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Learn about new fruit and veg code at free workshop

IF YOU grow fruit or vegetables, the new Horticulture Code of Conduct most likely applies to you.

Southern buyers snapping up homes

BRIGHT FUTURE: REIQ Bundaberg president Le-Anne Allan says the signs are showing improving economic conditions in the region.

Bundy residential vacancy rates tighten to 3.6%

Help your kids understand money

Our almost cashless society means there are fewer barriers to spending than ever before.

You no longer you need a purse full of coins to spend up at the shop

Pitt leads push to grow Solomon Islands economy

SWEET CHOCOLATE: Assistant Trade Minister Keith Pitt in the Solomon Islands with some cocoa seeds.

MP gives keynote speech at business forum

ACCC sues Ford over automatic gearbox customer failures

The 2015 Ford Focus Hatch Sport.

The ACCC has launched court action against Ford.

Bundy gets DFO-style fashion outlet

CITY CHIC: Sales assistant Cassie Dallarizza inside the new store.

Customers pouring in for a bargain

Bundy company among hundreds stung in builder collapse

BIG DEBTS: Bloomer Constructions left 600 creditors in its wake when it folded, court documents show.

Subbie blames LNP changes for industry downturn

Queensland calls on Flight Centre to market state to the world

New deal between Flight Centre and State Government.

Bundaberg is in the spotlight with Flight Centre

Money

OUR SAY: Let's stand up against electricity price rises

HANDS up who received a letter in the mail from their energy provider this month akin to a punch in the guts.

51% of trust income to wealthy

TIME TO FIX: The Austrtalia Institute executive direc tor Ben Oquist says with Australia facing a revenue crisis and trusts being used to avoid and minimise tax, "this is an area ripe for reform”.

Huge amounts of money are being washed through trusts.

Say goodbye to your PIN number

'Frictionless' transactions are the way of the future

ATO advises pull up tax socks, don't claim them

SOCK 'EM: The ATO reminds tax payers simply because they may wear an item to work does not mean it is tax deductible.

Don't be caught out with clothing claims this tax time

$4.8million win has CQ family man set for life

HUGE WIN: An Emerald man has won himself $4.8million over 20 years in Tuesday's Set for Life draw.

A CQ family man has won $20,000 a month for the next 20 years.

Superannuation is actually not that complicated

Anyone heading towards retirement should be interested in Paul Clitheroe's new book, Superannuation Made Simple.

Is superannuation too complex for the average person to understand?

Which state kicks economic goals?

Brian Parker poses the question: is there any correlation between the relative economic performance of Queensland and NSW and their State of Origin performance?

There are two main ways to compare economic performance of states

Technology

iPhone alert: Why you need to update right now

APPLE is urging iPhone owners to update their iOS immediately to patch a new security flaw which could give hackers control of their device.

Man with life-threatening disorder needs NBN: 'It's a joke'

The National Broadband Network has hit the halfway mark.

He doesn’t simply want the NBN, he needs it

Favourite program to be killed off

News.com.au spent at least 20 seconds on this heartfelt tribute to the dying computer program.

Internet laments as Microsoft indicates it is killing off Paint

LG's 77 inch wallpaper TV has $40k price tag

LG's wallpaper TV shows off over 1 Billion colours in Active HDR with an integrated Dolby Vision™Dolby Atmos Soundbar.

Television that had tech journalists from around the world drooling

Opinion

OPINION: Fixation with coal starting to look like socialism

HONESTLY, what is up with our politicians' preoccupation with coal?

OPINION: Thumbs up for Bundy

Send your thumbs up to editorial@news-mail.com.au

OPINION: Card's use should be optional

NOT ON: Cashless card should only be for people who can't be trusted.

Cashless card shouldn't be a blanket approach

How to stop losing 'easy' sales

15/07/02 110966 Building industry, tradesmans toolbelt. Photo Brett Wortman / Sunshine Coast Daily

There are things you can do to stop losing easy sales

Madness that allowed foreign workers a foot in the door

Sparks fly as a sheet metal worker fabricates a piece of mining equipment at Mastermyne Engineering. Photo: Chris Ison / The Morning Bulletin

That is what the 457 visa program had become - a madness

Company tax cuts just one aspect

Government senators seem happy with themselves during a debate on the Company Tax Bill on March 31.

Are the benefits worth it in the long term?

Learn to empathise objections

Cropped image of business people discussing blueprint

Better business with Yale Morgan

Games & Gadgets

National netball team to be called Samsung Diamonds

THE national netball team will be named the Samsung Diamonds as part of a naming rights deal announced by the electronics giant.

Samsung unveils Galaxy Book and Galaxy Tab S3 pricing

Samsung Galaxy Book

The ranges cater for both Android and Windows platforms

This iPhone keyboard hack is hugely satisfying

Best hidden features of iPhones revealed

iPhone camera's tiny hole explained

The iPhone 7 and larger 7 Plus both feature the small hole by the camera

That tiny hole has a pretty big role.