Category: News
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Islamic State Hackers Target Small Australian Businesses
It appears Islamic State has reached our shores in a very strange, unexpected way – through the websites of some small Australian business. The group calls themselves the United Cyber Caliphate, and is an amalgamation of three former groups named Caliphate Cyber Army, Sons Caliphate Army and the Kalashnikov Team. For some reason yet to be determined,…
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Australia’s first medicinal cannabis farm
Local MP and acting PM Barnaby Joyce officially launched Australia’s first medicinal cannabis farm today called the DanEden farm. The 47-hectare farm located just near Tamworth has been named in honour of Dan Haslam who died from bowel cancer last year aged just 25-years-old. Dan was an advocate for legalising medical marijuana in Australia and…
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Female-friendly parking bays trialled in Perth
Perth is trialling a series of “pink” parking bays located close to the exits which have been designated as being “female friendly” due to the extra CCTV surveillance, lighting and assistance intercoms. Women-only parking bays already exist in many other countries including Germany, Austria and China. City of Perth chief executive Martin Mileham said, “Men won’t be fined…
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Sean Parker invests $250M into a new way of fighting cancer
Sean Parker is best known for co-founding Napster and is a former Facebook President, but the 36-year-old billionaire is now in the spotlight for his huge contribution to a new kind of cancer treatment. The entrepreneur has given $250 million to launch the Parker Institute that will help with research and development with a treatment called immunotherapy.…
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Rare video of Tony Abbott singing karaoke
The former Australian Prime Minister is currently completing a 1000km cycle race to raise funds for charity. At a stop in Cootamundra, a small town in NSW, he visited the town’s Family Hotel and caught up with radio announcer Wesley Heather. Clearly Abbott is no stranger to the microphone with numerous political speeches he has so kindly…
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Female ride-sharing service
Ride-sharing has become all the rage these days but it’s no surprise some women are hesitant to use this form of transportation after hearing about bad experiences female passengers have had with drivers. Therefore one company has created an Uber-style car service with just female drivers for women and children passengers only. Chariot For Women was…
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Aussie Dollar reaches nine month high
The Australian dollar today reached a nine month high of 77 US cents. This is mainly attributed to the strengthening global equity markets and commodity prices. Last night crude oil rose 3%, iron ore reached $US60 per tonne and gold realized its highest quarterly gain in three decades. Indeed, following a business survey, NAB said…
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Uber ordered to pay up $10 million
Uber has been ordered to pay at least $10 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of misleading customers about the safety of its service. Foremost in this lawsuit was the accusation that Uber’s background checks on its drivers were not as thorough as advertised to customers. The conclusion of the lawsuit “sends…
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The new Australian $5 is revealed
The latest version of the Australian $5 note has been revealed and has been especially designed for the visually impaired. The tactile feature has been incorporated to help the visually impaired differentiate between the various banknotes. In addition the note will have large numerals and bolder colours particularly some bright yellow blooms of wattle. Queen…
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Uber to be made legal in South Australia
South Australia will make it legal for Uber and other ride-sharing services like GoCatch to enter the market in July 2016. Currently any ride-sharing and taxi applications are banned from being used. Following in NSW’s footsteps, the local government will be compensating each of the 1,137 taxi licence holders $30,000 each. That’s a total of…