The four-year market value of chatbots is expected to reach more than $162 billion but users are still frustrated by online assistants. Queensland researchers surveyed 145 participants and found that when informed a human interaction option was available late in the service, aggression increased. The Queensland University...
All lenders, lessors and finance brokers must be licensed by ASIC or be a representative of someone who is licensed. Search ASIC Connect’s Professional Registers to check your credit provider is licensed before you deal with them. Some businesses that are exempt from licensing, such as retail stores...
Worker shortages have topped the list of concerns eroding the confidence of Australian business leaders. Inflation and rising interest rates also contributed to the dip in director confidence as measured by the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Director sentiment dropped to its lowest point in two years...
Australia can meet its emissions reduction target and ease its biodiversity crisis if it decides to end logging in native forests, a leading climate scientist says. Professor Brendan Mackey, who has co-authored reports for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, says a solution to two of...
Electricity bills have jumped by $300 on average since April, with the consumer watchdog citing several reasons for skyrocketing costs. The head of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said this represented a 25 per cent increase for the median residential household connected to the...
American car-sharing giant Turo has announced plans to launch its service in Australia before the end of the year, shaking up the traditional rental car market. The company, which is the world’s largest car-sharing platform, will begin recruiting Australian ‘hosts’ willing to rent their cars on...
Your role as a carer does not necessarily end if the person you’re looking after moves to an aged care home. Even after moving them into a care facility, you might still spend a lot of time there, providing care and giving them company. However, even...
If you’re an Australian or British retiree, retirement is the perfect time to travel the world and explore the places you’ve always wanted to see. Travelling may lead to much more than just a relaxing vacation, too. Seeing the world in your 50s, 60s, and beyond...
Cost of living pressures have overtaken the pandemic as Australians’ greatest source of worry, according to a survey released on World Mental Health Day. Mental health charity Beyond Blue surveyed 1500 people and found inflation, rising interest rates, cost of living pressures, along with the war...
Senior ministers are sticking to the script on income tax cuts despite a confusing week of debate about the legislated changes. The Albanese government has been accused of moving to break a central election promise after flying kites over the future of the stage three tax...