Embattled telco Optus closes chapter on legacy mobile scandal as court imposes $100m fine

Embattled telco Optus closes chapter on legacy mobile scandal as court imposes $100m fine

As telco giant Optus faces an emerging scandal involving a deadly triple-zero outage, the Federal Court this week settled a legacy issue with a $100 million fine slapped on...

Symal Group strikes $51m deal for defence contractor Shamrock Civil in biggest acquisition yet

Symal Group strikes $51m deal for defence contractor Shamrock Civil in biggest acquisition yet

Melbourne-based infrastructure group Symal Group (ASX: SYL) is acqu...

Homecorp sells 75pc of $210m Florence Residences in a single weekend as Gold Coast demand runs hot

Homecorp sells 75pc of $210m Florence Residences in a single weekend as Gold Coast demand runs hot

Gold Coast-based developer Homecorp has sold 75 per cent of its $21...

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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Adore Beauty in the eye of the shareholder, IPO beats expectations

Adore Beauty in the eye of the shareholder, IPO beats expectations

Following what Wilson Asset Management dubbed as "one of the...

Border opening delays stymie Qantas earnings by $100m

Border opening delays stymie Qantas earnings by $100m

Qantas Airways (ASX: QAN) CEO Alan Joyce claims ongoing state bor...

Respirator manufacturer CleanSpace passes $500m mark on ASX listing

Respirator manufacturer CleanSpace passes $500m mark on ASX listing

Backed by a board boasting former senior figures from ResMed (ASX...

Casual job opportunities spike in September quarter

Casual job opportunities spike in September quarter

The number of casual job vacancies in Australia rose by nearly 20...

Gaming the board: Crown Resorts shows you just can't bet on 'independent' directors

Gaming the board: Crown Resorts shows you just can't bet on 'independent' directors

What's the difference between an independent and non-independ...

NAB tightens the screws on Smiles Inclusive

NAB tightens the screws on Smiles Inclusive

Smiles Inclusive (ASX: SIL) has been given a slight reprieve on a...

ABS survey shows improved outlook, but Australian businesses are still just hanging on

ABS survey shows improved outlook, but Australian businesses are still just hanging on

The latest survey from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) ...

Brisbane City Council greenlights $450m Toowong project The Aviary

Brisbane City Council greenlights $450m Toowong project The Aviary

Construction is now due to start in 2021 for a transformative pro...

Crown chair Helen Coonan apologises "unreservedly" for company failures

Crown chair Helen Coonan apologises "unreservedly" for company failures

The chairman of Crown Resorts (ASX: CWN) has "unreservedly&q...

MyDeal.com.au is kind of a big deal, enters ASX with a bang

MyDeal.com.au is kind of a big deal, enters ASX with a bang

If there is any sector that symbolises bullish opportunities for ...

Fintech Frollo teams up with BOQ to power Virgin Money's new digital bank

Fintech Frollo teams up with BOQ to power Virgin Money's new digital bank

A new digital bank due for launch later this year at Virgin Money...

Black Hops acquires Brisbane craft brewer Semi-Pro

Black Hops acquires Brisbane craft brewer Semi-Pro

Gold Coast-based craft beer company Black Hops Brewing will settl...

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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 ...

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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

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...

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...

Property

Homecorp sells 75pc of $210m Florence Residences in a single weekend as Gold Coast demand runs hot

Homecorp sells 75pc of $210m Florence Residences in a single weekend as Gold Coast demand runs hot

Gold Coast-based developer Homecorp has sold 75 per cent of its $21...

Charter Hall snaps up Sonic Healthcare's Brisbane pathology hub in $445m sale-and-leaseback deal

Charter Hall snaps up Sonic Healthcare's Brisbane pathology hub in $445m sale-and-leaseback deal

Fund manager Charter Hall Group (ASX: CHC) has acquired Sonic Healt...

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...

Leadership

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...

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...

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Health

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 ...

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...

SUSTAINABILITY & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Young rich lister's Sustainable Concrete Group snaps up majority stake in plastics venture RESIN8

Young rich lister's Sustainable Concrete Group snaps up majority stake in plastics venture RESIN8

Sustainable Concrete Group (SCG), the construction materials platfo...

ReSmart raises $1.1m with early backer Antler doubling down as recycling platform nears breakeven

ReSmart raises $1.1m with early backer Antler doubling down as recycling platform nears breakeven

Sydney-based recycling and reverse logistics platform ReSmart has c...

Amber Electric lands $13.6m ARENA boost to expand V2G trial to 1,000 Australian homes

Amber Electric lands $13.6m ARENA boost to expand V2G trial to 1,000 Australian homes

Energy retailer Amber Electric has secured a $13.6 million top-up f...

Karmo partners with AGL to manage energy giant's EV subscription fleet

Karmo partners with AGL to manage energy giant's EV subscription fleet

Brisbane-based car subscription platform Karmo has partnered with A...

 

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

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 ...

High Court rules against Block Earner, finding crypto yield product was a financial product

High Court rules against Block Earner, finding crypto yield product was a financial product

Sydney-based crypto startup Web3 Ventures, trading as Block Earner,...

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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Marketing

OMG Group sales surge 57pc as matcha craze fuels one of company's strongest months on record

OMG Group sales surge 57pc as matcha craze fuels one of company's strongest months on record

Consumer brands group OMG Group (ASX: OMG) has boosted annual net s...

Zip Co settles trademark dispute with Firstmac, acquiring 'Zip' mark to keep brand name in Australia

Zip Co settles trademark dispute with Firstmac, acquiring 'Zip' mark to keep brand name in Australia

Buy-now-pay-later provider Zip Co Limited (ASX: ZIP) has settled it...

Trust in online content eroding as fake reviews and AI blur the lines, report finds

Trust in online content eroding as fake reviews and AI blur the lines, report finds

More than eight in 10 Australians are worried that fake or manipula...

‘Checkout charity’ requests often backfire, leaving shoppers feeling guilty

‘Checkout charity’ requests often backfire, leaving shoppers feeling guilty

“Would you like to donate $2 to charity today?” If you...

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