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Families in Australia are paying more than $200 a month in bank fees/charges, according to research from the Australia Institute.

We love doing travel PR and I love a good travel PR campaign, but the folks over at Tourism Afghanistan must be doing a red hot job if they can get Afghanistan into Gourmet Traveller, even if it is listed as a unique and unforgettable experience – unforgettable because you may not come back alive.

Small business owners are at risk of having to pay thousands of dollars in retrospective taxes as a result of the ATO’s recent draft ruling regarding trust income and gains that are allocated to, but not paid to, private company beneficiaries of the trust.

The results of a survey of more than 300 Fortune 1000 executives revealed that companies are investing in ruggedized handhelds and going paperless to increase efficiency and reduce costs.

The Twitter for BlackBerry application has launched to public beta. BlackBerry users are now able to download the app and see what all the fuss is about.

Audits of the Fair Work Ombudsman have found that almost half of companies audited found not compliant with workplace laws, with 62 percent failing in Tasmania.

Search engines are one of the primary ways people locate information.That means search marketing isn’t just a huge online marketing activity. It’s a huge and vitally important marketing activity period.

Apple unveiled a number of new features in their iPhone OS 4.0 update, including multitasking, a slicker email experience, and iBooks support amongst other improvements for business users.

Apple unveiled their latest iPhone update, OS 4.0 in the early hours of this morning and it brings with it a whole swag of new features, top of which is multitasking support

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released its official unemployment statistics for March, coming in unchanged at 5.3 percent. With a shift from part to full time employment.

Vodafone Australia is now offering business users unlimited mobile phone plans from $75 per user per month, giving users unlimited standard national voice calls, texts and voicemail.

While over half (54%) of administration and office staff in Australia are actively seeking or thinking about a new job, receptionists have proven to be the most unhappy – and the most likely to hand in their resignations.

The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) is increasing its powers by increasing the monetary limits on its decisions in relation to complaints about phone and internet services.

Australia continues to struggle to manage its ‘two speed economy’ as the resource sector booms, while rising interest rates cripple the services sector.

The majority of Australians reject the Government’s projected population growth figures, with 69 percent of Australians opposed to the idea of a population of 36 million by 2050.

Half of employers expect they will increase the number of full time staff in the June quarter, but only if you live in Western Australia.

Australian Airline Virgin Blue has confirmed the company has signed an agreement with Boeing to supply up to 105 new 737 aircraft from 2011 through 2017.

Apple tomorrow will launch their iPhone OS 4.0 update in an event which will also see the company launch their own online advertising platform iAds.

Coach-a-thon is a uniquely West Australian event that sees hundreds of people participate in a frenzy of free, professional coaching.

“Free” is being hailed as the Internet’s natural and ultimate future – as evidenced by a growing cohort of bloggers who insist “free” is the only solution to content providers’ Internet woes. However, Ovum believes their economic logic is flawed, and that financing “free” through advertising alone requires a scale which is unlikely to be achieved in online entertainment unless the sector undergoes a radical revolution.