Slower, Deeper, Wilder: How travel changed for Aussies in 2025
If 2025 taught us anything, it’s that Australians no longer travel to tick boxes. We are travelling to reconnect with place, with people, and with how travel makes us feel.
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The best business reads of 2025 (plus bonus books from Bill Gates)
These 8 must-read publications made a splash in 2025 and are highly recommended reads for you to upskill over the summer break.
Hamilton Island changes hands from the billionaire Oatley family to Blackstone
The late Bob Oatley purchased Hamilton Island in 2003. Twenty-two years later, the Oatley family have sold the largest island in the Whitsundays archipelago in a deal said to be worth $1.2 billion. It spans 2,800 acres in the Great Barrier Reef, has five hotels, 20 restaurants, a dedicated marina and a commercial airport. ‘Hamo,’ […]
The problem with the ‘highest paid person’s opinion’ and leaders being the ‘smartest person in the room’
Ben Dawson believes the best ideas are held by other people and has developed a strategy to get them comfortable enough to speak up. It forms a part of what he calls vulnerable leadership, which he says is now more important than ever.
PE Nation founder Pip Edwards on hiding metres away from the Bondi gunmen
As the world mourns the horrific terrorist attack targeting the Jewish community in Bondi, an Australian entrepreneur shares her experience hiding underneath a vehicle just metres away from the shooters.
Why perspective, not perception, is key in a world of AI
We’re obsessed with perception—how AI makes us look and what it signals to the market, writes work futurist Dominic Price. What we need is perspective and a sense of how AI actually changes value.
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.
‘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.
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.
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.