Tech giants Google, Microsoft and Apple have backed a push for scrapping password logins to establish a more secure sign-in process across digital platforms. The new login standard, developed by the FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium, would enable users to sign-in to devices...
Confidence among Australians fell to a 20-month low after the first official interest rate rise in more than decade, while business sentiment has been jarred by rising cost pressures. Consumer confidence has fallen for four straight weeks, with the latest decline coming after the Reserve Bank...
More than one million students will take part in the latest round of annual NAPLAN testing and for the first time, all the assessments will be conducted online. Students in years 3, 5, 7, and 9 will sit the national literacy and numeracy test across 9500...
What is palliative care? Palliative care is treatment, care and support for people living with a life-limiting illness. A life-limiting illness is an illness that can’t be cured and that you’re likely to die from. Life-limiting illnesses can include: cancer motor neurone disease end-stage kidney disease dementia Palliative care also supports your...
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group is counting on most homeowners and businesses being able to withstand higher interest rates, a day after the Reserve Bank lifted the cash rate from a record low 0.1 per cent. The country’s third largest lender expects competition in the...
Petrol prices are on the rise again, despite the efforts of the Morrison government to curb cost of living pressures at the bowser by slashing fuel excise for six months in the March budget. The Australian Institute of Petroleum said the national average for petrol prices...