Major ruling on Bunnings cameras
Cameras capturing the faces of shoppers at one of Australia’s biggest retailers breached privacy laws, the Privacy Commissioner has ruled.
Technology
ASX closes in on record high
The Australian sharemarket traded strongly on Friday off the back of further rate cuts from the US central bank.
Unresolved telco complaint cases spike
The number of complaints made to the telcos which bounce back unsolved has spiked, with one state copping the brunt of the issues.
China stimulus does little to lift ASX
The struggling Chinese economy has few rays of hope for Australian miners, as the big iron ore producers sink the ASX to a loss on Monday.
Besieged billionaire CEO stands down
After weeks of embarrassing headlines, billionaire Richard White has stood down from key roles of the major tech company he founded.
Bank staff ‘break in’ to help customers
As customers of banks were left high and dry in Broken Hill’s blackout, staff of the locally-owned bank went to extremes to help customers.
Renewed optimism leads to ASX rally
The ASX 200 has rallied strongly following strong falls on Friday, after a spate of good economic news
ASX continues record breaking week
The ASX has closed at another record high this week, driven by stronger than expected Australian economic news.
‘Fiddling’: Surcharge crackdown lashed
A crackdown on card surcharges has been criticised as “fiddling around the edges while Rome burns”.
Push to axe sneaky fee costing Aussies $4bn
A Sydney MP is pushing for an overhaul of 20-year-old regulations that cost Aussies billions of dollars every year.
Aussies’ private information sold for profit
Australians’ private information is being shared hundreds of times a day with online advertisers who resell and distribute it to unknown parties, putting people at risk of targeted scams.
Elon Musk’s big legal loss to Australia
A court has ruled on whether the Elon Musk-owned X Corp must comply with an infringement notice issued when the company was called Twitter.
Aussie’s life upended by single Facebook rule
A dad who had his life completely upturned in an instant is facing “hell” as he battles the social media giant.
Big electricity plan for one Aussie state
Hot on the heels of promising state-owned petrol stations, one premier fighting for his job has made another huge pledge.
Staggering cost of cyber attacks revealed
The eye-watering cost of cyber attacks on small businesses across the country has been revealed, with one business owner revealing he was forced to start again.
‘I’m not a moron’: Barnaby fires up over EVs
Barnaby Joyce has clashed with a senior Labor MP about the possibility of China controlling its electric vehicles in Australia.
‘Inadequate’: Damning Optus outage finding
Optus has been slammed in a damning Senate report into last year’s massive outage, with a committee finding the Aussie telco “failed millions”.
Fate of disgraced crypto king’s ex revealed
Crypto criminal Sam Bankman-Fried’s ex-girlfriend is going to prison for helping him steal $8 billion in customer funds.
One thing leaving Aussie companies on edge
Aussie brands have united to take on global retail behemoth Amazon in a four-day shopping event promising to save consumers big bucks.
$290m shake-up to ease cost of power bills
One state has committed another $290m to get more solar panels onto homes and businesses, with the ultimate aim of bringing energy bills down.
Aussies point finger at ‘harmful’ TikTok
No country in the world has successfully mandated age restrictions for social media, but a new survey shows Australians still want the age limit raised.
Push to ban bosses social media trawling
Ever-present surveillance at work has extended too far into ‘social media trawling’ and new laws are needed, a union group says.
Surprising group falling for crypto scams
New research has found one group are falling victim to crypto scams as they are “overconfident or overambitious”.
Urgent ATM warning for Aussie cash users
Two people will likely be deported after being caught running a scam putting card-reading devices into the card slots of ATMs.
Surprise crypto trend takes off in Australia
Despite concerns about scams and criminal behaviour, Australia is seeing the fastest expansion of crypto ATMs in the world.
Reason AI staff work 7 days a week
Employees at Nvidia are often expected to be at work seven days a week, sometimes until 2am, but few leave the company, for a very compelling reason.
Why younger savers are ignoring banks
Facing mounting student debts and the cost-of-living grind, younger people are getting savvier on who holds onto their money.
Huge change for millions of workers coming
Massive changes to workplace laws kick in August 26 which will allow millions of employees to ignore calls from the boss out of hours.
Aussie rich-lister makes $2.1bn in a day
One of Australia’s richest people became $2.1bn better off on Wednesday as his tech firm led the Australian share market.
Huge cost of cyber attack revealed
Small Aussie businesses have glaring holes in their cyber security, and it’s costing them dearly as tougher penalties take effect.
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