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New electric vehicle sales data released today by the Electric Vehicle Council shows a another great month for EV sales, led significantly by Tesla. The report features just Tesla and Polestar, with EV sales of other brands to arrive in the coming days when the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries publishes August VFACTS report. Combined, the two brands sold over 7,821 battery electric vehicles in the month of August 2026.

In a new post from the Strathbogie Shire Council, the council responsible for the regional Victorian town of Euroa, they have opened feedback on a proposal from Tesla to expand their Supercharger. Tesla is proposing to expand and upgrade its facility, first installed back in 2016, in the Council-owned car park at the corner of Kirkland Avenue and Bury Street, increasing the number of charging stations from 6 to 10 and include new CCTV infrastructure in the car park.

Running commercial video surveillance across multiple business locations has always been a painful logistics nightmare. You usually need dedicated hardware recorders at every site, annoying firewall tweaks, and an IT specialist on standby whenever a camera drops offline. Synology wants to eliminate that headache completely.

We have all experienced that frustrating or motorbike with a insanely loud exhaust, a V8 missing a cat, setting off every dog in the neighbourhood. While residents will file complaints with police, catching those excessively noisy vehicles has been an remarkably difficult task for law enforcement. Unless Police get lucky and actually witness the vehicle drive by at volume, or pull the car over for another issue and then initiate a sound test with specialised equipment, they often go unaddressed.

Australia’s largest energy retailer has experienced a major cybersecurity incident today. In a statement issued via the Origin website and the Australian Stock Exchange (at 12:42PM) the company has disclosed that it is investigating a potential security incident, that may involved unauthorised access to some customer’s data. Origin Energy serves approximately 4.7 million customer accounts across the country, supplying electricity, natural gas, LPG, and broadband internet.

Most Australians looking to slash their power bills end up staring at confusing spec sheets full of kilowatts, inverter efficiencies, and battery cycle life promises. It is rarely an exciting shopping trip, and for most homeowners, buying clean energy hardware feels more like taking a leap of faith than buying a shiny new gadget. Global energy giant Sungrow wants to change that dynamic completely with the launch of its first flagship Solar & Battery Experience Hub in Australia.

Yesterday, millions of Australians woke up to exactly that nightmare as Telstra suffered a catastrophic nationwide network outage. It turns out that when the nation’s largest telecommunications provider goes dark, everything from your morning coffee payment to the regional rail network grinds to a screaming halt. We have become so completely reliant on cellular connectivity that a few hours offline feels less like a minor inconvenience and more like a digital apocalypse.

No more paper snail mail and say goodbye to those pesky admin fees NSW is completely rewriting the rule book on how unpaid toll roads are managed. If you are a driver in New South Wales who occasionally forgets to top up your toll account or completely skips paying for your trips, your world is about to look very different. The New South Wales Government is kicking off a massive toll reform program that drags the entire unpaid toll recovery process into the 21st century.

Sonos makes some of the best audio products on the market, not only do they sound great, but they’re also really simple to use. Starting with a focus on a robust home cinema ecosystem, they’re now expanding to have more products in their lineup that are portable, taking that great sound with you as you move about.

June 2026 will officially go down in history as the single biggest month of new vehicle sales Australia has ever witnessed. We did not just tick over the usual end of financial year rush. We absolutely obliterated it. Everyday Australians purchased more vehicles than ever before, and a massive chunk of them decided it was finally time to bin the petrol bowser for good.