The Star passes critical hurdle for Queen's Wharf as HK partner cleared by Attorney General

The Star passes critical hurdle for Queen's Wharf as HK partner cleared by Attorney General

The Star Entertainment Group (ASX: SGR) has passed a major hurdle towards running a casino within its joint venture development Queen's Wharf in Brisbane, after Queensl...

Fast-growing AI-backed customer support platform Brainfish raises $3.85m

Fast-growing AI-backed customer support platform Brainfish raises $3.85m

Sydney tech startup Brainfish, an AI-powered customer support platf...

St Kilda’s Tolarno Hotel, a cultural icon of the Melbourne art scene, sells for $6m

St Kilda’s Tolarno Hotel, a cultural icon of the Melbourne art scene, sells for $6m

St Kilda’s Tolarno Hotel, a property that has been a cultural...

Shock sacking of Australian Vintage CEO puts merger plans with Accolade Wines in turmoil

Shock sacking of Australian Vintage CEO puts merger plans with Accolade Wines in turmoil

Australian Vintage (ASX: AVG) and its potential merger with Austral...

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Banducci couldn’t give senators Woolworths’ return on equity. What does the figure say about profit?

Banducci couldn’t give senators Woolworths’ return on equity. What does the figure say about profit?

During yesterday’s senate inquiry into supermarket pricing, G...

Sydney aims to pack more people in through build-to-rent incentives for developers

Sydney aims to pack more people in through build-to-rent incentives for developers

The City of Sydney is looking to fast-track the development of buil...

Judo Bank shakes off startup tag as lending book surges past $10 billion

Judo Bank shakes off startup tag as lending book surges past $10 billion

Judo Capital Holdings (ASX: JDO) has capped off five years since se...

Aussie success continues on Netflix as new Heartbreak High season cracks Top 10

Aussie success continues on Netflix as new Heartbreak High season cracks Top 10

The Australian screen industry has yet another feather in its cap w...

‘Toxic culture’: Whistleblower’s complaint hangs over The Star’s former CEO

‘Toxic culture’: Whistleblower’s complaint hangs over The Star’s former CEO

Robbie Cooke, the former CEO of The Star Entertainment Group (ASX: ...

Japanese investment in Australia hit record high of $133.8 billion in 2023

Japanese investment in Australia hit record high of $133.8 billion in 2023

Japanese finance has been described as one of the "great untol...

Melbourne-based diversity data analytics platform raises $6 million

Melbourne-based diversity data analytics platform raises $6 million

In response to "unprecedented demand" for its propri...

Tasmanian sustainability accounting startup Sumday raises $5.3m

Tasmanian sustainability accounting startup Sumday raises $5.3m

"The future of accounting includes carbon" is the message...

Macquarie Technology to acquire two Sydney data centres for $174 million

Macquarie Technology to acquire two Sydney data centres for $174 million

Macquarie Technology Group (ASX: MAQ) has announced a $100 million ...

MGA Thermal raises $5.7m despite minor setback for pilot energy storage program

MGA Thermal raises $5.7m despite minor setback for pilot energy storage program

Sydney-based clean energy company MGA Thermal has raised $5.7 milli...

Activated carbon startup Bygen secures $2.6m in Series A round to scale production

Activated carbon startup Bygen secures $2.6m in Series A round to scale production

Melbourne-based Bygen, a startup that aims to turn agricultural was...

Former Mighty Kingdom CEO sells off shares, scopes out class action after "catastrophic failure"

Former Mighty Kingdom CEO sells off shares, scopes out class action after "catastrophic failure"

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Ventures & Visionaries

Entrepreneurship

Making data make sense: Canberra startup Aristotle Metadata stealthily bags major global contracts

Making data make sense: Canberra startup Aristotle Metadata stealthily bags major global contracts

After more than six years in 'stealth mode' as its founders eschewed the conventional early push to raise funds, Canberra-based startup Aristotle Metadata is on a r...

Scaling into the US: Learnings for Aussie and Kiwi startups

Scaling into the US: Learnings for Aussie and Kiwi startups

How does an Aussie or Kiwi startup make a breakthrough in the US? I...

The “Uber Eats” of construction logistics: Veyor Digital raises $2.75 million in pre-series A

The “Uber Eats” of construction logistics: Veyor Digital raises $2.75 million in pre-series A

A Sydney-based logistics coordination software company being used b...

Don’t understand predictive algorithms? Xplainable bridges the “how and why” gap of machine learning

Don’t understand predictive algorithms? Xplainable bridges the “how and why” gap of machine learning

"There is so much hype around AI. Let's just focus on...

Ventures & Visionaries

Tamara Haddow, the "accidental" entrepreneur who founded event staffing leader Black Diamond Agency

Tamara Haddow, the "accidental" entrepreneur who founded event staffing leader Black Diamond Agency

From what began in 2010 as a modelling agency "undercutting ev...

‘Cheeky, sharp and charming’: Lula is the voice of a new rum rebellion

‘Cheeky, sharp and charming’: Lula is the voice of a new rum rebellion

Lula ‘speaks with a wink’ using dialogue that is &lsquo...

Outposter unlocks a global workforce to ethically tackle our skills shortage

Outposter unlocks a global workforce to ethically tackle our skills shortage

Brisbane-based entrepreneur Ben Pullen first delved into outsourcin...

How LoanOptions.ai founder built advanced tech to "democratise" lending

How LoanOptions.ai founder built advanced tech to "democratise" lending

"The client was on a lunchbreak, and before they finished the ...

Mergers and Acquisitions

Melbourne creative assets firm Envato acquired by Shutterstock for $372m

Melbourne creative assets firm Envato acquired by Shutterstock for $372m

Melbourne-based creative assets firm Envato, founded by Australian ...

US multinational TricorBraun acquires Australian packaging distributors UniquePak, Alplas Products

US multinational TricorBraun acquires Australian packaging distributors UniquePak, Alplas Products

Two Australian packaging distributors have been acquired by St Loui...

Olam Agri makes decisive play for Namoi Cotton to outbid Louis Dreyfus by $21m

Olam Agri makes decisive play for Namoi Cotton to outbid Louis Dreyfus by $21m

The bidding war for Australia’s largest cotton ginner Namoi C...

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Retail

Weaker consumer spending takes its toll on Bapcor as shares slump 29pc

Weaker consumer spending takes its toll on Bapcor as shares slump 29pc

A tough retail market looks set to impact second-half earnings for ...

Demand outstrips supply for Top Shelf's agave spirit Act of Treason

Demand outstrips supply for Top Shelf's agave spirit Act of Treason

After reporting a 28 per cent lift in gross margin to $1.9 mil...

Mighty Craft in all-or-nothing tilt at Better Beer buyout

Mighty Craft in all-or-nothing tilt at Better Beer buyout

Spirits and beer company Mighty Craft (ASX: MCL) is taking a cold h...

'Selectively misrepresented': Law firm accuses Super Retail Group of victimising whistleblowers

'Selectively misrepresented': Law firm accuses Super Retail Group of victimising whistleblowers

Last week the leadership of Super Retail Group (ASX: SUL, 'SRG&...

 

Opinion

Australia just made a $940m bet on building the world’s first ‘useful’ quantum computer in Brisbane

Australia just made a $940m bet on building the world’s first ‘useful’ quantum computer in Brisbane

The Australian government has announced a pledge of approximately A...

‘Invisible’ consultants help companies write sustainability reports. Here’s why that’s a problem

‘Invisible’ consultants help companies write sustainability reports. Here’s why that’s a problem

Around the world, more and more companies are publishing sustainabi...

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Scaling into the US: Learnings for Aussie and Kiwi startups

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Capital Raising & Finance

Fast-growing AI-backed customer support platform Brainfish raises $3.85m

Fast-growing AI-backed customer support platform Brainfish raises $3.85m

Sydney tech startup Brainfish, an AI-powered customer support platf...

Songtradr, WiseTech founder lift stakes in The Brag Media's new owner Vinyl Group

Songtradr, WiseTech founder lift stakes in The Brag Media's new owner Vinyl Group

Shares in music and media company Vinyl Group (ASX: VNL) reached a ...

Sustainable tech developer Xefco raises $10.5m for a greener fashion industry

Sustainable tech developer Xefco raises $10.5m for a greener fashion industry

Sustainable manufacturing tech company Xefco’s mission to cre...

Struggling games developer Mighty Kingdom lifts capital raise to $8.2m

Struggling games developer Mighty Kingdom lifts capital raise to $8.2m

Adelaide-based game developer Mighty Kingdom (ASX: MKL) will dilute...

Property

Goulburn Valley glasshouse deal boosts Centuria Agriculture Fund's portfolio to $450m

Goulburn Valley glasshouse deal boosts Centuria Agriculture Fund's portfolio to $450m

Property fund manager Centuria Capital Group (ASX: CNI) has boosted...

St Kilda’s Tolarno Hotel, a cultural icon of the Melbourne art scene, sells for $6m

St Kilda’s Tolarno Hotel, a cultural icon of the Melbourne art scene, sells for $6m

St Kilda’s Tolarno Hotel, a property that has been a cultural...

Gurner gets green light for $250m Port Douglas resort with underwater aquarium rooms

Gurner gets green light for $250m Port Douglas resort with underwater aquarium rooms

Prolific Melbourne-based developer Gurner has received a planning p...

Kokoda Property secures Kimpton Hotel for $1.5b Skyring Terrace project in Brisbane

Kokoda Property secures Kimpton Hotel for $1.5b Skyring Terrace project in Brisbane

Melbourne’s Kokoda Property, gearing up to start construction...

Leadership

Shock sacking of Australian Vintage CEO puts merger plans with Accolade Wines in turmoil

Shock sacking of Australian Vintage CEO puts merger plans with Accolade Wines in turmoil

Australian Vintage (ASX: AVG) and its potential merger with Austral...

Go1 co-founder Vu Tran to leave edtech unicorn, hopes legacy will be further startup spin-offs

Go1 co-founder Vu Tran to leave edtech unicorn, hopes legacy will be further startup spin-offs

Go1 co-founder Vu Tran has today announced he will be stepping back...

Bapcor’s leadership woes worsen as Paul Dumbrell pulls out of CEO gig

Bapcor’s leadership woes worsen as Paul Dumbrell pulls out of CEO gig

Automotive retail group Bapcor’s (ASX: BAP) leadership vacuum...

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Health

LuminaX Healthtech Accelerator accepts record cohort of founders for 2024

LuminaX Healthtech Accelerator accepts record cohort of founders for 2024

The Gold Coast’s LuminaX HealthTech Accelerator has accepted ...

Zea Relief gets a healthy boost to its retail footprint through Woolworths distribution deal

Zea Relief gets a healthy boost to its retail footprint through Woolworths distribution deal

Zea Relief, a Tasmanian wellness scale-up that has developed a rang...

AI medtech Artrya secures first Australian commercial agreement with The Cardiac Centre NSW

AI medtech Artrya secures first Australian commercial agreement with The Cardiac Centre NSW

Perth-based medtech Artrya (ASX: AYA) has secured the first commerc...

Australia’s biggest chemist is merging with a giant wholesaler. Could we soon be paying more?

Australia’s biggest chemist is merging with a giant wholesaler. Could we soon be paying more?

Corporate Australia loves a big merger. And amid a growing flurry o...

SUSTAINABILITY & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Plant-based meat popular with Aussie diners despite cost-of-living crunch

Plant-based meat popular with Aussie diners despite cost-of-living crunch

A recent report published by independent think tank on alternative ...

UK’s EMR invests in Perth battery recycler Renewable Metals, ramps up plans for test plant

UK’s EMR invests in Perth battery recycler Renewable Metals, ramps up plans for test plant

UK-based metals recycling group EMR has taken a “significant&...

Sustainable tech developer Xefco raises $10.5m for a greener fashion industry

Sustainable tech developer Xefco raises $10.5m for a greener fashion industry

Sustainable manufacturing tech company Xefco’s mission to cre...

‘Invisible’ consultants help companies write sustainability reports. Here’s why that’s a problem

‘Invisible’ consultants help companies write sustainability reports. Here’s why that’s a problem

Around the world, more and more companies are publishing sustainabi...

 

Technology

Making data make sense: Canberra startup Aristotle Metadata stealthily bags major global contracts

Making data make sense: Canberra startup Aristotle Metadata stealthily bags major global contracts

After more than six years in 'stealth mode' as its founders...

QUT researchers unlock potential for century-old battery technology to power smart devices

QUT researchers unlock potential for century-old battery technology to power smart devices

A battery technology breakthrough by a QUT-led team of internationa...

Space Machines Company secures $8.5m grant as part of new Indian space partnership

Space Machines Company secures $8.5m grant as part of new Indian space partnership

Adelaide-based Space Machines Company has scored $8.5 million ...

Australia just made a $940m bet on building the world’s first ‘useful’ quantum computer in Brisbane

Australia just made a $940m bet on building the world’s first ‘useful’ quantum computer in Brisbane

The Australian government has announced a pledge of approximately A...

Legal

Qantas to repay passengers $20m for cancelled flights and faces $100m fine

Qantas to repay passengers $20m for cancelled flights and faces $100m fine

Qantas Airways (ASX: QAN) has agreed to pay about $20 million to mo...

Federal Court finds ads of crypto asset Qoin misled customers

Federal Court finds ads of crypto asset Qoin misled customers

The nation’s consumer watchdog has secured a win in its crack...

The Star passes critical hurdle for Queen's Wharf as HK partner cleared by Attorney General

The Star passes critical hurdle for Queen's Wharf as HK partner cleared by Attorney General

The Star Entertainment Group (ASX: SGR) has passed a major hurdle t...

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Marketing

Owner of OPSM, Sunglass Hut and Oakley fined $1.5m for spamming

Owner of OPSM, Sunglass Hut and Oakley fined $1.5m for spamming

Luxottica, the eyewear retailer that owns the brands OPSM, Oak...

The Body Shop shouldn’t have failed when consumers want activism from their brands. What happened?

The Body Shop shouldn’t have failed when consumers want activism from their brands. What happened?

We are in an era of brand activism and conscious consumerism. More ...

Predictive intelligence marketing tech Prophet raises $5m in seed round backed by Catalano

Predictive intelligence marketing tech Prophet raises $5m in seed round backed by Catalano

In a move resembling the transformation of the investment world in ...

Marketing agency Underscore enlisted 500 influencers to drive marketing for Tennis Australia

Marketing agency Underscore enlisted 500 influencers to drive marketing for Tennis Australia

After the Australian Open (AO) beat attendance records this year wi...

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Foodpro, Australia’s largest food manufacturing industry event, returns to Melbourne
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UK’s top CBD brand Dragonfly Biosciences set for $30m float on ASX
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Fishburners x Optus Scholarship Program 2023 empowers early stage founders
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