Industry News

Telstra has announced it will expand its 4G coverage to provide service to 85 per cent of the population by Christmas this year, with an increased focus on regional coverage.

It is a little known fact that Tasmania makes a roaring trade growing opium; now demand for the lucrative crop has pushed companies to look at expanding onto the mainland.

British medical researchers have developed a surgical knife which senses what it is cutting through, and can tell whether tissue is cancerous.

A Chinese study has come to a surprising conclusion, finding fasting and calorie-restricted diets may actually increase lifespan

The island of Fiji will soon have its own mental health facility to combat a reported rise in depression and anxiety in the Pacific.

Research has shown CEO recruits who have had even one minor legal infraction, such as a speeding ticket, are seven times more likely to engineer an accounting fraud than those with completely clean records.

New members have been added to Hewlett-Packard’s executive board after the company signed on big guns from Microsoft and McDonalds.

The chief executive of Australian rare earth mining company Arafura has resigned.

The American mansion of Italian designer Gianni Versace is going up for auction, and is expected to top $US125 million when it does.

The world's economic crisis response team will look at the prospect of more market volatility today, as finance ministers and central bankers gather in Moscow to chart a course towards global economic recovery.

The US city of Detroit has taken the dubious honour of being the largest city in the country’s history to file for bankruptcy, drowning in a debt of $US18.5 billion.

A group of companies is looking to meet with the Federal Government over its planned changes to the fringe benefits tax, after they were announced to offset the cost of shifting carbon price plans.

Farmers are calling for the Government to intercede and block the sale of Australian grain company GrainCorp to Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), a major group in global agribusiness.

Billabong has rejected a buy-out offer from hedge fund investors, saying the proposal was unacceptable.

The University of NSW will require a minimum entrance score to enrol in any of its courses next year, breaking step with the government's expansion agenda.

Cheating may be cause for alarm for many high-school teachers and students, but it has lead to a riot in China for a surprising reason.

Plans to sell off three school ovals and cram two large schools into one have been ditched in Queensland.

The former treasurer says Australia’s housing market could prop up the economy during a downturn in mining profits.

The Pakistani teenager who was shot in the head by the Taliban for promoting female education has made an address to the United Nations, and received a letter from her attackers.

Some legislative hurdles will need to be cleared for the Prime Minister’s plan to bring forward an Emissions Trading Scheme.