Sydney's startup ecosystem is valued at $55 billion in the 2025 Global Startup Ecosystem Rankings. Melbourne is a third of that, at $18 billion.

What if we’re wrong about the productivity ‘crisis’?

Opinion: As politicians and economists search for answers to Australia’s productivity woes, Lauren Ryder argues the real problem may be how we measure work in a modern economy. Every few months, a new set of productivity figures lands and the political handwringing begins. We are told that GDP per-hour-worked has flatlined and that multifactor productivity is declining. […]

LinkedIn has declared war on AI slop

Opinion: Many of us have grown wary of AI-generated content and polished corporate sameness, argues Carlii Lyon. It’s time to welcome the return of human individuality online In a recent blog post, LinkedIn announced a crackdown on AI slop, after complaints that the platform was becoming more of a social media hub for bots than humans. Advanced, […]