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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.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

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.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

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.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

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.

  • By Dominic Price - Contributor
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

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 AI can’t replace: The human skills leaders now back most

The Forbes Australia “Leadership in the Age of AI” panel concluded that using AI to automate mundane tasks creates the capacity – and the responsibility – to elevate a more meaningful, resilient, and inherently human way of leading.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

Meet the Queenslander named a Forbes Power Businesswoman

Amanda Lacaze has been at the helm of ASX-traded Lynas Rare Earths for a decade. The stock shot up 120% over the last year, amid China/U.S. trade tensions. Now, Lacaze is spearheading the capacity, certainty, and speed of the Australian/U.S. rare earth supply chain.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist
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