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From batteries to EV chargers, Australia and NZ need these 3 fixes to hit net-zero at less cost

  • Written by: Flavio Menezes, Professor of Economics, Director of the Australian Institute for Business and Economics, The University of Queensland

New figures show Australians bought a record 85,000 home batteries in the first half of 2025. That’s almost three times more than the year before, and nearly fivefold growth since 2022.

Eventually, those batteries will need to be reused or recycled. What happens then? The rules we create today will shape whether that’s affordable or...

Why the secrecy around car insurance?

Every year, millions of Australians receive their car insurance renewal and promise themselves they’ll look at it properly later. Then life gets in ...

Australian workers spend almost an hour a day administering email

Research finds email filing, searching and rework consuming an estimated 58 minutes a day and potentially exposing organisations to millionsAustralian...

Customer Service Is Becoming Part of the Small Business Sales and Marketing Engine

For Customer Service Week, 5-9 October, Thryv is urging small businesses to look beyond generating  enquiries and examine what happens after a custome...

Gift Cards as the gateway to agentic payments

Prepaid and stored value gives consumers the trust and control to try AI shopping agents By Blackhawk Network VP Head of ANZ Kieran Nolan For deca...

Why Data Accumulation Without Governance Undermines Sustainability Goals

In July 2026, Group 2 entities, the second cohort of Australian businesses, began their first reporting period under the mandatory climate disclosur...

Permanent $20,000 Instant Asset Write-Off Gives Small Businesses Greater Planning Certainty

The Federal Government’s decision to permanently legislate the $20,000 instant asset write-off will give eligible small businesses greater certainty...