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Australia has begun enforcing a world-first ban blocking under-16s from holding accounts on major social media platforms.

Kicked off: Australia’s social media ban for under-16s is here

The new law ‘delaying’ social media accounts for minors under 16 is now in effect. Ten tech companies are impacted by the first ‘blanket ban’ in the world. Other countries may now follow suit.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

‘Just Say Yes’: How The Iconic’s CMO and Rokt’s AI Chief turn self-doubt into a superpower

Growth happens outside of your comfort zone, leaders from Rokt and The Iconic advised this week. Here’s why you should ‘just say yes’ and balance curiosity with intentionality.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist
Grace Toombs

How this 24-year-old is tackling Australia’s ‘dire’ women’s health gap

Grace Toombs’ own experiences with the Australian health system led to her launching Australia’s first at-home cervical screening test kit. Now, part of Startmate’s accelerator program, she’s looking to raise more capital to revolutionise all aspects of women’s healthcare. 

  • By Anastasia Santoreneos
  • Journalist & List Editor

How two grads built a $2 million fund for student startups – and there’s more to come

Mitchell Hughes and Jerry X’Lingson launched NextGen Ventures in late 2024 to invest in student founders. Backed by Blackbird’s Niki Scevak and dozens more LPs, NextGen is on a mission to make Australia the best place to build.   

  • By Anastasia Santoreneos
  • Journalist & List Editor

Asides

The hidden mental health crisis behind ‘I’m Fine’ – and who’s fixing it

Acknowledging what we feel is one of the simplest and most powerful acts in mental well-being. Still, many high performers bypass that step, believing silence equals strength. This coaltion is working to do something about it.

  • By Cheryl Robinson

From Break-Up to Breakthrough: Women aged 45-65 are reframing divorce

As women live into their eighties and nineties, a divorce at 50 is not an ending and it certainly isn’t a decline. It is the beginning of a multi-decade second act.

  • By Avivah Wittenberg-Cox

What Australia’s wealthiest are doing with their money

Australia’s high-net-worth population is growing – fast – and the wealthiest of those saw their portfolios rise across 2025 despite episodes of volatility, a new LGT Wealth Management Report shows.

  • By Anastasia Santoreneos
  • Journalist & List Editor

The Australian influencer couple seeking 7-figure cheque to turn AI ‘pink’

High-school-sweethearts-turned-startup-founders Scarlett Frazer and Iestyn Thomas are headed to Silicon Valley to raise funds in a bid to prove the future of AI is feminine.

  • By Anastasia Santoreneos
  • Journalist & List Editor

To infinity and beyond: The Mowbray siblings assembled a billion-dollar fortune from cheap toys. Can they create something grander?

Nick Mowbray is working from home, a 12-bedroom mansion in Coatesville, New Zealand. It’s the former abode of cyber-renegade Kim Dotcom, and it’s here that Dotcom was arrested by heavily armed police in 2012.

  • By Noah Kirsch

The $220 billion mind gap: Meet the startup founder tackling entrepreneurial burnout

Founder-turned-psychologist Byron McCaughey is reframing how Australia’s entrepreneurs think about success with Sublime Studio, a membership for mental fitness.

  • By Anastasia Santoreneos
  • Journalist & List Editor
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