Industry News

The South Australian Government will spend $2.2 million on new software after almost $1.5 million was mistakenly paid to energy retailers.

Uber is seeking to overturn orders from the Australian Tax Office (ATO), which could force its drivers to pay GST.

Japanese police have arrested Mark Karpeles, chief executive of the failed company MtGox - once the world's biggest bitcoin exchange.

Facebook has unveiled its first full-scale, solar-powered, internet-broadcasting drone.

A new study says GPs are failing to help obese Australians lose weight because they mistake low levels of health literacy with a lack of motivation.

Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell is sacking 6,500 workers amid lower prices for crude oil and dwindling profits.

A new generation of skyscrapers are redefining New York’s iconic skyline, cutting a super-skinny, super-tall and super-expensive new shape.

Private lobby Business SA says establishing an outback nuclear waste dump would be the best economic move for South Australia, if the Government wants to engage in the nuclear industry.

The architects of the NBN say they are on a hiring drive, looking to pick up 4,500 new workers in a $40 million recruitment program.

Researchers have developed a light-emitting device that can turn on and off up to 90 billion times per second.

Western Australia’s Opposition is taking shots at the state’s new education funding model.

Health experts are staging a unique theatrical collaboration aimed at dispelling myths about eating disorders and fad dieting in teenagers.

The first female and first Australian principal investigator on a mission to Mars says Australia should embrace the opportunity to inspire - and retain - the next generation of home-grown scientists, engineers and technologists by joining the space exploration game.

New research has shed light on the mechanisms in the brain that can lead depressed people to dwell on negative thoughts.

A new report card for global aid reveals Australians are an altruistic bunch, saving the lives of 230,000 children since the year 2000.

As more and more online lenders join the market, people are increasingly resorting to the mobile phone for a quick injection of cash, but research shows this will lead more Australians into a spiral of debt.

Licensing for Accountants chief executive Kath Bowler says proposed educational requirements for financial planners could be a big help.

Authorities say claims that forced Council amalgamations drive down rates are not borne out by evidence from other states.

Councils Australia-wide submitted more than 100 examples of ailing community infrastructure in need of help in the first week after a call-out from the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA).

The Federal Government’s Green Army – a central part of its attempt at environmental policy – needs more people.