IT SOUNDS so simple. If Australia doesn’t want foreigners giving money to politicians, it can just block them right? Wrong.

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What we learned from Dick Smith

DICK Smith’s stores plunged into an inexorable death spiral because its leaders failed at this one core retail requirement.

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What we are not asking China

CHINA’S been buying up Aussie land, funding our pollies and attacking our computer systems. What exactly do they want?

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Lego empire almost crumbled

IT WAS an empire on the verge of crumbling. Lego was in serious danger of being sent to toy heaven. One thing saved it.

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‘Disrespectful’ Coke display removed

IS THIS Coca-Cola’s “Fresh in Our Memories” moment? The soft drink company has been forced to apologise for a “disrepectful” stack of Coke cans.

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Girl gets rich naming Chinese kids

A BRITISH schoolgirl has amassed a fortune — just by helping Chinese parents choose English names for their children.

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Masters shutdown was ‘a stitch up’

US HARDWARE giant Lowe’s has hinted at a “stitch up” by Woolworths at the board meeting where it was voted to end the Masters joint venture.

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Westpac refunds customers $20m

IF YOU have a Westpac credit card, you might find a surprise boost to your balance after the bank refunded $20 million worth of fees.

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China’s threat to Aussie dairy

THE Chinese crackdown on Australian dairy has cast a veil of uncertainty over our $295 million “white gold” export industry.

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Uber asks for government cash

UBER has taken the opportunity to make the case for a government subsidy during hearings at a Victorian parliamentary inquiry into ride-sharing.

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Supermarkets lock up everyday items

FIRST it was chocolate in DVD-style security cases, now supermarkets are even locking up honey, batteries, make-up and printer ink.

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Arnott’s backflips on Pizza Shapes

ARNOTT’S has resurrected its original Pizza Shapes flavour following a massive backlash from customers earlier this year.

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Pizza Hut is about to get a massive overhaul

IT’S pizza slices at 50 paces. This company has been the underdog of the pizza wars for way too long. But that’s about to change as Pizza Hut plans a comeback.

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‘I wouldn’t buy a Dick Smith TV’

A FORMER board member has revealed he had no idea “who was going to buy” Dick Smith’s poor-quality private label range.

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Aldi hits first speed bump

THE supermarket upstart has had some very bad news and it’ll be music to the ears of Coles and Woolies.

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Is this the end of $1 milk?

DAIRY farmers have launched a new brand of milk in a bid to lure customers away from supermarkets’ $1 litre labels.

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