Coreflow is a little-known company, but its job ads promise eye-watering salaries. Warning: This story includes a description of sexual violence and references to child abuse material. The tech startup, based in Sydney, offers up to $450,000 a year for someone to join its “growth” team and help get its AI product to “hundreds of…
Federal senators have accused senior leaders in Australia’s accounting and auditing industry of behaving disgracefully as more revelations emerge about KPMG’s whistleblower scandal. At a parliamentary hearing in Canberra on Friday the former head of audit at KPMG Australia, Julian McPherson, apologised to a whistleblower after the committee heard the unnamed individual had allegedly been…
Pauline Hanson’s claims that Australian businesses are “tied” to lazy workers they “can’t sack,” have been labelled inaccurate by some employment law experts and small business advocates. But some leaders managing day-to-day human resources for small business suggest the reality on the ground is weighted against employers. Senator Hanson made the comments during her National…
Western Australia will become the first place in the country where police will trial real-time facial recognition cameras, scanning crowds for people wanted by police, registered child sex offenders and missing persons. The cameras, which will be deployed in a marked police van outside major events or in crowded areas, will scan faces to be…
Welcome to Cheat Sheet, where we give you all the intel you need about iconic franchises! In honour of its fifth instalment heading to cinemas, this month we’re looking at landmark animated film series Toy Story. Toy Story has led the way in computer-generated animation and modern storytelling for children since bursting onto screens more…
For many years it’s been claimed Australia has a severe shortage of public chargers for passenger electric vehicles (EVs). This gloomy evaluation can be found in the search summaries of AI chatbots, in media articles and parliamentary submissions, and even in public reports from regulators. But analysis of exclusive data obtained by the ABC broadly…
To its supporters, a $10 billion artificial intelligence factory proposed for South Australia will provide much-needed regional jobs, but in the nation’s driest state, critics say the draw on the River Murray to cool the machines could be too great. From the country to the city, AI data centre developments are accelerating. Industry figures show…
Australia has emerged as a global hotspot for data centre growth, driven by the surge in dependence on artificial intelligence. The country’s strong appetite for AI, geographical position within the Asia-Pacific region, stable regulatory environment, ample land and renewable energy potential are among the reasons investors are homing in. Data centres are not only crucial…
A Russian-speaking ransomware operation known as The Gentlemen has reportedly claimed responsibility on the dark web for a cyber attack that shut down two regional Queensland sugar mills for a week. The Racecourse and Farleigh mills have not been fully operational since June 10. Farleigh mill undertook a manual crush of cane harvested before the…
Masked agents handcuff and arrest men with blurred faces in the video, as the iconic Pokémon theme song reaches its chorus: “Gotta catch ’em all.” It is a United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) post on social media, one of several using popular Japanese anime to promote the Trump administration’s messages — sometimes with…