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Heavy trucks hit the switch to a net-zero future

Heavy trucks hit the switch to a net-zero future

A battery-pack system to power heavy trucks, potentially transforming a sector of the transport industry widely considered one of the most difficult to decarbonise, has been pioneered by Janus Electric Ltd. The battery packs fit on the side of prime movers in the place of diesel fuel tanks and they can be swapped for recharged …read more

How a passion for tech led Angela Gadaev to the far side of the world

How a passion for tech led Angela Gadaev to the far side of the world

Angela Gadaev arrived in Australia in 1991 with one suitcase and one dollar. Born in Belarus, 100 kilometres from Chernobyl, she had degrees in mathematics and computer science from Francisk Skorina Gomel State University in her home country, a passion for technology and the performing arts, and not much English. She knew, though, she wanted …read more

How this leader turned around a suffering retail brand

How this leader turned around a suffering retail brand

Christelle Young has been the managing director of boutique tea brand T2 Tea for about a year and she has already overhauled the management structure, closed several under-performing retail stores and cut redundant items from the product line. With 62 retail outlets across Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, T2 Tea sells a variety of specialist …read more

Opening doors to career path and better life for students

Opening doors to career path and better life for students

Western Sydney is Australia’s epicentre of growth and opportunity with a burgeoning population of 2.7 million people and a booming demand for higher education, says Western Sydney University (WSU) vice-chancellor Professor George Williams. Two-thirds of the Western Sydney University’s students are the first in their families to have taken the plunge into higher education. “We …read more

Decades of research deliver lifesaving hope for children

Decades of research deliver lifesaving hope for children

Until recently, ten or twelve babies born in the ACT and NSW died of a disease known as spinal muscular atrophy before they reached their second birthdays. Children’s Medical Research Institute director Professor Roger Reddel says children born with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) were often healthy for a while and then began to regress. “Even if …read more

A hub of learning, innovation and patient care

A hub of learning, innovation and patient care

Westmead Health Precinct is Australia’s largest health and biomedical research precinct and a thriving hub of scientific collaboration and professional cross-fertilisation in Western Sydney – with relationships criss-crossing between four hospitals, two universities, two medical research institutes, a number of allied health centres, and NSW’s largest pathology service. Home to breakthrough research projects in genetics, …read more

This chatbot for pet owners will answer your hairy questions

This chatbot for pet owners will answer your hairy questions

Billed as Australia’s first-of-its-kind generative AI-powered pet care assistant, the PetAI chatbot will answer client questions about a range of pets including cats, dogs, reptiles, birds, chickens, small animals, and fish. Developed by giant pet-care retailer Petbarn in collaboration with Microsoft and Insight Enterprises, PetAI has built-in guardrails and refers more esoteric or difficult questions …read more

This classroom aide helps students – but won’t do their homework

This classroom aide helps students – but won’t do their homework

If a high-school student in NSW asked the education department’s new generative AI tool to write an essay on Shakespeare’s use of comedy, it would respond like a teacher and encourage the student to do the thinking.  “Let’s work through that problem,” the tool might say, “who are the characters, what are the themes, how …read more

How intelligence and autonomy have given Updoc a recipe for success

How intelligence and autonomy have given Updoc a recipe for success

Co-founder of telehealth platform Updoc Dylan Coyne says he and his business partner Clifton Hodgkinson have made a point of hiring “really smart, bright, intelligent people” and giving them a large measure of autonomy. “We empower them,” Coyne says. “They can make decisions. They can work collaboratively with others. They can really do what they …read more

Cliniko’s 30-hour week a key to its success

Cliniko’s 30-hour week a key to its success

  Practice management software company Cliniko operates on a 30-hour week, which company co-founder Joel Friedlaender says is a substantial benefit for employees, but also a considered management decision. “It’s good for us to be able to recruit better people when we can offer a perk like that,” he says. “And in my experience, if …read more