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Australian Stories

Australian stories

Samsung launches broad Black Friday deals in Australia

Australian shoppers can expect weekly flash sales and partner discounts across Samsung's phones, TVs and appliances throughout November.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • 2 days ago

Supply Chain

Australian exporters can't control disruption. They can control how they respond

Higher freight and tariff shocks in 2026 left Australian exporters exposed, but firms with backup suppliers and connected systems were better placed to absorb them.

By Steve Blough • 7 min read • 4 days ago

Real estate

Reserve Bank rate rise deepens Australia's housing slump

Mortgage repayments are about AUD $600 a month higher for average borrowers after the Reserve Bank lifted rates to 4.85%.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • 4 days ago

Fintech

Your bank statements are now your loan application. Most small business owners don't know it

Real-time checks on deposits, overdrafts and even buy now, pay later debts can mean quicker approvals or a loan rejection for owners.

By Nick Lim • 4 min read • 4 days ago

Sustainability

Canberra to upgrade 16,000 streetlights in smart push

The expansion will bring smart controls to nearly 60% of the capital's 83,000 streetlights, cutting maintenance and energy use for the ACT Government.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 2 days ago

Fintech

A factor rate of 1.20 is not 20 per cent, and small businesses are paying for the confusion

Small firms can face annual borrowing costs of about 73 per cent on a $50,000 loan when a factor rate is misunderstood.

By Nick Lim • 5 min read • 4 days ago

Data Protection

Public Services Increasingly Depend On Stronger, Smarter Networks

Outages, cyberattacks and ageing systems are making reliable digital government harder to deliver for Australians, despite tighter budgets.

By Trevor Boal • 5 min read • 4 days ago

Digital Transformation

Australia AI spending rises but returns lag, report says

Only 21% of Australian organisations say AI is worth more than it costs, even as most spend at least USD $500,000 a year on it.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • 4 days ago

Digital Transformation

Vanuatu signs AUD $10.47 million deal to modernise finance

The overhaul should improve controls and cut paperwork, while giving citizens, suppliers and public servants access to online services across the islands.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • 4 days ago

Data centers

Australia housing approvals point to weaker 2027 outlook

Higher interest rates and falling house prices are expected to squeeze housebuilding through 2027, even as data centre projects lift non-residential approvals.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 4 days ago

Global Stories

Australian stories

Digital Transformation

Australia & New Zealand firms struggle to prove AI ROI

Most companies in Australia and New Zealand still cannot show AI has paid for itself, with 68% saying it has not justified the spend.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 4 days ago

Data Protection

Digital sovereignty in practice: three examples of balancing control with global reach

Enterprises are reworking infrastructure to keep data and traffic under local control while still accessing global cloud and trading networks.

By Matthias Guenther and Ana Maria Ordonez • 5 min read • 4 days ago

Small Business

The surcharge ban didn't remove the cost of card payments. It moved it, and small businesses are carrying it

Small retailers face thinner margins unless card fees fall through to merchant plans, with borrowing power also likely to weaken later.

By Nick Lim • 5 min read • 4 days ago

Digital Transformation

AI isn't the next cloud. Don't let it outgrow IT

With 87% of New Zealand organisations now using AI, firms risk shadow tools, data leaks and fractured controls if IT is sidelined.

By Glen Maguire • 9 min read • 3 days ago

Manufacturing

Allan Tongs wins exclusive Australian deal with d'Albora

Australian buyers can now order the Elite AT43 through d'Albora, after the New Zealand boatbuilder secured its first formal market entry there.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • 4 days ago

Health Technologies

Orion Health appoints Chris Lucas as APAC vice president

He will now oversee sales, services and support across Australia, New Zealand and Asia-Pacific as providers seek better access to patient data.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • 4 days ago

DataCentre infrastructure

Vaisala urges system-level monitoring for AI data centres

Rising AI demand is forcing operators to rethink cooling, commissioning and maintenance as data centres add hundreds more measurement points.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • 3 days ago

Unified Communications

Drumbeat CEO: PR was never broken, just out of reach

Drumbeat CEO Barney Chunn says AI-powered targeting can bring PR within reach of high-growth companies that couldn't previously afford an agency retainer.

By Donovan Jackson • 6 min read • 4 days ago

DevOps

Avocado Consulting buys AI Consulting Group in expansion

The tie-up adds 20 specialists and gives Australian clients a broader AI offer as demand shifts from trials to production and oversight grows harder.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 5 days ago

Stories from Other Regions

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Clean technologies

Australian lender backs Lightyears' $174m solar expansion

The funding will back more than 300 MW of solar and battery projects, including a NZD $100 million lending facility and new sites nationwide.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 5 days ago

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