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Indigenous businesses secure more than $1 billion in contracts via IBA bonds

Indigenous businesses secure more than $1 billion in contracts via IBA bonds

In a milestone achievement for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islande...

Sydney brand MCoBeauty makes US debut in Kroger

Sydney brand MCoBeauty makes US debut in Kroger

Australian beauty brands are making a splash in North America this ...

An anonymous coder nearly hacked a big chunk of the internet. How worried should we be?

An anonymous coder nearly hacked a big chunk of the internet. How worried should we be?

Outside the world of open-source software, it’s likely few pe...

Suncorp lightens its load further with $375m sale of NZ life insurance arm Asteron

Suncorp lightens its load further with $375m sale of NZ life insurance arm Asteron

Suncorp Group (ASX: SUN) has sold its New Zealand life insurance bu...

Female representation on ASX300 boards up slightly while LGBTQ+ numbers jump from low base

Female representation on ASX300 boards up slightly while LGBTQ+ numbers jump from low base

The latest report into ASX300 board diversity has revealed a minor ...

Sales downturn pushes Collette, The Daily Edited owner Marquee Retail Group into administration

Sales downturn pushes Collette, The Daily Edited owner Marquee Retail Group into administration

Marquee Retail Group (MRG), the owner of fashion accessories brands...

LVX Global in administration after $39m buyout from Design Milk Co fails to materialise

LVX Global in administration after $39m buyout from Design Milk Co fails to materialise

Adelaide-based LVX Global, a smart cities and infrastructure engine...

Embattled software group Plutora’s fate rests with rescue proposal expected to come from CEO

Embattled software group Plutora’s fate rests with rescue proposal expected to come from CEO

The fate of Australian software and services company Plutora is exp...

Businesswoman and women’s advocate Samantha Mostyn to be Australia’s next governor-general

Businesswoman and women’s advocate Samantha Mostyn to be Australia’s next governor-general

Australia’s next governor-general will be businesswoman Saman...

Mighty Craft offloads Mismatch beer and 78 Degrees gin to private consortium for $7.2 million

Mighty Craft offloads Mismatch beer and 78 Degrees gin to private consortium for $7.2 million

Craft beer and spirits group Mighty Craft (ASX: MCL) has offloaded ...

Banking platform Constantinople raises $50m in Series A with new backing from Prosus Ventures

Banking platform Constantinople raises $50m in Series A with new backing from Prosus Ventures

With $32 million already banked from a seed round early last year, ...

South Korean shipbuilding giant Hanwha Ocean faces uphill battle to secure Austal for $1 billion

South Korean shipbuilding giant Hanwha Ocean faces uphill battle to secure Austal for $1 billion

Australian shipbuilder Austal (ASX: ASB) is in the sights of South ...

WAM Microcap to raise $75m for "undervalued growth opportunities"

WAM Microcap to raise $75m for "undervalued growth opportunities"

After strongly outperforming the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries A...

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...

Brickworks MD Lindsay Partridge to retire after 25 years at the helm

Brickworks MD Lindsay Partridge to retire after 25 years at the helm

Brickworks (ASX: BKW) managing director Lindsay Partridge has ...

‘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...

ASIC secures its first court win for greenwashing against US giant Vanguard

ASIC secures its first court win for greenwashing against US giant Vanguard

The Australian corporate watchdog has caught out one of the world&r...

Medicinal cannabis group Althea shaves $1.5m from its cost base through staff cutbacks

Medicinal cannabis group Althea shaves $1.5m from its cost base through staff cutbacks

Australian-founded medicinal cannabis company Althea Group (ASX: AG...

Charter Hall snares 15pc stake in Hotel Property Investments for $97m from 360 Capital

Charter Hall snares 15pc stake in Hotel Property Investments for $97m from 360 Capital

Listed funds manager 360 Capital Group (ASX: TGP) has offloaded its...

The party’s over: Splendour in the Grass festival cancelled for 2024

The party’s over: Splendour in the Grass festival cancelled for 2024

Splendour in the Grass, Australia’s largest winter music fest...

Platinum Asset Management’s shares slump as $1.4b in outflows loom large

Platinum Asset Management’s shares slump as $1.4b in outflows loom large

Shares in Platinum Asset Management (ASX: PTM) have been savaged by...

Adelaide our safest CBD, while Brisbane and Sydney rank as the riskiest for business

Adelaide our safest CBD, while Brisbane and Sydney rank as the riskiest for business

Adelaide has emerged as the Australian capital with the most resili...

Fintech Yondr Money buys nano-gifting app Shouta

Fintech Yondr Money buys nano-gifting app Shouta

Melbourne-based payments, loyalty and budgeting platform Yondr Mone...

Canva acquires professional designer software suite Affinity

Canva acquires professional designer software suite Affinity

Sydney-headquartered graphic design and visualisation tool giant Ca...

Premier Investments targeting spin-offs for Smiggle and Peter Alexander in 2025

Premier Investments targeting spin-offs for Smiggle and Peter Alexander in 2025

Premier Investments (ASX: PMV), buoyed by another strong earnings p...

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 ...

Platypus Asset Management names senior analyst Jelena Stevanovic to replace long-time CEO

Platypus Asset Management names senior analyst Jelena Stevanovic to replace long-time CEO

Platypus Asset Management, a $5 billion equities funds manager owne...

Knight Frank and NZ's Bayleys group partner in $95.5m takeover bid for McGrath

Knight Frank and NZ's Bayleys group partner in $95.5m takeover bid for McGrath

Knight Frank has teamed up with New Zealand’s Bayley Corporat...

G8 Education settles Slater and Gordon shareholder class action for $46.5m

G8 Education settles Slater and Gordon shareholder class action for $46.5m

Slater and Gordon Lawyers has secured a $46.5 million settlement fr...

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...