This Month
‘No taxi driver likes Uber much’: Uneasy truce in cabs trial
Uber users in Sydney and Melbourne can now get regular taxis on the app. Cabbies see the benefit, but it is an uneasy truce between the transport arch enemies.
- Tess Bennett
Macquarie inks $300m deal to finance EVs for ride-share drivers
Splend, a start-up that leases electric vehicles to Uber drivers, plans to increase its fleet of ride-share vehicles to 10,000 after signing a new debt deal.
- Tess Bennett
November
Cettire suffers from soft trade in luxury goods
CEO Dean Mintz says more of the online luxury platform’s margin has been passed on to consumers in hefty promotions.
- Carrie LaFrenz
- Opinion
- Workplace
Wanted: more bosses on the shop floor
Too many leaders avoid spending time with workers doing the jobs the business depends on. But it can be easy for them to get caught up in the daily crossfire of drama.
- Pilita Clark
- Analysis
- Workplace culture
The new perk tempting employees back to the office
Corporate giants – Salesforce, Uber, Ben & Jerry’s and Google – are all opening their lift doors to dogs. But beware “office zoomies”.
- Flic Everett
October
Angry members brand Tech Council a ‘billionaires lunch club’
The industry association for some of the country’s largest technology firms failed to act on allegations against WiseTech founder Richard White, they say.
- Tess Bennett and Amelia McGuire
September
‘The kingmaker seat’: The former Uber exec tasked with taking on the teals
Returning to Australia after almost a decade as an executive with Uber in Asia, Liberal candidate for Curtin Tom White says the ride-share giant helped shape his free market approach to politics.
- Tom Rabe
- Opinion
- Music festivals
Who decides on the fair price of an Oasis ticket?
Outrage over computer-driven ticket prices to see a legendary band has left music fans and the British government in a muddle.
- Matthew Brooker
- Exclusive
- Cars
Uber jumps straight back into car sharing with global partnership
Two weeks after pulling the pin on the product that let people rent out their cars, Uber has signed an international partnership with US-based operator Turo.
- Paul Smith
Music fans caught in industry’s surge-pricing war
Surge pricing – where ticket prices peak with demand – has been the scourge of the Oasis reunion tour. Can anything be done to stop the rot?
- James Hall
Ex-PwC partner Paul McNab is totally back in business
The collective shrug by the profession appears well in progress. Not least as regards this tax lawyer.
- Myriam Robin
August
Landmark bid for gig worker pay prompts warning of ‘legal chaos’
Transport Workers Union applies to set minimum rates for food delivery workers, truck drivers and couriers just days after government’s laws came into effect.
- David Marin-Guzman
Why this start-up thinks it can succeed where Uber failed
Drive Mate says it has had a 39 per cent increase in vehicles listed to rent on its platform since news broke of Uber’s plan to close its car sharing service.
- Paul Smith
Uber targets car rentals after Carshare failure
Uber has blamed a blow-out in operational costs for the failure of its Carshare service, which will cease business from September 12.
- Paul Smith
‘A lot of risk’: Why CEOs are staying mute on the US election
Many executives hope for a more business-friendly Democrat but remain reluctant to take a public position.
- Brooke Masters, Stephen Foley and Alex Roger
July
- Opinion
- AI
Why Australia needs its own AI large language model
If we are to retain our economic and cultural sovereignty, Australia needs to develop AI that reflects Australian values.
- Anton van den Hengel
Foreign start-ups swarm Australia, ‘buying time’ to show profits
Australia offers a gateway to Asia, a skilled commercial workforce and cultural commonality with the US, but its wealthy customer base is an even bigger prize.
- Nick Bonyhady
Uber cuts prices – but also pay rates for drivers
The company is expected to pull prices back by up to 5 per cent despite rising costs of insurance and fuel.
- Nick Bonyhady
Pharmacies face an ‘Uber’ moment – whether they like it or not
Stephen King, who led a Health Department review into the sector, says antiquated ownership restrictions should be abolished before they do more damage.
- Carrie LaFrenz
June
‘Grandkids won’t learn to drive’: New driverless car push in Australia
Despite the spinning sensors and eerily self-turning steering wheel, self-driving vehicles quickly felt normal in our testing on the streets of San Francisco.
- Nick Bonyhady