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Oz Urged To Scrap Car Rego Fees

Infrastructure Australia has proposed a user-paid roads system under which Australian motorists would be billed for every kilometre they drive on major roads and highways. This would replace current fuel excise and registration fees. But motorists would also be hit with current toll fees. The government agency says the current system for funding roads is unsustainable … Read more

Former Vic Dept Boss Charged Over Failed Ultranet Project

A former deputy secretary at the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development has been charged over his role in the failed software project Ultranet, which reportedly has cost taxpayers up to $240 million. Darrell Fraser has been charged by the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) with five counts of obtaining property by deception and … Read more

Oz Tablet Sales Plateau, iPad Sales Gain Traction

Australian tablet sales for the second half of 2017 have plateaued rising only one per cent with 1.65 million devices sold according to the Telsyte Australian Tablet Computer Market Study 2018. Tablet sales are close to peaking with more than 15 million Aussies having access to a tablet at the end of 2017, only 200,000 more … Read more