Eloise Keating

Eloise is an experienced business journalist and editor, who has held senior editorial roles at SmartCompany since 2014. Prior to joining SmartCompany, Eloise was news editor at Books+Publishing, the trade press for the Australian book industry. Eloise has degrees in media and communications, marketing and business management, and political science. You can follow her on LinkedIn, and Twitter at @ellykeating

Latest from Eloise Keating

Xero apologises to angry business owners for days of outages

By Eloise Keating | 12 May 2026

Accounting platform Xero was hit by five days of outages that one accountant has described as “nothing short of a shit show”. Xero CEO Sukhinder Singh Cassidy has personally apologised to customers in Australia and globally after the accounting platform was hit by five days of outages that one accountant has described as “nothing short…

$25k grants for Bondi small businesses impacted by terror attack

By Eloise Keating | 18 December 2025

Small businesses affected by the Bondi Beach terror attack will receive grants of up to $ 25,000 to help them, as part of a broader support package from the federal and NSW governments. Businesses located in the immediate vicinity of the antisemitic attack, which saw 15 people killed and 22 injured by two alleged gunmen…

Canva’s new features explained

By Eloise Keating | 6 November 2025

The blockbuster new system features Canva’s own large language model trained specifically for design, and permanently free access to professional design tool Affinity. Australian design unicorn Canva has unveiled its biggest product overhaul in its 12 years, as part of what it is calling its ‘Creative Operating System’. The blockbuster new system features Canva’s own…