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Menzies Aviation First Cargo Flights Put Western Sydney International Airport Into Live Freight Mode
Western Sydney International Airport has moved from construction milestone to freight reality, with Menzies Aviation saying it handled the airport's first cargo flights on the official opening day for cargo operations. For households and businesses from Liverpool to Penrith, the…
29 July 2026 · 4 min
UNSW Founders South West Pitch Night Brings $40,000 Founder Prize Pool To Bankstown
South West Sydney founders have a dated event to work toward this week, with UNSW Founders promoting Pitch Night South West at Bryan Brown Theatre in Bankstown on Thursday 30 July 2026. The event is built around emerging founders, students, industry supporters and…
29 July 2026 · 4 min
Lailei Huang's Western Sydney Tech Innovators Series Targets Founders Using AI Agents
Western Sydney Tech Innovators founder Lailei Huang has put solo founders and small business owners at the centre of a practical July workshop series, with the next session in North Parramatta focused on building AI agents for marketing and sales.
14 July 2026 · 6 min
Amanda Rose's Western Sydney Women Funding Puts Female Founders Into The AI Economy
Western Sydney Women's Women Leading AI event has been named in the latest NSW Fostering Innovation Sponsorship round, putting female founders in the west at the centre of the AI economy conversation.
3 July 2026 · 6 min
Glen Mezei's Site Pizza Bar Attack Puts Little Bay Business Safety In Focus
A masked-group incident at Glen Mezei's Site Pizza Bar in Little Bay has become the practical local face of a wider small-business safety question in Sydney's east.
3 July 2026 · 7 min
Andrew Steel's Freightquip Role Puts Electric Ground Equipment Into WSI Airport Launch
Western Sydney International Airport has confirmed Freightquip will supply and operate an almost entirely electrified ground support equipment fleet as part of Australia's first airport-wide GSE pooling program.
2 July 2026 · 8 min
John Azar And Sydney Business Groups Push Back On Town Hall Square Demolition Plan
Retail union and business groups, including Hotel Coronation's John Azar, are pushing back on the City of Sydney's Town Hall Square plan, warning of jobs and service impacts.
29 June 2026 · 7 min
Shan-Shan Wang's Roam Technologies Wins Sydney Startup World Cup Spot For Silicon Valley
Sydney founder Shan-Shan Wang will take Roam Technologies to Silicon Valley after winning the Sydney regional final of the Startup World Cup with a handheld oxygen device.
28 June 2026 · 7 min
Benjamin Chong-Led Sydney Founder Institute Opens Spring 2026 Path For Part-Time Founders
Founder Institute has opened applications for its Australia Spring 2026 semester, a part-time Sydney program for aspiring tech founders led by Sydney Seed Fund and Right Click Capital partner Benjamin Chong.
27 June 2026 · 7 min
Sydney Renewable Energy Zone Proposal Puts Apartments And Warehouses Into Rooftop Solar Debate
A proposed Sydney City Renewable Energy Zone would push solar and batteries onto warehouses, apartment blocks and commercial roofs, shifting some of the state's renewable rollout back to where power is actually used.
24 June 2026 · 7 min
Guy Hudson Loam Bio CEO Move Puts University Of Sydney Soil Science Into Founder Scale-Up Story
Loam Bio co-founder Guy Hudson is moving to executive chairman as Rob Hranac becomes chief executive, marking a scale-up phase for a soil-carbon company built from University of Sydney research.
24 June 2026 · 7 min
NSW Budget Puts Small Business Advisory Program Back On Founder Watchlist
A $37 million small business advisory program and a two-year workers compensation premium freeze put the 2026-27 NSW Budget back on the Sydney founder and operator watchlist.
23 June 2026 · 7 min
Dr Ariella Heffernan-Marks Ovum Raise Puts Sydney Clinical Trials Into Women's Health Start-Up Focus
Sydney women's health startup Ovum has raised $4 million in seed funding and is running clinical trials with St George Hospital and the Royal Hospital for Women.
23 June 2026 · 6 min
Anthony Gabrielian Green Knott Profile Puts Sydney Food Waste Start-Up Into Urban Circular Economy Focus
Sydney founder Anthony Gabrielian is using black soldier fly larvae to upcycle food waste into reusable protein, putting a local start-up at the centre of urban circular-economy thinking.
22 June 2026 · 7 min
Parramatta Pre-Accelerator Puts Western Sydney Founders Into June Pitch Sprint
A free Parramatta-based pre-accelerator is helping western Sydney founders validate ideas, refine models and prepare to pitch through a structured June program.
20 June 2026 · 6 min
James Manning Sharon AI Raise Puts Sydney Founders In The AI Infrastructure Race
Sydney-based Sharon AI's reported $US1.6 billion raise and six-year Nvidia compute deal puts a founder-led local company at the centre of Australia's AI infrastructure question.
19 June 2026 · 6 min
Inner West high streets: how a strip survives a decade
From Marrickville to Balmain, the Inner West runs on its high streets. What makes one strip endure while another fades?
9 June 2026 · 5 min
Small business precincts outside the CBD
Beyond the CBD, dozens of suburban precincts quietly support thousands of small businesses. They deserve more attention.
9 June 2026 · 4 min
Cost of living: the local angles that get missed
The national cost-of-living story plays out differently in each Sydney suburb. The local angles are where the real picture sits.
9 June 2026 · 5 min
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