ACCC To “Name And Shame” Retailers Gouging On COVID Tests
/
January 4, 2022
//Comments are Off
The ACCC has put retailers on notice over the pricing of COVID-19 rapid antigen tests as customers report high prices for scarce... Read More
BREAKING: NSW Retail To Reopen When 70% Of Adults Vaxxed
/
September 9, 2021
//Comments are Off
NSW retail stores will be allowed to reopen once the state hits its target of 70 per cent fully vaccinated, under the... Read More
Online Sales Skyrocket As Aussies Stay Locked Down
/
September 6, 2021
//Comments are Off
Online sales have surged due to pandemic lockdowns, with July figures breaking records as customers shop from home, putting added strain on... Read More
NSW Retail Plunges 8.9% As Oz Sings The Delta Blues
/
August 30, 2021
//Comments are Off
Retail trade has crashed by almost nine per cent in NSW as Delta lockdowns continue, with trade figures nationwide dropping 2.7 per... Read More
NAB Rolls Out 2000 Pixel Smartphones For Remote Workers
/
August 23, 2021
//Comments are Off
National Australia Bank has handed out more than 2000 Google Pixel phones to employees in order to assist remote work during the... Read More
Oz Retail Slumps As Delta Drags On
/
August 23, 2021
//Comments are Off
Delta lockdowns are hammering Australian retail, with monthly sales figures across the country dropping more than five per cent in July. Data... Read More
Vaccines Mandatory For CES 2022
/
August 19, 2021
//Comments are Off
CES will require all attendees be vaccinated for its 2022 event in January as organisers look to move ahead with the show... Read More
Rent Relief Reinstated For NSW Retail
/
August 16, 2021
//Comments are Off
NSW retailers will see some heat taken off rent pressures as the state government reintroduces the National Cabinet’s Mandatory Code of Conduct... Read More
Service NSW App Plan To Verify Vaccinations
/
August 13, 2021
//Comments are Off
The NSW Government is pushing for a person’s Covid vaccination records to be available through its Service NSW app. The state’s Digital... Read More
Fake Software Warning As Canberra Enters Lockdown
/
August 13, 2021
//Comments are Off
As the ACT enters lockdown, there are reports that conspiracy theorists are using a fake check-in app to bypass Covid-19 health regulations... Read More
COVID Claims Another Expo, PAX Aus Cancelled
/
August 10, 2021
//Comments are Off
COVID-19 has forced the cancellation of massive gaming convention PAX Aus for the second year running. Originally slated for October 8-10 in... Read More
Razer Face Mask Open For Beta Testing
/
August 9, 2021
//Comments are Off
Razer is seeking beta testers for its RGB face mask, which has officially been christened the “Razer Zephyr”. Formerly known as Project... Read More
Digital Vax Certificates Come To Oz Android Phones
/
August 5, 2021
//Comments are Off
Android phones in Australia will now have a secure way to store and access COVID vaccination certificates as Google rolls out its... Read More
Microsoft To Require Staff To Be Vaccinated
/
August 5, 2021
//Comments are Off
Microsoft will require its employees to be vaccinated against the coronavirus before they return to their offices. The software company will also... Read More
Digital Vax Certificates May Re-Open Aust Borders
/
August 5, 2021
//Comments are Off
Australians will use a QR-code vaccine certificate for international travel under a multi-million-dollar Federal Government plan to reopen the borders. The Sydney... Read More
Oz Retailers Lament $12 Billion Delta Price Tag
/
August 3, 2021
//Comments are Off
The Australian Retailers Association has lamented what it says is a $12 billion impact on retail from the Delta lockdowns as South-East... Read More
Pandemic Drives Up Online Prices
/
August 3, 2021
//Comments are Off
Paying more for those items you bought on the internet? You’re not alone. Like any market it’s subject to supply and demand,... Read More
Aust Network Infrastructure Market Recovers From COVID
/
August 2, 2021
//Comments are Off
The Australian network infrastructure market, comprising ethernet switch, router and wireless LAN hardware, has started to recover from the losses experienced in... Read More
CovidSafe App More Relevant Now, But Report Delayed
/
August 2, 2021
//Comments are Off
The Federal Government has done itself a disservice by delaying the release of the CovidSafe app report despite it continuing to show... Read More
ACT QR Codes Tampered With
/
July 27, 2021
//Comments are Off
Someone is meddling with the ACT’s QR code system replacing the official QR codes with ones that relay a message saying “you... Read More
Online Essentials Shopping Not Going Anywhere Post-Pandemic
/
July 19, 2021
//Comments are Off
As foot traffic to Sydney and Melbourne retailers dries up due to the COVID lockdowns, customers have signalled that online shopping for... Read More
Aust IT Spending To Grow 6.4% As Vaccines Roll Out
/
July 16, 2021
//Comments are Off
Australia’s IT and technology spending is expected to reach almost $103 billion this year, up by 6.4 percent, according to researcher Gartner.... Read More
Lockdown Bill Keeps Rising As Shopping Centres Squeezed
/
July 16, 2021
//Comments are Off
Pandemic lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne are hammering shopping centres and discretionary retail as the Australian Retailers Association warns of a $7... Read More
Sydney Lockdown Extension An Extra $1bn Hit To Retail
/
July 8, 2021
//Comments are Off
The Australian Retailers Association has warned that the extension of Sydney’s stay-at-home orders will add another billion dollars to the price tag... Read More
Google Adds Digital COVID Card Support To Android
/
July 1, 2021
//Comments are Off
Google has added support for COVID vaccination and test cards to its Passes app, allowing governments and healthcare providers to create their... Read More
COVID Lockdowns: WA Premier Says CE Retailers Not “Essential” Businesses
/
June 30, 2021
//Comments are Off
Consumer electronics retailers like Harvey Norman may not be “essential” businesses under Western Australia’s lockdown, according to Premier Mark McGowan. In a... Read More
IT Journalism Gongs Postponed
/
June 30, 2021
//Comments are Off
MediaConnect has announced that the 2021 Samsung IT Journalism Awards scheduled for July 16th have been postponed. The decision was due to the current... Read More
NSW Rolls Out Business Lockdown Support As Retail Calls For Consistency
/
June 29, 2021
//Comments are Off
The NSW Government will defer payroll tax for employers in the state, as well as offer grants to small businesses that suffer... Read More
Sydney Lockdown To Cost Retail Billions
/
June 28, 2021
//Comments are Off
The two-week lockdown in Greater Sydney will be a $2 billion hammer blow to local retail, the Australian Retailers Association has warned.... Read More
Aust IT Workers Will Still Work From Home In 2022
/
June 24, 2021
//Comments are Off
Research organisation Gartner says more than half the world’s knowledge workers, those who use problem solving skills such as IT programmers, developers,... Read More
Victoria Flags Mandatory QR Codes In Workplaces
/
June 10, 2021
//Comments are Off
Victoria has flagged mandatory QR codes at all workplaces as it winds back its latest Covid lockdown. Victoria’s Acting Premier James Merlino... Read More
SMEs Under Pressure As Pandemic Subsides
/
June 9, 2021
//Comments are Off
Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have been hit by economic decline due to Covid-19 which has affected 35pc of SMEs, down... Read More
Govt Rolls Out Covid-19 Vaccine Certificate
/
June 9, 2021
//Comments are Off
More than 100 days since Australia’s vaccine rollout started, the Federal Government is launching a portal that will provide information on who... Read More
Pandemic Push Sees Oz Tablet Sales Soar: Telsyte
/
June 9, 2021
//Comments are Off
The Covid pandemic has helped buoy the tablet and PC market amid a shift to working from home (WFH), more remote learning... Read More
Bring Back JobKeeper, Says ARA As Lockdown Bites
/
June 2, 2021
//Comments are Off
JobKeeper needs to make a comeback, says the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) as Melbourne’s latest lockdown is extended by another week. With... Read More
MS Vax Booking System Still Not Operational In Victoria
/
June 2, 2021
//Comments are Off
Amid the latest Victorian COVID-19 outbreak, the state’s online vaccination booking platform is still not operational after the state government bought the... Read More
Lockdown To Take Toll On Melbourne Tech Companies
/
May 31, 2021
//Comments are Off
Tech companies based in Melbourne must be thanking their lucky stars for work from home set-ups put in place during the pandemic,... Read More
ATO To Crack Down On Bogus Claims
/
May 26, 2021
//Comments are Off
The Australian Taxation Office is on the lookout for anyone trying to scam working-from-home expenses while also maintaining or increasing claims for... Read More
Searches Favour Bottom Line
/
May 25, 2021
//Comments are Off
Google research into Australians’ search habits last year has brought some surprising finds. You may think the year of the lockdown would... Read More
New Digital Travel Pass To Include Vax Data
/
May 25, 2021
//Comments are Off
Home Affairs boss Michael Pezzullo has told a Senate estimates committee the Federal Government’s digital passenger declaration or DPD, could be trialled... Read More
Govt Opens Talks With Airlines On Oz Digital Vax Pass
/
May 24, 2021
//Comments are Off
The Morrison Government says it is continuing talks with airlines for a digital global coronavirus vaccination passport, similar to one proposed by... Read More
Yahoo Link To Covid Missing Link
/
May 11, 2021
//Comments are Off
NSW Health authorities have rounded on the Australian Financial Review for naming Apollo Global Management managing director Tom Pizzey as the Sydney... Read More
Aussie Businesses ‘Adapting To Covid’: Government Report
/
May 4, 2021
//Comments are Off
Businesses have continued to adapt their operations in response to COVID-19, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).... Read More
Telehealth Subsidy To Continue Until End Of 2021
/
April 27, 2021
//Comments are Off
Australians will be able to continue to access Medicare-subsidised telehealth services until the end of the year, with the Federal Government set... Read More
Fewer Aussies Use Public Transport
/
April 15, 2021
//Comments are Off
Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), conducted from March 12-21, 2021, showed that public transport use had increased compared to... Read More
Full Return For Overseas Travel ‘Still Three Years Away’: Report
/
April 13, 2021
//Comments are Off
It may be three years before many Australians can get back to jet-setting holidays, as international borders are slow to open, due... Read More
ACMA Warns Community Of Covid-19 Vaccine Scams
/
March 30, 2021
//Comments are Off
ACMA has warned Australians to be vigilant about scammers using calls, SMS and e-mails to take advantage of the Covid-19 vaccination rollout.... Read More
Pandemic Leads Accelerated Change In TMT Landscape
/
March 16, 2021
//Comments are Off
The post-pandemic world has accelerated change in the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) landscape, with telehealth, women’s sport and immersive tech leading... Read More
Qantas Trials Vaccine Passport App
/
March 15, 2021
//Comments are Off
Qantas has begun trialling a digital smartphone app that can verify whether passengers have tested negative to – or been vaccinated against... Read More
“World-Leading” COVID Recovery Gives Hope To Retail
/
March 3, 2021
//Comments are Off
Retailers looking for insight into the next six months will be buoyed by news of what Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg bills as... Read More
