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Spotify's Australian boss explains how the company uses music and authentic leadership to support its employees' mental health – and encourages them to use a 'heart and soul' room October 10 is World Mental Health Day, which raises awareness of mental health issues around the world. Spotify Australia and New Zealand Managing Director Karen Lawson shared what the company is doing to encourage positive mental health.

Afterpay lures Obama's former adviser – as the professor who predicted WeWork's collapse says its stock price could drop 50% within the year Buy now, pay later company Afterpay has brought in former World Bank chief economist and Obama adviser Larry Summers to advise it on its US expansion.

Masterchef Australia has revealed the judges replacing Calombaris and co – including its first female judge Masterchef has announced its three new judges: Jock Zonfrillo, Melissa Leong and Andy Allen. It comes after the original trio of judges - Matt Preston, George Calombaris and Gary Mehigan - left the series after 11 seasons.

Home lending has climbed back up to the highs of 2017, when prices in Sydney and Melbourne markets were at their peak The recovery in Australia's property market appears to be alive and well after new ABS data indicated home lending in August returned to its 2017 highs – when the Sydney and Melbourne markets were near their price peaks.

Here's the fast and loose strategy US food delivery giant DoorDash is using to muscle its way into the Australian market US food delivery outfit DoorDash landed in Australia early last month, knuckling into a Melbourne market already packed to the brim with players like Uber Eats, Deliveroo, and Menulog.

Cash was predicted to be dead in Australia as early as 2022, but there are plenty of reasons why it will be king for a while yet Measured by the number of card transactions each year, Australia is supposed to be the sixth-most cashless society on earth. The Federal Government is at this very moment even considering outlawing transactions in the stuff over $10,000.

This study shows why companies should not always promote high achievers into management roles One of the conundrums of running a business is who and how you promote from within the ranks of your staff. To be both fair and to incentivise employees, companies often used a metric based approach where they promote their best performers at each level up the organisational hierarchy.

Tim Cook sent a memo to employees explaining why he stands by Apple's decision to remove an app used by Hong Kong protesters to track police In a memo to employees, Apple CEOTim Cook stood by the company's decision to remove an app from the App Store used by Hong Kong protesters to monitor police activity.

27 people have died from a mysterious lung illness linked to vaping. Here's where they're all from. At least 27 people have died from vaping-related lung injuries. The youngest person to die so far was 17 years old, and the oldest was 75. 1,299 other cases of vaping-related lung problems have been reported to federal health authorities across 49 US states, plus Washington, DC, and the US Virgin Islands.

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