Jared Lynch

Jared LynchTechnology Editor

Jared Lynch is The Australian’s Technology Editor, with a career spanning two decades. Jared is based in Melbourne and has extensive experience in markets, start-ups, media and corporate affairs. His work has gained recognition as a finalist in the Walkley and Quill awards. Previously, he worked at The Australian Financial Review, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

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healthcareCompanies

Portrait of a young nurse standing in a hospital

Private hospitals pivot to elderly

The main revenue driver for private hospitals, elective surgeries, has been banned again prompting operators to open door to elderly.

Jared Lynch

HealthcareCompanies

Dr Damien Foong during surgery.Photo: Claudia Baxter / The Queensland Times

Surgery restrictions put pressure back on private health

Victoria’s first surgery bans were designed to save PPE. The last round is designed to protect workers, private hospitals say.

Jared Lynch

FormulaCompanies

June 20, 2020, Jennifer Hawkins with her daughter, posted on instagram. https://www.instagram.com/jenhawkins_/

Bubs recruits Hawkins as China sales soar

Bubs has unveiled a new weapon to promote its products as it breaks into vitamins and supplements, and as China sales soar.

Jared Lynch

EXCLUSIVEFinancial Services

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 17: Australian Finance Minister Mathias Cormann at Parliament House on June 17, 2020 in Canberra, Australia. Three Victorian Labor MPs have resigned amid corruption and branch stacking allegations following an investigation by The Age newspaper and 60 minutes which aired on Sunday night. (Photo by Sam Mooy/Getty Images)

Cormann ignored Greensill pay pitch

Lex Greensill’s efforts to tap into wages on demand for 150,000 public servants were not Mathias Cormann’s ‘cup of tea’.

Nick Evans and Jared Lynch

AgribusinessCompanies

20/11/2018: CEO Jayne Hrdlicka & Chairman David Hearn at the a2 Milk AGM in Melbourne. Stuart McEvoy/The Australian.

Citi backs A2 Milk’s APAC boss for next CEO

A2 Milk is currently running an extensive search for its next CEO but it could already have the ideal candidate.

Jared Lynch

Aged careCompanies

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 24: A general view of the Estia Health aged care facility in Ardeer on July 24, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Estia Health in Ardeer has a reported 67 confirmed Covid-19 cases. Face masks or face coverings are now mandatory for anyone leaving their homes in the Melbourne metropolitan area or the Mitchell Shire. The new rule into effect on Thursday 23 July, and anyone failing to wear a mask in public can receive a $200 fine. Metropolitan Melbourne and the Mitchell shire remain in lockdown due to the rise in COVID-19 cases through community transmissions, with residents in lockdown areas under stay at home orders until 19 August. People are only able to leave home have for exercise or work, to buy essential items including food or to access childcare and healthcare. (Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)

Nursing home outbreaks risk Estia funding

COVID-19 outbreaks at two of Estia’s nursing homes in Melbourne risk costing it its commonwealth subsidies.

Jared Lynch

WinemakingCompanies

Story for Wine Guide "Wine Uncorked" in the Riverina Area. Louise Crook at McWilliams winery.

McWilliam’s takeover gets green light

McWilliam’s Wines creditors unanimously voted in favour of a private equity takeover but the meeting wasn’t drama-free.

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MotoringEconomics

(FILES) This file photo taken on August 7, 2017 shows a hose for an emission test fixed in the exhaust pipe of a Volkswagen Golf 2,0 litre diesel car at the Technical Inspection Agency in Ludwigsburg, southwestern Germany. - German car giant Volkswagen said on February 14, 2020 it had offered 830 million euros ($900 million) to settle a mass lawsuit from German customers over its "dieselgate" emissions cheating scandal. But the proposed settlement with consumer group VZBV, representing 400,000 plaintiffs in a first-of-its-kind grouped proceeding, "failed" because of "disproportionate" pay demands from the VZBV's lawyers, a VW spokesman added. (Photo by THOMAS KIENZLE / AFP)

Euro 6-based code pushes greener cars

The motor industry has announced a new voluntary code designed to bring Australia into line with tougher ‘Euro 6’ emissions rules.

Jared Lynch

GAMINGCompanies

31/10/2018 Healthscope Chairman Paula Dwyer at the company AGM in Melbourne.Picture : David Geraghty / The Australian.

Digital demand as Tabcorp chair, CEO depart

As Tabcorp comes under pressure from upstart online rivals, a major investor says what the company needs to look for in a new CEO.

Jared Lynch and John Stensholt

CORONAVIRUSCompanies

Commuters walk past Melbourne's Flinders Street Station on July 23, 2020 on the first day of the mandatory wearing of face masks in public areas as the city experiences an outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (Photo by William WEST / AFP)

We can help, says virus tracker

A Melbourne-developed system in use in the US to track COVID-19 could help its home state fight the virus, its makers say.

Jared Lynch

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