'Made cheaply in huge quantities':sex toys to get safety standards for the first time

'Made cheaply in huge quantities':sex toys to get safety standards for the first time

More than 20 years after Sex and the City’s famous ‘Rabbit’ vibrator,sex toys are a multi-billion dollar industry but still largely unregulated.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons

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A friendly reminder from the FBI:Your smart TV could let hackers in

A friendly reminder from the FBI:Your smart TV could let hackers in

Your smart TV probably watches you more closely than you watch it,the Federal Bureau of Investigations warned consumers last week.

  • byTaylor Telford
Apple employee texted himself an intimate photo from customer's phone

Apple employee texted himself an intimate photo from customer's phone

Fuentes scrubbed her device of all social media,financial and banking apps before getting her screen repaired - but it was not enough.

  • byMichael Brice-Saddler
Like'going to war':Boeing gears up to return 737 MAX to the skies

Like'going to war':Boeing gears up to return 737 MAX to the skies

Amid hopes for approval to fly the jet again within weeks,the planemaker is preparing one of the biggest logistical operations in civil aviation history.

  • byEric M. Johnson andTracy Rucinski
Flammable pyjamas,'dangerous'toys sold at 40 Sydney discount stores

Flammable pyjamas,'dangerous'toys sold at 40 Sydney discount stores

A NSW Fair Trading market surveillance operation has uncovered prohibited and potentially dangerous children’s toys and sleepwear in 40 businesses.

  • byJenny Noyes
How can we stop the cladding crisis from happening again?

How can we stop the cladding crisis from happening again?

Conspicuously absent from the cladding taskforce report is any recommendation to end,or limit,the current model of privatised building surveying.

  • byPeter Holding
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Are mobile phones a flight risk? They could be on some Boeing jets

Are mobile phones a flight risk? They could be on some Boeing jets

Potentially hundreds of Boeing 737 and 777 planes worldwide are flying with cockpit screens vulnerable to interference from Wi-Fi and mobile phones.

  • byAnita Sharpe
ACCC'frustrated'by quad bike industry pushback as another child dies

ACCC'frustrated'by quad bike industry pushback as another child dies

While debate has raged over mandatory rollover protection devices,stakeholders have united to say children should not be driving ATVs or quad bikes.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
Council urged to stop using weed killers linked to cancers

Council urged to stop using weed killers linked to cancers

It follows increasing local and international concern about the safety of glyphosate.

  • byLucy Stone
Queensland amusement parks ready for stricter safety regulations

Queensland amusement parks ready for stricter safety regulations

The new regulations announced earlier this year came into effect on Wednesday.

  • byLucy Stone
Premium New Zealand honey producer admits adding chemicals:report

Premium New Zealand honey producer admits adding chemicals:report

Evergreen had been allegedly adding synthetic chemicals to increase the levels of the anti-bacterial agents,allowing the company to sell the honey at a higher price.

  • byLidia Kelly