Massive service station, food court approved for Charlton

Massive service station, food court approved for Charlton

5 years ago
TOOWOOMBA Regional Council has approved plans for a massive staged development that will eventually include service station and fast food outlets, transport depot, workshops, truck wash, weigh station, and a caretaker’s residence. The Chronicle reported proposed on land at Steger Rd, Charlton, the eight and a half hectare development by SW O’Brien Holdings Pty Ltd will join a growing number of truck stops and service stations near the Warrego Hwy at Charlton. The first stage […]
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WorkCover system failing long-term injured workers, Victorian Ombudsman finds in WorkSafe report

5 years ago
Victoria’s workers compensation scheme has been failing long-term injured workers in “downright immoral and unethical” circumstances, the state’s ombudsman has found. In a scathing report following an 18-month investigation, Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass found WorkSafe agents were continuing to make unreasonable decisions, in some cases for financial incentives, leaving injured workers without compensation. The management of WorkCover compensation claims is outsourced by WorkSafe Victoria to five claims agents: Allianz, CGU, EML, Gallagher Bassett and Xchanging. […]
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Caltex CEO

Caltex boss’s star-gazing plans in wake of Canadian player’s bid

5 years ago
  The fate of Australia’s leading fuel distributor Caltex is in the hands of a giant Canadian outfit, the Caltex management team … and the gods. Just as Australian political sensitivity to fuel security is peaking, the prospect of a sale of all or part of Caltex, which includes a refinery and an import terminal, has ramifications well beyond a corporate play.   read more @ Tha Australian
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Metcash flags $237.4m impairment following loss of 7-Eleven contract

5 years ago
as per indideretail website, Metcash has announced a $237.4 million post tax impairment to its major food division, following the loss of a major supply contract with 7-Eleven. The contract fell through as Metcash was unable to reach an agreement with the convenience chain on its supply requirements for the east coast. The food and beverage wholesaler expects an annualised earnings loss of $15 million in its food pillar, after adjusting for mitigating costs savings. […]
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Elgas used AR to help it’s customer to find the safety exclusion zone

5 years ago
X-Zone LPG is a FREE augmented reality app that creates and inserts a digital gas bottle image in the real life location you choose and then shows the safety exclusion zones around the digital bottle. It can also deal with an existing installation, where the gas bottles are already in place. It can create 45kg (one or two), 90kg, 210kg cylinders and small bullets, as well. It then superimposes either a red tinted cone, for […]
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