More than 100,000 Australians lodged complaints with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) last year, an annual jump of eight percent.
AFCA CEO and Chief
Optus is being taken to court for selling disadvantaged customers products they didn’t want, then pursing many for debts resulting from the purchase.
Australian
A fully digital international travel journey has been completed in Asia for the first time, paving the way for increased efficiency for global jetsetters.
The
Hacked medical devices expose billion-dollar security risk
A team of Australian researchers have hacked into a range of medical devices to expose the vulnerabilities in the multi-billion-dollar market.
Scientists from Charles
Toowong penthouses final release of Monarch Residences
Sky-high living and million-dollar views are on offer as the final release of penthouses in a luxury inner-west Brisbane riverside development hit the market.
Six
Lorna Jane first brand to complete living wage program
Brisbane-based activewear company Lorna Jane is the first Australian brand to ensure its workers overseas are paid a living wage, as a result of Oxfam program.
Oxfam
New facility to print flexible solar cells on plastic
A flexible solar cell manufacturing facility has opened in Victoria to fast-track development of the technology.
Operated by the CSIRO, the complex can produce thousands
New flights paths to reduce Brisbane aircraft noise
Brisbane residents will enjoy reduced aircraft noise from late November with new flight paths from Brisbane Airport taking effect.
Airservices Australia Head of
Halloween costumes stigmatise people with mental illness
Retailers have been urged to remove outdated Halloween costumers, which stereotype people living with mental illness, from their stores.
Rachel Green, CEO of SANE, a
The Paddington Tavern, in Brisbane’s inner-west, is set to undergo a major revamp, including the addition of a level.
A development application, lodged with Brisbane