Shivaune Field

It will host the Olympics in 2032, has grown in population by 21% over the last decade, and is expecting 41% growth in exports over 7 years. Brissy is booming; here’s why.

VC Niki Scevak started Australia’s leading accelerator in 2011, receiving initial funding from Atlassian founders Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar. These are the 20 most valuable startups to come out of the program in the 13 years since.

When Amazon Prime launched in Australia in 2017 it cost just under $7 a month. This time last year the company hiked its monthly fee to $9.99 – a 42% jump. Come July, watching ad-free content will set Prime Video users back $12.99 each month.

From glory on the golf course, to ownership on the pickleball court. Australian golfer Adam Scott talks to Forbes Australia about co-owning the Gold Coast Glory Major League Pickleball team.

There are 101 ways Canva is different today than it was yesterday. Forbes Australia received an exclusive demo from COO Cliff Obrecht.

Cloud Distillery in Victoria’s Macedon Ranges landed a Double Gold medal for its pink gin at the recent 2024 San Francisco World Spirits Competition. The gin features locally sourced berries and botanicals. James Oldland was in lockdown in the quaint Victorian town of Woodend when he made his very first bottle of gin. “He likes […]

The streaming giant has jacked its ad-free rates by more than 11%. Here’s how much you’ll have to pay moving forward. How much are Netflix prices going up? This week Netflix asked Australian subscribers to pay at least 11% more for its ad-free plans. A premium subscription, which includes unlimited ad-free movies and shows, was […]

Google’s annual I/O conference was held in California this week. Forbes Australia reporter Shivaune Field is in San Francisco and breaks down the biggest announcements.

Dylan Alcott founded employment marketplace theField in 2022 to ‘level the playing field’ for 1 in 6 Aussies with disabilities. On Global Accessibility Awareness Day he talks about the startup’s progress and taking the Innovation Bay stage this week to inspire founders and VCs.

GPT-4 is expanding its capabilities, and adding an o – meaning omni, or ‘all’ – to its name. OpenAI says GPT-4o is a step towards more natural human-computer interaction.