10 of 2026's Best New Restaurants — These Worldwide Eateries Raise the Style Bar for Design-Conscious Diners Calling all interiors-savvy epicureans: these are the foodie destinations to pin on your map ASAP Livingetc · Jul 1
Hundreds of Australians complain of wrongful social media account closures but ombudsman can’t help Increasing number of people asking for help to regain access to accounts, with Google topping digital platform-related complaints The Guardian - AU · Dec 3, 2025
AI chatbots pushing buttons of weary telco customers While the rates of telco customers making complaints rise, companies continue to roll out dehumanised customer service bots to help their bottom line. AAP · Jul 8, 2025
Great Taste — Paris' New Atmospheric Mexican Restaurant Tio Offers a Modern Take on Latin American Style In Paris' 8th arrondissement, the new food destination pairs designer Sophie Lacroix's craftsmanship-led, sophisticated aesthetic with a warmly suffused ambiance and equally beautiful food Livingetc · Jul 28, 2024
Optus resellers make few or no announcements of compensation after nationwide network outage Amaysim and Catch Connect make smaller data offers to customers while Moose Mobile, Spintel and Dodo have not addressed the issue online The Guardian - AU · Nov 14, 2023
Optus outage: will I be compensated, and what are my rights? The telco has offered additional data, but the ombudsman says customers may be able to seek other remedies The Guardian - AU · Nov 10, 2023
Optus outage: company’s offer of free data as compensation criticised as ‘hollow gesture’ CEO rules out financial compensation but consumer group chief and small business ombudsman say 200GB offer is ‘token’ and inadequate The Guardian - AU · Nov 10, 2023
Ombudsman hears from 17,900 Australians as Optus hack sparks complaints The Optus data breach has driven a spike in complaints against the telco industry, with more than 17,900 Australians writing to the ombudsman. The New Daily · Feb 9, 2023
Flood insurance premiums shock Alice Springs residents as inconsistent mapping blamed Alice Springs residents in suburbs not traditionally considered flood zones are faced with increases of more than $6,000, as the Insurance Council calls for a centralised database of flood maps. ABC News · Dec 8, 2022
US launches environmental study for Thirty Meter telescope on Mauna Kea Native Hawaiians have protested the $2.65bn project, saying it will further defile an area already harmed by other observatories The Guardian - US · Jul 20, 2022
Australians make 63,000 complaints about mobile services during pandemic The shift to mobile phone usage over the pandemic has been accompanied by 63,000 complaints between July 2020 and March 2022, according to a new report. The New Daily · Jul 20, 2022
Mobile services dominant telco complaint A new report by the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman details the key drivers of complaints against mobile services providers. AAP · Jul 19, 2022