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Tuesday, October 19

Yesterday Victoria talked of 'eliminating' virus - today it woke to another crisis

Victorians must again wear face masks and limit household gatherings after a Melbourne quarantine hotel worker tested positive to COVID-19, possibly contracted from an international tennis player.

How Covid has forever changed retail - with more automation to come

Australian supermarket giant Woolworths has announced its single biggest investment in logistics infrastructure, spending A$780 million to replace up to 1,300 workers with robots.

Bunnings has been enjoyed massive sales growth as people are confined to their homes by the coronavirus (Photo: Wesfarmers)

Huge profit growth is becoming infectious for Bunnings, Officeworks

Wesfarmers says it is seeing significant demand growth in its Bunnings and Officeworks businesses as customers spend more time at home, amid coronavirus restrictions.

1000 jobs, 170 Target stores to disappear in major restructure

Wesfarmers has announced a massive restructuring which will mean the closure of about 70 Target stores and the conversion of about 90 others to Kmart with impairment costs of up to $480 million.