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| 17.09.2024 | Cybersecurity in the Spotlight: Lessons from the Paris Olympics and Proofpoint's Innovations | The Paris 2024 Olympics were a showcase of athletic prowess, but they also highlighted the critical importance of cybersecurity in large-scale events. As Australia prepares for its own major events, including the Brisbane 2032 Olympics, the... |
| 17.09.2024 | What cyber lessons can be learned from the Paris Olympics? | As Australia celebrates its most successful Olympics in history with athletes like Kaylee McKeown and Jess Fox leading the charge in taking home the golds, it's also worth reflecting how this year's Olympics performed in the arena of cyber ... |
| 11.09.2024 | Investors dragged as Beam hit with fraud allegations | Premium Content
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| 02.09.2024 | Shark Shield innovator Ocean Guardian collapses into liquidation | A surfer carries a surfboard featuring Ocean Guardian Shark Shield technology. Source: Facebook/Ocean Guardian . article-article-body
Ocean Guardian, the Australian company behind the popular shark-repelling technology Shark Shield, has col... |
| 02.09.2024 | LIFE PLANS ON DIVE BAR NAPKINS: THE TRAVEL STORIES A TRAVEL WRITER COULDN'T PUBLISH | MELBOURNE, Australia and CHICAGO, Sept. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- IPG has released the debut book "Life Plans on Dive Bar Napkins" by renowned travel writer Paul Manser in North America.
Paul Manser has seen all four corners of the ... |
| 27.08.2024 | Smart50 alumnus Adore Beauty to open retail stores at Southland, Watergardens | L-R: Adore Beauty CEO Tamalin Morton and a product from the brand's private label range AB LAB. Source: Supplied, Adore Beauty. article-article-body
E-commerce powerhouse Adore Beauty plans to open two retail concept stores in its home stat... |
| 23.08.2024 | The AI Accountability Shift: A New Era for Government Oversight | The landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) is shifting. Governments worldwide are grappling with the implications of AI technology. In Australia, a significant move is underway. Starting September 1, all federal departments must appoint ... |
| 23.08.2024 | Neural Notes: Who’s on the hook for the government’s AI crackdown? | Minister for Finance Katy Gallagher. Source: SmartCompany via AAP Image/Mick Tsikas. article-article-body
Welcome back to Neural Notes, a weekly column where I look at some of the most interesting artificial intelligence news of the week. I... |
| 14.08.2024 | The Fall of Incy Interiors: A Cautionary Tale for Retailers | Incy Interiors, once a beacon of stylish nursery furniture in Australia, now stands on the brink of closure. The owner, Tom Fitzpatrick, recently issued a heartfelt apology to customers, acknowledging the lengthy delivery delays that have p... |
| 13.08.2024 | “We have let people down”: Incy Interiors owner apologises during ‘final’ sale | Source: Incy Interiors article-article-body
The owner of embattled furniture brand Incy Interiors has apologised to customers for lengthy delivery delays and says the retailer will work to fulfil all outstanding orders before shutting up sh... |
| 09.08.2024 | Neural Notes: The fall of gender equity programs and what it means for tech and AI | Source: Adobe Stock article-article-body
Welcome back to Neural Notes, a weekly column where I look at some of the most important Australian AI news of the week. In this issue: The end of Boosting Female Founders, Women Who Code and Girls i... |
| 25.06.2024 | After Pushback From Service Providers, Australian Regulators Strip Encryption Breaking Demands From Online Safety Bill | Yet another attempt to mandate broken encryption has been disrupted. The Australian government has long held the belief that broken encryption would be a net win for citizens. Or, at the very least, it’s pretty sure it will be a huge win fo... |
| 25.06.2024 | Myer deal could lead to store closures for Just Jeans, Portmans, Dotti and more | Myer stores could soon see brands like Just Jeans and Dotti stocked in-house. Source: SmartCompany article-article-body
Shopping centres around the country could get a shake-up if a proposed merger between Myer and the clothing brands owned... |
| 06.06.2024 | PsiQuantum deal under microscope: Senate estimates raise more concerns | Source: PsiQuantum. article-article-body
This week, fresh questions were raised in Senate estimates hearings about the Albanese government’s investment in PsiQuantum. As Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic visits the company’s US hea... |
| 25.05.2024 | OpenAI's Groundbreaking Partnership with News Corp to Revolutionize News Training | In a groundbreaking move that is set to reshape the landscape of news training and artificial intelligence, OpenAI and News Corporation have forged a strategic partnership. The collaboration, as reported by The Wall Street Journal, will see... |
| 25.05.2024 | OpenAI's Groundbreaking Collaboration with News Corp: A Paradigm Shift in AI and Journalism | In a monumental move that is poised to reshape the landscape of artificial intelligence and journalism, OpenAI has forged a strategic partnership with News Corp, a multinational conglomerate that boasts ownership of prestigious news outlets... |
| 23.05.2024 | News Corp. strikes content licensing deal with OpenAI | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
News Corp., the parent company to The Wall Street Journal, on Wednesday announced a long-anticipated, multiyear deal to license its archived and current content to ChatGPT parent OpenAI.
Why it matter... |
| 22.05.2024 | Member Therese McCarthy Hockey’s remarks to AFIA Risk Summit 2024 | Good morning and thank you for inviting me to represent APRA at my first AFIA Risk Summit.
In 1930, the British economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that within 100 years technological advances would have increased productivity to the po... |
| 22.05.2024 | OpenAI partners with Wall Street Journal publisher News Corp. | Join us in returning to NYC on June 5th to collaborate with executive leaders in exploring comprehensive methods for auditing AI models regarding bias, performance, and ethical compliance across diverse organizations. Find out how you can a... |
| 07.05.2024 | The Australian Government’s Manufacturing Objectives Rely on IT Capabilities | In recent weeks, the Australian government has announced several objectives and initiatives that are intended to drive towards a single outcome: a far more robust local manufacturing industry. For Australia to be able to achieve this, it’s ... |
| 26.04.2024 | Nine ANZ startups that raised $60.3 million this week | Deeligence founders Elena Tsalanidis and Justin Hansky. Source: supplied article-article-body
It’s been a bumper week for startup funding announcements, with nine Australian and New Zealand startups revealing they have fresh capital to depl... |
| 23.04.2024 | Qantas boosts business travel with free wi-fi on international flights | Source: Shutterstock article-article-body
In a significant development for business travellers, Qantas is gearing up to introduce free, high-speed wi-fi across its global routes.
Scheduled to roll out by year’s end, this expansion builds on... |
| 15.04.2024 | Is the Future Made in Australia Act a gamechanger? | Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Source: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas article-article-body
Australia is a trading nation. Its economy relies on a strong and open global trade environment.
Australian governments have historically rejected protectio... |
| 12.04.2024 | Three Aussie startups, and a fast food chain, that raised $247.5 million this week | L-R: David Carter (CEO, RACQ). Richard Joffe (Founder and CEO, Honey Insurance), Peter Tonagh (Chairman, Honey Insurance). Source: supplied article-article-body
It’s been a big week for funding news, and a slightly unusual one too.
Our week... |
| 10.04.2024 | Cut Through’s Q1 2024 report includes a women-led raise from 2023 | Source: Unsplash/Joel Muniz article-article-body
The latest report from Cut Through Ventures reveals funding for all-women founding teams hit an all-time high in the first quarter of 2024. However, it also highlighted a $10 million raise by... |
| 10.04.2024 | Ola joins long list of departed rideshare competitors in Australia | Source: Facebook/ Ola Australia article-article-body
Rideshare platform Ola appears to have departed the Australian market, leaving American juggernaut Uber as the dominant player in the sector.
The Australian reports Ola has informed its d... |
| 09.04.2024 | Why cash advocates are furious at Queensland holiday hotspot Hamilton Island | One of the six swimming pools on Hamilton Island in Queensland's Whitsunday Islands, April 12, 2011. This pool has a swim-up bar. (AAP Image/David Potts) article-article-body
It has a reputation for relaxed getaways, but online debate over ... |
| 05.04.2024 | Neural Notes: Google considers charging for AI search results | Source: SmartCompany article-article-body
Welcome back to Neural Notes, a weekly column where I take a look at some of the biggest (and sometimes weirdest) AI news of the week. In this edition: Google considers charging for AI-powered Googl... |
| 18.03.2024 | Trust in Brands: The Fragile Balance | Trust in brands is a delicate dance, easily swayed by customer perceptions and experiences. In Australia, the recent shift in trust rankings from Woolworths to Bunnings highlights the importance of delivering on promises and maintaining str... |
| 18.03.2024 | Bunnings topples Woolworths as the most ‘trusted’ brand in Australia | Source: RealEstate article-article-body
Think of some of the world’s biggest brands: Nike, McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, Apple. With what do you associate them? Are they positive associations? Now consider, do you trust them?
Brand trust is a meas... |
| 28.02.2024 | Small business fintech Prospa subject to $74 million takeover bid | Prospa chief executives Beau Bertoli and Greg Moshal. Source: Supplied article-article-body
Innovative small business lender Prospa is subject to a takeover bid worth nearly $74 million, which could sweep the fintech off the Australian Secu... |
| 27.02.2024 | Hidden Lessons from China’s Coercion Campaign against Australia | Common consensus holds that China’s recent trade coercion campaign against Australia failed. Yet the consensus view misses important political effects and economic costs of coercion.
In late 2023, Canberra and Beijing stabilised bilateral r... |
| 26.01.2024 | How Woolworths, Peter Dutton, and January 26 combined for 2024’s first culture war | Source: Lukas Coch, AAP Image article-article-body
In the relative quiet of January 2023, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton was able to seize the reins of the debate around that year’s coming vote on a constitutionally enshrined Indigenous adv... |
| 23.01.2024 | Australian Organisations Struggling to Resolve Tensions Between Personalisation, Privacy | Organisations in Australia face a significant challenge with data. On the one hand, there is a demand for personalised services. Consumers are willing to share their data if it means better personalisation.
On the other hand, there is a rea... |
| 23.01.2024 | New-age AI plugins to help consumers get the best deal for themselves | Source: Adobe Stock article-article-body
It’s no accident we are seeing record profits from some of our biggest consumer-facing companies, among them Qantas and the Big Four banks.
They are among the firms — alongside our grocery duopoly — ... |
| 12.01.2024 | Australia’s sustainable finance strategy is here. But it’s only the first step | Source: Unsplash/ Zbynek Burival article-article-body
Just north of Jamestown in South Australia, 70 kilometres east of the Spencer Gulf and next to a wind farm of nearly 100 turbines, stands the world’s first big battery.
Built in partners... |
| 22.12.2023 | Too good to be true: weighing up Australia’s exposure to China | article-article-body
Australia exported A$94.4 billion in goods to China last year, making China by far the single most important destination for Australian merchandise.
Similarly, China is also the most important destination for Australian... |
| 22.12.2023 | SurfStitch set to ride IPO wave after buying out largest shareholder Billabong | article-article-body
Australian online surfwear retailer Surfstitch has bought out its largest shareholder and competitor Billabong ahead of a potential initial public offering.
Billabong previously owned a 51% stake in SurfStitch. The Aust... |
| 22.12.2023 | British are coming: Reiss clothing to open in Australia | article-article-body
UK fashion chain Reiss clothing is set to open its first Australian store next year in what is the latest example of a large overseas retailer coming to Australian shores.
The retailer, which set up a website dedicated ... |
| 22.12.2023 | Fast Lane: The rise of the ‘laterpreneur’ | article-article-body
I learnt a new word today: “laterpreneur”. It was used to describe the entrepreneurs behind the law firm Ash Street in an article in The Australian.
These entrepreneurs are aged mid-50s, so are seen as being late to ent... |
| 22.12.2023 | Monde Nissin Corporation takes first dip into Australian market with Black Swan acquisition | article-article-body
One of Australia’s best known dip brands Black Swan has been snapped up by leading Philippines-based food company Monde Nissin Corporation.
A spokesperson for Black Swan confirmed the sale to SmartCompany this morning, ... |
| 22.12.2023 | A Lidl bit more competition: Another discount German grocery chain enters the fight | article-article-body
Discount German grocery chain Lidl is ramping up its plans to enter the Australian market by seeking to register its trademarks down under, in another major shake-up the country’s $94 billion supermarket industry.
As Ge... |
| 22.12.2023 | Australia’s best performing private companies revealed | article-article-body
7-Eleven has been ranked among Australia’s top performing private companies despite serious allegations of employee underpayments and a cover-up by head office.
Australia’s largest private companies generated $296 milli... |
| 22.12.2023 | Opportunity for small business as Aldi plans to open 80 stores in a year | article-article-body
An internal Aldi letter has revealed its plans to open as many as 80 stores within 12 months creating opportunities for small businesses.
As Aldi continues its bid to grab a bigger share of Australia’s grocery shoppers,... |
| 22.12.2023 | Japanese officials say free trade deal with Australia should be signed by July: experts tip agriculture will win big | article-article-body
Australia’s peak export body has welcomed news of an impending free trade agreement with Japan.
Ian Murray, chairman of the Australian Institute of Export, tells SmartCompany it’s “about time”.
“The sooner it’s signed t... |
| 22.12.2023 | Australian entrepreneurs to get access to a “startup’s paradise” that once housed Uber and Spotify | article-article-body
Australian entrepreneurs in the US will get access to a “tech startup’s paradise” in San Francisco as a landing pad into the market as part of an $11 million government initiative.
The federal government will contribute... |
| 22.12.2023 | Free trade deal with China “just beyond both countries”, says trade minister Craig Emerson | article-article-body
A free trade deal with China which has been under negotiation for close to nine years may never happen, trade minister Craig Emerson told a forum in Melbourne yesterday.
A comprehensive free trade deal, which would allo... |
| 22.12.2023 | Tinkler back in the game after Queensland coal mine purchase | article-article-body
Nathan Tinkler is back in the coal game, after his stunning fall from grace last year.
The 38-year-old former mining magnate is set to re-enter the coal market with his recent $150 million purchase of Peabody Energy’s W... |
| 22.12.2023 | Black Swan deal worth $115 million for new owner Monde Nissin | article-article-body
Filipino food powerhouse Monde Nissin Corporation’s acquisition of Australian dip producer Black Swan was worth $115 million.
While the sale of Australia’s third-largest dip brand was confirmed last month, further detai... |
| 22.12.2023 | Mambo surfs into new home with US retail group Saban Brands | article-article-body
Mambo’s artwork is its calling card as a brand
Iconic Australian surf and streetwear brand Mambo will become one of the flagship fashion labels in the lifestyle portfolio of Saban Brands, after the New York-based retail... |
| 22.12.2023 | Aldi kicks off aggressive South Australian store rollout | article-article-body
German discount supermarket Aldi is preparing to start its aggressive expansion into South Australia, with the chain confirming plans to open an eight hectare distribution and warehouse centre.
The warehouse will be loc... |
| 07.12.2023 | Eight Aussie startups that raised $81.5 million this week | Planet Protector Packaging founder Joanne Howarth. Source: supplied. article-article-body
It seems AI startups are the flavour of the month (or year), with half of the startups to have raised this week utilising artificial intelligence in s... |
| 24.11.2023 | 10 of the best and 10 of the worst movies of 2023 | Entertainment 10 of the best and 10 of the worst movies of 2023
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| 24.11.2023 | Eleven Aussie startups that raised $140 million this week | Intrigue Media team. Source: supplied article-article-body
This week’s startup raises range in value from $500,000 to more than $109 million, with many in between.
Here’s 11 Australian startups set to grow with fresh funding. Songtradr: $10... |
| 21.11.2023 | Kayla Itsines and Tobi Pearce buy back Sweat from US owner after $200 million sale | SWEAT co-founder Kayla Itsines. article-article-body
South Australian entrepreneurs Kayla Itsines and Tobi Pearce will once again lead the Sweat fitness empire they founded, after buying back the company they sold to US firm iFIT for hundre... |
| 20.11.2023 | $18.2 million for small business cybersecurity “health checks” and post-attack support | (L-R) Small Business Minister Julie Collins, Cyber Security Minister Clare O'Neil. Source: Lukas Coch, AAP Image article-article-body
Small businesses will gain access to a new cybersecurity “health check” program and tailored assistance to... |
| 14.11.2023 | Blockchain.com $110M funding round halves its 2022 valuation: Report
Delaware authorities refer fake BlackRock XRP trust filing to state’s Justice Department
How this all-in-one app bridges the gap ... | Crypto exchange and wallet provider Blockchain.com closed a $110-million Series E financing round, an investment that more than halves its previous 2022 valuation of $14 billion.
In a Nov. 14 blog post, Blockchain.com said the closing of it... |
| 14.11.2023 | Uniswap launches Android wallet app with built-in swap function
Animoca eyes SportFi ecosystem, becomes Chiliz Chain validator
Privacy-first, copyright-friendly content is key to driving Web3 adopti... | Uniswap Labs has publicly released an Andriod mobile wallet app with built-in swap capability on the Google Play store.
The new app allows users to make swaps through the decentralized exchange (DEX) from within the app, eliminating the nee... |
| 13.11.2023 | Stablecoin firm Tether minted 4B USDT in 4 weeks: Data
Bitcoin miners earned $44M in a day to record annual all-time high
How this decentralized social media platform plans to bring the next billion... | Major stablecoin issuer Tether has been increasingly minting new USDT
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$1.00 tokens, issuing 4 billion USDT over the past month.
Tether issued another 1 billion of Tether on the Tron blockchain on Nov. 10, blockchain data provider Whale... |
| 10.11.2023 | 8 Trends Australian Data Pros Should Consider Ahead of 2024 | The growth of generative artificial intelligence has made data a more highly valued currency for private organisations and agencies in Australia. For local data professionals, this means more attention is being paid to data, from data quali... |
| 10.11.2023 | Businesses to report cyber ransoms to federal government under new mandatory scheme | Source: Unsplash/Freestocks. article-article-body
Australian businesses will be required to disclose cyber ransom attacks to the federal government, as lawmakers attempt to shield traders from digital attacks costing billions of dollars eac... |
| 23.10.2023 | Ten Aussie startups that raised $39 million this week | Got Cakey founders. Source: Instagram. article-article-body
This week’s startup funding news features AI-enabled healthcare, call centre software, HR tech, insurance tech, and even a two-sided marketplace for cakes.
The total raised this we... |
| 23.10.2023 | Four Aussie startups that raised $38.4 million this week | Laronix founder Dr Farzaneh Ahmadi. Source: supplied article-article-body
The Australian startups that raised funding this week are tackling big problems — from how to get businesses paid faster, to monitoring satellites in space, managing ... |
| 21.07.2023 | Every single Matt Damon movie, ranked | Entertainment Every single Matt Damon movie, ranked
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| 04.07.2023 | Australian Satellite Company, NewSat linked to Singapore Property Magnate sued global banks in multi-billion lawsuit | Mr Ching Chiat Kwong (Photo: Left) is prepared to spend another A$20 million to see the case through. Photo Source: Company
Australian satellite communications provider, NewSat Limited linked to Singapore property magnate Ching Chiat Kwong ... |
| 25.06.2023 | Test Cricket Can Prosper If Cashed-Up Countries Take Less Of The ICC Revenue Share | The first Test between Australia and England was memorable (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)Getty Images |
| 04.05.2023 | Australia And The U.S. Must Combine Their Heavy/Medium Landing Ship Programs | A Balikpapan-class landing craft surges through the Pacific.Royal Australian Navy |
| 27.03.2023 | You can now experience how death feels through virtual reality | More On: virtual reality
Mark Zuckerberg slashes Quest VR headset prices amid weak sales Zuckerberg’s metaverse bet falters as VR headset sales drop Fyre Fest scammer reveals his latest scheme — and it’s even wilder than ill-fated concert I... |
| 13.03.2023 | [LOOK] Car Surfing on the Busy NSW Road? This Man Was Caught on Camera Standing on Top of a White Honda CR-V SUV | Urian B., Tech Times 13 March 2023, 11:03 pm
The busy road of New South Wales (NWS) was not ordinary this week as a video of car surfing captured in Fairfield, Sydney, on Monday, Mar. 13, went viral. In the video, a young man stood atop a w... |
| 09.02.2023 | How North Korean leader Kim Jong Un became one of the world's most feared dictators | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is regarded as one of the world's most repressive leaders.
Despite his high-profile career, there is relatively little known about the reclusive 39-year-old.
Here's what we do know about his life, and that of... |
| 09.12.2022 | The Criminalisation of Cannabis Costs Australia Massively, Study Finds | Over the last 12 years, more than 90 percent of the 700,000 cannabis-related offences across Australia have been for personal use or possession, a new study has found. Its authors hope the study’s findings can help pave the way for full leg... |
| 06.12.2022 | Pallet shortage puts essential goods supply in jeopardy | Source: brent keane/pexels.
With Christmas just around the corner, Australian small and medium businesses are facing the possibility that the national pallet shortage could jeopardise the delivery of essential consumer goods to their stores... |
| 24.11.2022 | Qantas slammed for “mongrel corporate gorillaship” as Joyce lobbies PM behind closed doors | Qantas chief executive officer Alan Joyce. Source: AAP/Biance De Marchi.
Qantas has been slammed for using “mongrel corporate gorillaship” when managing its workforce by a Labor senator and former senior figure at the Transport Workers Uni... |
| 10.11.2022 | 'Impact X Summit Sydney 2022' confirms 1.1K+ participants and 60+ major partners rallying behind Australia's bid for COP31 | SYDNEY, Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Australia's largest climate-focussed summit, the Impact X Summit Sydney 2022, has confirmed over 1,100 participants, including 150+ speakers, 200+ climate tech founders, and 60+ major partners, as momen... |
| 09.11.2022 | La Trobe researchers shine | The results are published today in The Australian’s Research Magazine.
Six La Trobe researchers have been acknowledged as top researchers in their fields, in recognition of the significance, quality and impact of their research across Healt... |
| 08.11.2022 | Blackbird founder backs SafetyCulture after CEO Luke Anear slams mandatory ASIC reporting | Luke Anear, CEO of SafetyCulture (l) and Hays Bailey, CEO and founder of SHEQSY. Source: supplied.
Off the back of some recent reporting, SafetyCulture is threatening to domicile in the US over Australian laws forcing large proprietary comp... |
| 07.11.2022 | The Fed will pull ahead in the 'reverse currency war' and squeeze the dollar even higher after a strong jobs report, Goldman Sachs says | US jobs strength gives the Federal Reserve scope to keep hiking interest rates, Goldman Sachs said.
That should cement the surging dollar's dominance and keep the Fed ahead in the "reverse currency war".
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| 31.10.2022 | Bunnings axes the catalogue, but has the hardware titan made a huge mistake? | Bunnings has printed its last-ever catalogue after the hardware titan axed the glossy bright paper in favour of an entirely digital marketing mix, as the last vestiges from the print era continue to crumble in an increasingly pixelated cons... |
| 28.10.2022 | Matt Smith's movies and TV roles ranked by critics | Entertainment Matt Smith's movies and TV roles ranked by critics
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| 07.10.2022 | Spearfisher nearly loses his arm in shark attack off Australia's west coast | A spearfisher nearly lost his arm in a shark attack off Australia's west coast on Friday, officials and local media reported. In a news release, Western Australia's Department of Primary Industries said multiple agencies responded to a &quo... |
| 23.09.2022 | After Qantas goes meat-only, Virgin says all vegetarians welcome on its flights | Source: AAP/Dan Peled.
With Qantas’ snub to vegetarian, kosher, halal and gluten-free passengers still exciting plenty of media interest this week, rival Virgin was only too happy to point out it doesn’t share the contempt of the “national ... |
| 23.09.2022 | Australia’s second largest telco Optus suffered a major data breach, 10 million customers’ personal data stolen | Australian Number 2 telecom company Optus has suffered a major data breach that affected millions of its customers, according to a report from The Australian newspaper. Owned by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, Optus said that hackers stol... |
| 23.09.2022 | One in three Aussies could be caught in Optus cyberattack but they have no recourse | General photo of an Optus store in Melbourne, Australia, taken on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. Source: AAP Image/Luis Ascui.
The Optus data breach could go down as the biggest in Australia’s history — and thanks to our laws, there’s little recou... |
| 13.09.2022 | Australia’s taxes are too low, but these reforms could help patch our revenue hole | Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Source: AAP/Mick Tsikas
While the Australian media were focused on Queen Elizabeth II’s passing, some potentially significant comments by Treasurer Jim Chalmers went underreported.
Chalmers told ABC Radio last week h... |
| 06.09.2022 | The cocaine in Australia contains barely any cocaine | Australian Federal Police officers with suitcases used to smuggle cocaine, at a news conference in Sydney on February 6, 2003. REUTERS/Mark Baker
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| 05.09.2022 | NRA CEO quits amid vaping furore as rumours of redundancies swirl | Source: Inside Retail
The future leadership of the National Retailers Association (NRA) is unclear after CEO Dominique Lamb resigned suddenly, within two months of the exit of long-standing chair Mark Brodie.
Their departures follow a contr... |
| 30.08.2022 | Industry bargaining is on the Jobs Summit agenda, but it would affect small and big business differently | ACTU Secretary Sally McManus. (AAP Image/Diego Fedele)
The trade union movement’s push to reform Australia’s enterprise bargaining system looks set to be a major issue at this week’s Jobs and Skills Summit.
The Australian Council of Trade U... |
| 30.08.2022 | Netfllix and Disney Continue to Expand Australian Pirate Site Blocklist | Copyright holders are increasingly demanding that ISPs should block access to pirate sites in order to protect their business.
This is also the case in Australia, where blocking injunctions became commonplace in recent years.
Thus far, hund... |
| 25.08.2022 | Australia’s most powerful influencer revealed as Kmart tops list of biggest influencer brands | Sarah Magusara is Australia's most powerful influencer, according to a new report. Source: Instagram/Sarah Magusara
Kmart Australia is the country’s top user of influencer marketing, according to a report from Hype Auditor, which found the ... |
| 19.08.2022 | Why inventory bloat is hurting your cashflow, and what you can do about it | A couple of years ago at the start of the global pandemic many retailers were struggling to source enough stock to meet demand as supply chain disruption hit hard and demand for certain product categories (lounge wear, anyone?) went through... |
| 15.08.2022 | Scott Morrison “shocked” Keith Pitt by secretly swearing himself into Resources portfolio | Former PM Scott Morrison swore himself in as resources minister in addition to Keith Pitt last December. Source: AAP/Mick Tsikas.
Former prime minister Scott Morrison swore himself in as a second resources minister when Keith Pitt had the p... |
| 29.07.2022 | Australia's COVID-19 Patch for Omicron Now Tested! More Efficient Than Needle-Reliant Vaccines? | Griffin Davis , Tech Times 29 July 2022, 02:07 pm
Australia's new COVID-19 vaccine patch is claimed to be more effective than the ones administered using needles.
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| 27.07.2022 | Vaxxas patch worked for all Covid strains | A protein-based vaccine patch has proved effective against all major variants of Covid when given to mice, say researchers. |
| 26.07.2022 | The ABCC has been a failure, with productivity in construction in decline under its regulation | While property industry and employer groups are warning that Labor’s promise to abolish the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) will lead to disaster in the building industry and militant unions running amok, the ABCC has... |
| 19.07.2022 | CUREator, the national biotechnology incubator, backs 23 start ups | The government-backed national biotechnology incubator has made its first round of grants, worth $17.4m, to start-up companies around the nation tackling health problems such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer. |
| 15.07.2022 | Ex-Trump adviser breaks nine ribs in watersport accident in Bali: report | More On: climate change
UK braces for record-breaking temperatures as heatwave plunges Brits into chaos London airport shuts down runway ruined by extreme heat Prince Harry blasts ‘assault on democracy’ in UN address honoring Mandela Shark ... |
| 13.07.2022 | Will Albanese’s jobs summit be genuinely useful, or a futile talkfest? | Anthony Albanese. Source: AAP/AP photo/Rick Rycroft
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s jobs and skills summit will be his first contribution to the famed Labor tradition of crafting consensus through big-ticket events.
“We intend to bring to... |
| 13.07.2022 | Afterpay duo Nick Molnar and Anthony Eisen lead top 20 list of highest-earning CEOs | Afterpay co-founders Nick Molnar and Anthony Eisen. Source: supplied.
The milestone earnings of Afterpay co-founders Anthony Eisen and Nick Molnar have crowned them as the top-earning Australian CEOs of the 2021 financial year — no surprise... |
| 01.07.2022 | Ten Aussie brands making Dry July easier with their non-alcoholic offerings | The alcohol-free sector continues to boom.
Retail shelves reflect our changing behaviour and that’s rarely more evident than at the bottle shop.
For me, walking into a Dan Murphy’s and being greeted by a complete, decked out non-alcoholic s... |
| 07.06.2022 | What is a ‘wellbeing budget’ and why will Treasurer Jim Chalmers deliver one in October? | Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Source: AAP/Joel Carrett.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers last week confirmed he will borrow from New Zealand’s “wellbeing budget” model for his first budget in October, after he floated the possibility in 2020.
NZ Prime Mini... |