Young car buyers can now use a new free mobile phone app to check if a car seller is rorting them. Fair Trading Minister Anthony Roberts launched the free phone app, My Next Car, at Granville Boys High, today. The new app, allows users to take a photo of cars they like, record their details, use inspection checklists, compare…
DetailsEight swing states will decide who wins this US presidential election. President Obama and Governor Romney have been in top gear on their campaign trail for the past few weeks and with voting stations closed in most eastern states already, the result could come down to one state. A number of major networks across the…
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Online activist groups are using social media to raise money for the victims of Superstorm Sandy. As Rupert Murdoch pledged $1 million for relief efforts on Twitter last week another lesser known Twitter account was actively helping the victims. Occupy Wall Street joined members from 350.org, recovers.org, and interoccupy.net to create an online social media hub called Occupy Sandy.…
DetailsIt’s tiny, cute, very rare and has already become an Aussie internet sensation at less than two months of age. Beau, a 55-day-old baby echidna (a puggle), is unaware of its online status – more than one million clicks on YouTube – but is lapping up the attention by devoted zoo staff after being found in…
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Most of us text so much that we could probably do push-ups with our thumbs – but could the days of texting while walking be in jeopardy? Such Draconian action by a council may sound ridiculous but in the New Jersey town of Fort Lee, texting while walking is now under threat. The town has a population…
DetailsMental health services are encouraging young people to be a part of a new online anti-cyber bullying campaign. The new campaign, Be Bold and Stop Bullying, was launched on Facebook today. Facebook, the Federal Government and a youth mental health group called Headspace have teamed together with youth leadership group, Project Rockit, to launch the…
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Super Tuesday could break Australian betting records with the Melbourne Cup, Oz Lotto and the US Presidential election seeing punters part with up to $500 million all on one day. More than 7.5 million Australians will be hoping for a shot at Oz Lotto’s $100 million prize and 5.7 million are expected to have a…
DetailsIn the news this week… The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) will investigate former ministers Eddie Obeid, Ian MacDonald and the former treasurer Eric Roozendaal. The ICAC’s operation named Indus is investigating why the then Minister for Roads, Eric Roozendaal, received a Honda CRV motor vehicle from Moses Obeid in June 2007. The hearing, which will see past premiers Keneally, Iemma…
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The vast majority of NSW councils refuse point blank to release supposedly public information on request. The Newsroom’s Statewatch team has spent the past five months requesting detailed figures of travel and entertainment expenditure from NSW councils. Most councils across the state have been reluctant to help. Of 152 local bodies, fewer than 10 have been willing…
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