This Month
Sports stars Sam Kerr, Pat Cummins, Dylan Alcott back tech VC fund
A venture capital firm backed by 100 of Australia’s biggest sports stars has closed its first fund after raising $25 million in three months.
November 2024
This VC for elite athletes is launching its first fund
Street Talk understands Athletic Ventures has already received commitments exceeding $20 million from more than 50 athletes including Matildas star Sam Kerr.
April 2024
This former tennis champ is chasing unicorns and dancing pantless
Dylan Alcott has a dizzying list of achievements from 15 tennis Grand Slams to being Australian of the Year. Now, he’s chasing start-ups and performing with Jason Donovan.
November 2022
Scholarships aim to boost boardroom diversity
One hundred people with disabilities have been awarded scholarships to develop company director skills, as Anthony Albanese urged businesses to hire more people living with disability.
September 2022
Indigenous Australians dominate 2022 cultural power list
Linda Burney heads the annual list of the nation’s 10 most culturally powerful people.
April 2022
Morrison apologises ‘for any offence’ caused by disability comments
Scott Morrison says he has apologised to Australian of the Year Dylan Alcott for telling the mother of a child with autism he was “blessed” not to have children with disabilities.
January 2022
The secret story behind Ash Barty’s primal scream
Ash Barty’s mindset coach Ben Crowe is not surprised the pandemic and lockdowns have made life coaches in greater demand than ever before.
Kyrgios, Kokkinakis through to men’s doubles final
Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis are through to an all-Australian men’s doubles final in the Australian Open.
September 2021
Alcott chugs beer while Djokovic chokes
Dylan Alcott has completed an unprecedented year in wheelchair quad tennis, and Novak Djokovic wins the US crowd but loses a grand slam opportunity.
August 2021
What locked-down Australia can learn from the Paralympics
The country’s biggest overseas Paralympic team is chasing medals in Tokyo as it competes in the most sports since Sydney 2000.
May 2021
Dylan Alcott isn’t here to win grand slams
The wheelchair tennis champion spearheads a little-known burgeoning business empire focused on disability services.
August 2019
Craig Foster's big gamble that paid off
In the past 12 months the former Socceroo's leadership has won almost universal praise and brought him to the attention of the wider community.