Jeanswest is the latest in a line of Australian retailers that have gone into administration. The list also includes Bardot, Topshop, and Ed Harry. More »    

Good morning! 1. The most anticipated IPO has finally been lodged. Uber filed for its IPO yesterday and will list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol UBER (sounds obvious, but people have been known to excitedly buy the wrong stocks). Uber hasn't f...

The number of employed Australians has now reached pre-COVID levels, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). In its Thursday labour market report, the ABS states the February unemployment rate was 5.8%, or 0.5% lower than January. More »   

Amazon Prime Day 2021 is a huge online shopping event where Amazon Prime Members gain access to thousands of discounted items. The event runs from June 21-22 in Australia. Sales sitewide include technology, beauty, car accessories, fashion, home, kitchen and much m...

New South Wales counted 112 new cases of coronavirus in the community overnight, marking the state's worst single day since the start of the pandemic. More »   

CNN anchor Jake Tapper offered a two-minute take on the Trump administration on Friday after some news organisations were kept out of a press briefing. More »     

Australian Mark McVeigh settled with Rest Super out of court this week after a two-year battle over its climate change strategy. The $57 billion fund publicly committed to a zero carbon footprint by 2050 as a result, as well as making a range of other major pledg...

Australian actor and comedian Celeste Barber has been making headlines for her fundraiser that has made more than $45 million for the NSW Rural Fire Service. More »    

Tesla, GameStop, and AMC ranked in the 10 most-held shares among Australian eToro investors in the second quarter of 2021. The trading platform has revealed Elon Musk's electric vehicle venture was the most-held by domestic traders, many of whom believe in the sect...

Brisbane will host the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, after International Olympic Committee delegates overwhelmingly voted for the city's bid on Wednesday night. More »   

The federal government's decision to halve the number of incoming travellers from 6,070 to 3,035 a week could see 18,000 overseas Australians lose their seats by the end of August. More »   

Australia may soon have another tech unicorn on its hands after Octopus Deploy finalised its first venture capital raise – one of Australia's largest. More »   

Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, who takes home less than 10% of Australia Post CEO Ahmed Fahour $5.6 million pay packet, thinks the boss of the government-owned business is overpaid. More »     

If you're anything like people over the age of 20, you have a photo collection that looks something like this. Because it took so much effort to take them, you chose the moment carefully, so all of those photos are a good bit more special to you than the 6000 stored o...

JCPenney has released a list of 138 stores it will close in the next couple of months because of slowing traffic and sales. The stores represent about 14% of the company's locations, but account for just 5% of its sales. More »     

Thousands of Americans are dying from opioid overdoses, but patients with chronic pain are finding it hard to get medications they need. Recent solutions to the problem have focused on making pain pills tougher to abuse, but research suggests that's not enough. ...

SafetyCulture, an Australian startup, is seeing success with its checklist and incident reporting apps. The company is focused on growth, combining two key platforms into one – and fridges. More »     

Paid vaccination leave would protect vulnerable workers against COVID-19 without making them lose income, a think tank states in a new report. "The leave entitlement would be a simple means of removing a key barrier to getting vaccinated," The McKell Institute argu...

A select list of companies have volunteered to repay the JobKeeper wage subsidies they accrued over 2020, pumping tens of millions of dollars back into government coffers. More »    

Uber Eats is getting some new features in Australia this month. There will be six main features rolled out to 27 cities, including a group ordering option and a section that lets you see what people are ordering from restaurants near you. More »    

The federal government has defended Australia's historic immigration levels after Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe commented on the ties between migrant labour and wages. More »   

Good morning. 1. It's a doughnut day. Victoria recorded no new cases of COVID-19, right as the state leaves its fourth lockdown. Some fairly tough restrictions still apply, of course – including a 25-kilometre travel bubble around the home. More »   

A landmark Senate inquiry has leveled 15 recommendations it hopes will make platform work safer and fairer for those participating in Australia's gig economy. More »   

The live music industry is still struggling as border closures and venue capacity limits hold organisations back from return to pre-COVID-19 business. More »   

Australian borrowers will be given another four months off from making loan repayments to their bank. The Australian Banking Association (ABA) confirmed on Wednesday that borrowers in demonstrable financial difficulty will be able to defer until January. Mor...