Is this the missing link for cheap,effective financial advice?

Is this the missing link for cheap,effective financial advice?

Financial education is dry and overly complex,so why aren’t we investing in self-help financial education that’s engaging,accessible and genuinely useful?

  • byBec Wilson

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YouTube on ban list as all states back teen social media crackdown

YouTube on ban list as all states back teen social media crackdown

The agreement throws state support behind the federal government’s bid to impose the restrictions on social media platforms.

  • byDavid Crowe
Children under 16 to be banned from using social media

Children under 16 to be banned from using social media

“Social media is doing harm to our kids,and I’m calling time on it,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said as he announced the ban.

  • byPaul Sakkal andMichelle Griffin
Win a jacaranda tree with your purple prose

Win a jacaranda tree with your purple prose

The jacaranda has caused delight since it was introduced to Australia about 160 years ago. This year,the Herald is celebrating with a poetry competition.

  • byJulie Power
‘It’s OK to poo at work’:Is this Queensland’s most-loved social media page?

‘It’s OK to poo at work’:Is this Queensland’s most-loved social media page?

Forget the dry,boring posts you might expect from a government unit. This social media team has taken “light-hearted” to a new level with their eyebrow-raising content.

  • byKristen Camp
Facebook fights celebrity scams with facial recognition
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Facebook fights celebrity scams with facial recognition

Four years after shutting its facial recognition function down over privacy concerns,the tech giant is bringing it back to rein in celeb-bait scams. Here’s how.

  • byTim Biggs
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MPs back tax on tech giants

MPs back tax on tech giants

But Coalition members of a parliamentary inquiry labelled Labor “weak” for failing to force Meta,the owner of Facebook and Instagram,to renew deals with media businesses.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Hot chips:The split that sparked a $97 billion meltdown
Opinion
AI

Hot chips:The split that sparked a $97 billion meltdown

It is an industry crucial to the 21st century,but two of its biggest players are going in opposite directions.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
One book created panic about social media. But what if it’s bunkum?

One book created panic about social media. But what if it’s bunkum?

Labor will push age-limit legislation for social media through despite the fact scientists and experts have said it won’t work.

  • byJackson Ryan
Meta is officially the global arbiter of ‘truth’ – yes,you should be afraid

Meta is officially the global arbiter of ‘truth’ – yes,you should be afraid

Meta has now,in effect,become a gatekeeper of global discourse,a role it is neither suited to,nor was elected to fulfil.

  • byJoan Westenberg
Mark Zuckerberg’s big gamble wiped $145 billion off his fortune. Now it’s paying off

Mark Zuckerberg’s big gamble wiped $145 billion off his fortune. Now it’s paying off

Mark Zuckerberg’s bet on the metaverse initially looked like a colossal mistake. It’s now sending him up the rich list.

  • byAlex Perry