Fears of a tougher jobs market is starting to muscle out cost-of-living pain as the top concern playing on consumer minds. Less chatter about interest rate hikes, tax cuts and power bill rebates from state and federal governments has boosted optimism concerning family finances, surveying suggests. Improved...
Australian business leaders should not ban the use of AI, but need to introduce it carefully and monitor for cases of bias, copyright violations, and ethical issues, an association warns. The Governance Institute of Australia issued the warning on Wednesday as it released a policy paper...
Australians need greater legal protection to prevent tech giants harvesting their personal information, including photos of their children, to train generative AI tools. Politicians and academics issued the call on Wednesday after Meta executives revealed photos and posts Australians shared on Facebook and Instagram as far...
Young Australians will get to have their say on a proposed age limit for using social media. The federal government wants to introduce laws by the end of the year for a ban on young people using social media to address mental health and safety concerns. The...
You can claim a deduction for self-education expenses if the education relates to your employment activities. What are self-education expenses? Self-education expenses are the costs you incur when you: undertake courses at an educational institution (whether or not the courses lead to a formal qualification) undertake courses provided by...
A plan to manufacture more things in Australia using clean energy and local resources has cleared an early hurdle but major obstacles remain. The Albanese government’s proposed $22 billion investment in clean industry has passed the House of Representatives. The policy would allow the government to identify...
The share of women working part-time is shrinking as more opt for remote and flexible full-time gigs made mainstream in the pandemic. The forced working-from-home experiment brought about by COVID-19 lockdowns normalised remote, hybrid, tailored hours and other ways of working coveted by all but especially...
Australians will suffer a lower standard of living if the government goes ahead with its proposed cap on international student numbers, the nation’s universities have warned. In a broadside against both sides of politics, Universities Australia chair David Lloyd said the sector had become a “political...
Every household should be able to upgrade their home and reap the power bill savings for years to come, regardless of their economic status, a forum has been told. “This is about Australians taking back control of our power and our power bills, not leaving it...
Horticulture producers say Vietnam is a plum market for their produce, as the Albanese government confirmed the reopening of the Southeast Asian market. After two years of negotiations between the Australian and Vietnamese governments, market access has now been granted for Aussie plums with a trade...