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I spend a quarter of my waking hours staring at my phone
Opinion
Phones

I spend a quarter of my waking hours staring at my phone

Almost a quarter of women in their 30s and one in five in their 40s compulsively check their screens about 200 times a day - that's once every few minutes.

  • by Matthew Field

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The iPhone XS and XS Max: Bigger Is Now Definitely Better
Opinion
Apple

The iPhone XS and XS Max: Bigger Is Now Definitely Better

The iPhone XS and the iPhone XS Max may be making me a convert to bigger smartphones.

  • by Brian X. Chen
'No staff, no trolleys?' Coles can't have it both ways, readers say
Supermarkets

'No staff, no trolleys?' Coles can't have it both ways, readers say

A ban on trolleys at some Coles self-service checkouts has become the latest move to anger supermarket shoppers, though some are welcoming the change. 

'Chilling': Aged care horror stories spark calls for quick action
Healthcare

'Chilling': Aged care horror stories spark calls for quick action

Aged care advocacy groups say establishing minimum staff-to-resident ratios to protect elderly Australians in care won't be enough to end neglect and abuse.

  • by Nassim Khadem
Thanks Deliveroo, but I want dinner, not a brand experience
Opinion
Food

Thanks Deliveroo, but I want dinner, not a brand experience

Swipe right for lobster rolls, swipe left to dispose of the people who cook them.

  • by Matt Holden
Pharma companies avoid estimated $215m a year in local tax: Oxfam
Tax avoidance

Pharma companies avoid estimated $215m a year in local tax: Oxfam

Pharmaceutical companies avoided an estimated $215 million in tax in Australia a year over three years - almost four times the $63 million paid, Oxfam says.

  • by Nassim Khadem
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Payday loans: our hidden debt crisis
Opinion
Family finance

Payday loans: our hidden debt crisis

Politicians should stop fighting among themselves and start fighting for the issues that matter.

  • by Shireen Morris
'Get your house in order': Victorian regulator puts AGL on notice over dodgy data
Energy

'Get your house in order': Victorian regulator puts AGL on notice over dodgy data

Victoria’s energy regulator is considering taking the first steps in pulling AGL’s licence to sell gas and electricity in the state over its dodgy data.

  • by Cole Latimer
Coles' Little Shop phenomenon still going strong, despite official end
Media & marketing

Coles' Little Shop phenomenon still going strong, despite official end

Thousands of Australians are scrambling to complete their set of miniature groceries from the promotion that exceeded all expectations.

  • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Don't call me and I won't call you - OK?
Opinion
Social media

Don't call me and I won't call you - OK?

It's not only teens who hide behind texts and emails.

  • by Debora Robertson
Four charged over alleged $3 million love scam run from detention centre
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Crime

Four charged over alleged $3 million love scam run from detention centre

Police say Nigerian national Fisayo Oluwafemi ran a criminal syndicate that stole $3 million from Villawood Detention Centre on his 16 mobile phones.

  • by Sally Rawsthorne