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Emma Elsworthy is Climate Editor at Crikey, SmartCompany, and The Mandarin, and writes daily morning newsletter the Worm. Before joining Crikey in 2021, Emma was a breaking news reporter in ABC’s Sydney newsroom, a journalist at BBC Australia, and a journalist in Fairfax Media’s regional network. She was part of a team awarded a Walkley for coverage of the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfire crisis, and won the Australian Press Council prize in 2013.

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What businesses need to know as masks scrapped in Victorian, Queensland workplaces

Both states confirmed they are easing the rules in the coming weeks, in a move that could see workers returning to the office unencumbered by the facial covering.

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Fake London design agency dupes 50 staff members into working for free

More than 50 staff on a commission-only salary were horrified to discover the glamorous design agency they were hired to work at in the UK, and other colleagues, were completely faked.

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Three of the big bets Atlassian’s Mike Cannon-Brookes has made

Tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes made an audacious bid to take over Australia's biggest energy company, so here are three other big bets he's made over the years.

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Sarah Wilson on why business leaders should give their money away

Australian entrepreneur Sarah Wilson has officially handed over her I Quit Sugar empire so she can channel her magnanimous superpowers into another big issue — the climate.

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Little Ripper: The Aussie AI-powered drones providing an ethical shark deterrent

A fleet of small drones are keeping an eye on sharks along Australian coastlines, powered by a world-first AI technology developed at the University of Technology Sydney.

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Will electricity prices go up when Australia’s biggest coal plant closes?

Australia's largest coal-fired power plant will close seven years earlier than expected, prompting fears of an electricity price hike — but how worried should we be?

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Lessons from Lark Distillery: What a board should do when a CEO in crisis steps down

In the aftermath that follows a crisis of this magnitude, was the company's response a masterstroke or a disaster?

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Bunnings’ unusual tactic for deterring shoplifters, according to TikTok

A viral TikTok video has lifted the lid on Bunnings' supposedly unusual strategy for deterring shoplifters.

F45 stripped of patents, loses copycat court case against rival

Fitness behemoth F45 has lost a four-year court battle with a fast-growing rival who was accused of copying its patented workout technology.

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Australian workers trust their boss more than the government, report finds

The record-high trust Australians feel for NGOs, government and media has tumbled, according to the Edelman Trust Barometer 2022, but trust in business remains strong.

Why a new budget airline wants you in budgie smugglers

It's the collaboration you mightn't think would land — a new budget airline has announced a new swimwear line called Bonza Budgies that's as brief as the name sounds.

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Record high petrol prices hitting ‘nearly all businesses’

The climbing cost of fuel coincides with building tensions between Russia and neighbouring Ukraine ahead of what could be an imminent invasion.

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