Catie McLeod
Consumer Affairs Reporter at The Guardian Australia
New South Wales state reporter @GuardianAus Send tips or story ideas to [email protected]
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3 days ago |
theguardian.com | Catie McLeod
An Australian man has been killed while working for a humanitarian organisation in Ukraine. The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, on Monday confirmed the 28-year-old former soldier had died. Albanese expressed his “deepest condolences and sympathies” to the man’s family and friends. He said the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Dfat) was assisting the man’s family and had advised that he not be named “at this point in time”.
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6 days ago |
businessandamerica.com | Catie McLeod |Rafqa Touma
The new Labor ministry – who’s in, who’s outLabor ministry announced – but no portfolios divvied up as yet. We now have a confirmed list of who’s in and who’s out of the Labor ministry. You’ll remember there was a lot of tussling within the left and right factions yesterday, which saw cabinet ministers Ed Husic and former attorney-general Mark Dreyfus booted out by the right faction.
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Catie McLeod
There have been more than 140 “ghost” stores operating online in Australia falsely marketing themselves as local brands and selling everything from poor quality clothing to counterfeit sports labels – or nothing at all. Affected customers have told Guardian Australia that if the products they bought from these sites actually arrived, they were of “rubbish” quality and it was nearly impossible to organise a refund.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Catie McLeod
Ten years ago, a takeaway coffee costing $6 would have been scandalous. Twenty years before that, you’d have been shocked by the idea of paying more than $2 a litre for fuel. Are we nearing a time when Australians pay $1 for an egg at the supermarket? And what would it mean for our breakfast habits? You may have noticed eggs becoming more expensive, and harder to find, over the last six months.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Catie McLeod |Alyx Gorman
Sad, dizzyingly over-scheduled and suffering a serious case of “thumb fatigue”, midway through last year, Anne* decided to delete her dating apps. For the previous four months, the 31-year-old Sydney resident had been attempting to achieve two major adult milestones at once: finding love and finding a place to buy. Every Saturday, it felt as though she was being priced out of another suburb, and at auctions she was mainly surrounded by couples.
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Real estate listing gaffe exposes widespread use of AI in Australian industry – and potential risks, with an industry expert saying the technology is already so advanced it is ‘almost science fiction’ and ‘ethical questions need to be asked’ https://t.co/RQWoVYaQgW
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