Australia
- Cars are data-harvesting machines. These brands share your personal informationwww.abc.net.au Cars are data-harvesting machines. These brands share your personal information
A Choice investigation has found most of Australia's popular car brands collect and share "driver data", ranging from braking patterns to video footage and voice recognition information.
- NSW Liberal party demands extension after missing council elections deadline in ‘monumental stuff-up’www.theguardian.com NSW Liberal party demands extension after missing council elections deadline in ‘monumental stuff-up’
State’s electoral commission receives request from party president after it failed to lodge nominations for more than 130 council candidates
State’s electoral commission receives request from NSW Liberal president after party failed to lodge nominations for more than 130 council candidates
- Telecommunications ombudsman calls for change to make mobile phones an essential service - ABC Newswww.abc.net.au Mobile phones should be classed as an essential service, ombudsman says
Mobile technology provides people with crucial access to everyday tasks like making calls, sending texts, and internet banking. But the federal government does not consider it an essential service, which means telcos do not have to provide a minimum level of service.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17673461
- Helicopters, oyster boats and barges called in to save rare raptors from extinctionwww.abc.net.au Helicopters, oyster boats and barges called in to save rare raptors from extinction
Artificial nesting platforms are installed at key coastal sites across South Australia to help the eastern osprey breed after the population dropped to just 50 pairs of birds.
