NZ hydrofoiling start-up Vessev goes global
New Zealand-based marine-tech company Vessev is taking its VS-9 catamaran global, through a partnership with Irish luxury lakeside eco resort, Finn Lough.
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‘Up the power’: Airspeeder’s flying cars get regulatory green light
With new approval for its manned Mk4, Airspeeder has turned flying car racing into a regulated reality, making Australia the launchpad for a new era of aerial motorsport.
Qantas profits soar 28% to $1.6 billion
Australia’s national carrier Qantas has seen statutory profits take off thanks to strong demand across all market segments.
How being stranded in a Thai night market led to this $4.7 million start-up
Australian fintech start-up WAIWIN is tackling Thailand’s payments problem – and is raising $4.7 million to do take it across Southeast Asia.
Qantas fined $90 million for illegally sacking 1,700 ground staff
The national carrier has also paid $120 million into the compensation fund for affected former employees, after it sacked 1,700 ground handling staff during the pandemic.
Go1 founders bank $2.5 million for new MRI start-up
The duo behind education start-up Go1 and investor Gopi Sara teamed up to launch OneMRI, a preventative care company that offers whole-body MRI scans.
RBA holds interest rates at 3.85%: ‘Not the result millions of Australians were hoping for’
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) was expected to slash interest rates by .25 per cent today. Instead, it kept the cash rate steady at 3.85 per cent – despite 31 of 37 economists predicting a rate cut this week.
Millions of Qantas customers’ details hacked in cyber breach
A cyber incident hit one if its contact centres impacting customer data, the airline revealed.
Virgin Australia’s second takeoff: How Bain rebuilt an airline from collapse to $2.5 billion
Bain Capital’s Mike Murphy reveals how the private equity firm transformed the flailing airline, and set it up to re-list on the ASX.
‘Just getting started’: Inside MONDAY founder Jaimee Lupton’s new $150 million Gen Alpha brand
Serial entrepreneur Jaimee Lupton, the brains behind MONDAY haircare (which brought in about $300 million in sales in 2024), has taken aim at Generation Alpha with body-care and fragrance brand DAISE. Now, that’s on track to become a US$100 million (AU$153 million) brand in its first year.