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Bronwen Clune

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As seen in: Capital Brief, Medium, MSN Australia, The Guardian, The Australian, SmartCompany (Australia)
Covers:  popculture, social justice, feminism, australia, media, convergence, technology
Startups and VC correspondent at @CapitalBrief Email: bronwen.clune@capitalbrief.com

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I'm a columnist with The Guardian and a journalist with a passion for the transparent. I write around pop-culture, media and technology.

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My problem with the grammar police

My problem with the grammar police

Conjugating verbs is a subject close to Samuel L Jackson's heart. "On Twitter someone will write, 'Your an id…

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Take heart: combating climate change can happen on an individual level

Take heart: combating climate change can happen on an individual level

I'm running after the bin truck, pre-caffeinated, bleary-eyed and in a barely acceptable state of dress, whic…

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Start-ups are the new rock'n'roll - and they're in danger of losing their souls

Start-ups are the new rock'n'roll - and they're in danger of losing their souls

Start-ups are the new rock'n'roll. At least that's the theory of a good friend who'd know, having fronted sev…

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Is this goodbye to Lonely Planet?

Is this goodbye to Lonely Planet?

As news emerged that iconic Melbourne travel publisher Lonely Planet was to shed its editorial staff as part …

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Are fact-checking sites a symptom of the media not doing its job?

Are fact-checking sites a symptom of the media not doing its job?

It is a fact universally acknowledged that a journalist in possession of a good story must insist it be based…

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Big Media Can't Paywall The Public Interest

Big Media Can't Paywall The Public Interest

The essence of journalism has always been to pursue truth and the public's right to know. Given the fundament…

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‘Show us the data’: Australia’s VC and startup ecosystem finally get serious about gender equity

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Skip to content Printed by for personal, non-commercial use only. For other rights, contact licensing@capitalbrief.com. After a decade of watching the same statistic quoted — and the same interventions fail to shift it — Noga Edelstein decided the problem wasn’t the women. It was that nobody could see the system producing the gender funding gap. Equity Clear lead Noga Edelstein and Blackbird head of impact Kate Glazebrook. Supplied.
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By Bronwen Clune Verified
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This time a year ago, a government announcement about the startup sector wouldn’t have drawn much of a crowd. Not today. The Commonwealth Parliament Offices in Sydney were standing room only as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers backed down on contentious capital gains tax changes that have infuriated the startup sector, rattled large sections of the business community and sucked the oxygen out of their housing tax reforms.
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World’s fastest-growing venture market, but Australia still can’t close its gender gap

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| Capital Brief Verified
Two reports released Thursday chart a decade of world-beating venture growth — and the funding gap that grew with it. Noga Edelstein launches the Equity Clear Report. Capital Brief/Harshdeep Kaur. Australia’s venture capital ecosystem grew 13.7 times in value between 2016 and 2026, outpacing every major global peer. All-women founding teams received 2% of its capital last year, down from 4% the year before.
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