Business activity remained strong last month but confidence weakened as firms grew wary of the potential for a slower period ahead, a long-running business survey indicates. The NAB Monthly Business Survey was released on Tuesday, detailing the results of interviews with 400 Australian non-farm businesses queried...
Australians are living longer despite the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused life expectancy to drop in many of the world’s richest nations. Australian Bureau of Statistics figures released on Tuesday showed a girl born in 2021 could expect to live 85.4 years, up several months on the...
Australia’s biggest car brands have been ranked on their efforts to reduce emissions and the news is not positive for many of the country’s top sellers. While electric vehicle manufacturers Polestar and Tesla topped the Climate Council’s Race to Zero Ranking on Tuesday, Australia’s top three...
Gas pumps at least $70 billion per year into the Australian economy, new analysis shows, as the industry comes under pressure to supply cheaper gas to domestic customers. Research by ACIL Allen Consulting for industry body Gas Energy Australia found gas supports almost a quarter of...
An Australian app promising to help new e-bike riders avoid hills and traffic has secured its first partnership, in a deal proponents say could bring Australia closer to “Copenhagen levels” of cycling. The deal between RACV offshoot Intelematics and e-bike service Lug+Carrie will see riders in...
Increased fines for companies that have serious data breaches are one step closer, after new laws passed the lower house. The bill will hike up fines for breaches from $2.2 million to either $50 million, 30 per cent of a company’s turnover during the affected period,...