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Construction giant informs staff GRADUATES that they will be fired via Microsoft Teams – as building company confirms major ‘restructuring’ Metricon announces it will reduce NSW sales staff to 18 employees Redundancy and transfer payments are not offered to 15 trainee staff In a statement read to staff, Metricon said his decision was not made ‘lightly’. By Antoinette Milienos For The Australian Daily Surat Published: 03:37 EDT, August 2, 2022 | Updated: 03:38 EDT, 2 August 2022 Building giant Metricon has laid off dozens of its sales staff via online video chat as the company confirmed it was under restructuring and would be giving up jobs. In a Microsoft Teams video chat on Monday, Metricon told its staff it would cut its NSW sales team, which has roughly 60 employees, to 18 and would release 15 trainee sales consultants. Staff who cannot be rehired are offered redundancy payments while trainee staff are laid off wit

Australians are facing huge increases in the cost of a pint, with the country’s beer tax registering its biggest increase in more than 30 years. Starting Monday August 1, beer taxes are up 4 percent, adding about 80-84 cents to the price of a pint of the much-loved yellow liquid. This means you may soon be paying $15 for your favorite glass. And there is no escape for those who buy their beer cheaply. The beer tax will increase from $53.59 to $55.73 per liter of alcohol content, raising the tax on cartons by about 80c, to $18.80. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> The tax on the vat would jump by about $4, raising the cost to almost $74. Because of these price increases, Brewers Association of Australia chief executive John Preston warned that customers may now have to pay $15 for a pint at their local pub or bar. “For a small pub, club or other venue, the latest tax increase would mean an increase of more than $2700 per year in their tax bill –

Mother-of-three Sam Costello has shared the heart-wrenching story of how her son fought for his life after a strange reaction to the drug while he was agonizingly waiting on the phone. Sam, who is in Covid lockdown with her media personality husband Andrew ‘Cosi’ Costello, said every hour ‘seems like a lifetime’ as he awaited news of whether his son Harry, 22, would survive. It was only through a few big strokes of luck and quick reactions by medical professionals that he did. Sam Costello is living through a nightmare as his son is fighting for his life in the hospital while he can only wait on the phone praying for good news Harry, who is Sam’s son from a previous relationship, went to Adelaide’s Burnside hospital for routine shoulder reconstruction in early April. Sam dropped Harry off around mid-morning, but when he got home he found he had to self-isolate as Andrew tested positive for Covid. Even though Harry texted him before the operation with no apparent concern, Sam felt