Business

‘Absolutely not’: Macca’s boss vows no staff cuts as AI-powered drive-thru comes to Sydney Macca’s has begun trialling a huge change to its drive-thru that could solve one of the fast-food giant’s biggest customer gripes. In Schofields in western Sydney, 50km from the CBD, locals doing a late-night Macca’s run may have noticed a major change to the drive-thru over the past few weeks. The… see more

Bees found an unlikely new food source, and it could reshape how a destructive forest disease travels. New research published in NeoBiota has found that the Western honey bee—an introduced species to Australia—and the devastating, invasive plant fungus known as myrtle rust (Austropuccinia psidii) may have formed a mutually beneficial relationship known as "invasional mutualism." Myrtle rust is… see more