Mar 13, 2010
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Fair Trading Minister Peter Lawlor has urged all new parents to be aware of safe sleeping advice when deciding on their baby's sleeping arrangements.
New rules to come into effect on 1 July 2010 will give consumers the choice of barring all premium SMS from their mobile phones and thus preventing unwanted premium SMS charges.
Peak retail industry body the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) said retailers will feel the brunt of the fourth 25 point interest rate rise since October last year taking the cash rate to four percent after an unhealthy post-Christmas sales season.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is urging consumers to remain aware of ‘phishing’ emails, as part of Fraud Awareness Week. With about two-thirds of consumer fraud now occurring online, one in 20 Australians are caught by scams.
Queensland Labor Treasurer Andrew Fraser and Western Australia Liberal Treasurer Troy Buswell have joined forces to call on the Federal Government to recognise the independence of the Commonwealth Grants Commission (CGC) and find a 'fairer' way of carving up the national GST pool.
Deputy Premier and Minister for Health Paul Lucas is today urging Queenslanders to sit down and discuss organ donation with family members.
Queensland will be home to the nation's heavy vehicle regulator in a move that aims to improve safety and productivity in the trucking industry, Transport Minister Rachel Nolan told Parliament this morning.
The Coalition have forced the Rudd Government to back-down from its plan to cut Medicare rebates for cataract surgery.
Around the world, between about one and two babies in every 1000 are born each year with either a cleft lip or cleft palate, or both. A Southern Cross University researcher has set out to investigate the possible causes of these conditions.
One of the earliest maps of parts of the Australian coast, as seen by the first European explorers, has been acquired by the National Library of Australia.
The Federal Government’s plans for the closure of the analog television network will mean the death of local television content for thousands of Australians living in rural areas.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has instituted proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against Panasonic Australia Pty Ltd alleging that it engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct in offering bonus Nintendo Wiis with the purchase of Plasma televisions.
The 32-year-old actress went into cardiac arrest this morning and could not be revived.
Acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Queensland Premier Anna Bligh today announced that the wreck of the Australian Hospital Ship Centaur had been located off the Queensland coast.
A special time when family and friends gather together, some travelling long distances, to celebrate in warm and familiar company the year that has been, and to plan for the future.
In his latest half-baked plan to combat climate change, PM Kevin Rudd’s defence of Australia’s “national interest” now apparently involves backing a $160 billion Ethiopian plan to tax our economic lifelines - aviation and shipping.
As of June 2009, just over 5 million households had broadband, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).