Court orders Airbnb to pay up to $30m for exchange-rate hit to Aussie travellers

Court orders Airbnb to pay up to $30m for exchange-rate hit to Aussie travellers

Airbnb has been ordered to pay up to $30 million for misleading Aus...

AFP helps Aussie businesses decrypt systems hacked by BlackCat ransomware

AFP helps Aussie businesses decrypt systems hacked by BlackCat ransomware

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is providing decryption tools t...

Potentia Capital-backed Soprano Design lifts takeover bid for Whispir

Potentia Capital-backed Soprano Design lifts takeover bid for Whispir

Soprano Design has yielded to the pressure of a competing offer for...

Australia Post and StarTrack to pay out $2.9m for lost or damaged packages

Australia Post and StarTrack to pay out $2.9m for lost or damaged packages

Australia Post and its StarTrack subsidiary will repay about 11,000...

Council payments software startup Payble raises $3.5m

Council payments software startup Payble raises $3.5m

A Sydney-headquartered startup that makes payment solutions easier ...

AGL’s thermal power rehabilitation under way with green light for $750m battery project at Liddell

AGL’s thermal power rehabilitation under way with green light for $750m battery project at Liddell

AGL Energy (ASX: AGL) has given the go-ahead to start construction ...

Pacific Equity Partners takes majority stake in fast-growing EV charger group EVSE

Pacific Equity Partners takes majority stake in fast-growing EV charger group EVSE

Buoyed by a year of surging EV sales across Australia this year, pr...

‘Pressure cooker’: Shine Lawyers turns up the heat on KFC with employee class action

‘Pressure cooker’: Shine Lawyers turns up the heat on KFC with employee class action

The heat is on KFC after it was slapped with a class action over cl...

Smiles Inclusive asset buyer Genesis makes $223m bid for Pacific Smiles

Smiles Inclusive asset buyer Genesis makes $223m bid for Pacific Smiles

Almost a year since Pacific Smiles (ASX: PSQ) co-founder and substa...

Link Administration agrees to $1.2b takeover from Japanese giant Mitsubishi UFJ

Link Administration agrees to $1.2b takeover from Japanese giant Mitsubishi UFJ

After being pursued by suitors over the past two years, superannuat...

Data poisoning: how artists are sabotaging AI to take revenge on image generators

Data poisoning: how artists are sabotaging AI to take revenge on image generators

Imagine this. You need an image of a balloon for a work presentatio...

Rinehart adds Rossi Boots to her growing iconic Aussie fashion portfolio

Rinehart adds Rossi Boots to her growing iconic Aussie fashion portfolio

Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart has added Rossi Boots to comp...

Lendlease offloads $1b worth of communities projects to Stockland, Supalai

Lendlease offloads $1b worth of communities projects to Stockland, Supalai

Stockland's (ASX: SGP) rapidly-growing residential development ...

ASIC takes former Creso Pharma chairman to court over alleged market rigging, duty breaches

ASIC takes former Creso Pharma chairman to court over alleged market rigging, duty breaches

Announced today by the nation’s corporate watchdog, a former ...

Morrow Sodali buys two Aussie companies in a week with Designate, Domestique acquisitions

Morrow Sodali buys two Aussie companies in a week with Designate, Domestique acquisitions

Global shareholder engagement and governance company Morrow Sodali ...

Watchdog sees red in $1.58 billion ACL-Healius merger

Watchdog sees red in $1.58 billion ACL-Healius merger

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has oppos...

HiveIQ creating a buzz in the US after breaking the 170-year-old beekeeping mould

HiveIQ creating a buzz in the US after breaking the 170-year-old beekeeping mould

Australian beekeeper Victor Croker is creating a buzz in the US wit...

Brand platform Collabosaurus founder in rare female-led tech exit to Cali Social founder

Brand platform Collabosaurus founder in rare female-led tech exit to Cali Social founder

In a rarity for Australian businesses, Collabosaurus founder Jessic...

Gettin' Square sequel among five feature films set for $6.9m funding boost

Gettin' Square sequel among five feature films set for $6.9m funding boost

Five feature films, including a sequel to Gold Coast legal eagle Ch...

Pendula launches takeover bid for Whispir at 19pc premium, but with a catch

Pendula launches takeover bid for Whispir at 19pc premium, but with a catch

Alex Colvin's customer engagement platform Pendula has lifted t...

Mist secures $1.6m to roll out banking and telco services app for international students, migrants

Mist secures $1.6m to roll out banking and telco services app for international students, migrants

A banking and telecommunication services app aimed at making reloca...

As we hurtle towards 1m international students, migration changes will only slow this growth

As we hurtle towards 1m international students, migration changes will only slow this growth

The Australian government is aiming to rein in the growth of intern...

Report finds deep tech talent coming from "unexpected places"

Report finds deep tech talent coming from "unexpected places"

A report compiled by incubator Cicada Innovations has challenged pr...

Government-funded sectors hit hardest as private business failures blow out in 2023

Government-funded sectors hit hardest as private business failures blow out in 2023

Private businesses operating in largely government-backed sectors, ...

Birchal raises $1.2m in first 24 hours of its own crowdfunding campaign

Birchal raises $1.2m in first 24 hours of its own crowdfunding campaign

Melbourne-headquartered crowdfunding platform Birchal has made its ...

Fitbit fined $11m in Australia for misleading consumers over rights

Fitbit fined $11m in Australia for misleading consumers over rights

US-based wearable fitness technology company Fitbit LLC has been or...

Charter Hall Retail offloads two retail centres for $225m following unsolicited offers

Charter Hall Retail offloads two retail centres for $225m following unsolicited offers

Charter Hall Retail REIT (ASX: CQR) is poised to bank $225.5 millio...

"Avoid broad and unqualified claims": Consumer watchdog releases environmental messaging guidance

"Avoid broad and unqualified claims": Consumer watchdog releases environmental messaging guidance

"Where a business has genuinely changed how they operate to be...

Gold Coast leads Australia in founders per capita

Gold Coast leads Australia in founders per capita

In a report that will likely be unsurprising for Gold Coast-based e...

Relevance AI raises $15m in Series A amid surge in clients for its low-code platform

Relevance AI raises $15m in Series A amid surge in clients for its low-code platform

Sydney-based tech startup Relevance AI has raised $15 million in a ...