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Australia’s biotechnology industry is facing an uncertain period, amid sweeping changes to US healthcare policy, which have already seen investors take a more cautious approach to biotech financing. With the US representing biotech’s largest market, companies who use conventional capital raising methods, are seeing more closed doors in their bid to fund clinical trials, or…
27 Jun 2025, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
Legal
In 2024, a landmark parliamentary inquiry found ‘unacceptable’ rates of birth trauma in Australia, with one in three women directly affected. One year on, how much progress has the sector made; and what more needs to be done, to further drive down these figures? Ahead of the Obstetric Medico Legal Conference, we spoke with Professor…
24 Jun 2025, by Amy SarcevicBusiness
Technology
In Australia’s biotechnology industry, women make up half of the entry-level workforce, but only 20 percent of leadership positions – an issue that has come under scrutiny in recent years. Aside from the ethical implications, under-representing women at senior and board level can impact business outcomes. According to a McKinsey report, companies in the top…
17 Jun 2025, by Amy SarcevicEnergy & Utilities
The clean energy transition is often viewed as a technical and commercial challenge, but – if recent statistics are anything to go by - social factors can carry equal weight in the equation. Between 2019-2023, it is estimated that 23 percent of project failures were the product of poor stakeholder management; and, for projects that…
16 Jun 2025, by Amy SarcevicTransport & Logistics
When Queensland introduced 50 cent public transport fares in August 2024, it did so with the goal of growing patronage amid cost-of-living pressures – but the new fares surprised with a range of other unexpected outcomes. Deputy Director-General of the Department of Transport and Main Roads, Dr Deborah Hume, says public sentiment towards 50 cent…
9 Jun 2025, by Amy Sarcevic