By Harnessing the power of “word-of-mouth” advertising Patti Ainalis has driven her fashion label a long way from its humble beginnings in a spare room.
As a 21-year-old, Ms Ainalis decided that the three-by-two room opening onto a footpath, was perfect to display her women’s suits to the public.
“I thought, ‘Well, we’ll open the doors and [...]
Australia’s flagship airline is preparing to smash its unionised engineering workforce with non-union labour recruited in Asia and the Pacific, in a move that echoes the epic maritime dispute that rocked the waterfront a decade ago.
Documents seen by the Sydney Morning Herald show Qantas has engaged a labour hire company, Newport Aviation, to recruit the [...]
Men in their 50s are the most likely to fall off ladders in the home, causing injury and death, a new study says.
The research, presented at a medical conference in Hong Kong, said pelvic and limb injuries were most common, but some men suffered more serious head and chest fractures.
“This group was your typical victim [...]
Victorian businesses will save more than $1 billion in payroll tax, land tax and workers compensation premiums under the Victorian budget handed down by Treasurer John Lenders yesterday.
Payroll taxes, which had been scheduled to fall from 5.05% to 5%, have been slashed to 4.95%. The thresholds on land taxes have been increased by 10%, with [...]
As Rosemount Australian Fashion Week enters its teens the event is now a destination for international buyers.
On Monday more than 100 fashion designers from Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and India will begin showing their wares at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week’s spring-summer 2008 collections. In the front rows, next to the media and celebrities, local and [...]
Welcome to Generation Z, the forgotten generation. Generation Z encompasses children aged 17 and younger, one in five of whom will have some form of mental illness.
One in four will be bullied, most likely over the internet. Also known as the New Silent Generation, it will be the most educated, financially well-off and technologically literate [...]
%26quot;Dream teams%26quot; and %26quot;cellar dwellers%26quot; were other terms being thrown around.
The Wellington-based Pulse and Melbourne Vixens game ended in a 17-goal difference but it did not reflect how close the game was considering the predicted cellar dwellers won a quarter against the Aussie dream team.
Every team will have their reasons for losing %26mdash; not enough [...]
The match was forced into extra time %26mdash; the first time in the new trans-Tasman competition extra time had been played out %26mdash; after a tightly fought match in front of about 2000 vocal Pulse supporters.
Both teams were coming off first-round losses %26mdash; Pulse was dealt a 50-33 loss by the Melbourne Vixens and Steel [...]
Calombaris, who recently released a new recipe book based on dishes served at his restaurant The Press Club, says bush foods are a fad.
As far as he is concerned, dishing them up in a restaurant is just wrong.
And what if a contestant on the game show Ready Steady Cook, on which Calombaris is a regular [...]
The 19-year-old Southlander got her first taste of ANZ Championship game time on Saturday in Pulses match against the highly rated Melbourne Vixens.
It was not an easy introduction, with Crofts taking the centre bib at halftime, Pulse 17-29 down and Natasha Chokljat %26mdash; the opposition centre %26mdash; boasting 30 test caps for Australia.
But Crofts loved [...]
