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APRIL is decorated with docos.
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“Are You Addicted to Technology?” is a show that will ask viewers the question in a world-first “interactive documentary”.
Exclusive to SBS On Demand and releasing on April 21, the doco wants to examine our relationship with tech, through tech, by posing questions to each viewer they can respond to via use of the touch screen on the device they’re using to watch.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics might wish to take notes on some of these new, up-to-date methods of recording data… just saying.
The show is hosted by child psychiatrist Dr Kim Le, who himself went through an online video-game addiction and who, as a result, wants to make the connection with our computers more healthy.
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A raft of lenders including the Commonwealth Bank and Bendigo Bank are quietly ditching their ultra-low four-year fixed rate offers, pushing borrowers into shorter-term financing options in the face of a hot property market. The move comes as Australians have been rushing into fixed loans at a record rate, as homeowners seek to lock in cheap financing for the long term. Confidence among homeowners has been boosted by the Reserve Bank of Australia repeatedly saying it has no plans to raise the official cash rate until 2024. But money markets are pricing in cash rate rises before then, prompting some banks to move away from deeply discounted long-term fixed loans.