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ACCC sues Amazon over introduction of ads on Prime
The consumer watchdog is suing Amazon over alleged unfair contract terms for its Prime streaming service. Source link
ASX closes lower but gains 2.8pc over financial year — as it happened
The Australian share market traded mostly flat on Tuesday before a late afternoon slump. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a record high with futures pointing to more positive trade ahead. Source link
Worker says forestry transition program 'decimated' Gippsland's small towns
The Victorian Forestry Transition Program is ending. In the regions that relied on the timber trade, the question is whether it worked. Source link
Are the wheels falling off the AI investment boom?
Overshadowing the tumult that is global politics has been a financial boom beyond almost anything witnessed before, focused entirely on the perceived benefits wrought by a brave new world of AI that threatens to up-end our lives. Source link
Popular 'rewards club' banned in NSW as national crackdown looms
One of Australia’s biggest “rewards clubs” has been banned from running any gaming activity in New South Wales for 18 months after allegedly breaking the law. Source link
Concern as private health giant wins access to public emergency patients
A trial to ease pressure on a public emergency department has raised concerns a multi-million-dollar company is getting a special deal. Source link
ICAC hears uni executive sacked the day he rejected colleague's pay rise
The ICAC inquiry has heard a former University of Wollongong executive was dismissed on the day of a disputed salary increase. Source link
Bronze tugboat propellers worth $2m stolen in WA's north
Thieves have allegedly made away from a WA mining town with 8 tonnes of tugboat propellers, with the copper estimated to be worth an eye-watering $2 million. Source link
The lucrative business of super switching is ringing alarm bells
There is now more than $1 trillion in self-managed superannuation funds, which means a big chunk of money isn’t regulated by APRA, and it’s the rate of the shift into SMSFs and less-regulated managed investment schemes that has regulators worried. Source link
Rainforest village back in business after deluge destroys road
Visitors are returning to the mountain village of Paluma, north of Townsville, 16 months after access was cut. Source link