Your use of artificial intelligence technology might depend on your age, with research showing younger Australians are turning to chatbots in higher numbers than their parents and grandparents. Students, professionals and people who speak a language other than English are also more likely to deploy generative...
When a power outage struck on one of Mitta Mitta Brewing Company’s busiest days of the year, three things kept the family-run business ticking over. Wood for the pizza oven, gas in the barbecue and beer lines, and cash in customers’ pockets. “The electricity flipped off at...
Energy retailers say they’ve been blindsided by reforms promising free electricity to hundreds of thousands of Australians during peak solar power hours. The Solar Sharer program, announced by the federal government on Tuesday, would give consumers free access to electricity for three hours each day as...
The gender pay gap accelerates across a woman’s working life, peaking in her late-50s and leaving female workers millions of dollars short of men over their careers. Women entering the workforce in their late teens earn slightly more than men – $376 on average equalling a...
While some Australians go hungry, enough food to fill the MCG nine times over is thrown away by farmers and growers each year. A bold idea proposed by Australia’s top hunger relief charity could solve this, with tax relief touted as a potential solution to get...
Go ahead and roll your eyes. Shrug your shoulders. Or maybe just juggle your hands in the air. Dictionary.com’s word of the year isn’t even really a word. It’s the viral term “6-7” that kids and teenagers can’t stop repeating and laughing about and parents and...