Tess Bennett
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 4
- Latest publication
- Jul 21, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for AFR
- Top 50K sites
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- Jul 12, 2026
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The PhD student who traded academia for a start-up, and raised $150m (opens the original)
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Vanessa Vongsouthi began her PhD at the Australian National University out of academic curiosity. Could her knowledge of protein engineering be used to make enzymes that would degrade plastic? At the same time, venture capitalist Paul Riley had spent the best part of nine months, backed by venture capital fund Main Sequence Ventures and supermarket giant Woolworths, searching for a genuine solution to the plastic waste crisis.
This young exec attributes his success to one key trait (opens the original)
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At just 17, James Koval moved across the country with a single suitcase and a clunky laptop to become the first in his family to attend university. His mum, Jane, who was sceptical about her son’s ability to cook for himself, accompanied him, helped him to stock up on supplies for his 18-square-metre dorm room, and then left him to it. “When I moved from Perth to Canberra, I literally – and this is not an exaggeration – didn’t know a single person. I didn’t have a single person’s phone number wi
Why this top lawyer’s workday starts at 8pm the night before (opens the original)
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For Elizabeth Cameron, head of legal at financial services firm Ironbark Financial Group, the workday begins the night before. The 34-year-old single mum, who is today named one of the BOSS Young Executives for 2026, blocks out 5pm to 8pm to spend with her five-year-old Kit and three-year-old Evie. After they are asleep, it’s time for a full house reset: packing lunch boxes, loading the car and laying out clothes for the next day before late-night calls with colleagues in the US or Europe.
Gilmour Space lift-off will open a new frontier for region (opens the original)
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Investors say Gold Coast-based rocket maker Gilmour Space Technologies’ ambitions to raise the company’s largest ever funding round following SpaceX’s blockbuster sharemarket float will have an outsize impact on the city’s emerging high-tech economy. Adam Gilmour, who founded Gilmour Space with his brother James more than a decade ago, says the homegrown rocket company has been “inundated” with interest from potential investors following Elon Musk’s SpaceX’s $US1.77 trillion ($2.51 trillion) ini
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