Brisbane – September 12, 2026 -- Thoma Bravo, the world's largest software-focused investment firm with approximately $170 billion in assets under management, has made a strategic growth investment in Tanda, a workforce management, payroll and HR platform for shift-based workers serving roughly 8,000 businesses globally.

Melbourne, Australia – September 12, 2026 -- UNSW Sydney has selected D2L Brightspace as its new institution-wide learning platform, a multi-year deal set to reach more than 80,000 learners and thousands of educators.

UNSW ranks #19 globally in the 2027 QS World University Rankings and taps D2L for full-scale digital overhaul

UNSW, Australia's top-ranked university and a member of the Group of Eight, will deploy D2L Brightspace as the foundation of a redesigned digital learning environment covering both on-campus and flexible learning pathways.

Vancouver – – September 12, 2026 -- RUA GOLD Inc. (OTCQX: NZAUF) (TSX: RUA) (NZX: RGI) reported its highest-grade drill results to date at the Auld Creek gold-antimony project in New Zealand's Reefton Goldfield, with hole ACDDH119 returning 0.6 metres grading 82.9 grams per tonne gold and 24.80% antimony. The results land as Western governments race to replace Chinese antimony supply, a metal Future Market Insights values at roughly US$2.5 billion globally in 2026, rising to about US$4.5 billion by 2036 at a 6.2% compound annual growth rate.

Miami – September 11, 2026 -- Innovative Eyewear, Inc. (NASDAQ: LUCY; LUCYW) has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Directed Electronics to bring its Lucyd and Reebok smart eyewear lines to Australia and New Zealand.

Melbourne – September 10, 2026 -- Australian microalgae company Genesis has won the Agriculture & Environment category at The Australian Financial Review Sustainability Leaders 2026 Awards for a Chlorella-based livestock supplement priced at roughly 20 cents per animal per day, against approximately $2 for some dried alternatives.

Melbourne – – September 09, 2026 -- Nutromics, a Melbourne-based wearable diagnostics startup, has appointed Professor Kevin W. Plaxco, the inventor of its core DNA-based sensing technology, as Chief Scientific Officer ahead of its first product launch planned for 2027.

Sydney – September 09, 2026 -- Nuix has made its Generative AI capabilities generally available in Nuix Discover SaaS as of September 4, adding Document Summaries, Similar Documents, Semantic Search, Clustering and Visualizations to its legal review and eDiscovery platform.

Shanghai – September 09, 2026 -- Clover Biopharmaceuticals (HKEX: 02197) reported positive preliminary Phase 2 data in Australia for two combination respiratory vaccine candidates, SCB-1022 (RSV+hMPV) and SCB-1033 (RSV+hMPV+PIV3), targeting older adults aged 60-85.

Trial enrolled 420 older adults across multiple Australian sites

The randomized, observer-blinded study randomized 420 participants to receive SCB-1022, SCB-1033 or placebo. Antibody titers at 28 days post-vaccination were in line with or trended higher than prior Phase 1 results.

Melbourne – September 08, 2026 -- Dimerix Limited (ASX: DXB) has secured non-dilutive loan facility agreements worth up to A$34 million with a syndicate of Australian and U.S. lenders, expanding on its previously announced A$10 million SKIPTAN facility.

Tysons Corner, Virginia – September 07, 2026 -- Cellebrite DI Ltd. (Nasdaq: CLBT) said its cloud-based digital evidence management platform, Guardian, has completed an assessment under Australia's Infosec Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) at the PROTECTED classification level, clearing a key hurdle for adoption by Australian law enforcement, defense and national security agencies.