Category: News
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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…
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ALC to take RSRT fight to parliament
Following yesterday’s Federal Court decision to discontinue the temporary stay order on the Road Safety Remuneration Order, the Australian Logistics Council will now urgently write to MPs and Senators before Parliament resumes on 18 April 2016 calling for the Road Safety Remuneration Act to be repealed. “ALC will write to all Members and Senators, including…
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Telstra data guy teams up with… Telstra
Remember that Telstra data guy that downloaded a terabyte aka $10,000 worth of data on Telstra’s free data Sunday? Well he said he’d never work for Telstra but turns out he’s not a man of his word after accepting an offer to work with the telco. Two days before he accepted the offer John Szaszvari…
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Asian tourists are spending the most
Research undertaken by the University of Technology (UTS) Business School revealed that Asian tourists visiting Sydney spend as much as 6.5 times more than other tourists. It was found that there is a huge spending capacity of Asian tourists who are in Australia as part of incentive schemes. A 2015 visitor survey from Tourism Australia…
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Western Sydney’s $36 million zoo of the future
What happens when Western Sydney University (WSU) teams up with Sydney Zoo? They set a goal to deliver “one of the most technologically advanced wildlife experiences in the world.” Western Sydney could be saying hello to a new $36 million cage-free zoo that will aim to utilise intelligent fencing designs across 30 exhibits to deliver…
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Tesla’s Model 3
Tesla’s Model 3 has arrived! Future customers waited in huge numbers at showrooms and behind computer screens to place $1,000 deposits on the new electric car. Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter that 180,000 orders had been made in just 24 hours. The company currently has the Model S and Model X retailing for…
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10 TED Talks To Educate and Inspire Your Next Move
Here are ten talks that will help you become the successful individual you can be with the career you desire. 1.How to find work you love This talk by Scott Dinsmore looks at how he found his passion in life. It is about finding meaningful work that you love, discovering what matters to you and…
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Tax havens, law firms and world figures: the Panama Papers
It’s the biggest leak of secret documents in history. It implicates 12 world leaders, 140 politicians and public figures and Forbes-listed 29 billionaires. The Panama Papers comprise more than 11 million internal documents from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca dating back to 1977. According to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), 400 journalists in…
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Telstra’s free data day debacle
Despite setting a record for unprecedented downloads, Telstra’s free data day was plagued with complaints of slow internet speeds and demands for more compensation. On Sunday April 3rd, Telstra held a free data day to try to appease customers and atone for the massive outages experienced over the last eight weeks. As you might expect,…