Truckies and small businesses facing the most pain as payment defaults surge to a high for the year

Truckies and small businesses facing the most pain as payment defaults surge to a high for the year

Australian businesses are facing unrelenting financial pressures, with insolvencies showing no sign of easing and payment defaults surging to their highest level in nearly ...

Goondiwindi Cotton goes for gold with bid to supply volunteer uniforms for Brisbane 2032 Olympics

Goondiwindi Cotton goes for gold with bid to supply volunteer uniforms for Brisbane 2032 Olympics

Goondiwindi Cotton, a Queensland regional apparel maker with more t...

MCG’s $2b Shane Warne Stand redevelopment a step closer as design and engineering team appointed

MCG’s $2b Shane Warne Stand redevelopment a step closer as design and engineering team appointed

The Victorian Government and Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) are advan...

ASX agrees to pay $20.5m penalty over misleading statements related to CHESS replacement

ASX agrees to pay $20.5m penalty over misleading statements related to CHESS replacement

Securities exchange operator ASX Limited (ASX: ASX) has agreed to p...

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P4 Group and Ruby Communications merge to form powerhouse agency

P4 Group and Ruby Communications merge to form powerhouse agency

Two of Queensland's award-winning communications consultanci...

Melbourne to enter lockdown from midnight tomorrow

Melbourne to enter lockdown from midnight tomorrow

All residents of metropolitan local government areas (LGAs) in M...

Ford distribution centre to be built in Merrifield, Dexus acquires site

Ford distribution centre to be built in Merrifield, Dexus acquires site

Ford Australia has announced today it will open a new autom...

WA will cap international arrivals

WA will cap international arrivals

The Federal Government has reacted "favourably" to Wes...

Gold Coast tourism bookings return to 2019 levels

Gold Coast tourism bookings return to 2019 levels

The Gold Coast tourism industry is showing signs of recovery fol...

Afterpay to raise $800m as co-founders cash in

Afterpay to raise $800m as co-founders cash in

Buy-now pay-later (BNPL) giant Afterpay (ASX: APT) will ride sig...

4000 people sign up for WA COVID-19 vaccine trial, doses begin

4000 people sign up for WA COVID-19 vaccine trial, doses begin

The trial is one of just 15 worldwide that have gone beyond the ...

ASIC grants Wilson permission to proceed with Keybridge takeover

ASIC grants Wilson permission to proceed with Keybridge takeover

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has g...

WA Premier calls for flight cap, urges PM to withdraw support of Clive Palmer's High Court challenge

WA Premier calls for flight cap, urges PM to withdraw support of Clive Palmer's High Court challenge

Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan has formally requested a...

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From $13,000 to $20 million: how a PCOS diagnosis and a pair of scissors built Xali Organics

From $13,000 to $20 million: how a PCOS diagnosis and a pair of scissors built Xali Organics

Inspired by a medical diagnosis and driven by innovative marketing, Melbourne husband-and-wife team Kasey and Michael Giarratana have bootstrapped beauty brand Xali Organic...

AI-powered biotech startup Gutgutgoose accepted into Silicon Valley's Y Combinator

AI-powered biotech startup Gutgutgoose accepted into Silicon Valley's Y Combinator

Queensland-based biotech startup Gutgutgoose has been accepted into...

Scalare Partners rescues Fishburners from administration, boosting its presence in the startup space

Scalare Partners rescues Fishburners from administration, boosting its presence in the startup space

Sydney-based startup accelerator and investor Scalare Partners...

Sprout Organic's Selasi Berdie secures $8m buyout from NGS to take his infant formula company public

Sprout Organic's Selasi Berdie secures $8m buyout from NGS to take his infant formula company public

Gold Coast-based plant-based infant formula company Sprout Organic ...

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Retail

Accent Group shares shoot past $391m zero-premium takeover bid from UK retail giant Frasers Group

Accent Group shares shoot past $391m zero-premium takeover bid from UK retail giant Frasers Group

Shares in Australian footwear and apparel retailer Accent Grou...

Barbeques Galore closure caps brutal cull of iconic Australian retail brands that stood for decades

Barbeques Galore closure caps brutal cull of iconic Australian retail brands that stood for decades

The move to liquidate Barbeques Galore announced this week marks th...

Super Retail Group sets its sights on 110 new stores as Rebel brand targets regional markets

Super Retail Group sets its sights on 110 new stores as Rebel brand targets regional markets

Super Retail Group (ASX: SUL) has unveiled a five-year strategy to ...

From $13,000 to $20 million: how a PCOS diagnosis and a pair of scissors built Xali Organics

From $13,000 to $20 million: how a PCOS diagnosis and a pair of scissors built Xali Organics

Inspired by a medical diagnosis and driven by innovative marketing,...

Opinion

The lending risk most business owners aren't pricing in

The lending risk most business owners aren't pricing in

If you're planning to borrow in the current market, there's...

Battle of the Claws: the winning move in AI agent war is the one no one is selling

Battle of the Claws: the winning move in AI agent war is the one no one is selling

A Meta safety researcher recently watched her own AI agent delete h...

After CBA loses $25b in a single day, is this the end of big bank dominance on ASX

After CBA loses $25b in a single day, is this the end of big bank dominance on ASX

Global asset manager VanEck has declared that the era of big-bank-l...

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CAPITAL RAISING & FINANCE

Scaleup Mediafund launches $25m fourth fund as media-for-equity model gains momentum

Scaleup Mediafund launches $25m fourth fund as media-for-equity model gains momentum

Scaleup Mediafund has launched its fourth media-for-equity fund wit...

Spenda launches $8.5m entitlement offer at steep discount to retire debt and recapitalise

Spenda launches $8.5m entitlement offer at steep discount to retire debt and recapitalise

Perth-based fintech Spenda Limited (ASX: SPX) has launched an accel...

Australian livestock tech maker DIT AgTech launches US crowdfunding campaign seeking up to $7m

Australian livestock tech maker DIT AgTech launches US crowdfunding campaign seeking up to $7m

Toowoomba-based agricultural technology company DIT AgTech is under...

NBN Co locks in $1.2b from second Euro Sustainability Bond as green financing tops $10.7b

NBN Co locks in $1.2b from second Euro Sustainability Bond as green financing tops $10.7b

Government-owned broadband network operator NBN Co has raised &euro...

Leadership

ASX taps Euronext veteran Anthony Attia as new CEO after global search

ASX taps Euronext veteran Anthony Attia as new CEO after global search

Australian share market operator ASX Limited (ASX: ASX) has appoint...

InDebted founder Josh Foreman steps back from CEO role to lead AI and product strategy

InDebted founder Josh Foreman steps back from CEO role to lead AI and product strategy

AI-powered debt collection fintech InDebted has kicked off an exter...

DroneShield CEO and chairman step down just months after controversial share sale

DroneShield CEO and chairman step down just months after controversial share sale

Sydney-based counter-drone technology company DroneShield (ASX: DRO...

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Property

Hong Kong private equity investor JY Group snares 50pc of Adelaide’s Westfield Marion for $670m

Hong Kong private equity investor JY Group snares 50pc of Adelaide’s Westfield Marion for $670m

Hong Kong-based private equity firm JY Group has exchanged contract...

Property fintech Rent.com.au achieves record bond loans in May as path to profitability accelerates

Property fintech Rent.com.au achieves record bond loans in May as path to profitability accelerates

Property fintech Rent.com.au (ASX: RNT) has posted record Rent...

Azure gains approval for $115m terrace home project on Gold Coast's last Lumina residential site

Azure gains approval for $115m terrace home project on Gold Coast's last Lumina residential site

Brisbane-headquartered developer Azure has secured Gold Coast City ...

Gold Coast council greenlights second tower in Sherpa's $500 million Palm Beach precinct

Gold Coast council greenlights second tower in Sherpa's $500 million Palm Beach precinct

Gold Coast developer Sherpa Property Group has secured council appr...

Health

Takeover target Monash IVF slashes full-year profit guidance as cycle volumes decline

Takeover target Monash IVF slashes full-year profit guidance as cycle volumes decline

Almost two months after rejecting a $350 million takeover bid ...

Biome Australia strikes deal to bring probiotics manufacturing onshore at SPA’s Gold Coast facility

Biome Australia strikes deal to bring probiotics manufacturing onshore at SPA’s Gold Coast facility

Melbourne-based probiotics company Biome Australia (ASX: BIO) has s...

AI-powered biotech startup Gutgutgoose accepted into Silicon Valley's Y Combinator

AI-powered biotech startup Gutgutgoose accepted into Silicon Valley's Y Combinator

Queensland-based biotech startup Gutgutgoose has been accepted into...

4DMedical locks in US radiology deal, European acquisition and clinical program in five-day blitz

4DMedical locks in US radiology deal, European acquisition and clinical program in five-day blitz

Melbourne-based respiratory imaging company 4DMedical (ASX: 4DX) ha...

Technology

DorsaVi licenses robotics IP from Singapore's NTU in push beyond wearable sensors

DorsaVi licenses robotics IP from Singapore's NTU in push beyond wearable sensors

Melbourne-based wearable sensing and robotics company DorsaVi Limit...

WA startup Hyperion Systems unveils southern hemisphere's first 3D-printed autonomous vessel

WA startup Hyperion Systems unveils southern hemisphere's first 3D-printed autonomous vessel

Perth-based advanced manufacturing start-up Hyperion Systems has un...

Additive Manufacturing centre greenlights first five research projects unlocking $11m in investment

Additive Manufacturing centre greenlights first five research projects unlocking $11m in investment

The Additive Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (AMCRC), est...

Arkeus closes $25m Series A to scale manufacturing of AI-powered defence sensing technology

Arkeus closes $25m Series A to scale manufacturing of AI-powered defence sensing technology

Melbourne-based technology company Arkeus has closed a $25 mil...

Legal

ASX agrees to pay $20.5m penalty over misleading statements related to CHESS replacement

ASX agrees to pay $20.5m penalty over misleading statements related to CHESS replacement

Securities exchange operator ASX Limited (ASX: ASX) has agreed to p...

Forex broker Union Standard slapped with record $300m fine over CFD trading that cost investors $83m

Forex broker Union Standard slapped with record $300m fine over CFD trading that cost investors $83m

Collapsed foreign exchange broker Union Standard International Grou...

Westpac hit with $26 million penalty for ignoring hardship pleas from struggling customers

Westpac hit with $26 million penalty for ignoring hardship pleas from struggling customers

Westpac Banking Corporation (ASX: WBC) has been ordered to pay a $2...

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