Category: Australia

From the bookshelf: An Australian diplomat who loved the Arab world

The Arab world ‘has too much history and not enough geography’. Savour that vivid phrase as the essence of Bob Bowker’s fine memoir of life as an Australian entranced by a Middle East

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Insurance expert answers your silliest car insurance questions

By Evlin DuBose · Friday, 30 June 2023 · 4 min read fact checking process and our editorial guidelines.”> Fact Checked Advertiser disclosure For all vehicles in Australia, car insurance is a necessary

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Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Market – Global Industry Size, Share, Trends, Opportunity, and Forecast, 2018-2028F

ReportLinker Segmented By Vehicle Type (Passenger Car, Light Commercial Vehicle, Medium & Heavy Commercial Vehicle), By Powertrain (Series Hybrid, Parallel Hybrid, Combined Hybrid), By Range (Up to 40 km, 40 to 60 km,

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New-car shortages, spike in demand delivers record profits to car dealers

New data has revealed car dealers in Australia are making record profits amid stock shortages and a spike in customer demand. View 2 images New-car dealerships in Australia have banked record profits as thousands

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Experts slam fixed-price new-car sales: Customers pay more when robbed of negotiation

Honda and Mercedes-Benz have switched to fixed prices for new cars in Australia, with mixed results. Industry experts now claim to have unearthed data that shows customers are paying more. View 7 images New-car

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Toyota HiLux mild-hybrid diesel debuts with rally show run in Africa

Toyota Australia won’t call the mild-hybrid diesel HiLux ute a hybrid, but a prototype that completed a demonstration run in Kenya last week isn’t hiding its electrified boost. View 4 images The mild-hybrid diesel

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Consumers, communities guide mining on sustainable path

As the worldwide push for electrification intensifies, requirements for sustainable production are also in a race to the top. The Global Battery Alliance, a collaboration between public and private enterprise, wants to shake

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Tesla driver problem that Australians are angry about

By Max Aitchison For Daily Mail Australia 06:13 28 Jun 2023, updated 06:50 28 Jun 2023 EV owners slam widespread issue ‘Let’s start parking at petrol pumps’ Electric vehicle drivers are calling for

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Qld cops reveal key item targeted in car break-ins

Queensland Police have made a fresh plea to motorists to properly secure their vehicles, after investigations revealed offenders have been targeting one item in particular when breaking into cars.  Affluent suburbs in Queensland

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These 2 ASX companies could profit from the electric vehicle megatrend – Tim Johnston

At the same time as we are seeing global policy initiatives seeking to further accelerate the uptake of electric vehicles, corporate activity in the fuel and convenience retailing sector has stepped up. If

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