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CommBank companion is an AI agent that can complete the income verification and other stages of a borrowing application. The post CommBank to debut AI agent ‘companion’ for business loans appeared first on SmartCompany .
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Sincere questions "deserve to be raised", Small Business Minister Anne Aly told SmartCompany, while defending a contentious federal budget. The post Aly open to “reasonable” CGT discussions as small business concessions come to fore...
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Tasmania’s 2026-27 budget includes no new small business grants, tax relief or startup funding, while industry support funding is reduced. The post Tasmania budget 2026 delivers little for small business and startups appeared first on...
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UNSW's Professor Richard Holden says the CGT reforms would level proportionally high tax rates when selling productive small businesses. The post “Productivity tax”: Economist warns CGT changes punish ambitious SMEs appeared first on...
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An expert says the budget may have given small businesses instant asset write-off certainty, but it has clawed back far more through new taxes on discretionary trusts and capital gains. The post Budget 2026 is a $4.5 billion tax grab...
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LinkedIn has apologised after regular posts were wrongly flagged as “nonconsensual intimate imagery” in a widespread moderation error. The post LinkedIn apologises after ordinary posts flagged as ‘nonconsensual intimate imagery’...
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Manufacturing suffers from an image problem in Australia, often viewed as repetitive, low-tech factory work rather than one of the country’s most innovation-heavy industries. The post Australia’s biggest tech blind spot is manufacturing...
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Chris Boyle founded StandbyU Foundation to help vulnerable Australians stay connected to the people who care most. Here, he shares the inspiration behind the organisation, the role technology plays in human safety and why connection...
StartupDaily ·
Sydney’s Ordermentum has raised $55 million from Five V Capital at a valuation above $150 million, after a Barrenjoey-run global process that also let earlier backers partially exit.
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The federal government needs support from the Greens, which holds the balance of power in the Senate, to pass its contentious budget plans. The post The Greens want stronger tax reform. Labor needs them to pass its budget appeared first...
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Ordermentum, Arkeus and Lume were among the Australian and New Zealand startups that raised more than $81 million this week. The post Three ANZ startups that raised $81 million this week appeared first on SmartCompany .
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The Sydney-founded Mexican food business had ambitious plans to grow in the US, despite fierce competition from established competitors. The post That’s a wrap: Guzman y Gomez pulls out of US market, shuts eight restaurants appeared...
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Australian quantum startups Diraq and PsiQuantum are part of a $2.8 billion US government push into quantum computing and chip manufacturing. The post US government backs Australia’s Diraq and PsiQuantum in $2.8 billion push appeared...
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Google search is getting its biggest shakeup in 25 years, and startups and small businesses may have some cause for concern. The post Neural Notes: Why SMEs should worry about Google’s AI Search overhaul appeared first on SmartCompany .
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Australian-founded quantum companies Diraq and PsiQuantum are among nine recipients of US$2 billion in CHIPS Act letters of intent announced overnight, with US government equity stakes attached to every deal....
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MiAI Law founder Laina Chan says experience gave her the ability to see the real problem she wanted to solve, and the expertise to solve it. The post I built my startup after three decades in law. I couldn’t have done it at 25 appeared...
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Aussies receiving trust income through bucket companies could wind up paying tax rates of 60%, according to early analysis of trust tax changes in the budget.
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PsiQuantum has shifted its $940 million federally-backed Brisbane quantum computer build from the airport precinct to Moreton Bay’s old Petrie paper mill, with groundbreaking now slated for June.
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Nominations for Startup Daily’s 2026 Best in Tech Awards are now open to Australian and New Zealand startups. The post 2026 Best in Tech Awards open to Australia and New Zealand startup talent appeared first on SmartCompany .
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Nominations for Startup Daily's 2026 Best in Tech Awards are now open to Australian and New Zealand startups.
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New research argues its not funding but outdated frameworks and poor commercialisation systems are holding back innovation in Australia.
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Taxpayers receiving trust income through 'bucket' companies could wind up paying tax rates of 60%, according to early analysis of federal budget papers. The post “Seems very unfair”: Accountants react to 60% double-tax twist in trust...
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Chilli brand Bippi has created a real-life Nonna’s house inside LaManna supermarket in Melbourne, and it is everything you'd expect. The post You can now visit Nonna’s house inside a Melbourne supermarket appeared first on SmartCompany .
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FOI documents reveal women-owned businesses accounted for 8.6% of recent grants approved under the now-paused Industry Growth Program.
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Oz Goods Depot has abruptly closed and cancelled all unshipped and unfulfilled orders. The post No orders, no refunds: Discount retailer Oz Goods Depot falls into liquidation owing millions appeared first on SmartCompany .
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Young Australian Business owners are urging the federal government to rethink its controversial capital gains tax plan. We carry the risk”: Young founders take CGT fight directly to Albanese appeared first on SmartCompany .
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Jim Chalmers has been forced onto the defensive by a growing campaign against the proposed capital gains tax changes. The post Treasurer hits back at “misinformation” about controversial tax changes appeared first on SmartCompany .
StartupDaily ·
Google is transforming Search into an AI concierge that answers questions, monitors the web and reduces the need to visit websites directly.
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PepsiCo has selected Australian startups Adiona Tech and X-Centric Sciences for its 2026 APAC Greenhouse Program.
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The free cyber security program for small business has delivered "over 20,000" of its original 50,000 graduate target, according to the Treasury, The post Government involvement in Cyber Wardens coming to an end appeared first on...
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Most people, when their laptop fell to the floor, accepted the damage as inevitable. The post Bootstrapped to global success: How Adina Jacobs’ STM Goods continues to innovate 26 years on appeared first on SmartCompany .
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Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson will call for a blanket 'Small Business Act' and a new Commonwealth definition of 'small business' in a major speech. The post Wilson calls for Small Business Act, blanket business definition in budget reply...
StartupDaily ·
Teen entrepreneur Murphy launched Saltè Swimwear after a serious sports injury left her searching for active swimwear designed for both sport and the beach.
SmartCompany ·
The founder of Frank Green has developed a reusable system for securing pallets that eliminates the need for single-use plastic wrap. The post First he took on plastic water bottles. Now Frank Green’s Benjamin Young wants to end pallet...
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Small businesses are heading into EOFY with a new challenge: preparing for the introduction of Payday Super on July 1 while finalising payroll, tax and super obligations under the current system. The post “It’s going to feel like a...
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ASIC has granted crypto startup Block Earner a credit licence while continuing a High Court fight over its earlier crypto yield product.
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Australian founders under 40 have launched an open letter urging Anthony Albanese to rethink controversial capital gains tax changes announced in the 2026 budget.
StartupDaily ·
Getting a video game “out there” is as much about creative marketing as it is about design.
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Meet Innovation Victoria, the new agency replacing both LaunchVic and Breakthrough Victoria under a major Victorian government shake-up.
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The Industry Growth Program pause comes as startups grapple with broader uncertainty around grants, tax reform and Australia’s evolving innovation strategy. The post Industry Growth Program paused as startup support faces another blow...
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