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KFC Australia to Remove Toys From Children's Meals
Business  (tags: KFC, Australia, removing, toys )

Agnes
- 275 days ago - couriermail.com.au
PARENTS can breathe a little easier - child pestering is about to lose some of its power. KFC Australia will today announce it is removing toys from its children's meals in all 600 stores across the country, The Daily Telegraph reported. It comes three
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BAD BUSINESS: Australia Forest Destruction Connected to Local Products
Business  (tags: ethics, environment, ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCITON, Australia, deforestation, dishonesty, corporate, economy, politics, society, SustainableDevelopment, news, world, business )

Cal
- 376 days ago - news.mongabay.com
Some of Australia's most popular stores are driving the destruction of native forests, according to a report by a new environmental group Markets for Change (MFC).
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Help Ban the Sale of Animal-Tested Cosmetics!
Business  (tags: cosmetics, animal testing, Australia, ban )

Albert
- 472 days ago - animalsaustralia.org
It is illegal in Australia to test cosmetics on animals. But consumers may be surprised to learn that many popular products in supermarkets have been tested on animals. This is because there is no law to prevent Australian and international companies
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Australia Cracks Down on Illegal Timber
Business  (tags: world, business, economy, environment, Australia, ethics, news, politics, corporate, consumers )

Cal
- 526 days ago - news.mongabay.com
The Australian government has announced the creation of new legislation which will put further restrictions on the import of foreign wood products in effort to halt the flow of illegally logged timber.
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Live Export Exposed on Australian National TV - Take Action
Business  (tags: Live animal export, Australia, Middle East, Kuwait, suffering, cruelty )

Albert
- 540 days ago - animalsaustralia.org
The findings of Animals Australia's seventh Middle East investigation into ongoing cruelty in the live export industry were aired on ABC's 7.30 Report, bringing the stories suffered by Australian animals half a world away to the eyes of Australians who
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QANTAS to Sack 500 Managers, May Lose 1250 Other Staff
Business  (tags: qantas, airline, managers, economy, finances, australia, jobs )

Thubten
- 1136 days ago - money.ninemsn.com.au
The airline has announced it will make a five percent cut to international and domestic routes and attempt to sell ten planes as well as sacking the 500 managers after cutting its profit forecast by $300 million.
2 comments
Pay for Your Own Tea and Coffee, IBM Tells Staff - Australia
Business  (tags: australia, ibm, cost cutting, coffe, tea, cut backs, home, world, staff, office )

Chrissy
- 1138 days ago - australianit.news.com.au
FREE tea and coffee are necessities in an office, but if new cost-cutting measures get the nod at IBM Australia, staff will be paying for their own. IBM worldwide has begun cost cuts that will scrap office amenities such as tea and coffee, and even compan
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Made in Oz Label Big After Bonds - Australia
Business  (tags: australia, australian made, australian owned, goods, business, consumers, pacific brands, bonds )

Chrissy
- 1157 days ago - brisbanetimes.com.au
APPLICATIONS for the Australian Made, Australian Grown logo have more than doubled, since Pacific Brands' decision to move offshore, with almost 100 companies obtaining the tick of approval. The organisation has already processed 80 applications
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King Island Brand Concern - Australia
Business  (tags: australia, king island, food, job losses, cows, cream, milk, cheese )

Chrissy
- 1159 days ago - themercury.com.au
KING Island fears its world-renowned fine food brand is under threat after the shock closure of its biggest employer. King Island abattoir, which was taken over by JBS Swift less than 12 months ago, employs 98 of the Bass Strait island's population of jus
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Australians to Blame for Pacific Brands Jobs Demise: Sue Morphet - Australia
Business  (tags: australia, job losses, bonds, pacific brands, consumers, berlei, king gee )

Chrissy
- 1160 days ago - news.com.au
AUSTRALIAN consumers are partly to blame for the demise of 1850 jobs at Pacific Brands, the company's chief executive says. Sue Morphet last month announced the job cuts at the clothing company, which makes iconic brands Bonds, Berlei and King Gee, and th
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Secret Telstra Service to Speak With An Australian Revealed - Australia
Business  (tags: australia, business, india, phillipines, telco, telstra, outsourching, fees )

Chrissy
- 1166 days ago - news.com.au
TELSTRA is secretly offering customers a messaging service that charges them extra if they want to speak to "an Australian" instead of being diverted overseas. The move follows a growing public backlash over the use of foreign call centres in countries
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US Giant Costco Takes on Coles, Woolies With First Australian Store at Docklands - Australia
Business  (tags: australia, competition, melbourne, cosco, woolworths, coles, shops )

Chrissy
- 1170 days ago - news.com.au
SUPERMARKET giants Coles and Woolworths will have have a new kid on the block to go up against later this year with cut-price international grocery warehouse Costco set to open in Melbourne. Costco will open its first Australian outlet at Melbourne's
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List of Known Scams/Report a Scam
Business  (tags: scams, consumers, australia, society, bizarre, crime, dishonesty )

Michael
- 1174 days ago - fairtrading.nsw.gov.au
Recognise the scams that the Office of Fair Trading is aware of. Be scam smart. Help beat the cheats!
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Bonds Tries to Disguise Damage Over Job Cuts - Australia
Business  (tags: australia, bonds, pacific brands, job losses, jobs, offshore )

Chrissy
- 1176 days ago - news.com.au
PACIFIC Brands has changed its story yet again on how many workers it is keeping in Australia, telling customers only 1200 jobs are going offshore instead of the 1850 announced. The Daily Telegraph can also reveal only about 4000 Pacific Brands employees
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Investors Bank on Rudd Recovery
Business  (tags: economy, Australia, news )

Michael
- 1176 days ago - smh.com.au
sold $1.1 billion worth of federal treasury notes to investors yesterday - the first such sale since 2003. Investors, mostly Australian banks and local arms of foreign investment banks, snapped them up, collectively lodging bids to buy about nine times
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