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David Adams is a senior business journalist at SmartCompany. He is interested in the challenges and opportunities facing Australian businesses, along with the influences of technology, culture, and a changing climate. Before SmartCompany, David served as a reporter for Business Insider Australia. You can find him on Twitter at @DavidAdams_AU.

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Fake Hog’s Breath Cafe Instagram account confuses diners, draws new attention to small business protections online

A strange Instagram account posing as the Hog's Breath Cafe in Orange is now offline, but not after drawing social media's attention.

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Flooded businesses file average insurance claim of $71,000, peak body says, as insured losses grow to $5.1 billion

The devastating floods which afflicted northern New South Wales and southeast Queensland in February and March this year have officially become the second-costliest weather event in Australian insurance history.

F45 to cut 110 staff worldwide, lose Australian CEO and co-founder after brutal earnings update

The cuts come as the Australian-born fitness giant drastically downgrades its growth forecasts and revenue projections due to "macroeconomic uncertainty".

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Chalmers’ gloomy economic update proves need for action on skills and productivity, industry groups say

Australian industry groups have urged the federal government to ramp up efforts to boost productivity after Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivered a bruising update to the nation's economic outlook.

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Tech layoffs continue as Aussie Web3 unicorn Immutable cuts staff, just months after its $3.5 billion valuation

Australian Web3 outfit Immutable has confirmed a number of layoffs from its team, just four months after securing a $280 million funding round which brought its valuation to $3.5 billion.

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Builders call for support as housing costs rise 9%, while Jim Chalmers prepares to dampen economic expectations

The federal government should keep the Australian Building and Construction Commission in place and compensate building contractors for projects which skyrocket in price, construction industry organisations say.

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The annual inflation rate is now 6.1%, as the cost of everyday essentials hits businesses and households

The cost of housing, fuel, and furnishings all drove inflationary pressures, the Australian Bureau of Statistics says.

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Labor claims Coalition left Australia’s business registry project $1 billion over budget

An unexpected billion-dollar increase to the cost of modernising Australia's business registry system will heap pressure on the new Labor government, Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones says, foreshadowing tough budget cuts in the months to come.

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Human books $10.15 million for new approach to chronic illness care, secures largest-ever funding round for Australian female founding team

Australian health tech startup Human has successfully closed a $10.15 million seed funding round, pledging to use the investment to change the way patients, doctors, and researchers navigate chronic health conditions.

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As Parliament resumes, $1.55 billion in SME tech and training offsets remain in legislative limbo

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has outlined his legislative agenda as Parliament resumes, without mentioning a massive tax offset scheme.

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Delivr, an Australian challenger to Uber Eats and Deliveroo in regional Victoria, has collapsed into liquidation

Delivr, a Ballarat-based competitor to platforms like Uber Eats and Deliveroo, has collapsed into liquidation.

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Cash-in-hand leniency is well and truly over, ATO says, after receiving 43,000 ‘shadow economy’ tip-offs

The ATO has unveiled new data on its 'shadow economy' enforcement activities, as it cracks down on unregulated transactions estimated to keep $11 billion from the taxpayer each year.

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