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Henry Belot
The variety of battery electrical autos bought in Australia hit a file excessive within the three months to 30 June, with gross sales growing by 63% when in comparison with the primary quarter of 2025.
Knowledge compiled by the nation’s peak motoring physique exhibits 29,244 battery electrical autos had been bought within the newest three month interval, up from 17,901 registered gross sales.
Battery electrical autos accounted for 9.3% of all new vehicles bought throughout this era, in response to the Australian Vehicle Affiliation (AAA), up from 6.3%.
The variety of inside combustion engine vehicles elevated from 205,911 to 226,306 throughout this era. However the market share of petrol and diesel vehicles remained regular at 72% because of the rise in electrical and hybrid gross sales.
“Within the first half of 2023, battery electrical autos outsold hybrids nationally, however since then hybrids have outsold battery electrical autos in eight consecutive quarters,” the AAA analysis mentioned.
Medium sized SUVs stay Australia’s hottest automobile and characterize virtually 1 / 4 of all new mild autos gross sales. Round 20% of those had been battery electrical autos.
A complete of 314,185 new vehicles had been bought in the course of the three month interval, up from 284,538 within the first quarter of 2025.
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Nearly half of Australians expertise cyber crime, research finds
Josh Butler
Almost half of Australians skilled some type of cyber crime final yr, with the federal authorities urging folks to not reuse on-line passwords and ensure they’ve multi-factor authentication on units.
Some Australians are getting extra assured in figuring out on-line crime, which is resulting in focus much less on protecting behaviours, with a whopping 22% of individuals experiencing identification crime
The Australian Institute of Criminology mentioned on-line abuse, identification theft, malware and scams had been the commonest types of on-line crime skilled final yr. Their new report, Cybercrime in Australia 2024, was launched this morning discovering 9.5% of Australians had been victims of fraud or on-line scams.
One other 26.8% skilled on-line abuse or harassment, 21.9% had been victims of identification crime, and 20.6% encountered malware assaults.
“Whereas some forms of cybercrime declined in contrast with 2023, the report discovered protecting behaviours — equivalent to utilizing sturdy passwords and safety updates — stay worryingly low,” mentioned Tony Burke, the minister for dwelling affairs and cybersecurity.
The AIC report discovered solely 50% of individuals used distinctive passwords for his or her on-line accounts, down from 53% the yr earlier than. Solely 58% of individuals used multi issue authentication to login.
“Respondents had been extra assured of their information of expertise in 2024 than in 2023, which can make them place much less significance on protecting behaviours,” the AIC mentioned.
Burke mentioned Australians ought to take extra care.
“Keep in mind these three easy steps to remain protected on-line – at all times set up the most recent software program updates, use distinctive passphrases, and allow multifactor authentication wherever it’s accessible,” he mentioned.
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Good morning and welcome to our reside information weblog. I’m Martin Farrer with the highest in a single day tales after which my colleague Nick Visser will likely be within the scorching seat.
Nearly half of Australians skilled some type of cybercrime final yr, in response to a research by the Australian Institute of Criminology, with near 22% of individuals experiencing some type of identification crime. In response, the federal authorities is urging folks to not reuse on-line passwords and ensure they’ve multi-factor authentication on units. Extra particulars in a minute.
The variety of battery electrical autos bought in Australia hit a file excessive within the three months to 30 June, with gross sales growing by 63% in comparison with the primary quarter of 2025. Figures from the AAA exhibits 29,244 battery electrical autos had been bought within the newest three-month interval, up from 17,901 registered gross sales. It comes as we report this morning that the federal government is able to introduce street charging for EV drivers to make up for the decline in income from petrol gross sales. Extra arising.
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