Australia's home battery installations triple to 221,000 in 2025 as storage goes mainstream

Australia's home battery installations triple to 221,000 in 2025 as storage goes mainstream

The number of solar battery systems installed across Australian homes tripled in 2025, pushing the country's household battery penetration to 4.6 per cent, accordi...

Biome Australia shares surge 17pc as probiotics firm tracks toward record full-year revenue

Biome Australia shares surge 17pc as probiotics firm tracks toward record full-year revenue

Shares in probiotics company Biome Australia (ASX: BIO) surged&nbsp...

Lendlease kicks off $46b joint venture with royal family's Crown Estate to unlock UK housing supply

Lendlease kicks off $46b joint venture with royal family's Crown Estate to unlock UK housing supply

Lendlease Group (ASX: LLC) has kicked off a landmark 50-50 joint ve...

Echo IQ raises $110 million to fuel US expansion and cardiovascular AI pipeline

Echo IQ raises $110 million to fuel US expansion and cardiovascular AI pipeline

Sydney-based medtech Echo IQ Limited (ASX: EIQ) has secured firm co...

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ACCC blocks Coles' planned supermarket and liquor store in Kalgoorlie over competition concerns

ACCC blocks Coles' planned supermarket and liquor store in Kalgoorlie over competition concerns

The competition regulator has knocked back Coles Group's (ASX: ...

Centuria Capital paying $454m for stake in World Square towers at steep discount to replacement

Centuria Capital paying $454m for stake in World Square towers at steep discount to replacement

Centuria Capital Group (ASX: CNI) is paying $454 million for a 50 p...

Euroz Hartleys sells Capital Markets arm to Canadian giant BMO for $145 million

Euroz Hartleys sells Capital Markets arm to Canadian giant BMO for $145 million

Perth-based financial services company Euroz Hartleys Group (ASX: E...

ARN Media offloads Cody Hong Kong for $5.6m as non-core asset clean-up nears finish line

ARN Media offloads Cody Hong Kong for $5.6m as non-core asset clean-up nears finish line

Owner of the KIIS radio network, ARN Media (ASX: A1N), has agreed t...

Southern Launch secures $25m to help scale Australia's sovereign launch infrastructure

Southern Launch secures $25m to help scale Australia's sovereign launch infrastructure

Adelaide-based spaceport operator Southern Launch has raised $25 mi...

Billbergia and Metrics Credit Partners lodge upsized $1.3b twin-tower proposal for Chatswood

Billbergia and Metrics Credit Partners lodge upsized $1.3b twin-tower proposal for Chatswood

Sydney-based developer Billbergia and alternative asset manager Met...

Collins Foods posts record profit as KFC operator clears the decks with Taco Bell exit

Collins Foods posts record profit as KFC operator clears the decks with Taco Bell exit

KFC operator Collins Foods (ASX: CKF) has delivered record full-yea...

Autosports Group flags record order write as EV demand surges past 40pc of customer orders

Autosports Group flags record order write as EV demand surges past 40pc of customer orders

Prestige and luxury automotive retailer Autosports Group (ASX: ASG)...

EPE Oceania lands $3.05m Queensland grant to expand drone manufacturing facility

EPE Oceania lands $3.05m Queensland grant to expand drone manufacturing facility

Brisbane-based veteran-owned defence company EPE Oceania has secure...

Cedar Woods launches $22 million office warehouse project in Melbourne's west

Cedar Woods launches $22 million office warehouse project in Melbourne's west

Perth-based property developer Cedar Woods Properties (ASX: CWP) ha...

Mercer Super hit with $10.3m penalty for failing to report serious member service issues to ASIC

Mercer Super hit with $10.3m penalty for failing to report serious member service issues to ASIC

Mercer Superannuation (Australia) has been ordered to pay $10.3 mil...

Sicona Battery Technologies secures $45m ARENA grant to build silicon anode facility at Port Kembla

Sicona Battery Technologies secures $45m ARENA grant to build silicon anode facility at Port Kembla

Illawarra-based battery technology company Sicona Battery Technolog...

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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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How cost pressures are reshaping risk management for SMEs
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Avia Homes founder Tom Egan’s trailblazing growth shakes up industry norms

Avia Homes founder Tom Egan’s trailblazing growth shakes up industry norms

Listed among the fastest growing builders in Queensland with more t...

Nakie recycles 6 million plastic bottles, plants 700,000 trees through record Black Friday sale

Nakie recycles 6 million plastic bottles, plants 700,000 trees through record Black Friday sale

While Black Friday is a major contributor to landfill waste gl...

How Adriana Oreskov is bridging insurance gaps for AFL and NRL players

How Adriana Oreskov is bridging insurance gaps for AFL and NRL players

Three years after helping former West Coast Eagles player Patrick B...

How Humpty Doo Barramundi went from a couple of ponds to becoming Australia's largest producer

How Humpty Doo Barramundi went from a couple of ponds to becoming Australia's largest producer

On the same land where a rice project had gone into liquidation in ...

Mergers and Acquisitions

Euroz Hartleys sells Capital Markets arm to Canadian giant BMO for $145 million

Euroz Hartleys sells Capital Markets arm to Canadian giant BMO for $145 million

Perth-based financial services company Euroz Hartleys Group (ASX: E...

Fresho snaps up food-tech platform Freshmetrics in its second UK deal this month

Fresho snaps up food-tech platform Freshmetrics in its second UK deal this month

Melbourne-based food wholesale order management platform Fresho has...

Tasmea snaps up energy services provider JPS Group in deal worth up to $75 million

Tasmea snaps up energy services provider JPS Group in deal worth up to $75 million

Industrial services group Tasmea Limited (ASX: TEA) has acquired in...

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Retail

ACCC blocks Coles' planned supermarket and liquor store in Kalgoorlie over competition concerns

ACCC blocks Coles' planned supermarket and liquor store in Kalgoorlie over competition concerns

The competition regulator has knocked back Coles Group's (ASX: ...

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...

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

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Capital Raising & Finance

Echo IQ raises $110 million to fuel US expansion and cardiovascular AI pipeline

Echo IQ raises $110 million to fuel US expansion and cardiovascular AI pipeline

Sydney-based medtech Echo IQ Limited (ASX: EIQ) has secured firm co...

Southern Launch secures $25m to help scale Australia's sovereign launch infrastructure

Southern Launch secures $25m to help scale Australia's sovereign launch infrastructure

Adelaide-based spaceport operator Southern Launch has raised $25 mi...

Sicona Battery Technologies secures $45m ARENA grant to build silicon anode facility at Port Kembla

Sicona Battery Technologies secures $45m ARENA grant to build silicon anode facility at Port Kembla

Illawarra-based battery technology company Sicona Battery Technolog...

Medtech startup Oli backs up $6.5m raise with $2m federal grant to build Sydney manufacturing base

Medtech startup Oli backs up $6.5m raise with $2m federal grant to build Sydney manufacturing base

Sydney-based maternal health technology company Oli has secured $2 ...

Property

Lendlease kicks off $46b joint venture with royal family's Crown Estate to unlock UK housing supply

Lendlease kicks off $46b joint venture with royal family's Crown Estate to unlock UK housing supply

Lendlease Group (ASX: LLC) has kicked off a landmark 50-50 joint ve...

Centuria Capital paying $454m for stake in World Square towers at steep discount to replacement

Centuria Capital paying $454m for stake in World Square towers at steep discount to replacement

Centuria Capital Group (ASX: CNI) is paying $454 million for a 50 p...

Billbergia and Metrics Credit Partners lodge upsized $1.3b twin-tower proposal for Chatswood

Billbergia and Metrics Credit Partners lodge upsized $1.3b twin-tower proposal for Chatswood

Sydney-based developer Billbergia and alternative asset manager Met...

Cedar Woods launches $22 million office warehouse project in Melbourne's west

Cedar Woods launches $22 million office warehouse project in Melbourne's west

Perth-based property developer Cedar Woods Properties (ASX: CWP) ha...

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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Health

Biome Australia shares surge 17pc as probiotics firm tracks toward record full-year revenue

Biome Australia shares surge 17pc as probiotics firm tracks toward record full-year revenue

Shares in probiotics company Biome Australia (ASX: BIO) surged&nbsp...

Echo IQ raises $110 million to fuel US expansion and cardiovascular AI pipeline

Echo IQ raises $110 million to fuel US expansion and cardiovascular AI pipeline

Sydney-based medtech Echo IQ Limited (ASX: EIQ) has secured firm co...

Medtech startup Oli backs up $6.5m raise with $2m federal grant to build Sydney manufacturing base

Medtech startup Oli backs up $6.5m raise with $2m federal grant to build Sydney manufacturing base

Sydney-based maternal health technology company Oli has secured $2 ...

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...

SUSTAINABILITY & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Australia's home battery installations triple to 221,000 in 2025 as storage goes mainstream

Australia's home battery installations triple to 221,000 in 2025 as storage goes mainstream

The number of solar battery systems installed across Australian hom...

Sicona Battery Technologies secures $45m ARENA grant to build silicon anode facility at Port Kembla

Sicona Battery Technologies secures $45m ARENA grant to build silicon anode facility at Port Kembla

Illawarra-based battery technology company Sicona Battery Technolog...

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...

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...

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

Mercer Super hit with $10.3m penalty for failing to report serious member service issues to ASIC

Mercer Super hit with $10.3m penalty for failing to report serious member service issues to ASIC

Mercer Superannuation (Australia) has been ordered to pay $10.3 mil...

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...

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Marketing

ARN Media offloads Cody Hong Kong for $5.6m as non-core asset clean-up nears finish line

ARN Media offloads Cody Hong Kong for $5.6m as non-core asset clean-up nears finish line

Owner of the KIIS radio network, ARN Media (ASX: A1N), has agreed t...

Independent media agencies bank on momentum driving stronger advertising spending in the year ahead

Independent media agencies bank on momentum driving stronger advertising spending in the year ahead

Six in 10 Australian independent media agencies are forecasting fla...

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...

Arts & Culture

Aussies flock to box office in May as digital engagement lures 5.9 million to major features

Aussies flock to box office in May as digital engagement lures 5.9 million to major features

Australians’ love affair with the big screen reignited in May...

Vinyl Group snares its second acquisition this week after scooping up Time Out Australia

Vinyl Group snares its second acquisition this week after scooping up Time Out Australia

Digital media company Vinyl Group (ASX: VNL) has signed an agreemen...

Gold Coast launches search for development partners to deliver Baz Luhrmann-backed Miami Arts Depot

Gold Coast launches search for development partners to deliver Baz Luhrmann-backed Miami Arts Depot

The City of Gold Coast has launched an expression of interest (EOI)...

Adelaide Fringe appoints Canadian arts leader Marc Carnes as new CEO

Adelaide Fringe appoints Canadian arts leader Marc Carnes as new CEO

Adelaide Fringe has appointed Canadian arts and culture executive M...