“Girls’ education is the closest thing we have to a silver bullet to help solve some of the world’s most difficult problems,” says social entrepreneur Safeena Husain. In a visionary talk, she shares her plan to enrol a staggering 1.6 million girls in school over the next five years — combining advanced analytics with door-to-door…
Actor Audrey Hepburn once said that ‘to plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow’. The same could be said about startups. In a lot of ways, the willingness for individuals to embark on the startup journey – whether it be as founders, team members or investors – is a willingness to believe in tomorrow.…
Shayher Group has picked up two campus-style office buildings in Sydney’s inner west less than a month after its near-$100 million acquisition of the historic Bulimba Barracks site in Brisbane. The Taiwanese-backed developer secured the two buildings at 2-6 Cavill Avenue in Ashfield from Greg Shand’s Barana Group for $63.6 million on a 5.56 per cent yield.…
Investment momentum in Australian retail has picked up in the second quarter of 2019 with sales of $1.07 billion, reflecting an increase of 63% on the $653 million recorded in the first quarter of 2019. However, this quarter signifies a 54% decline in transaction volumes compared to Q2 2018, which recorded $2.3 billion of retail…
Locations have been announced for the first of seven new railway stations to be built on the Gold Coast line — to cope with a rapidly growing population. The first three stations will be built by 2024 and be delivered through the funding allocated to Brisbane’s $5.4 billion Cross River Rail project, however pricing for…
There has been increasing talk of a burgeoning recession, whether because of a historically rare decade-long economic expansion or recent reports of an inverted yield curve, which is traditionally an indication of a downturn. Any recession is hard, but it can be particularly devastating for entrepreneurs, who often have more to lose. Not only does an economic ebb add to the uncertainty of…
The Beach Hotel in Byron Bay will hit the market with expectations of a $100 million-plus sale. Melbourne-based Impact Investment Group, which purchased the hotel for $70 million in 2017, will sell Byron Bay’s Beach Hotel in conjunction with long-time Byron residents and operators the van Haandel family. It’s the second time the hotel is on…
Demand for mortgages is starting to rise reveals the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures. Up to $26.5 billion worth of housing finance commitments were made in July this year, marking the second consecutive month of increases. ABS chief economist Bruce Hockman said growth in new lending commitments to households in July was the strongest…
There’s no getting around the fact that it has been a busy few years for the disability sector. First, the NDIS rollout, then the Quality and Safeguards Commission comes along, and now a Royal Commission! It’s all very stressful. But while we’re all busy pulling our hair out, it is easy to forget that we…
