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If you’re working from home a couple of days a week, would you want to take your kid to a CBD childcare centre?

It is the most shorted share on the ASX and among the top ones traded by retail investors. There’s plenty of room, then, for a valuation disagreement.

Inspired by xenophobia, these images were made with a mission in mind We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement A series of women and children gaze, unsmiling, at the camera. Even though all are Australian citizens, many of them born here, people of colour had to seek exemptions to travel overseas. Part of the White Australia Policy in the 1920s, anyone wanting to challenge the ban had to convince the authorities as to w...

Mining samples revival boosts ALS Share Laboratory giant ALS says flows of mining samples are jumping again after they took a hit during the initial shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic. ALS says flows of mining samples are picking up again.   Attila Csazar The improved outlook from Brisbane-based ALS, which has 15,000 staff across 65 countries, helped rally shares in the business on Monday by 28¢ to $9.77. That still remains off the $11.52 high reached in February. ALS tests items ranging from go...

Why Flight Centres revival faces turbulence Share Anyone dreaming of a holiday last week might have clicked on Flight Centres website, where the home page shows a couple donning sunglasses and smiling as they embark on a cruise. “Wake up and seas the day,” goes the advertising spiel. But the very next image on the home page is a sombre “Latest travel updates” link, alerting people to news about lockdowns or other pandemic fallout. Flight Centre shares rallied hard in November, then star...

1. Adelaide is playing possum The city is at peace with its sleepy reputation, safe in the knowledge that its quietly getting on with some really cool stuff. As well as the huge Riverbank redevelopment and burgeoning Laneway café/bar precinct, Adelaide is producing one of the worlds fastest road cars (the blistering Brabham BT62R), its film studios have never been busier, Succession actor Sarah Snook came whisker-close to an Emmy and old North Terrace is now home to the new Space Agency (in...