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Australian Stories

Australian stories

ACTU calls for AI rules after OpenAI agent hits Medicare

The breach has intensified calls for mandatory licensing and faster incident reporting as unions warn advanced AI could undermine essential public services.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Payment Technologies

EatClub launches Caviar Reserve dining credit scheme

The membership aims to draw spending back into hospitality as banks trim card perks and Australia's interchange fee cap falls.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Multi-factor authentication

Australian firms lag on passkeys as AI phishing rises

Australian firms remain exposed as 43% reported AI-driven phishing attacks in the past year, while many staff still log in with passwords.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Data centers

TBH adds three senior staff as Queensland projects grow

Rising infrastructure work in Queensland has prompted the consultancy to expand its Brisbane team to more than 24 staff since 2021.

By Raphael Veloso • 3 min read • Yesterday

Customer Experience

Australian retailers face a peak-season balancing act as rate pressures, consumer caution and supply chain costs collide

Higher borrowing costs and cautious shoppers are forcing retailers to protect margins, avoid markdowns and get stock to the right place.

By Darren O'Connor • 3 min read • 3 days ago

Insurance

Compare Club buys One Big Switch in household bills push

The deal gives the combined group access to about five million members as households look for simpler ways to cut energy and insurance bills.

By Raphael Veloso • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Digital Transformation

Australia's reporting crunch exposes finance's data gaps

Rising scrutiny of Australian accounts is exposing patchy data controls, after ASIC issued a record AUD $350 million in civil penalties.

By Mike Goldsworthy • 5 min read • 3 days ago

Generative AI

GravityLab launches AI assistant for DonateLife Victoria

The tool could save staff an hour or two per organ donation case by surfacing verified answers from internal documents in seconds.

By Raphael Veloso • 3 min read • 3 days ago

Real estate

Small Australian firms lag larger rivals in hiring plans

Only 30% of firms with one to 19 staff plan to recruit in the next year, highlighting a widening gap with bigger employers.

By Raphael Veloso • 3 min read • 3 days ago

Manufacturing

Staffbase & Cornerstone bring AI learning to frontline staff

Australian frontline workers can now get mandatory training in the Staffbase app, helping employers close a long-standing learning gap.

By Raphael Veloso • 3 min read • 3 days ago

Global Stories

Australian stories

Identity and Access Management

Most firms run AI agents without proper security tools

Most enterprises are deploying AI agents in production without dedicated security controls, leaving a 40-to-1 gap between adoption and readiness.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Yesterday

Risk & Compliance

BrightHR links with Xero Payroll to cut SME errors

Manual payroll checks are a growing liability for Australian SMEs, with the new link meant to reduce underpayments, audits and back-pay orders.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Software-as-a-Service

How Harvey AI's next generation deals with Canadian data

Canadian law firms can keep client files walled off, while choosing data storage and processing become key topic for AI in law.

By Jake MacAndrew • 4 min read • Yesterday

Software Defined Wide Area Network

Orange Business & Aviatrix expand Asia-Pacific tie-up

Enterprises in Singapore, Australia and New Zealand will gain a single service to manage AI-era cloud networks across multiple platforms.

By Raphael Veloso • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Manufacturing

Infor says Australian firms lead Asia-Pacific AI adoption

Australian enterprises have emerged as the region's most mature AI users, with 42% already at full-scale deployment, according to Infor research.

By Raphael Veloso • 4 min read • 2 days ago

Digital Transformation

Hyperlayer joins Asia Pacific fintech lab as finalist

The Hong Kong firm will gain access to major banks and insurers as it seeks customers wary of costly core-system overhauls.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • 2 days ago

Manufacturing

AI, data analytics driving FPT's strong APAC growth

Enterprises across APAC are moving from AI trials to deployment, boosting demand for FPT's data-led transformation services.

By David Shilovsky • 6 min read • 3 days ago

Stories from Other Regions

Australian stories

Data Protection

India leads in passkeys, but phishing & deepfakes rise

Despite leading on passkeys and MFA, Indian firms still face widespread AI phishing and deepfake scams that are undermining daily security practice.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Yesterday

Surgery

Weight loss GLP-1 jabs like Ozempic and unapproved peptides pose 'serious' surgery risk, doctors warn

Patients using weight loss jabs or unapproved peptides face a much higher chance of dangerous regurgitation or aspiration under anaesthetic, doctors say.

By Stephanie Dalzell and Paige Cockburn • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Visa

Health NZ chases $70m in unpaid health bills from tourists and migrants

At least a quarter of the debt is unlikely to be recovered, as Health NZ relies on overseas collection efforts and annual write-offs.

By Gill Bonnett • 6 min read • 3 days ago

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