The Apple-Samsung lawsuit, involving the release of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1tablet in Australia, took yet another turn on Thursday when Australian High Court Justice John Dyson Heydon blocked the overturning of the Galaxy tab sales ban through December 9.

Singapore Airlines' new budget carrier Scoot has announced that its first route will be between Singapore and Sydney.

The new low-cost offshoot of Singapore Airlines has plans to start daily services on the Singapore-Sydney route from sometime in the middle of 2012.

Industrial arbiter Fair Work Australia will now decide on new contracts for Qantas Airways employees as failed to hit agreements with the Australia's biggest airline by yesterday's deadline.

Last month, the labor regulator had given the airline 21 days to reach an agreement with the unions representing pilots, engineers and ground crew.

Two weeks after a ban on strikes was issued by Fair Work Australia, prohibiting the Transport Worker’s Union, Australian Licenced Engineers Association and its pilot’s association from taking any industrial action against Qantas for a three-week period, the pilots at the carrier have taken the legal route to overturn the ban.

The housing segment witnesses a major fall this year. The decline in the sales of the houses by 8% is attributable to the fall in property rates.

It was reported that the Federal Government is facing pressure over the Qantas's plans to cut the 1000 jobs and increasing the offshore operations. Qantas Chief Executive, Alan Joyce has reported that the job cuts were necessary to build the international arm of the airline for the long period of time.

He has rejected that the union has claimed that the job cuts could reach 6000. Some senators and MPs have claimed that they would support and stand from shoulder to shoulder with affected workers.