The government will on Wednesday build on laws to combat modern slavery,with a new five-year action plan involving government,communities,unions and business to further crack down on worker exploitation.
Bunnings sources between 35 and 40 per cent of its products from Australia,but Wesfarmers'wider retail businesses source between 20 and 70 per cent of products from China,depending on the category.
Bunnings has powered sales growth at Wesfarmers in the first months of the financial year as the retail giant more than doubled its online sales.
Large-format retail deals are flowing fast after the virus proved a bonanza rather than a disaster for many big-name tenants.
A joint letter from seven of Australia’s top chief executives urges Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews to move faster to open the state economy.
Victorian retailers have expressed a mixture of relief and disappointment over the state government's most recent easing of restrictions.
The parent company of hardware chain Bunnings has said it will carefully assess if it will participate in the government's $4 billion JobMaker scheme.
Wesfarmers chairman Michael Chaney has warned if significant industrial relations and tax reforms are not passed Australia will face a future of high unemployment.
Rob Scott isn't alone in his belief that the Victorian government’s extension of Melbourne's stage four lockdown and the conditions attached to easing restrictions is a bridge too far.
Rob Scott has warned of the damage of continued coronavirus restrictions on both the economy and Australians'mental health,saying the country must find new ways of living with the virus.
The popular hardware chain's status has been a bellwether for the nation's economic health and consumer sentiment as the COVID-19 crisis has ravaged the country.