December 2015
MH132: Malaysia Airlines confirms mix-up sent flight from Auckland on wrong path
Beleaguered Malaysia Airlines suffered fresh embarrassment over the weekend after it was revealed a Christmas Day flight from Auckland flew in the wrong direction for eight minutes after air traffic controllers were given the wrong flight plan.
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March 2011
Magnitude 6 earthquake reported off Japan
US geologists have reported a new magnitude 6 earthquake off the east coast of Japan’s main Honshu island, centred 167km south-east of the battered town of Sendai.
October 2010
Scott to remain at ABC
Mark Scott has had his contract as managing director of national broadcaster the ABC extended for another five years.
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September 2010
Class action over ANZ fees
Listed litigation funder IMF Australia has announced that it will lodge a class action against ANZ on behalf of 27,000 customers over excessive penalty fees charged by the bank.
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January 2010
Housing finance drops 5.6pc in November
The number of commitments for owner-occupied dwellings fell a seasonally-adjusted 5.6 per cent in November to 59,516, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported.
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Kraft’s glass half full, says Cadbury
British sweets maker Cadbury has made what appeared to be a final rejection of an £11 billion takeover offer from US food giant Kraft, describing the takeover offer as “wholly inadequate” and “derisory”.
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Tiger IPO takes off
Dealbook | Budget airline Tiger Airways will float on the Singapore Exchange at an initial price of $S1.65 per share.
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December 2009
NSW confirms Hutchison T3 ports win
The NSW government has confirmed Hong Kong’s Hutchison Port Holdings will be the operator of the third container terminal at Sydney’s Port Botany.
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November 2009
Qantas back on BA’s flight plan - report
British Airways could consider a new tie-up with Qantas, but needed to be sure that it wouldn’t encounter the same political hurdles that helped ground its last attempt, BA chief executive Willie Walsh told Britain’s Financial Times.
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Defence in uphill battle on payroll
The Department of Defence has said it could take years before it can deliver on the vision of integrated payroll and human resource system for uniformed and civilian staff, a project it began work on a decade ago
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August 2009
Optus will be apples in the long term
Optus will continue to back short-term margin losses for long-term revenue gains in the mobile telephone market as it banks on the continuing popularity of Apple's iPhone
A tune-up for search engine
Google has unveiled a hitherto secret project to update its core search engine technology in a move that could short-circuit attempts by rivals such as Microsoft to make inroads into the online giant's search market dominance
Bushfire towns want high-speed broadband access
Community leaders in Victorian towns devastated by bushfires in February have highlighted access to high-speed broadband services as crucial to their economic recovery
Get ready for enlightenment
Technology has the potential to revolutionise the way the world illuminates its buildings
July 2009
Windows 7 to make or break Microsoft after Vista debacle
Microsoft's well-reviewed next version of its Windows operating system, Windows 7, is marching towards its public release in October, but its arrival may not do much to salve the wounds of a PC market that has been battered throughout 2009
Optus adds $60m more to its books
Optus has signed a $60 million, seven-year agreement with Brisbane City Council, capping a strong run of recent government and enterprise wins for the No
Powering ahead on smart grids
Moves to bring Australia's power distribution networks into the 21st century are gathering pace, with utilities in Queensland and South Australia outlining plans to spend close to $400 million over the next five years on "smart grid" systems
Tasmania kicks off first NBN tender
The federal government's $43 billion national broadband network has taken its first commercial steps with the release yesterday of tenders for the project's Tasmanian leg
Telstra's dash for finishing line
Telstra says it has transferred nearly 80 per cent of its customers to the new billing systems that former "Amigo" Greg Winn once bravely predicted would be finished by the end of 2007
Chrome, Microsoft systems go toe to toe
In the early years of the personal computing revolution, the pitched battle between Microsoft and Apple was at the top of the fight card