Call for workplace change to drive electric car take-up
23 April
The key to enticing employees back to the office may be the same thing that encourages more people to use an electric car, a study suggests.The Electric Vehicle Council released the findings on workplace vehicle charging on Thursday and called...[Read More]
Climate change demands more blood, prevents collection
23 April
As extreme weather events ramp up across the nation, climate change is also having a devastating impact on the very thing needed to help treat victims.An Australian world-first study into the effect of global warming on blood donations and...[Read More]
Call for child protections as most gamers manipulated
23 April
Almost every Australian who plays digital games has been manipulated by gambling-like tricks that forced them to hand over money or personal data, but there's little incentive for the industry to clean up its act.Australians spend about $4...[Read More]
Aussie authors launch bid to close the book on AI theft
23 April
Imagine a library stocked with 11,000 books written by more than 1700 Australian authors.Modern classics from Tim Winton and Helen Garner are wedged beside non-fiction tomes penned by former prime ministers Julia Gillard and John Howard, and...[Read More]
Detail missing as parties pledge to fix housing woes
23 April
Major parties have traded blows on how they would solve Australia's housing crisis, but uncertainty remains on how critical targets would be reached.Housing Minister Clare O'Neil and opposition spokesman Michael Sukkar traded blows on the issue...[Read More]
UK inflation slows by more than expected in March
24 April
British inflation has slowed to its weakest in three months in March, according to official figures that show other measures closely watched by the Bank of England cooling, too.Inflation slowed to an annual rate of 2.6 per cent in March from 2.8...[Read More]
‘Strongest evidence yet’ of alien life beyond earth
23 April
British researchers have found the "strongest evidence yet" of alien life beyond our planet.While studying exoplanet K2-18b, which is 124 light years away, the team found signs of chemicals that are produced on earth by simple organisms such as...[Read More]
Jobs market strong but Trump tariff bomb yet to explode
23 April
Global headwinds stirred by "erratic" US policy decisions could still hit the Australian jobs market despite latest figures showing only a small uptick in unemployment.About 30,000 jobs were created in March after a shock 53,000 slump in...[Read More]
Androids put through their paces in robot running race
23 April
In one small step for robot-kind - thousands of them, really - humanoid robots ran alongside actual humans in a half-marathon in the Chinese capital.The bipedal robots of various makes and sizes navigated the 21km course supported by teams of...[Read More]
Economists send open letter opposing nuclear plan
23 April
An open letter from 60 Australian economists has rejected the coalition's nuclear energy plan, promoting instead the subsidising of household clean energy policies, including incentives for home battery storage.The organiser of the letter,...[Read More]
Coalition courts businesses with more tax incentives
23 April
Small businesses will be able to deduct thousands more dollars off their tax bill as part of Peter Dutton's pitch to employers struggling to meet rising costs.The opposition leader said the Labor government had been a "disaster" for businesses...[Read More]
Bots influencing election discussion on social media
23 April
A flood of fake social media profiles inundating political discussion and reaching millions of Australians during an election campaign has sparked warnings of a growing threat.Almost one in five accounts analysed on X, formerly Twitter,...[Read More]
Rate cut on horizon amid fears of more stock turmoil
23 April
Investors tormented by weeks of tariff turmoil will hope for a quiet return from Easter as mortgage holders eye a rate cut on the horizon.Stocks in Australia and the US have clawed back ground in the past fortnight after US President Donald...[Read More]
‘Cancer’ of cyberscam industry spreading globally: UN
23 April
Asian crime syndicates behind the multibillion-dollar cyberscam industry are expanding globally including to South America and Africa, as raids in Southeast Asia fail to contain their activities.Criminal networks that emerged in Southeast Asia...[Read More]
Global leaders to attend Pope Francis’s funeral
23 April
LEADERS WHO SAY THEY ARE ATTENDING POPE FRANCIS'S FUNERALARGENTINA - President Javier MileiBELGIUM - King Philippe and Queen MathildeBRITAIN - Prime Minister Keir StarmerBRAZIL - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and first lady...[Read More]