The European Commission is set to urge countries within the European Union to ignore calls from the United States to ban Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies from playing a role in 5G networks within the political bloc.

The investigation into the attack on the networks of the Australian Parliament and the three main political parties — Liberal, Labor and National — is ongoing and the Australian Signals Directorate says it can offer no comment on it now.

Global travel technology company Amadeus has acquired Sydney-based passenger automation firm ICM Airport Technics for an undisclosed sum in cash, a joint statement says.

Companies switched to sending bills in digital form to their customers a good many years back, but Victoria's Manningham Council appears to have just woken up and discovered that such a thing exists.

Global sales of electric vehicles are expected to reach about two million in 2019. up from 1.2 million units in 2017, the global industry analysis firm Counterpoint Research says, adding that by 2025, this number is forecast to grow to 10 million.

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