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Hi-tech cameras to catch drivers using their mobiles

NEW hi-tech cameras that detect drivers using their mobile phones without them even knowing and automatically issues fines...

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14th April 2018 5:04 AM

A hi-tech camera which can detect people using their mobile phones while driving was trialled in Melbourne. Picture: Mark Stewart.

Premium Content How Chinese telco Huawei runs Australia

It’s accused of secretly harvesting information from Australians for the Chinese. But the controversial firm Huawei...

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11th Dec. 2018 7:12 AM

Huawei, which is facing an arrest and bans overseas, provides a lot of mobile phone base stations and antennas in Australia. Picture: WANG ZHAO / AFP

Real reason you can’t use your phone on planes

A PILOT has revealed why mobile phones are not allowed to be used on-board, and he claims it’s got nothing to do with...

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11th Oct. 2018 11:10 AM

What’s the truth about plane phone bans?

SCHOOL PHONE BAN: LNP looks at banning mobiles from schools

Opposition leader Deb Frecklington wants to explore the possibility of banning the use of mobile phones during school...

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05th Feb. 2018 5:02 AM

NO PHONE ZONE: Opposition leader Deb Frecklington wants to discuss the option of banning students from having mobile phones during school hours.

Big mistake we all make travelling

THERE’S something beautifully liberating about getting on a plane and wandering the world. So why are we all stuffing it...

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14th Aug. 2018 5:08 AM

It’s hard to believe it was difficult to find information about this event at the time, but in 2001 we weren’t walking around with smart phones in our pockets.

New cameras to nab idiot drivers like this

You may want to rethink texting while you drive, with new hi-tech cameras set to nab drivers on their mobile phones.

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16th Dec. 2018 12:12 PM

A motorist captured on his mobile phone while the passenger drives the car about 80km/h down the M4.

New Google phone to test Apple

GOOGLE is about to unveil a string of new products as it looks to make a statement in the premium smartphone market.

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09th Oct. 2018 3:10 AM

While much the same, Google’s new phone looks to be its best yet.

Study shows damage of staring at our phones, not our kids

A STUDY has revealed that Australian parents are failing to recognise just how much time they spend on devices when they're...

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22nd Oct. 2018 2:10 PM

Most kids observed in the Monash study appeared to tolerate their parents’ device use. Picture: Tony Gough

Alcatel launches $89 phone for Australian market

IF you have a teenager whinging they want their own phone - but don't want to fork out hundreds, this could be the...

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27th July 2018 1:07 PM

Alcatel has launched a sub $100 phone for the Australian market.

Australia’s ‘sneaky’ mobile rip-off

Samantha Shoaib says she was overcharged $160 thanks to a common tactic used by telcos. Here’s how to stop it happening to...

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21st Nov. 2018 3:11 AM

Samantha Shoaib, from Sydney’s west, had signed up to a $95-per-month, two-year plan with Telstra which she had negotiated down to $85 per month. Picture: Supplied