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Lindeman Island sells to offshore investor but Aussie rich-listers still going ‘troppo’

Lindeman Island sells to offshore investor but Aussie rich-listers still going ‘troppo’

Queensland island resorts, including the newly listed Pumpkin Islan...

Viva Energy looks to buy SA’s OTR Group for $1.15 billion

Viva Energy looks to buy SA’s OTR Group for $1.15 billion

Viva Energy (ASX: VEA), a major Australian fuel supplier and the op...

Estia Health opens books to Bain Capital after rejecting $775m offer

Estia Health opens books to Bain Capital after rejecting $775m offer

Aged care operator Estia Health (ASX: EHE) has opened its books to ...

Mercer completes merger with Westpac’s BT Super

Mercer completes merger with Westpac’s BT Super

Announced almost one year ago, the merger between Westpac’s (...

AirTree backs AI content creation platform Narrato in $1.4 million pre-seed round

AirTree backs AI content creation platform Narrato in $1.4 million pre-seed round

A tech company allowing marketers and creatives to generate content...

Brazillian cosmetics giant sells Melbourne-founded Aesop to L’Oréal in $3.7 billion deal

Brazillian cosmetics giant sells Melbourne-founded Aesop to L’Oréal in $3.7 billion deal

The Brazil-based parent of luxury skincare brand Aesop has sold the...

Owner of Millers, Katies appoints administrators to EziBuy

Owner of Millers, Katies appoints administrators to EziBuy

What began as a $1 turnaround punt on a "little unloved" ...

Electro Optic Systems secures $120m deal to supply remote weapon systems to Ukraine

Electro Optic Systems secures $120m deal to supply remote weapon systems to Ukraine

Shares in defence and communications company Electro Optic Systems ...

Australian app developers to fight Apple, Google in class action lawsuit

Australian app developers to fight Apple, Google in class action lawsuit

Australian app developers are joining a class action lawsuit agains...

Coles buys two milk processing facilities in $105m deal with Saputo Dairy Australia

Coles buys two milk processing facilities in $105m deal with Saputo Dairy Australia

In a move to secure steady supply for its own-brand milk label, sup...

LuminaX unveils majority-female 2023 HealthTech Accelerator cohort

LuminaX unveils majority-female 2023 HealthTech Accelerator cohort

From helping orthopaedic surgeons virtually plan surgeries to impro...

HealthCo raising $320m to fund $1.2b acquisition of Healthscope hospitals

HealthCo raising $320m to fund $1.2b acquisition of Healthscope hospitals

HealthCo Healthcare and Wellness REIT (ASX: HCW), a property invest...

US giant Sentinel grows its Australian build-to-rent portfolio with a first for Adelaide

US giant Sentinel grows its Australian build-to-rent portfolio with a first for Adelaide

US property giant Sentinel Real Estate Corporation has expanded its...

Medibank shareholders launch new class action over cyberattack

Medibank shareholders launch new class action over cyberattack

Private health insurer Medibank (ASX: MPL) has been hit with a thir...

Musk, Wozniak, tech leaders sign open letter calling for pause on “out-of-control” AI development

Musk, Wozniak, tech leaders sign open letter calling for pause on “out-of-control” AI development

An open letter signed by more than 1,000 artificial intelligen...

Meriton guest database "not compromised" in data hack

Meriton guest database "not compromised" in data hack

Billionaire Harry Triguboff's hotel and property empire Meriton...

Sydney startup Vow Food creates the world’s first lab-grown meat made from extinct mammoth

Sydney startup Vow Food creates the world’s first lab-grown meat made from extinct mammoth

The creation of a mammoth meatball has triggered global discussion ...

Healius takes ‘misleading’ Australian Clinical Labs proposal to Takeovers Panel

Healius takes ‘misleading’ Australian Clinical Labs proposal to Takeovers Panel

The conditions of a $1.58 billion bid from Australian Clinical Labs...

What the chocolate brands that score best on child labour and the environment have in common

What the chocolate brands that score best on child labour and the environment have in common

What distinguishes a company that makes “good” chocolat...

Origin Energy accepts $18.7 billion deal from Brookfield consortium

Origin Energy accepts $18.7 billion deal from Brookfield consortium

Origin Energy (ASX: ORG) has today accepted an $18.7 billion t...

Gordon Legal and Hayden Stephens and Associates team up to investigate Latitude legal action

Gordon Legal and Hayden Stephens and Associates team up to investigate Latitude legal action

Two Australian law firms have joined forces to investigate the poss...

Latitude reveals nearly 8 million drivers licence numbers were stolen in cyber attack

Latitude reveals nearly 8 million drivers licence numbers were stolen in cyber attack

The fallout from a cyber attack on personal loans firm Latitude (AS...

White Lady Funerals owner knocks back $1.8 billion takeover bid from TPG

White Lady Funerals owner knocks back $1.8 billion takeover bid from TPG

Funeral services provider InvoCare Limited (ASX: IVC) has denied TP...

Shining a spotlight on Australia’s ‘hidden gem’: Deep tech

Shining a spotlight on Australia’s ‘hidden gem’: Deep tech

From the creation of WiFi to the cochlear implant, Australian innov...

Afterpay owner Block Inc shares slammed following savage short seller report

Afterpay owner Block Inc shares slammed following savage short seller report

Shares in NASDAQ-listed Block Inc. (NASDAQ: SQ) - formerly Square -...

Aged care operator Estia Health receives $775m takeover offer from Bain Capital

Aged care operator Estia Health receives $775m takeover offer from Bain Capital

One of Australia’s largest residential aged care providers, E...

Invest Inya Farmer turns a shopping list of farm produce into a new investment class

Invest Inya Farmer turns a shopping list of farm produce into a new investment class

Victorian-based startup Invest Inya Farmer (IIF), armed with $1.1 m...

Board exodus at Nitro software as five directors depart, Potentia takes over

Board exodus at Nitro software as five directors depart, Potentia takes over

A Melbourne-founded software group that took on Adobe in the pdf ma...

How the departure of ‘VC tourists’ has opened the door for committed early-stage investors

How the departure of ‘VC tourists’ has opened the door for committed early-stage investors

After a boom that saw investors of all stripes throw money at buddi...

Struggling WA business puts Brickworks profit under strain

Struggling WA business puts Brickworks profit under strain

A record underlying first half profit for Brickworks (ASX: BKW) has...