NSW cracks down on real estate underquoting with fivefold increase in penalties passed into law

NSW cracks down on real estate underquoting with fivefold increase in penalties passed into law

The NSW Government has passed legislation that increases maximum penalties for real estate underquoting fivefold, from $22,000 to $110,000, as part of a sweeping overhaul o...

Loam Bio appoints US-based ag-tech veteran Rob Hranac as CEO in global scaling push

Loam Bio appoints US-based ag-tech veteran Rob Hranac as CEO in global scaling push

Orange-based agricultural biotechnology company Loam Bio has appoin...

Baby Bunting cuts profit guidance as rate hikes and softer spending bite in fourth quarter

Baby Bunting cuts profit guidance as rate hikes and softer spending bite in fourth quarter

Baby goods retailer Baby Bunting (ASX: BBN) has downgraded its full...

Lowes Petroleum boosts regional infrastructure arm with buyout of Tamworth engineering firm EMP

Lowes Petroleum boosts regional infrastructure arm with buyout of Tamworth engineering firm EMP

Regional fuel distributor Lowes Petroleum has acquired Tamworth-bas...

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Macquarie Capital invests in automated systems and AI integrator xAmplify

Macquarie Capital invests in automated systems and AI integrator xAmplify

Automation systems and AI integrator xAmplify has received a "...

Shearwater Capital founding partners to retire from WiseTech board

Shearwater Capital founding partners to retire from WiseTech board

Two Shearwater Capital founding partners are set to exit the board ...

‘Launching a movement’: Little Green Panda in transformative deal with Canada’s Eight Ounce Coffee

‘Launching a movement’: Little Green Panda in transformative deal with Canada’s Eight Ounce Coffee

Melbourne-based sustainable packaging company Little Green Panda ha...

Lithium Universe tackling solar panel waste crisis with breakthrough tech from Macquarie University

Lithium Universe tackling solar panel waste crisis with breakthrough tech from Macquarie University

Perth-based lithium technology group Lithium Universe (ASX: LU7) is...

"Totally new category of food": Cultured meat startup Vow approved for sales in Australia, NZ

"Totally new category of food": Cultured meat startup Vow approved for sales in Australia, NZ

Cell-cultured meat will now be allowed for sale in Australia and Ne...

Medibank to support patients using Emyria’s innovative PTSD treatment at Perth Clinic

Medibank to support patients using Emyria’s innovative PTSD treatment at Perth Clinic

Alternative drug developer and clinical services company Emyria (AS...

Sally-Ann Williams to depart deep tech incubator Cicada Innovations

Sally-Ann Williams to depart deep tech incubator Cicada Innovations

Cicada Innovations CEO Sally-Ann Williams will step down from the r...

Optus Mobile agrees to $100m fine for taking advantage of vulnerable consumers

Optus Mobile agrees to $100m fine for taking advantage of vulnerable consumers

Optus Mobile faces a $100 million penalty after the Singapore-owned...

Canva acquires visual communications platform MagicBrief to extend its enterprise reach

Canva acquires visual communications platform MagicBrief to extend its enterprise reach

Canva has moved to boost the offering of its widely used visual com...

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Entrepreneurship

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 ...

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

Lowes Petroleum boosts regional infrastructure arm with buyout of Tamworth engineering firm EMP

Lowes Petroleum boosts regional infrastructure arm with buyout of Tamworth engineering firm EMP

Regional fuel distributor Lowes Petroleum has acquired Tamworth-bas...

Credit Corp abandons $385m Humm Group takeover bid, bringing seven-month battle to a close

Credit Corp abandons $385m Humm Group takeover bid, bringing seven-month battle to a close

Debt collections  group Credit Corp (ASX: CCP) has walked away...

Scaffolding group Acrow raises $70m to fund twin deals in industrial and construction services

Scaffolding group Acrow raises $70m to fund twin deals in industrial and construction services

Sydney-based scaffolding and formwork group Acrow Limited (ASX: ACF...

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Retail

Baby Bunting cuts profit guidance as rate hikes and softer spending bite in fourth quarter

Baby Bunting cuts profit guidance as rate hikes and softer spending bite in fourth quarter

Baby goods retailer Baby Bunting (ASX: BBN) has downgraded its full...

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 ...

Opinion

The fluency trap: managing the most insidious risk in the AI era

The fluency trap: managing the most insidious risk in the AI era

In July last year, Deloitte Australia handed the federal government...

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...

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CAPITAL RAISING & FINANCE

Women’s health platform Ovum triples valuation to $18m in a year after $4m seed round

Women’s health platform Ovum triples valuation to $18m in a year after $4m seed round

Australian women’s health startup Ovum has backed up a $1.7 m...

SavvyWise valuation hits $27.5m as accountants back AI tax platform’s $1.56m crowdfunding raise

SavvyWise valuation hits $27.5m as accountants back AI tax platform’s $1.56m crowdfunding raise

Perth-based AI tax research platform SavvyWise has closed a $1.56 m...

Clinical-stage biotech Racura Oncology raises $34.3m to fully fund three cancer drug trials

Clinical-stage biotech Racura Oncology raises $34.3m to fully fund three cancer drug trials

Clinical-stage biotechnology company Racura Oncology (ASX: RAC) has...

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...

Leadership

Loam Bio appoints US-based ag-tech veteran Rob Hranac as CEO in global scaling push

Loam Bio appoints US-based ag-tech veteran Rob Hranac as CEO in global scaling push

Orange-based agricultural biotechnology company Loam Bio has appoin...

Former Star Entertainment CEO Matt Bekier hit with six-year ban and $700,000 penalty for breaches

Former Star Entertainment CEO Matt Bekier hit with six-year ban and $700,000 penalty for breaches

The Federal Court has disqualified former Star Entertainment Group ...

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...

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Property

Centuria boosts Melbourne industrial portfolio by $37m

Centuria boosts Melbourne industrial portfolio by $37m

Centuria Industrial REIT (ASX: CIP) has made its first acquisiti...

Bob Peters' fund takes 30 per cent stake in The Agency

Bob Peters' fund takes 30 per cent stake in The Agency

Fast-growing property company The Agency (ASX: AU1) has significa...

Primewest secures Melbourne Square for $70m as a 'daily needs' asset

Primewest secures Melbourne Square for $70m as a 'daily needs' asset

Property investment group Primewest (ASX: PWG) is beefing up its...

Property funds splash half a billion on Bunnings and cold storage properties

Property funds splash half a billion on Bunnings and cold storage properties

More than $500 million worth of retail and industrial properties ...

Health

Women’s health platform Ovum triples valuation to $18m in a year after $4m seed round

Women’s health platform Ovum triples valuation to $18m in a year after $4m seed round

Australian women’s health startup Ovum has backed up a $1.7 m...

Clinical-stage biotech Racura Oncology raises $34.3m to fully fund three cancer drug trials

Clinical-stage biotech Racura Oncology raises $34.3m to fully fund three cancer drug trials

Clinical-stage biotechnology company Racura Oncology (ASX: RAC) has...

Biotech Memphasys secures supply deal with Monash IVF for Felix sperm selection system

Biotech Memphasys secures supply deal with Monash IVF for Felix sperm selection system

Sydney-based reproductive biotech Memphasys (ASX: MEM) has secured ...

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 ...

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

SkyCity strikes $21m deal with South Australia to settle Adelaide Casino regulatory failings

SkyCity strikes $21m deal with South Australia to settle Adelaide Casino regulatory failings

Auckland-headquartered casino operator SkyCity Entertainment Group ...

ASIC seeks $35m penalty after HSBC admits to systemic scam-protection failures

ASIC seeks $35m penalty after HSBC admits to systemic scam-protection failures

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is seek...

Former Star Entertainment CEO Matt Bekier hit with six-year ban and $700,000 penalty for breaches

Former Star Entertainment CEO Matt Bekier hit with six-year ban and $700,000 penalty for breaches

The Federal Court has disqualified former Star Entertainment Group ...

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