The Latest Breaking News from Kmart

Walk into a shop, board a plane, log into your bank, or scroll through your social media feed, and chances are you might be asked to scan your face. Facial recognition and other kinds of face-based biometric technology are becoming an increasingly common form of identification.

Retailers' use of face-scanning is again in the spotlight, with experts questioning if there is any legal way it can be used in Australia.

Perth-based conglomerate Wesfarmers, which owns Kmart, Bunnings and Officeworks, has increased its dividend payout after delivering a $2.9 billion net profit.

Anthony Albanese says attacks were ‘extraordinary and dangerous acts by a foreign nation on Australian soil’

At least 20 people killed in apparent double bombing raid on Gaza hospital; Labor sees 48% increase in contracts for consultancies

Luke O’Neill claims blue Wiggle Anthony Field ‘undermined him’ and that he was excluded from a Kmart meeting about the sale of branded toys

Retailer says it has systems to identify and mitigate modern slavery risks and is ‘committed to respecting human rights’

How would the girl in the green scarf fare in today’s economy?

An Australian-based Uyghur group is taking Kmart to court, alleging it sourced stock using slave labour while marketing itself as an ethical business.