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- Business Company News, Finance Investment
- 04/08/2026
- 11:39
Australia’s Valuers And Auctioneers Enter A New Era Of Professional Recognition And Standards
Key Facts: AVAA is Australia’s national professional certification body for valuers and auctioneers across fine art and antiques, rare books and cons, memorabilia and collectables, motor vehicles, aviation and marine, plant and equipment and other investment-class assets. New national professional standards now govern valuation and auction practice. The respected CVAu and CAAu credentials have strengthened professional recognition across Australia. AVAA strengthened government engagement across taxation, insurance and consumer policy. AVAA membership renewals exceeded 97 percent, while overall membership will be around 20% this year.New professional standards, nationally recognised credentials and stronger government engagement are transforming how Australia’s valuers and auctioneers…
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- Business Company News, Information Technology
- 04/08/2026
- 11:20
Island?secures?vibe?coding?with new Enterprise?Vibe?Publishing
MELBOURNE – Aug 4, 2026 – CIOs and CISOs can now safely open the floodgates to vibe-coded apps. Island, the enterprise agentic control plane, today introduced Island Enterprise Vibe Publishing, a new way for organisations to quickly publish and share internal apps employees build with all their governance built in. Vibe coding platforms such as Claude Code, Lovable, and others have given knowledge workers the ability to deliver innovation at unprecedented quality, scale, and speed. They have also made it easy to host apps and add basic security controls such as single sign-on (SSO). But with every employee as a…
- Education Training
- 04/08/2026
- 11:15
Public Education Week hits a high note as more than 3,700 public school students fill the Sydney Opera House with music this week
More than 3,700 NSW public school students will perform at the Sydney Opera House this Public Education Week (3 to 7 August) as part of the 2026 Festival of Choral Music, a proud musical tradition that began in 1947. This year’s historic event will bring together approximately 3,300 primary choristers from 116 public schools and two regional choirs, alongside hundreds of featured instrumentalists, vocalists and soloists. Five concerts will be held in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall from Monday 3 August to Friday 7 August, with more than 650 young performers taking part each evening. The festival program includes…
- RetailOnline Retail
- 04/08/2026
- 10:49
BISSELL Expands Iconic CrossWave® Range for Modern Australian Homes
Key Facts: BISSELL has expanded its CrossWave® product lineup to cater to modern Australian households, combining vacuuming, mopping and edge-to-edge cleaning in a single…
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- General News, Sport Recreation
- 04/08/2026
- 10:27
THE ROAD TO BATHURST STARTS AT THE BEND
Key Facts: Media Assets: HERE Full program for AirTouch 500 at the Bend announced Richard Craill & Garth Tander share their views leading into…
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- Community, Music
- 04/08/2026
- 10:16
Call for musicians/composers to create New Year’s Eve soundtrack
Hi there I thought this might be of interest. The City of Sydney has just opened Expressions of Interest for composers to create the original soundtrack for the Sydney New Year's Eve 2027 midnight fireworks. It's one of Australia's biggest music commissions, with the soundtrack broadcast to a global audience of more than 425 million people and heard live by more than a million people around Sydney Harbour. Even more interesting—the music is created first, and the fireworks are designed around it. Applications are open until 7 September, with up to six composers to be shortlisted to develop a proposal…
- Indigenous, Medical Health Aged Care
- 04/08/2026
- 10:09
Racism inquiry heads to Hobart and Melbourne
The Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs will hold public hearings inHobart(Wednesday 5 August) andMelbourne(Thursday 6 August and Friday 7 August) for itsinquiry into racism, hate and violence directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Committee Chair, Mutthi Mutthi and Wamba Wamba womanSenator Jana Stewart, said “The upcoming hearings will allow the Committee to hear from further national stakeholders as well as a range of Tasmanian and Victorian organisations and individuals. We look forward to hearing from national sporting organisations and leading media voices about the challenges of addressing racism in public life and the…
- Agriculture Farming Rural, Environment
- 04/08/2026
- 09:58
Carbon set to become Northern Australia’s next major economic pillar
Carbon set to become Northern Australia's next major economic pillar From the Top End to the Kimberley and Cape York, Indigenous-led carbon projects are creating jobs, investment and long-term economic opportunity as leaders gather in Alice Springs. Tuesday 4th August 2026 - As government, industry and Indigenous leaders prepare to gather in Alice Springs for theDeveloping Northern Australia Conference, Corporate Carbon Group is calling for greater recognition of carbon as one of Northern Australia's emerging economic industries. The comments come as the Developing Northern Australia Conference shines a spotlight on Indigenous-led carbon projects, with theIndigenous CarbonIndustry Network (ICIN)showcasing how savanna…
- Finance Investment, Women
- 04/08/2026
- 09:25
Older Australians can lose money by working more, new HESTA research reveals
4 August 2026 Older Australians can be penalised financially under the Age Pension eligibility rules for taking on extra work, with the issue amplified…
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