Queensland company Allied Brands has been accused of running an elaborate immigration rort where it sponsored a group of Korean nationals to work in administrative roles under 457 visas, put them to work in its Baskin Robbins stores and in some cases sold Baskin Robins franchises to their family members.
October, 2010
Farmers anxious over Murray Darling water cuts
Farmers in the Murray Darling Basin are sweating over the prospect of big cuts in water entitlements by as much as 37%. The details were leaked from the guide to the Murray Darling Basin plan.
Virgin chief: no second Sydney airport, let’s super-size this one
CEO of Virgin Blue, Brett Godfrey, last night challenged government, business and the airline sector to scrap the quest for a second Sydney airport and pursue an all new, super-sized Sydney Airport.
Coalition objection to NBN opt-out is just scaremongering
“If Australian consumers want a fixed line for telephony or internet access, they are going to have to use NBN’s line — like it or not,” wrote Malcolm Turnbull yesterday. As Stilgherrian asks: so what?
Rooted: want to stop climate change? Move beyond carbon pricing
It’s time for the Government and climate change advocates to stop obsessing over carbon pricing and get behind an investment-centred climate policy, writes Leigh Ewbank.
Mental health in our jails: inmates, bureaucrats question treatment
Nearly half of all inmates in NSW have a mental illness, but decisions about their care are left in the hands of prison guards with little or no training in mental health. Freelance journalist Inga Ting goes inside to talk to prisoners and staff.
Housing bubble backflip from RBA’s Ellis
Does the RBA’s head of Financial Stability Luci Ellis read Crikey?
Guy Rundle: Rundle bites: teen Tony’s busy … tell me a Tory … Nobel rot …
People are still experiencing some bewilderment over Tony Abbott’s excuse that a visit to Afghanistan would give him jet lag.
Junk claims about junk food advertising
There’s a certain irony to the fact that advertisers are making inflated claims about how they don’t advertise to children, writes Jane Martin, senior policy adviser, Obesity Policy Coalition.
Kohler: time to come clean on the NBN
The Government needs to pluck up its courage and confess the extent to which the national broadband network is uncommercial — that is, the amount of subsidy embedded in it.
Public service ‘docile and unassertive’
A senior public servant has called for the public service to stop being so “docile” and start asserting itself more in the national interest — and given a backhander to ministerial staff along the way.
Anti-piracy treaty watered down … but it’s not all good news
The US government and transnational rights holders tried to use the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement to require countries to impose draconian copyright restrictions. It looks like their efforts have been beaten back for now.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Crikey is becoming part of the problem
Crikey readers have their say.
Morning Market Report: Markets, gold, oil and Aussie Dollar all up
The Aussie dollar hit 97.74c overnight and has jumped to 98.39c this morning on strong employment numbers.
Daily Proposition: Get Down and dirty with HBO’s new hit
HBO is the Bart Cummings of TV programming. One of the more recent bolters to emerge from its prodigious stable is Eastbound and Down, a show as crass as it is engaging. Dan Steiner revels in the bad behaviour.
Media briefs: The SBS word game … vox pops of the day
SBS has again claimed the rights to the phrase ‘the world game’, this time in a sternly worded legal letter to the administrators of a not-for-profit online soccer forum. Plus other media news from around the globe.
Political snippets: Mamil makes a rare UK appearance
As in Tony Abbott is a mamil — the middle-aged man in Lycra.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho, it’s off to work we go. It’s not all happy faces on the money-making front these days with Walt Disney Australia. Movies aren’t making what they used to and there is major reshuffling that will see the once mega group combining Home Entertainment and Theatrical — which means the redundancy list is looming. In fact, […]
Video of the Day: Small dog, big adventure
A wonderful story of a dog on a epic adventure trying to find his way home. It’s an ad and it’s a damn good one.
Crikey Says: Kath and Kim do Europe
Yesterday we chided the prime minister for her cringing provincialism on the world stage. In the interests of even-handedness, however, it should be noted that she’s not the only Australian political leader on the world stage with a monopoly on cringing provincialism.
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Which telcos are suing each other?
It’s a chummy industry, the telecommunications industry. And by chummy we mean everyone is busy suing everyone else, from arguments over 3G technology to who patented a meeting scheduler.
