Airtasker
How much would you pay to avoid a queue? For Simone that was $300
A growing number of Sydneysiders are paying gig workers to line up for them to score an Instagram famous pastry or be first in line for a rental.
- by Amber Schultz
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$173 to assemble furniture: Why AirTasker prices are skyrocketing for simple jobs
Time-poor people are offering up to $400 for tasks such as decorating a kid’s birthday party, removing a spider, standing in queues and taking out rubbish bins, amid surging prices for gig economy jobs.
- by Andrew Taylor
$150 to queue for hours: Australians pay cash to avoid passport lines
Desperate Australians are turning to online marketplaces to avoid lengthy passport queues.
- by Jessica Yun
‘It wasn’t very consultative!’ Airtasker CEO Tim Fung’s big mistake
The businessman discusses errors made in scaling up Airtasker, opportunities for job creation in Australia, and the deaths that changed how he approaches life.
- by Benjamin Law
Airtasker wants access to users’ vaccination status to push through pandemic
Gig economy startup Airtasker is keen to introduce COVID jab badges for people dealing with each other through its platform, and wants to know from the government who is vaccinated.
- by Cara Waters
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City life
New partner in the Frydenberg family
The wife of the Treasurer is celebrating a major work promotion.
- by Stephen Brook and Samantha Hutchinson
Airtasker bets on acquisition that failed Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore
Gig economy start-up Airtasker is betting that its US expansion plans can succeed with the acquisition of a startup that failed celebrity backers like Ashton Kutcher.
- by Colin Kruger
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Start-ups
Airtasker’s global expansion could be hit by Airbnb trademark stoush
Tech giant Airbnb is battling gig economy startup Airtasker in a trademark stoush in Europe that could impact Airtasker’s ambitions for expansion in the region.
- by Cara Waters
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