Alexandra Cain

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By Alexandra Cain May 19, 2025 — 10.40am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A period of long-service leave enjoyed towards the end of his career led John Simpson to think through how to plan the end of his working life and create a runway for a fulfilling retirement. This led to decisions that have put Simpson in a good situation as he starts his non-working years.

Mar 19, 2025 | domain.com.au | Alexandra Cain

By Alexandra CainMarch 24, 2025Leading independent schools are embracing innovative approaches to using technology in the classroom, setting students up for success in a changing world. With campuses in Melbourne, Darwin, and China, as well as its online school, Pangea, Haileybury uses technology to develop learning materials that students can easily access across all its campuses. Thus, students learn about technology in every subject.

Mar 19, 2025 | domain.com.au | Alexandra Cain

By Alexandra CainMarch 24, 2025A school’s culture is the fabric that connects its parts and is often the backdrop that informs its students’ sense of right and wrong. Kristy Kendall, Principal of Mount Eliza’s Toorak College (TC), says there is no greater reflection of her school’s culture and her students’ character than the feedback she gets when people stop her in the street. “They tell me our students look you in the eye; they have their shoulders back,” she says.

Mar 11, 2025 | professionalplanner.com.au | Nina Hendy |Chris Dastoor |Alexandra Cain |Oksana Patron

Property investment and funds management group, Charter Hall is anticipating the end of the decline in commercial property valuations that has challenged the market for the past two and a half years. At the group’s half year results in February, group chief executive, David Harrison, said the market had reached an “inflection point”. “Looking 10 years ahead, Australia is forecast to see its population grow by 3.9 million people,” he told investors.

Feb 13, 2025 | smartcompany.com.au | Eloise Keating |Alexandra Cain |Dickie Currer |Olivia Cleal

This week’s funding roundup includes startups deploying artificial intelligence to address healthcare, aged care, and the gender pay gap, and two homegrown ventures building specialty software tools. Elsewhere, one startup’s funding announcement coincided with its involvement in Super Bowl LIX, and another is pledging to make e-commerce sales more efficient. Keep reading to learn more about the startups that accumulated nearly $208 million in new capital this week.