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- General News, Local Government
- 18/09/2026
- 09:19
Hearings for local government funding inquiry conclude
The House of RepresentativesStanding Committee on Regional Development, Infrastructure and Transport’s inquiry into local government funding and fiscal sustainability has concluded public hearings for the inquiry. Twenty-six public hearings have been held between 5 February 2026 and 17 September 2026, where the Committee heard from 390 witnesses across Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney, Wodonga, Wagga Wagga, Taree, Townsville, Roma, Brisbane, Launceston, Adelaide, Port Lincoln, Perth and Northam. The witnesses included representatives from 187 organisations, including 17 government departments and statutory authorities, 98 local councils, and seven union bodies. The Committee also heard from 38 local government alliances and associations, including the Australian…
- Government Federal, Immigration
- 18/09/2026
- 09:15
Australia needs long-term migration strategy, not short-term politics
A broad alliance of industry, small business, social service, multicultural, regional and migration organisations has called for a National Migration Summit following a week of competing migration announcements from across the political spectrum and yesterday’s National Press Club address by Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke. This week has seen a series of proposals focused on migration numbers, including calls to slash temporary migration and proposals to gut Australia's humanitarian intake. At the same time, some political voices have even suggested they’re ‘tired’ of listening to economists and migration experts. The alliance agrees with Minister Burke that net overseas migration doesn’t…
- Business Company News
- 18/09/2026
- 08:39
How Délidoor scaled to $13-14m with less than $1m raised
Key Facts: For more information, visit www.delidoor.com.au Premium Australian frozen meal business Délidoor was founded by two French dads in 2021 with a focus…
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- Agriculture Farming Rural, Environment
- 18/09/2026
- 08:15
Australia’s $1.5 billion rendering industry sets landmark sustainability agenda
MEDIA RELEASE - 18 Sep 2026 Australian renderers set new sustainability agenda with launch of first industry-wide framework Australia’s rendering and used cooking oil recycling sector has launched the first industry-wideARA Sustainability Framework,establishinga common plan to measure and strengthen performance across some of the most significant environmental and commercial issues facing the industry. Developed by theAustralian Renderers Association(ARA) with KPMG, the Sustainability Framework (the Framework) responds to a rapidly changing operating environment across the many sectors renderingintersectswith, from livestock and food production to resource recovery, energy, renewable fuels,manufacturingand international trade. Changing customer and community expectations, evolving domestic and global marketrequirements,and…
- Hospitality, Travel Tourism
- 18/09/2026
- 08:08
Mortgages, groceries and power bills are up, a five-star week doesn’t have to be: seven nights from $599 for two leads eight luxury holidays
Key Facts: Eight new long-dated luxury hotel and resort offers across Thailand, Bali, Vietnam and the Maldives. Led by seven nights at the five-star Pullman Khao Lak Resort from $599 per room for two. Prices range from $135 per night in Bangkok to five-night all-inclusive Maldives packages with transfers included. All prices are whole-stay, for two adults, in Australian dollars, with travel windows extending into late 2027. TravelPearls charges no membership or platform booking fee. Packages are land-only. Australian travel marketplace TravelPearls has released eight hotel and resort offers across Thailand, Bali, Vietnam and the Maldives, with whole-stay prices in…
- Environment, Political
- 18/09/2026
- 07:38
Climate pollution the missing piece in proposed data centre law
The Climate Council welcomes today’s newly released Federal Government consultation paper on national standards for data centres as the starting point for providing additional clean energy and protecting Australians from escalating climate harms. However, a lack of detail on how significant climate pollution will be prevented remains a missing piece. The Good: Amanda McKenzie, CEO Climate Council said: "Climate Council welcomes the government again confirming that data centres will be required to bring on new renewables and firming to fully offset their demand. This will be mandatory, not voluntary. Strong national standards are critical to protect Australians from data centre…
- Technology Innovation
- 18/09/2026
- 07:20
Elliptic Launches Its Decode Agent to Answer On-Chain Risk Questions and Shows Its Work
Hours of tracing, answered in seconds, with the evidence attached NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Elliptic, the global leader in on-chain risk, today launched Decode, an AI agent built on Elliptic’s intelligence platform. The Decode agent answers natural-language questions about cryptoasset addresses and their exposure in seconds, and returns the evidence behind every answer. Compliance and investigations teams need answers to questions nobody planned for. Getting them out of the data is now a specialist skill, so the questions wait for someone who has it, or go unasked. Meanwhile illicit actors move at machine speed, and agents are starting to sit on both…
- Technology Innovation
- 18/09/2026
- 06:22
Phoenix Education Partners to Acquire Fuel50, Advancing the Future of Workforce Transformation
Acquisition accelerates Fuel50’s capabilities and its reach with enterprise employers, as workforce intelligence becomes central to the AI-enabled workplace PHOENIX–BUSINESS WIRE– Phoenix Education Partners,…
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- Business Finance
- 18/09/2026
- 00:37
Beacon Acquires Haize Labs to Power AI for the Real Economy
Haize Labs leadership will anchor Beacon’s new applied AI research group, accelerating the deployment of AI across the essential businesses Beacon owns TORONTO & SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE-- Beacon Software (Beacon), the first centralized AI holding company, today announced that it has acquired Haize Labs, an AI reliability company that tests and safeguards AI agents for real-world deployment. The Haize Labs team will join Beacon to form its Applied AI Research Group, with co-founder and CEO Leonard Tang joining as VP of AI Research to lead the AI operating system that is deployed across Beacon’s companies. Beacon believes that the fastest…
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