Amazon couldn’t have hoped for a better response when it created the smart speaker market three years ago with the original Amazon Echo. Now, Amazon has a new version of the Echo for 2017:...
Amazon’s Alexa turned out to be the holiday guest in millions of homes this year, and that means plenty of people getting to grips with everything their new Echo can do. Although she may...
Child sexual abuse royal commission: recommendations and statistics at a glance
Key recommendations
The royal commission’s final report (pdf) has made 189 new recommendations, including:
The federal government should establish a National Office for Child Safety,...
In March 2016 the Department of the Chief Minister said the $506 million included stamp duty, but Mr Giles has declined to clarify how much.
"I'm not going to go down the breakdown of taxes...
What is a 'Ponzi Scheme'
A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investing scam promising high rates of return with little risk to investors.
The Ponzi scheme generates returns for older investors by acquiring new investors.
This is...
The first of the Australian households to take up the offer of “free energy” from German battery storage maker Sonnen, are having their systems installed, leaving them completely free from electricity costs for two...
Digital wallets have been around and in usage for many years, but recently major companies such as Google, Visa, and Mastercard have been bringing them to the forefront of the commerce sector by introducing...
It's time for a royal commission into banking regulation
Pat McConnell, Macquarie University
The handling of recent financial scandals show that regulators are confused about what they do, or should do. And as a result the...