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14/10/2026

🤖 AI agents have moved beyond the chatbot that produces a first draft. The new generation can work through a goal, use a browser or connected apps, keep working after the chat closes and, in some products, ask for approval before it sends, publishes or spends.

That does not mean every Australian business should switch on an autonomous assistant tomorrow. Many of the newest products are still in early access, gradually rolling out or limited to other markets. It does mean that the practical question for business owners has changed.

It is no longer only, “Can AI write this?” It is, “Where could an AI system safely take action in our business, and what controls would make that useful?”

Read on via link in comments ⬇️

01/10/2026

🎧 Listen: We're road testing the new Cue agent platform by Manus AI. A unique feature is the ability to setup a voice call function quickly as part of the initial setup.

While AI agents calling you isn't new ... you've probably had a few spam calls yourself, it is a new feature at the 'consumer' level. We are entering an era of personal agents calling businesses, government and individuals. You can see it now - "get your agent to speak to my agent" and we'll take it from there.

This is obviously a very quick demo (and the American accent won't fly here in Aus), but gives you an idea of what can now be achieved with agents.

What do you think? Yeah ... or nah.

21/09/2026

From 1 October 2026, Australian small businesses can no longer add payment surcharges for Visa, Mastercard, eftpos, and American Express transactions.

With the October deadline looming, we've been reaching out to our hosting clients (who primarily use autopay via credit cards) to let them know we will no longer be processing payments this way.

For most businesses however, they will be forced to simply include these costs into base pricing as many rely on credit card payments. So while headline sounds good from a consumer point of view, ultimately they will pay for the processing fee anyway.

How will it impact your business?

21/08/2026

🥳 If you are an existing Google Workspace environment then you may not realise you have access to a very powerful platform - AppSheet!

Transform your business operations with tailored Google AppSheet solutions built by local experts here in Australia. Create and power intelligent apps with your own data within an environment you are already working from.

- Inventory Management
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
- Task and Project Management
- Field Service Management
- Equipment Maintenance Tracking
- Integrations with other apps like Xero

Learn more -> https://lnkd.in/gvewBmWe

11/08/2026

Big news from the Anthropic team behind Claude, as they embed invisible watermarks in Claude output globally.

Here’s quick breakdown and what Australian businesses should be across.

Invisible to humans: The text looks identical, but statistical signals are woven into the tokens at the model level (its own unique handwriting habit).

Follows copy-paste: It travels with the text across platforms and can survive light editing.

Applies to edits too: If you feed your own human-written draft into Claude for light polish or formatting, the output carries the AI watermark signal.

If you are using these tools within the business, it's a great time to update your AI transparency statements (or create one if you haven't already) and review what this means within your broader governance frameworks and risk management.

05/07/2026

After several days of complaints from businesses, Google has confirmed it is investigating reports of missing reviews from Google Local listings and has paused the ability of Google Business Profile listings to receive reviews.

02/07/2026

Google has introduced "Agentic Browsing" as an experimental, non-traditional audit category in Lighthouse and Google PageSpeed Insights. This feature does not measure traditional page load speed.

Instead, it scores how easily AI agents and machine-browsers can read, navigate, and execute actions on your website.

Link in comments.

30/06/2026

🌱 We're proud to continue our sponsorship of the Australian Future Farmers Exchange into the financial year.

Their mission is to address the critical challenge of an aging farmer population and the widening gap between young individuals and the agricultural sector. The AFFE Exchange Program offers a unique and enriching experience for senior secondary students passionate about agriculture.

Through this program, participants have the remarkable opportunity to visit leading agricultural industries for a week, gaining invaluable insights and practical knowledge.

19/06/2026

If your marketing assets contain environmental buzzwords, they must meet strict operational principles:

Banned Practices:

Broad, Unqualified Terms:

Vague phrases like "Green," "Eco-friendly," "Sustainable," or "Clean" without third-party proof are treated as highly misleading. Claims must be incredibly specific.

Flawed Offset Claims:

Marketing a product or service as automatically "carbon neutral" via carbon offsets is facing legal challenges. Marketers must provide a transparent, easily accessible breakdown (like a prominent QR code) showing exactly how those offsets function.

Exaggerated Material Claims:

Claiming packaging is made from "ocean plastic" when the plastic was actually harvested from land-based communities miles away from the water has resulted in court fines exceeding $8 million.

To align your upcoming campaigns with the legislation, you can track the exact text of the new consumer protection laws through the Parliament of Australia Bill Tracker covering the Unfair Trading Practices Bill, and review enforcement guidelines directly via the ACCC Official Website regarding the eight core principles for business sustainability claims.

18/06/2026

🟢 Historically, Australian small businesses with an annual turnover under $3 million enjoyed a generous "small business exemption," meaning they didn't have to strictly comply with the Privacy Act. That era is coming to a close.

The Federal Government is progressively narrowing this loophole. Starting around mid-2026, the privacy net is widening significantly to pull in an estimated 100,000+ small businesses.

The Trigger: If your business buys, sells, or trades mailing lists, utilises advanced data-matching, or handles customer data at scale for digital marketing, you are likely losing your exemption.

The Marketing Impact: You will be legally required to have a clear, accurate Privacy Policy and explicit opt-in frameworks for data collection ... no more burying tracking terms in fine print.

The entire roadmap to removing or narrowing the small business exemption stems from the Attorney-General's Department. You can read the comprehensive report, individual submissions, and the official government response on the Attorney-General's Department Privacy Act Review Page.

But wait ... there's more.

The passing of anti-money laundering legislation expanding the AML/CTF Act explicitly strips the small business privacy exemption away from "reporting entities" regardless of their $3 million turnover footprint.

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) estimates this captures more than 100,000 real estate agents, accountants, lawyers, and high-value dealers overnight because they are legally forced to handle strict "Know Your Customer" identification documents.

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