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It used to take hours to create a high-quality podcast. NotebookLM can do it in around 5 minutes with eerily accurate and conversational results.

Australia’s richest person joined Trump and Elon Musk at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida on election night. Rinehart calls the US border a ‘nightmare’ and says Trump will make the US safer.

As the dust settles on the US election and the world prepares for Trump to take the Oval Office in January, economists weigh in on how the Australian economy may be impacted.

Donald Trump swept battleground states in the 2024 election. Ballot counting in Maricopa County – the epicentre of election denialism in 2020 – is still underway, though Trump has already claimed victory. Forbes Australia is on the ground in Scottsdale talking to voters about what matters to them.

The Australian inventions were named in Time’s Best Inventions of 2024 list, alongside a transparent TV, goggle-free immersion, and bird-identifying binoculars.

Sydney-founded Canva — the world’s largest design company expected to IPO imminently — is now valued at $49 billion. The company was valued at $38.5 billion last year down from its high of $54.5 billion in 2021.

She won the hearts of Australians in the FIFA 2023 Women’s World Cup. Queensland-born superstar Mary Fowler played her first game for the Matildas at just 15. Off-the-pitch, the now 21-year-old changed how she approaches the game and is happier and more successful than ever.

Funding for female founders rose from 11% of deals in Q2 to 13% in Q3. But its still down significantly from 2023. Techstars managing director Kirstin Hunter and Flying Fox Ventures’ Rachael Neumann say companies founded by women are not getting the resources they need to be successful.

Musk is returning to his old stomping ground of LA to lift the lid on Tesla’s Cybercab. In true Hollywood style, the reveal is happening on the Warner Brothers lot in Burbank.

Sarah Walsh is now spearheading Football Australia’s 2026 AFC Women’s Asian Cup, and driving the Matildas’ success from the off-field.