Business

Selfie with a cow. | Newsreel

MLA moooving with the times to crush social media

A national industry association is looking to add some meat to the social media chops of its members. Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) is launching a Social Media
Read more 20 February 2025
Black Hawk helicopter. | Newsreel

Accelerated program delivers Black Hawks Down Under

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has access to the first of 40 new Black Hawk helicopters, after an accelerated delivery program from the United States. Deputy Prime
Read more 19 February 2025
Artists impression Victoria Park stadium, Brisbane. | Newsreel

Brisbane 2032 starter’s pistol re-loaded for March 25

The infrastructure plan for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be released to the public on March 25. Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie said the State
Read more 19 February 2025
Solar-powered flow reactor. | Newsreel

New solar-powered reactor converts CO2 into fuel

A reactor has been developed that pulls carbon dioxide from the air and converts it into fuel, using sunlight. Researchers from the University of Cambridge believe their
Read more 19 February 2025
Video creator. | Newsreel

YouTube turns 20. Read its eight steps of disruption

By Alex Connock The world’s biggest video sharing platform, YouTube, has just turned 20. It was started inauspiciously in February 2005 by former PayPal employees Chad
Read more 19 February 2025
Virgin Australia plane. | Newsreel

ACCC urges airlines to increase seat capacity

Most flights between Australia’s major cities are more than 90 percent full, the highest capacity rate in more than six years. In releasing the latest Domestic Airline
Read more 19 February 2025
CSIRO lead scientist Nina Welti. | Newsreel

Food fingerprint database to support sustainability

A new national database aims to maintain the integrity of Australia’s reputation in producing safe and sustainable food. The CSIRO has launched a website that
Read more 19 February 2025
Child and AI chatbot. | Newsreel

Children exposed to disturbing chatbot conversations

AI-driven chatbots are exposing Australian children to interactive content across a range of topics from sex to drug-taking, self-harm, suicide and serious illnesses,
Read more 18 February 2025
Airport departures Melbourne. | Newsreel

Police respond to 4200 airport incidents over holidays

Police were called to more than 4000 incidents at Australia’s major airports over the Christmas-New Year holiday period. Australian Federal Police (AFP) Aviation
Read more 18 February 2025
Woman applying sunscreen. | Newsreel

ATO clarifies smokescreen around sunscreen

If the price of your favourite skin care product goes up, don’t blame the ATO. That’s the message the Australian Taxation Office after recent reports suggested the
Read more 18 February 2025