An 82-year-old bike rider who cycled 3,300 miles (5,300km) across Australia to raise money for charity has died a day after completing the challenge. Bob Montgomery’s death was “unexpected” but “peaceful”, his family said in a statement on social media, just a day after he had finished what he had dubbed “One Last Ride” from
Electric vehicles are no longer just about quick sprint times and giant touchscreens in passenger cars. The real battleground for zero-emission transport is now happening in commercial fleets, delivery runs, and tradie setups across Australia. Farizon, distributed locally by Jameel Motors Australia, is stepping up its aggressive push into the local commercial vehicle market. The
Back at Yebra’s centre, the team’s work is particularly timely with weather forecasters predicting a super El Nino this summer – which could increase the probability of extreme heat, drought and bushfires. “Our next fire season is looking like it’s going to be a bad one,” Yebra says. That concern is shared by Jason Heffernan,
We’ve all spent the last few years typing queries into message boxes, waiting for a smart chatbot to return answers. That process worked well for quick questions, but still required you to sit at your desk and manage each interaction. Google Australia is changing that paradigm today with the official launch of Gemini Spark. This
Australia is taking Telegram to court over its alleged failure to remove “pro-terrorism” material, including video of the Christchurch shootings, the country’s eSafety commissioner has said. Julie Inman-Grant, who last year led Australia’s first global ban on social media for under-16s, said the platform faced a fine of up to A$54.6m (£28m, US$38m) for failing
Greece’s decision to tap into its sizeable Australian diaspora (more than 400,000 people in the country have Greek ancestry) will inevitably draw some comparisons with Italy. The Azzurri participated in their first T20 World Cup earlier this year after making it through sub-regional qualification. None of the Italian team in that tournament was born in