Business

Gas rig, Queensland, Australia

Mining and media drive down business turnover

A more than three percent drop in mining activity has driven down overall Australian business turnover. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data, released
Read more 12 October 2024
Cattle using a feed lot. | Newsreel

Aussie tech targets Brazil’s methane juggernaut

An Australian climate technology company is closer to introducing its methane-reducing product into the world’s largest cattle herd. Rumin8, based in Western
Read more 10 October 2024
NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars - Newsreel

Mars study fails to confirm ancient biosphere

Latest data from NASA’s Curiosity mission on Mars has failed to find evidence that the planet previously supported life. Samples collected by the Curiosity rover were
Read more 10 October 2024
Woman shopping online. | Newsreel

OECD warning over ‘dark commercial patterns’

Deceptive commercial tactics are impacting 90 percent of global consumers, sparking a warning from the OECD. A new survey from the intergovernmental economic
Read more 10 October 2024
Information Technology courses are changing to address AI and cybersecurity.

AI set to transform technology training and jobs

Information technology training and jobs are set to evolve significantly over the next five years as Artificial Intelligence creates new organisational needs. Southern
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Hurricane viewed from a satellite. | Newsreel

Disasters signal march to 2.7 degrees of warming

By Thomas Newsome and William Ripple You don’t have to look far to see what climate change is doing to the planet. The word “unprecedented” is everywhere this
Read more 9 October 2024
Australian soldiers marching. | Newsreel

Defence hits the mark with Indigenous Procurement

The Australian Department of Defence not only bears the burden of protecting our shores, it is also propping up one of the Federal Government’s major procurement
Read more 9 October 2024
Burning off of methane gas. | Newsreel

Satellite data suggests emissions under-reported

More than half of Australia’s methane “hotspots” are in Queensland’s Bowen Basin, with new data showing current national emissions levels may be twice as much as
Read more 9 October 2024
Qantas planes. | Newsreel

Qantas fined $100m for selling tickets on cancelled flights

Qantas has been ordered to pay a $100 million fine for selling tickets on flights that didn’t exist. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Chair Gina
Read more 9 October 2024
Story costs are starting to be passed on in higher fuel costs - Newsreel

Fuel storage laws starting to push up costs

Fuel prices are likely to rise as importers begin to pass on the compliance costs of new storage requirements. The second stage of Minimum Stockholding Obligations took
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