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10 Best Small Business Ideas in Australia with High Returns

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 Hi all, I had been working on starting my own business for a long time. However, the idea seemed non workable whenever we thought about the financial part. I was unable to find a business that required minimum investment and could start generating good returns in no time. I kept researching and was informed by someone to look for businesses for sale in Melbourne. I liked the idea of getting a customer base and policies in place while buying the business. I took up the challenge and found that it was easiest to start earning with an existing small business. So, here is an article that lists the best business ideas which can bring excellent returns.  Read More: https://www.business2sell.com.au/blogs/evaluation/best-small-business-ideas-in-australia-with-high-returns

Ultra-fast internet provider GigaComm secures $20.5m to roll out mmWave vision

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 Endeavor Asset Management and Palisade Impact have backed ultra-fast internet provider GigaComm in a $20.5 million oversubscribed funding round that will support the telco’s foray into Brisbane and Canberra.   The Melbourne-based outfit claims to deliver speeds up to a Gigabit per second, which is more than 10 times faster than the national download average in Australia. The network, which incorporates an optical fibre and fixed wireless technology known as mmWave, is completely independent and bypasses the National Broadband Network (NBN).  mmWave is a short-range, high-frequency network technology delivered via small antennae, typically placed on the roofs of buildings. The frequencies are capable of carrying similar capacities to fibre, without the need to dig up streets and lay cables. Read More: https://www.businessnewsaustralia.com/articles/ultra-fast-internet-provider-gigacomm-secures--20-5-million-to-enter-new-australian-markets.html

From text messages to fraudulent ads, how scammers are draining bank accounts

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 In the 25 years Helen Cahill has kept the books for her small business near Melbourne Airport, she's never had any trouble doing online banking. So on a particularly busy afternoon on May 26, when she sat down at her desk, she thought it was strange it was taking so long to log in.  She'd googled "Bendigo Bank" and clicked on the first link that came up, which was a Google ad for the bank. She then keyed in her login details, including a two-factor authentication pin.  What Ms Cahill soon discovered was that she had clicked on a malicious advertisement instead of the Bendigo Bank website, and that a scammer had gained access to her account. Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-21/scammers-using-text-messages-calls-emails-fake-ads-to-get-money/101167848

Melbourne's Applied EV achieves European breakthrough with 'the smartphone of autonomous vehicles'

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 After two years of extensive trials, Australian autonomous vehicle (AV) manufacturer Applied EV has developed the first self-driving cabinless commercial vehicle tested on the streets of Europe, alongside its UK-based partner Oxbotica. Built and developed in Australia, the Applied EV vehicle Blanc Robot is a modular transport platform that can be configured for specific applications, such as delivery or industrial logistics. It carries an exclusive centralised software and control system named BackBone that transforms any car into a software-defined vehicle. Referred to as 'the smartphone of autonomous vehicles', Applied EV’s pioneering technology was chosen for its unique capabilities by Oxbotica and deployed on the streets of Oxford in the UK with no onboard driver. Read More: https://www.businessnewsaustralia.com/articles/applied-ev-partners-with-oxbotica-to-create-first-cabinless-av-fully-road-tested-in-europe.