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instant asset write-off

SMEs celebrate proposed $30,000 instant asset write-off increase — but many still don’t know how it works

Australian small-business owners are celebrating the government's proposed boost to the popular instant asset write-off scheme.

IKEA

IKEA Australia rolls out first small-format store, but shoppers won’t be able to take their purchases home

Home-goods giant IKEA has taken the wraps off its first-ever small-format store, which it plans to launch in Warringah Westfield next month.

artificial intelligence

Expert warns artificial intelligence will have a “huge impact” on small businesses — but won’t take your job just yet

An Australian artificial intelligence expert has warned AI will have a “huge impact” on the country’s small-businesse ecosystem.

Amazon

Amazon Australia grows revenue more than 1500% but remains a “small proportion” of the retail market

Amazon Australia has increased its revenues a massive 1500% in the most recent fiscal year, but the company has not yet found profitability.

Shebah-George-McEncroe

Women-only ride-sharing startup Shebah bags $3 million in biggest-ever equity-crowdfunding raise

Australian women-only ride-sharing platform Shebah has broken the record for the most amount raised under Australia's new equity crowdfunding regime.

JobKeeper

“Very rewarding”: Tax office recoups $500 million in revenue from phoenixing crackdown

The ATO has retrieved more than $500 million in taxpayer funds thanks to a four-year-long crackdown on illegal phoenixing.

BlockTexx

‘What we’ve been looking for’: How Australian startup BlockTexx is turning discarded clothes into raw, commodity-level plastic

BlockTexx, launched about 12 months ago, has the lofty goal of solving Australia's (and the world’s) textile waste problem.

supermarket underpayments

Fruit delivery business ordered to backpay driver more than $80,000 after not providing meal breaks

A business who denied an employee daily meal breaks for four years has been ordered to backpay the worker over tens of thousands.

McDonald's

McDonald’s acquires AI startup for $423 million to help personalise the drive-thru

Fast-food stalwart McDonald's is foraying into the world of AI and personalisation through an acquisition of Israeli startup Dynamic Yield.

MongoDB

Co-founder of $8 billion database startup MongoDB on why your customers should be your marketing department

The database industry is set to be worth nearly $100 billion in just a couple of years, and US startup MongoDB is poised to dominate it.

Oh Crap

How this Aussie company is using cornstarch to save millions of dog-poo bags from landfill

While they say you can’t polish a turd, an Aussie company is making sure you can at least dispose of it responsibly and sustainably.

Snap Send Solve

How a broken park swing gave this entrepreneur the idea for council issues reporting platform Snap Send Solve

Snap Send Solve allows anyone to highlight local public infrastructure issues and get the report to the right authorities.

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