• Convenience Advertising - saving lives for 40 years

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    BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE was the biggest winner of the 2025 AACTA Awards presented at the AACTA Festival on the Gold Coast recently, claiming six awards, including all four acting honours. Robbie Williams biopic, Better Man, picked up four AACTA Awards.

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February 11, 2025

'The Future of Work' report on digital transformation released

THE House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment, Education, and Training has tabled its The Future of Work report following its inquiry into the digital transformation of workplaces.

Committee Chair, Lisa Chesters MP, said, "The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and automated decision making (ADM) is significantly shaping workplaces across…

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  • 20 Feb, 2025

    Victorian Govt brings more emergency services under Motorola’s ‘resilient land mobile radio…

    Victoria

    THE Victorian Government has signed a 10-year, $500 million contract with Motorola Solutions to maintain and enhance the Metropolitan Mobile Radio network (MMR) relied upon by the state’s emergency services. As part of the arrangement, Marine, Search & Rescue has also joined the MMR.

    The contract with the Department of Justice…

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    Whyalla steelworks: joint AWU, AMWU, ETU and MUA unions statement

    South Australia

    THE Australian Workers’ Union, Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union, Electrical Trades Union and Maritime Union of Australia have issued a joint statement welcoming the South Australian and Federal Government’s $2 billion support plan for the Whyalla steelworks.

    "Today’s announcement provides long overdue certainty to…

  • 19 Feb, 2025

    Australian Workers' Union urges reinvigoration of 'critical' Whyalla steelworks

    Advancing Manufacturing

    THE Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) strongly backs urgent government intervention to secure the future of Whyalla Steelworks and its workforce, according to AWU national secretary, Paul Farrow.

    "The steelworks is a critical pillar of Australian industry, and the reckless financial mismanagement of GFG Alliance cannot be allowed…

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    Wable helps people ‘willing and able’ to connect

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    By Leon Gettler, Talking Business >>

    WABLE, a social app for neurodivergent people, including those ‘on the spectrum’ – started during the COVID lockdowns in Melbourne – is today beginning to have a global impact.

    It’s a culmination of the work started by Holly Fowler in 2000 when she was about 20 years old.

    “I watched the ABC…

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For many, the arduous task of donning compression stockings can be frustrating. This is especially true if the wearer is living independently,…

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Whyalla steelworks: joint AWU, AMWU, ETU and MUA unions statement

THE Australian Workers’ Union, Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union, Electrical Trades Union and Maritime Union of Australia have issued a joint statement welcoming the South Australian and…

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February 12, 2025

'Boy Swallows Universe' wins 6, 'Better Man' 4 in 2025…

BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE was the biggest winner of the 2025 AACTA Awards  on Friday night, claiming six awards, including all four acting honours.

This…

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Is SMS marketing the direct contact ‘silver bullet’?

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SMS MARKETING is now the rage in business.

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THE AgriFutures Cultivate Program, designed to provide promising career prospects in the growing chicken meat industry, is nearing the end of its…

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SiGNificant signage by design

THERE IS SOMETHING magnificent about a finely crafted roadside sign … and Indian Hills Community Center in Colorado, USA, may well be the world pace…

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