Category: News
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Alcohol banned at Coogee for the rest of summer
Alcohol has been banned at Coogee beach for summer after 10,000 party goers absolutely trashed it on Christmas day. 15 tonnes of garbage was left behind forcing the Randwick City Council to declare the beach alcohol free. Council workers were left to clean up the mess from broken bottles, leftover food and wrapping paper. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYBhKWRU31Y Mayor,…
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How to be more creative
There is a myth that left handed writers have more creative bones in their body than their right handed counterparts. Apparently, left handers are more suited to the arts subjects including history, english and anything practical. Right handers are the scientific, mathematic kinds and our brains are wired differently. We are supposedly predisposed to 30% of our…
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The high cost of living in Sydney
We know Sydney is one of the most expensive places to live in the world; and prices continue to escalate through the roof with demand at an all time high. There just simply aren’t enough properties to meet demand, and the apartments that do arrive the market are quickly snapped up by overseas investors. Sydney is the second fastest…
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Underpaid writer exploitation
Writers and transcribers are being exploited at an all time high, according to Australia’s Community and Public Sector Union. 10 years ago, an experienced journalist could get a $1 a word. Now it’s less than 5 cents, if that. Unpaid internships have sadly become the norm for students at university. Junior Journalists in their first few years out…
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New Legislation Blocking Torrenting Sites In Australia
The Federal Court has recently passed new legislation blocking torrenting sites including The Pirate Bay and KickassTorrents, two of the most popular illegal downloading sites available. A Federal Court order mandated that more than 50 internet providers such as Telstra, Optus and TPG be given 14 days to ban the sites. This can be done by using…
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Nurofen fined millions for misleading consumers
The manufacturers of the popular painkiller range Nurofen will be fined $6 million for misleading customers. Today the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) won the court case against pharmaceutical giant Reckitt Benckiser over the targeted pain range. The Federal Court found that the Nurofen targeted pain relief range was misleading because they all had…
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Facebook original content to compete with Netflix
Facebook has this week indicated that it plans to start buying and producing it’s own video content to stream through it’s video platform. Instead of continuing in the tradition of social network companies and relying on others to produce content, Facebook will explore airing original content. The social media giant is considering buying and producing its…
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Millennials are cereal killers for Kellogg’s
The breakfast food choices of Millennials have been a hot topic this year, so the revelation that almost half of the generation of young Americans don’t like cereal is fitting. It is, however, surprising that the reason most Americans don’t like cereal is due to the inconvenience of cleaning up afterwards. This disinterest has deeply damaged…
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Australian tourism industry booming
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has reported that Australia received more short-term visitors than ever in October. The Australian tourism industry recorded over 713,300 more visitors than the previous year, an improvement of 12.7%. That increase in short-term visitors takes the year’s total to over 8 million visitors, with an increase of 819,800 arrivals (or 11.2%)…
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iPhone 8 Details Leaked
The details of a possible iPhone 8 release for next year have been leaked, and it looks like Apple are set to change their usual pace for the iPhone’s 10 year anniversary. The new features include a curved, edgeless screen, glass casing on the back, and a possible third size being offered to consumers. Expectations are high…