Peter Gleeson, a former newspaper editor who had a roaming brief for the company in Queensland, had been on leave while his bosses decided how to respond to his plagiarism.
Traders around Woolloongabba’s Cross River Rail site say they have largely been kept in the dark about sweeping changes to the area that may affect their operations.
Apple staff protested at Apple stores in Brisbane and Newcastle on Tuesday, in the first nationally coordinated industrial action by retail workers in Australian history.