Bolts of bright and spotty quilting material are stacked along the walls of a room in Vanessa Jasper’s house, a green table sitting in the centre. This is where the single mother-of-two is setting up her own business to bring new life to the dying art...
Inflation has come off its highs but the road back down is proving bumpy. A jump in petrol prices is expected to show up in the monthly consumer prices index when the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases the August report on Wednesday. In July, the monthly indicator...
Cyber criminals in Africa and Eastern Europe are among those targeting Australian businesses as police manage to recoup $45 million from online thieves. The money, which the Australian Federal Police (AFP) has returned to businesses in the past three years, represents almost half of cyber criminals’...
TIME TO BE BUSHFIRE READY: * The latest NRMA Insurance Wild Weather Tracker reveals that most people are unprepared for bushfire season * Almost half (49 per cent) of Australians are concerned about being impacted by bushfire or grassfire during spring and summer * But less than a...
A robotics hub that could create technology to help flying taxis, autonomous cars, moon rovers and ships navigate in tricky environments has opened in Sydney. Federal Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic cut the ribbon on the robotics manufacturing facility in Botany on Tuesday on behalf...
There’s a proposal to create an Australia-wide system to connect workers looking for a new job with employers seeking people with specialised skills and training. The federal government has committed $9.1 million to support a business case for a National Skills Passport, detailed in an employment...