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Qantas short-haul pilots have ­rejected a 26 per cent pay rise spread over five years, as the powerful worker group joins the growing list of unions laying down the law to the airline’s new chief executive Vanessa Hudson.

Meanwhile, WiseTech Global chair Richard Dammery has assured investors that the $35bn software firm's strong internal executive team could step up to replace billionaire Richard White if he needed to step back from CEO duties to handle personal issues.

And the national boom in build-to-rent projects is finally gathering steam in Sydney with a huge $1.5bn precinct proposed for the inner west suburb of Marrickville, that will put the housing crisis at top of the agenda in Anthony Albanese’s backyard.