News Australia

Increased chances of hail damage on Australia’s east coast this spring come as research from one insurer shows two-thirds of Australians do nothing to prepare their homes for wild weather. New research from NRMA Insurance suggests 67 per cent of Australians take no steps to prepare their houses for extreme weather. Wild weather has caused […]

The federal government will give $6m to aid the safety accreditation of builders so they are able to construct homes under its House Australia Future Fund (HAFF) and National Housing Accord (NHA). As it stands the government says more than 550 companies are accredited through the Federal Safety Commissioner’s Work Health and Safety Accreditation Scheme, […]

A major road in Victoria has been crowned the Australia’s most dangerous hot spot for crashes, as a new report reveals the group considered most dangerous behind the wheel. Plenty Rd in Melbourne’s northeast topped the list for the most crashes between 2014 and 2023, according to AAMI’s Crash Index Decade of Driving report. The […]

Two luxe Australian hotels have taken out spots in the world’s best hotels for 2024 – beating out luxury competitors in cities like New York, Los Angeles, Bangkok and London. The World’s 50 Best Hotels list — pulled together with an expert panel of journalists, travellers and educators by The World’s 50 Best Hotels Academy […]

One of the biggest and brightest moons of the year will be visible in the sky tonight as it nears its closest point to Earth. Known as a supermoon, it occurs when the moon is within 90 per cent of its closest point to Earth and will be seen across Australia, Africa, Asia and Europe. […]

One of Australia’s biggest banks is reportedly trialling a ChatGPT-style AI chat bot that could soon replace thousands of local call centre staff. Commonwealth Bank is currently conducting trials of Hey CommBank – an AI chatbot currently being tested on bank employees who are also customers. The trial is part of a wider push into […]

The federal government has welcomed Meta’s move to add stronger protections for underage Instagram users, but says the changes will not change its plan to introduce legislation to impose age restrictions on social media this year. The social media behemoth announced on Tuesday it was introducing “Instagram Teen Accounts” that would automatically apply built-in protections […]

A former school principal has died suddenly, a day before he was due to appear in court on charges of possessing child exploitation material. 56-year-old Paul Whitehead, who had led Bold Park Community School in Western Australia for nearly a decade, was scheduled to appear in Midland Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. However, his lawyer Carole […]

The number of investor mortgages in Australia is growing at five times the rate of loans being given owner-occupiers – with one housing critic claiming it’s easier for “hoarders” to own homes they will never live in. Money.com’s latest monthly mortgages report shows amid the grinding housing crisis, construction loans to investors have actually grown […]

Engineered stone used widely in kitchen and bathroom benchtops will no longer be allowed to be imported into Australia from January 1 next year after the material was linked to deadly silicosis disease in workers. When cut, the material releases crystalline silica dust THAT in large amounts can lead to the incurable and fatal lung […]