Tess Bennett

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Apr 14, 2025 – 4.00pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? The cost of shipping is rising as major exports rush to send goods to the United States ahead of the expected introduction of sweeping global tariffs in July even as big ports warn of a big fall off in cargo later this year.

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Rarely do companies spruik the terms of debt arrangements with potential employees, but AirTrunk chief executive Robin Khuda says the data centre operator’s $10 billion in ESG financing has become a key talking point in its recruitment efforts. Under the terms of its novel sustainability-linked loan, AirTrunk pays less interest on its debt so long as it hits key measures surrounding its carbon, energy and water usage, as well as gender pay equity targets.

2 weeks ago | afr.com | Tess Bennett

At Melbourne start-up Roller, staff have been clocking in to work on public holidays like the King’s Birthday, Labour Day or President’s Day in the United States, in exchange for a day off for Lunar New Year, Diwali, or even their birthday. Roller’s holiday swap program allows staff to swap up to three official public holidays for days that matter most to them, in a nod to the cultural, religious, or personal diversity of their workforce. Loading...

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Apr 7, 2025 – 7.31pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? TechnologyOne founder Adrian Di Marco says he wasn’t aware that a former executive was working 18 hours a day or suffering from poor mental health before he was sacked in 2016, igniting a long-running unfair dismissal case against the software company.

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Apr 5, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? A now deleted Instagram post by StrongRoom AI’s lead designer Isabella Jorgensen in September 2023 captioned “Peter’s Moroccan extravaganza” with a brown love heart emoji left members of the company’s finance department seething.