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Australia adds YouTube to social media ban
China Daily Global
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SYDNEY — Australia said on Wednesday it will add YouTube to sites covered by its ban on social media for teenagers, reversing an earlier decision to exempt the Alphabet-owned video-sharing site and potentially setting up a legal challenge. The...
Quest Software boosts Australian channel strategy with new leaders
SecurityBrief
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July 31, 2025
Quest Software has announced new leadership appointments to strengthen its channel partner strategy across Australia, signalling an increased commitment to the country's enterprise sector and its partner ecosystem. Maureen Perrelli has been...
Australian Firms Unify Cybersecurity as Threats Increase
The AI Journal
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July 31, 2025
Enterprises build advanced, cloud-based security architectures as AI makes both attacks and defenses more effective and efficient, ISG Provider Lens® report says SYDNEY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$III #AI–A growing number of enterprises in Australia are...
Australian Businesses Should Treat Customer Data Like LeBron James Treats His Body
B&T
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July 30, 2025
Customer data is the fuel source for success, argues Billy Loizou, area vice president for customer data cloud platform Amperity. But organisations in our region often struggle to maximise it. Harnessing customer data to drive business growth is...
1 Canadian Consumer Stock That’s My Recession-Proof Pick
The Motley Fool Canada
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July 31, 2025
Whether the stock market is surging or swinging sideways, I like to anchor part of my portfolio in some fundamentally strong stocks that deliver the essentials. For example, businesses that keep people coming back, not because they want to, but...
Australian Government, Cleanbill clash over predicted bulk-billing increases
Ranges Trader Star Mail
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July 31, 2025
By Callum Ludwig A new report by healthcare directory Cleanbill has indicated that the expansion of the Bulk Billing Incentive might not see a massive uptick in fully bulk-billing clinics, but the Australian Government has been quick to disagree...
Australian Women’s Health Start-Up, Amelia Bio, Expands Breakthrough Intimate Care Range Amid Soaring Demand
The National Tribune
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July 31, 2025
One of Australia’s fastest-growing women’s health start-ups, Amelia Bio, is continuing its mission to innovate in intimate wellness, launching two new category-defining products: B-Clear Boric Acid Cream and V-Soothe Moisturising Cream. Off the...
Invita named by NutriLeads as the exclusive distributor in New Zealand and Australia for Benicaros
Nutritional Outlook
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Invita was named in a recent press release from NutriLeads to be the new exclusive distributor of Benicaros, a prebiotic used with food, beverage, and dietary supplement applications. The new agreement is specific to Australia and New Zealand....
Targeted ads are talking to me. I don’t like what they’re saying
WAtoday
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August 2, 2025
In 2007, the company officially launched Facebook Ads, but they were quaint and inoffensive. Brands like Blockbuster (RIP) and Herbal Essences, two of the first companies to partner with Facebook Ads, would create a Facebook page of their own that...
Angus Australia: A century of breed progression and producer prosperity
Stock & Land
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July 31, 2025
Angus cattle in southern Queensland as pictured in the Aberdeen Angus Herd Book Volume 1. Picture by Angus Australia THIS IS BRANDED CONTENT FOR ANGUS AUSTRALIA From humble beginnings in Tasmania to the forefront of beef genetics, the Angus breed...
Australia Export Prices Sink 4.5% In Q2
RTTNews
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July 31, 2025
Export prices in Australia were down 4.5 percent on quarter and 3.3 percent on year in the second quarter of 2025, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday. The main contributors to the decline in exports were metalliferous ores and...
Australia’s All G to Launch Cow-Free Lactoferrin in US & China This Year
Green Queen
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July 31, 2025
5 Mins Read Australian precision fermentation firm All G is gearing up to launch its animal-free bovine lactoferrin in the US and China in Q4 2025. Armed with regulatory clearance in both China and the US, precision fermentation startup All G is...
Australia June retail sales jump as discounts, Nintendo Switch lure shoppers
Yahoo Finance
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SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian retail sales surged in June as the launch of Nintendo's Switch 2 and discounting at the end of the financial year drew consumers back to the shops, though sales volumes for the second quarter as a whole were subdued....
Australia: Glencore coal mining workers strike over low wages
World Socialist Web Site
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July 31, 2025
Last Wednesday afternoon, workers from the Glencore underground coal mine at Ulan, in New South Wales (NSW), walked off the job before marching the following morning. The 24-hour strike was part of negotiations for a new enterprise agreement, in...
Bridal shop owners face felony charges after customers say they paid for dresses they never received
KPLC - Louisiana
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July 31, 2025
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. (KMOV/Gray News) – The owners of a bridal shop near St. Louis are facing felony charges after multiple customers said they paid for dresses they never received. The owners of Signature Bridal in Chesterfield, Missouri, have been...
Australian stocks dive as Donald Trump locks in copper tariffs
Sky News Australia
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July 31, 2025
The ASX 200 has dived on Thursday after US Federal Reserve chair said signalled he was unlikely to hand down rate cuts in the near term and Donald Trump locked in copper tariffs. The index is down half a per cent in the first 40 minutes of...
Australia reopening its market to Canadian Beef sends an important message
Swift Current Online
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July 30, 2025
Australia has officially opened its market for fresh and frozen beef from Canada for the first time since BSE in 2003. The Canadian Cattle Association is pleased noting its one of the last remaining countries to have maintained bovine spongiform...
Espionage cost Australia $12.5 billion, ASIO boss says
Ticker NEWS
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August 1, 2025
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra Espionage cost Australia $12.5 billion in 2023-24, according to a study by ASIO and the Australian Institute of Criminology. The figure includes the direct costs of known espionage incidents, including...
Consumer Collectables – Handle With Care
The National Tribune
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July 30, 2025
National Australia Bank From Pokémon cards to NFTs and now Labubu figurines, collectables are having a moment. But as prices soar and hype builds, NAB is encouraging younger investors to ask a simple question: is this a smart place to put your...
ASIO boss gives chilling address on foreign espionage which has cost Australia billions
Sky News Australia
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July 31, 2025
ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess has given a chilling address concerning "unprecedented" foreign espionage, telling an audience in Adelaide spies had cost Australia at least $12.5 billion in one year. In an address in Adelaide on Thursday, the...