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Perth Airport: Expect More Strike Protests

More strike protests are expected to be staged by angered employees at the Qantas terminal of Perth Airport after 11 security screeners were locked out of their jobs for wearing "Paid Less in the West" t-shirts. Employees are protesting that their wages are lower compared to their interstate counterparts.
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Qantas Limits Passengers' Priveleges

Call it an April Fool's joke, but beginning April 1, 2013, Qantas is cutting the luggage weight allowance of its business class passengers to a maximum of 52 kilogrammes from 96.

Michael Garcia Turns Internet Hero Defending a Boy with Down Syndrome

Michael Garcia, a Laurenzo’s restaurant waiter from Texas, received internet recognition for defending a 5-year-old boy with Down syndrome against another customer’s offensive remarks. The waiter refused to serve the customer after hearing the remarks “special needs children need to be somewhere else.”

Turn 2013 Resolutions to Big Bucks in Australia

Business information analysts at IBISWorld reveal the industries can set to cash in - or lose out - on our good intentions for 2013. What do consumers wish as the the New Year approaches?

Mastercard Reveals Key to Aussies Retail Patronage

Australians would most likely patronage or buy items sold locally, such as gadgets, if only they were priced cheaper than counterparts sold overseas, a study by MasterCard released on Friday showed.

Online Shopping Tips to Beat Scammers, Spammers

The power of online shopping could be both liberating and problematic if one is not as conspicuous as ever. Scanning through colourful and interactive catalogues of products and services spells fun as the new shopping flare. Nonetheless. shopping or just browsing, one should not let your guard down as there are those on the watch to do some online mischief.

Click Frenzy’s Meltdown, a Win for Most Retailers

Click Frenzy's website may have crashed due to the surge of consumers wanting to get first dibs on discounted products, and may have lost patrons along the way, but the real winners here were the retailers themselves prepared to serve online consumers.

Pizza Hut Australia Website Hackers Gained Access to Customer Information

The famous pizza restaurant chain, Pizza Hut, reported a website-hacking incident where customer’s names, email addresses and contact information were leaked. Despite Pizza Hut’s claims that the customer’s credit card information was not affected, the unpleasant incident should serve as a lesson for the business to keep strict protection of its personal and financial records.

Another First from Australia Post: Digital Mailbox

The Australia Post announced on Tuesday the launch of its digital mailbox, which would serve as a digital storage vault for Australians and would connect consumers with banks, utility companies and government agencies.

Qantas Divests StarTrack Freight Business to Australia Post

Australia Post, wanting to capture majority of the pie that caters to the growing online shopping activities of Australians, will acquire 50 per cent of Qantas Airways Ltd's freight business StarTrack for A$408 million ($422 million).

Qantas Launches 3 Daily Flights to Gold Coast

Qantas is on a roll. After winning Fair Work Australia's nod in its labour row with unions, the flag carrier is attempting to recover lost market sharing with the launch of three daily flights to Gold Coast.

Perth Opens 1st 24/7 Post Office

Western Australia opened its first 24/7 post office in Perth on Tuesday in response to the growing demand for parcel delivery services from items ordered online.

Qantas Forecasts Profit Nosedive

The newly appointed chief executive of Qantas's international operations has a lot of work cut out for him following the warning of by Qantas Chief Executive Alan Joyce of an expected net loss of $330 million for the financial year that ends this June.

Qantas, Jetstar Add 900,000 Seats on East Coast Routes

Qantas and Jetstar will add about 900,000 more seats on its east coast routes by July in a bid to improve the company's finances. The addition of capacity, announced Thursday, is part of the revamp initiated this week by Qantas Chief Executive Alan Joyce.

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