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The switch from petrol guzzlers to electric wheels is a priority in the race to decarbonise transport but Australia could be underplaying a complementary policy lever. Reducing car dependence in favour of more trips via bus, bike and foot was once the main game for slashing...

Australian consumers are not being given enough information about the expected life of appliances, research shows, and could be wasting money based on vague environmental claims. The trend is occurring despite more than four in five consumers supporting the introduction of durability and repairability ratings alongside...

Australian consumers are not being given enough information about the expected life of appliances, research shows, and could be wasting money based on vague environmental claims. The trend is occurring despite more than four in five consumers supporting the introduction of durability and repairability ratings alongside...

Australian consumers are not being given enough information about the expected life of appliances, research shows, and could be wasting money based on vague environmental claims. The trend is occurring despite more than four in five consumers supporting the introduction of durability and repairability ratings alongside...

Australians need a social media referee to reinstate accounts unfairly shut down by artificial intelligence bots, a regulator warns following hundreds of complaints. The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman joined the call for a powerful online adjudicator on Tuesday after revelations hundreds of consumers and businesses had been...

Australian musicians and authors are fighting a proposal to allow artificial intelligence to scrape data from their work, fearing the technology will mimic or steal their art. The Productivity Commission floated the idea of a text and data mining exception for the Copyright Act as a...