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Quaden Bayles feels he was discriminated against trying to travel by taxi.

Pay up or walk: Quaden just wanted a cab but drivers refused to take him

The young actor is one of several Australians with disabilities who have expressed their fury at a system that discriminates against them and won’t listen to their complaints.

  • Brittany Busch

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The company behind 13cabs and Cabcharge is accused by its own staff of ignoring rampant fraud.

Taxi scams are rife – here’s how to avoid them

There are some things everybody can do when catching a taxi to avoid being scammed.

  • Brittany Busch
The industry’s peak body would like to see stricter regulations on drivers.

Australia’s biggest cab company’s rule switch on complaining customers

Leaked emails show the company behind 13cabs was warned its rule change could be unlawful, as a peak taxi body calls for tougher penalties against crooked cabbies.

  • Nick McKenzie, Chris Barrett and Brittany Busch
Sandy Guy with her son Liam, who was abused by his taxi driver.

499 crimes: Cab driver caught on CCTV abusing, ripping off passengers with disabilities

The scale of alleged fraud and other criminality in the taxi industry has outraged leading judges as well as consumer and disability advocates.

  • Nick McKenzie, Brittany Busch and Amelia Ballinger
The company behind 13cabs and Cabcharge is accused by its own staff of ignoring rampant fraud.

How nation’s largest taxi company has taken public for a ride

A massive document leak has laid bare how many cab drivers are scamming their customers, and how little is done about it.

  • Nick McKenzie, Brittany Busch and Amelia Ballinger
The Australian government has banned DeepSeek from being downloaded onto government devices.

Don’t fear DeepSeek – Australia can launch its own start-ups

We shouldn’t ban China’s new AI giant – we should regulate it. Then Australia should seize the opportunity to lead this sector.

  • Raffaele Ciriello
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The app distinguishes itself from other chatbots such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT by articulating its reasoning before delivering a response.

DeepSeek’s success shows America’s failure to thwart China’s AI ambitions

The US has steadily tightened restrictions on sales of advanced chips to China. The emergence of DeepSeek’s AI model shows that they haven’t bitten – yet.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
On a warm summer's day Safety Beach in Melbourne quickly fills with private tents.
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Cabanas being set up at a popular beach

On a warm summer's day Safety Beach in Melbourne quickly fills with private tents.

Commuters on Sydney’s toll roads will see a price hike from January 1.

Tolls, passports, museum admission: What is getting more expensive in January

On January 1, an array of fee increases and additional charges will come into effect across Australia and NSW.

  • Nicholas Osiowy
Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg.

Australian Facebook users to share $50m payment after privacy scandal

Meta has agreed to a record settlement with Australia’s information commissioner, ending years of legal proceedings over Facebook’s infamous Cambridge Analytica scandal.

  • David Swan

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