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| 04.09.2024 | Aussie consumers put essentials first as cost pressures persist | MarketsAussie consumers put essentials first as cost pressures persist
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| 30.08.2024 | Tackling the gender gap in cybersecurity: Advancing women's participation and leadership | September 1, 2024, marks International Women in Cyber Day (IWCD), a global initiative to celebrate and spotlight the achievements of women in cyber security. This day aims to honor our accomplishments and raise awareness about the challenge... |
| 13.08.2024 | Exclusive: How SafeWatch is tackling mental wellness challenges | The founder of SafeWatch, Shane Muller, harnessed the life-changing platform for a critical purpose: addressing the growing crisis in mental wellness.
During an exclusive interview with TechDay, Muller delved into the motivation behind Safe... |
| 05.08.2024 | The Construction Conundrum: Data, Automation, and the Future of Australian Industry | Australia's construction industry stands at a crossroads. On one side lies a wealth of untapped data, waiting to be harnessed. On the other, a pressing need for automation to boost productivity and competitiveness. The Australian Constructo... |
| 05.08.2024 | How Australian organisations should embrace automation to lift competitiveness | Many recent initiatives have been introduced in Australia to strengthen competitiveness, boost productivity and support local communities. However, despite the clear benefits that intelligent automation brings to businesses across various s... |
| 02.08.2024 | ACA highlights data utilisation & announces FF24 event in Sydney | The Australian Constructors Association (ACA) has released a discussion paper titled "Data-rich Future" as part of the Foundations and Frontiers 2024 (FF24) event.
This paper addresses the stagnation in productivity growth within ... |
| 23.07.2024 | The role of Australia's banks in alleviating the cost-of-living crisis | Profile Publicis Sapient
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The Budget has delivered some relief for Australians struggling with the cost-of-living. The government is spending AU$7.8 billion on cost-of-living measures. A major goal is ... |
| 16.07.2024 | Online spending grows by 2% despite cost of living squeeze | Source: Unsplash. article-article-body
Online retail therapy is still booming despite the cost of living crisis putting pressure on Australian wallets.
Even with inflation leading to more expensive groceries, interest rates remaining high a... |
| 11.07.2024 | Australia’s real wages are 4.8% lower than pre-pandemic levels | Source: Canva article-article-body
Australia is now in the same league as Lithuania, Estonia and Hungary when it comes to cutting real pay, according to a new OECD report.
These are the only countries where cuts in real pay – pay adjusted f... |
| 04.07.2024 | Stronger-than-expected sales figures bring retailers cheer, and interest rate fear | Source: Adobe Stock. article-article-body
Retailers may have logged a better-than-expected month of sales but consumers are still hurting, with much of May’s turnover boost fuelled by early and heavy discounting before the end of the financ... |
| 02.07.2024 | New Zealand tightens work visa rules to reduce partner and child dependents | New Zealand has introduced further restrictions on work visa rules, targeting specific categories of Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV) holders.
According to an announcement on the Immigration New Zealand website the new regulations, indi... |
| 02.07.2024 | Super trustees urged to strengthen oversight of retirement strategy implementation | The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) are calling on superannuation trustees to boost efforts to track and measure the impact of their strategies to improve ret... |
| 27.06.2024 | Headline inflation grows to 4%, raising the spectre of another RBA rate hike | RBA governor Michele Bullock. Source: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas article-article-body
A key measure of inflation has jumped, climbing to 4% in May after edging up from a recent low of 3.4% in February.
The Bureau of Statistics’ monthly consumer ... |
| 21.06.2024 | A third of Australian businesses spend nothing on innovation: ABS data | Source: Adobe Stock article-article-body
Australian business innovation has dropped six percentage points compared to the last recorded measure, according to new data from 2021-23 released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Econo... |
| 17.06.2024 | Emre Bardan's Triumph Over Adversity: The Evolution of a Middle Eastern Athlete's Body and Mind #HEALINGBODY | Emre Bardan’s Body Transformation and Healing Journey Progress Milestone
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| 17.06.2024 | Small businesses exhausting their cash reserves, with one in three turning to personal funds | Source: Canva article-article-body
One in five Australian small businesses have exhausted their cash reserves, and nearly one in three owners are paying business expenses with their personal funds, according to fresh research from local len... |
| 14.06.2024 | Amaysim appoints Vir Inder Nath as VP amid big expansion plans | Australian mobile service provider amaysim has appointed Vir Inder Nath as its new Vice President. The announcement coincides with the company’s plans to expand its services into the fixed home category by launching nbn Home Internet.
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| 11.06.2024 | AI hype tapers off? Only one in 588 job ads demand AI skills | Source: Pexels/Alex Green. article-article-body
Demand for employees with generative artificial intelligence skills peaked the year ChatGPT was launched and has tapered off in the past two years, amid hype and concern over the impact of the... |
| 07.06.2024 | Seven graphs that show Australian economic growth is “very weak” | ABS data suggests consumers are tightening their belts in response to cost of living pressures. Source: Unsplash/ Igor Karimov article-article-body
The Australian economy came close to a standstill in the first three months of this year. Ma... |
| 07.06.2024 | Neural Notes: AI-powered Violet eases ‘sadmin’ burdens for end-of-life care | Violet CEO and founder Melissa Reader. Source: SmartCompany via Canva. article-article-body
Welcome back to Neural Notes: a weekly column where I look at some of the most interesting AI news of the week. In this edition: The co-founder and ... |
| 04.06.2024 | Extra increase to the minimum wage on the cards for childcare and health professionals | Source: Adobe Stock. article-article-body
The Fair Work Commission has boosted the wages of workers on awards by 3.75%, just a touch above the official inflation rate of 3.6%.
The increase will apply to fortnightly pay packets from next mon... |
| 03.06.2024 | The $84 billion question: How the skilled migration test should be reformed | Source: Adobe Stock article-article-body
As the government consults on potential reforms to points-tested visas for skilled migrants, the stakes couldn’t be higher.
Skilled migrants contribute enormously to Australia’s prosperity – shaping ... |
| 29.05.2024 | Australia inflation quickens to 5-month high, sounding rate alarm | MarketsAustralia inflation quickens to 5-month high, sounding rate alarm
By Stella QiuMay 29, 20243:24 AM UTCUpdated ago
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| 28.05.2024 | Australia retail sales grow at a snail's pace in April | SYDNEY : Australian retail sales crept higher in April as shoppers stayed frugal in the face of high borrowing costs and rising rents, another sign household spending will add little to economic growth this quarter.
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| 15.05.2024 | Australia Q1 wage growth slows, soothes inflation worries | MarketsAustralia Q1 wage growth slows, soothes inflation worries
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| 08.05.2024 | Slalom promotes Julian Lim and Radhini Sivanathan | Profile Slalom
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Global consulting firm Slalom has strengthened its senior team with the promotions of Julian Lim and Radhini Sivanathan – both have been elevated to Managing Director.
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| 06.05.2024 | How businesses can turn Excel data into free PR | Source: Shutterstock article-article-body
Every startup can benefit from free publicity and media coverage. It can shine a light on the big issues in your sector, and where you can make a difference. It can ensure your product is seen by mo... |
| 01.05.2024 | APRA Executive Board Member Suzanne Smith - Speech to the All Actuaries Summit 2024 | Society empowered by a thriving life insurance industry
It’s a privilege to be here today and to join this panel. Naomi and the Actuaries Institute asked me to set out some context as to how APRA views the life insurance industry in Austral... |
| 28.04.2024 | Australians Lost $2.3 Billion to Online Scams in 2023, New Report Reveals | John Lopez, Tech Times 28 April 2024, 11:04 am
A recent report from the Australian Anti-Scam Centre revealed disturbing figures about online scams in Australia.
According to the report (via News.com.au), scammers cost Australians a startlin... |
| 24.04.2024 | Your hunch is right: You are paying more tax | Source: Canva article-article-body
The Commonwealth’s annual tax take is in rude health and growing strongly.
The latest numbers released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reveal Australia’s overall taxation take has continued it... |
| 18.04.2024 | As big as Coles: Indigenous businesses generate about $16 billion in revenue | Source: Adobe Stock article-article-body
Indigenous businesses generate about $16 billion a year in revenue and employ more than 116,000 people – almost as many as the massive Coles retail group.
But the contribution of these businesses to ... |
| 18.04.2024 | Australia March employment disappoints, jobless rate ticks up | Asia PacificAustralia March employment disappoints, jobless rate ticks up
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| 02.04.2024 | Subs, socks and stats: Australian brands try out their best April Fool’s 2024 pranks | Source: Supplied article-article-body
Australians have long used April Fool’s Day to prank, con, and bewilder their loved ones.
But here at SmartCompany, we’d like to inaugurate a new April Fool’s tradition: the ceremonial, next-day round-u... |
| 28.03.2024 | Neural Notes: CSIRO’s AI blueprint, Leigh’s big data vision and Adobe’s AI advancements | Source: SmartCompany article-article-body
Welcome back to Neural Notes, a weekly column where I explore some of the most interesting — and sometimes weird — news happening in the Australian ecosystem.
This week: Andrew Leigh speaks about ho... |
| 21.03.2024 | INFORICH Co., Ltd. INFORICH resolves to acquire shares of Ezycharge in Australia | [INFORICH Co., Ltd.] INFORICH resolves to acquire shares of Ezycharge in Australia
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| 18.03.2024 | Investing in Quality Kindergarten Education in Melbourne | Share
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In the vibrant city of Melbourne, amidst its bustling streets and diverse culture, lies a crucial aspect of societal development often overlooked: quality kindergarten education. While the significance of educa... |
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| 27.02.2024 | The Big 50: Upgrading to an ASEAN-Australia Comprehensive Special Strategic Partnership | 50 years into the relationship between ASEAN and Australia, the partnership needs to be expanded. Nowhere more is this needed than in renewable energy.
In 1974, under Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, Australia became the Association of Southea... |
| 22.02.2024 | Why return to office mandates will set back WFH-related economic gains | Source: Unsplash/Mikey Harris. article-article-body
More of us have been in paid work this past year than ever before. A big part of that is because more of us have been able to work from home than ever before.
The proportion of Australians... |
| 22.02.2024 | How Australian broadcast media has shaped the cost of living crisis narrative | object(WP_Post)#7630 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(1692) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "6" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2019-06-24 08:01:40" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "201... |
| 08.02.2024 | Businesses resorting to dodgy practices and confusing pricing: ACCC boss | Source: Adobe Stock article-article-body
Australians have been hit by large rises in grocery, energy, transport, child and aged care prices, only adding to other cost of living pressures.
While extreme weather and supply delays have contrib... |
| 07.02.2024 | Guardz Launches in Australia and New Zealand to Empower MSPs to Cyber Secure and Insure SMBs | Partnership with trusted Australia-based IT distributor, Manage Protect, allows MSPs to protect their small and medium-sized business clients
SYDNEY and TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Guardz, the cybersecurity company securi... |
| 02.02.2024 | Construction businesses seeking bigger margins to guard against uncertainty | Source: Emma houghton/unsplash. article-article-body
The rate of inflation may be slowing but price increases across hard-to-avoid expenses, such as insurance and housing, are keeping pressure on hip pockets.
Insurance prices as measured in... |
| 01.02.2024 | Australia’s inflation rate is now at its lowest in two years | Source: Adobe Stock article-article-body
Inflation has fallen for the fourth successive quarter.
Australia’s annual inflation rate fell to 4.1% in the December quarter of 2023, down from 7.8% in the December quarter of 2022.
The new rate is... |
| 01.02.2024 | Opinion: It’s high time economists and politicians take note of the rapidly feminising workforce | article-article-body
The impacts on female employment of the government’s revamped Stage 3 tax cuts continue to attract less debate than notionally more glamorous subjects such as the push for more “tax reform”. That’s of a piece with how t... |
| 31.01.2024 | Opinion: ‘Poly-employment’ isn’t just a gen Z buzzword | Image: Louis Hansel article-article-body
In an era where economic pressures are increasingly intense, gen Z is once again pioneering a shift in work culture by rebranding the concept of holding multiple jobs. Welcome to ‘poly-employment’.
T... |
| 30.01.2024 | Australia’s migration system is barring the tradies our housing market desperately needs | New housing construction is seen at Schofields, north west of Sydney, Thursday, November 10, 2022. Source: AAP Image/ Bianca De Marchi article-article-body
Australia has an acute shortage of housing. Renters across the country face steep re... |
| 15.01.2024 | Could Australia adopt India’s strategy to stop supermarket price gouging? | Source: SmartCompany article-article-body
There are a lot of things that you find are different when you make the move to Australia. Some good, some bad, and some just whimsical.
It was surprising to me that EMI (easy monthly installment, v... |
| 12.01.2024 | NSW insurance quote website sparks complaint to small business commissioner | Source: AAP Image/ James Ross article-article-body
An insurance policy comparison tool operated by the NSW government has reportedly underestimated the cost of coverage by 15%, the NSW Small Business Commissioner says, as soaring premiums c... |
| 22.12.2023 | Too good to be true: weighing up Australia’s exposure to China | article-article-body
Australia exported A$94.4 billion in goods to China last year, making China by far the single most important destination for Australian merchandise.
Similarly, China is also the most important destination for Australian... |
| 22.12.2023 | Simple steps to productivity | article-article-body
Recent calls to spend vast amounts on improving productivity overlook gains that would cost very little.
The recent calls for a productivity summit, and for $7 billion in spending on a proposal by the states for product... |
| 22.12.2023 | What it takes to run a successful craft beer business in Australia | article-article-body
It wasn’t Andrew Lavery’s plan to be director of a brewery. All he really wanted was a beer he could drink without his gut acting up.
After being diagnosed with Coeliac disease in 2003, the Ballarat engineer started tea... |
| 19.12.2023 | What makes Australia a top destination for SA expats? | Kangaroo on road. Image by Pexels/Sabel Blanco
Many South African expats are drawn to Australia because of its climate that is similar to that of South Africa.
ALSO READ: Emigration shock: Cape Town, Joburg LOSING ‘richest citizens’ WHAT AR... |
| 08.12.2023 | 8 of the 10 safest countries for American travelers in 2024 are in Europe — see the list | Portugal may not be as popular among tourists as its neighbors, it remains one of the safest countries, per BHTP. Alexander Spatari/Getty Images
The majority of the safest countries to visit are in Europe, one study found.
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| 08.12.2023 | Adding Australian Multiculturalism to Canberra’s Statecraft | The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s first multicultural ambassador will enable Australia to project its unique multicultural soft power to the world. At a time of growing unpredictability, a more inclusive statecraft will contribu... |
| 30.11.2023 | With inflation at 4.9%, will the RBA hold fire on interest rates? | RBA governor Michele Bullock. Source: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas article-article-body
Australia’s inflation rate has dived from 5.6% to 4.9% in October, pushing it below 5% for the first time in 20 months.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics fig... |
| 10.11.2023 | Will the RBA lift rates on Melbourne Cup Day? Don’t bet on it | RBA governor Michele Bullock. Source: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas article-article-body
Each of Australia’s big four banks is now predicting a rate rise in six days on Melbourne Cup Tuesday. It would add another $77 to the monthly cost of servicin... |
| 23.10.2023 | Why the RBA’s next interest rate decision depends on petrol prices | RBA governor Michele Bullock. Source: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas article-article-body
If the Reserve Bank does push up interest rates again, the most likely next date is its next board meeting, on Melbourne Cup Tuesday.
The November 7 meeting is... |
| 23.10.2023 | “Who, unless it’s robots, is going to build this?”: Builders question goal of 1.2 million new homes | Source: AAP Image/ Mick Tsikas article-article-body
Australia’s construction sector will have the capacity to build one million new homes over five years, Housing Minister Julie Collins says, as builders question whether the industry has en... |
| 01.08.2023 | ESET NetProtect helping Telco's to protect consumers online | By Tom Raynel
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| 26.07.2023 | The cost of living and inflation: Did the RBA’s interest hikes work? | According to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.8 per cent in the June 2023 quarter and 6.0 per cent annually, raising concerns about the impact of interest rate increases o... |
| 20.07.2023 | First Mover Asia: XRP, XLM Climb While Bitcoin Trudges Below $30K | Good morning. Here’s what’s happening:
Prices: XRP, XLM have a day in the spotlight. Bitcoin loses $30K.
Insights: Ripple's partial victory left key questions unsettled. Preston Byrne told CoinDesk TV that lawmakers need to create a "l... |
| 09.07.2023 | Meet the typical Australian millennial: They're delaying marriage and kids, have $16,000 in student debt, and their housing woes sparked political change. | Australian and American millennials have a lot in common. Szilard Toth/Getty Images
Delaying kids and priced out of homes, the typical Australian millennial looks similar to Americans. Student debt averages $16,000, and the government doesn... |
| 10.05.2023 | What you need to know about the numbers behind the 2023 Budget | Surplus or not, the budget papers show us living through pretty awful times, writes Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University.
Living standards measured by the buying power of wages are set to go backwar... |
| 09.05.2023 | Eddy Andrews Handyman Services Expands Operations to Meet Growing Demand for Home Improvement Services | Eddy Andrews Handyman Services expands to meet growing demand for home improvement. Quality workmanship & affordable pricing in Brisbane and QLD area. #growing BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, May 10, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- Eddy Andr... |
| 09.05.2023 | Eddy Andrews Digital Marketing Agency Announces Expansion Plans in the Australian Market | Digital Marketing Agency expanding services in major Australian cities & QLD to help small businesses grow their online presence. #digitalmarketing #expansion BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, May 9, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- Eddy Andrew... |
| 17.04.2023 | Digital Economy Index reveals spending is flat, but online continues to grow | Australians’ online spending has dropped in the last year despite a growth in new online businesses and an increase in average turnover, according to a new report from fintech, Airwallex.
But it’s not all doom and gloom. Data from the inaug... |
| 03.02.2023 | Gen-Z excluded from travel due to rent hikes and cost-of-living crisis, finds Nesteek/UTS research | Keith Schembri, Nesteek CEO and co-founder
Nesteek aiming to be the Airbnb for young Australian renters SYDNEY , AUSTRALIA , February 3, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Four UTS students have teamed up to launch Nesteek, a platform to help Gen-Z... |
| 27.12.2022 | Global Sisters Marketplace accelerates economic security among female entrepreneurs | Global Sisters diverse female entrepreneurs
Wiradjuri woman, and Chocolate on Purpose founder, Fiona Harrison, Australia’s first Indigenous hand made chocolate infused with native botanicals
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| 21.12.2022 | The logistics challenges to watch out for in 2023 | While the transport and logistics industries are expected to grow to approximately $171.9bn by 2023, Richard Thame, CEO of parcel delivery company Couriers Please says that, despite promising success and growth, external issues including in... |
| 07.12.2022 | Why the RBA’s latest interest rate rise might be the last for some time | Source: shutterstock.
You might not know it from reading Tuesday’s statement announcing Australia’s eighth consecutive increase in interest rates, but our Reserve Bank might finally have done enough.
The statement says inflation is still “t... |
| 07.12.2022 | First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Holds Its $17K Perch Amid Rate Hike Concerns | Good morning. Here’s what’s happening:
Prices: Bitcoin, ether and other major cryptos traded sideways, albeit slightly to the green.
Insights: Asia is ready for a scaled-up, crypto-friendly bank.
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| 07.12.2022 | First Mover Asia: Here’s What Might Happen to Sino Global’s Liquid Value Fund During FTX’s Bankruptcy Protection Proceedings | Good morning. Here’s what’s happening:
Prices: Bitcoin and other cryptos sink some, but not enough to disturb the calm of the past 10 days.
Insights: How will the fallout from FTX affect Sino Global's Liquid Value Fund?
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| 21.11.2022 | Latest data shows Victoria is leading Australia in economic growth while NSW is in last place | Source: Daniel Pockett / AAP
The latest figures on the economic performance of Australia’s states and territories show Victoria leading the nation and New South Wales falling to last place.
The annual gross state product accounts from the A... |
| 17.11.2022 | First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Sinks Amid Crypto's Latest Debacle | Good morning. Here’s what’s happening:
Prices: Bitcoin and other cryptos sank after the lending arm of crypto investment bank Genesis Global Trading suspended customer withdrawals.
Insights: The fallout from FTX's collapse continues to wide... |
| 12.10.2022 | New $24 million Queensland government fund to invest in local early-stage startups | Queensland Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment Cameron Dick. (AAP Image-Glenn Hunt)
Queensland startups will get a helping hand with kick-starting their innovative business ventures, after state Treasurer and Minister for Trade ... |
| 12.10.2022 | The number of Aussies working in distilleries has exploded by 240% but taxes are limiting growth | Four Pillars gin. Source: supplied.
Census figures from 2021 have revealed employment in the spirit manufacturing industry is up 240%, but some distillers say a number of factors are still holding the Australian industry back.
According to ... |
| 11.10.2022 | ABS "rattled" PwC Australia's Census code, security | The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) took no chances with PwC Australia, to whom it outsourced the build of the 2021 Census, efforts that led it to “rattle” the census security setup “pretty hard” and find vulnerabilities in PwC’s code... |
| 28.09.2022 | How Australia could escape the impending global recession | Global stock markets are tanking on fears of recessions in the US, the UK and Europe, and the OECD is actually forecasting recessions in Europe.
So is recession now inevitable in Australia? Not at all.
The good news is there are several rea... |
| 26.09.2022 | Retailers urged to get Christmas-ready now as shoppers buy early | Retailers need to get Christmas-ready ASAP, as a survey reveals that two-thirds of Aussie shoppers will be done-and-dusted with their Christmas shopping by the end of October.
The CouriersPlease independent panel survey of 1007 Australian o... |
| 20.09.2022 | Cyber threats are more prevalent than ever before. Australia needs an “Iron Dome” to protect small business | Source: Unsplash/Clint Patterson
Viruses, whether digital or biological, come in all shapes and sizes. But the best defense from them stems from a unified and persistent response.
Take the Australian COVID-19 response. Federally, through th... |
| 19.09.2022 | ABS hunts for new CIO | The Australian Bureau of Statistics is on the hunt for a new information and communications technology chief, as Steve Hamilton departs to take on a new role within the federal government.
The agency put the call out for Hamilton's replacem... |
| 19.09.2022 | Why multi-employer bargaining is unlikely to boost wages — and could actually make it worse | Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's jobs and skills summit has seen some major announcements that are set to change the future of work. Source: AAP/Lukas Coch
One of the key measures announced to “get wages moving” in the wake of the federal ... |
| 16.09.2022 | 3 tips to tackle rising travel costs for your business right now | Petrol. Spinach. Business travel. Everywhere we look, prices are going up. While removing spinach from our stir-fry is an easy solution (and no great loss), we need to be savvier when it comes to our corporate travel spend.
The Global Busin... |
| 12.09.2022 | The Jobs Summit was a start, but we need to start increasing the number of women in the workforce immediately | Source: Women's Agenda
The Jobs and Skills Summit was a welcome start in resolving Australia’s unemployment and labour shortage concerns, but policymakers are still not going far enough in exploring the deeper causes behind the crisis. As r... |
| 09.09.2022 | Three ways the government could help protect Aussie small businesses against inflation | Unsplash/Surface
Inflation is rising at its fastest pace in more than two decades. Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows the consumer price index has risen by 6.1% this year, the fastest rate since 2000 when GST raised the price of man... |
| 08.09.2022 | Australia’s June quarter accounts show GDP is doing well, but economic management is about to get harder | Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-NC-ND
Tuesday’s national accounts show Australia ending 2021-22 on a strong note.
Gross domestic product grew by a historically robust 0.9% in the three months to June, and by an unusually-high 3.6% over... |
| 07.09.2022 | With timber and steel prices skyrocketing, construction costs are surging out of control | Source: Mick Tsikas / AAP Image
It’s a tough time to build or renovate a house in Australia. Prices are up, well above inflation. Finding materials and getting them on time is a challenge. Builders are grappling with too much work and stres... |
| 30.08.2022 | Summit cheat sheet: what is productivity, and how well does it measure what we do? | It makes sense for tomorrow’s jobs and skills summit to focus on productivity, but other more personal things matter as well, says Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow at ANU’s Crawford School of Public Policy. Among them, the quality of our jobs.... |
| 29.08.2022 | The occupations research says will have a shortage or surplus in the next two years | Source: Unsplash/Hush Naidoo Jade Photography.
Skills shortages are set to be a key theme at this week’s jobs summit. With the unemployment rate at its lowest level in a generation, employers and consumers are looking for solutions.
To unde... |
| 29.08.2022 | First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Falls to $19.6K as Investors Continue to Mull Fed Chair's Comments | Good morning. Here’s what’s happening:
Prices: Bitcoin and ether traded down over the weekend.
Insights: Analysts saw Fed Chair Jerome Powell's speech for what it was: an unbridled commitment to tame inflation.
Catch the latest episodes of ... |
| 29.08.2022 | Yes, there’s a ‘skills shortage’. Here are 3 jobs summit ideas to start fixing it right away | Ahead of Thursday’s jobs and skills summit, Pi-Shen Seet from Edith Cowan University and Janice Jones from Flinders University present three ways to fill the immediate skills shortage that don’t rely on migration.
On Thursday, union, busine... |
| 29.08.2022 | Advertised salaries now outpacing official wage growth data, new SEEK report says, as hirers scramble for talent | Source: Shutterstock
Advertised starting salaries are 4.1% higher on average than those offered in July 2021, a new SEEK report says, suggesting wages offered to fresh hires are rising faster than pay packets for existing workers.
In its ne... |
| 19.08.2022 | Unemployment could soon be at 3%. Here’s why it’s not going up anytime soon | Source: Unsplash/Kyle Ryan.
Unfathomably, Australia’s unemployment rate has sunk to 3.4%. Even harder to believe is that it will soon sink lower and after that, if the ANZ’s forecasts are correct, dip below the next threshold to two-point-s... |
| 18.08.2022 | Real wages in Australia fall by fastest rate on record ahead of Jobs Summit | Australian households are suffering under the sharpest decline in purchasing power on record as “sluggish” wages growth continues to lag behind skyrocketing prices for everyday essentials.
Official figures published on Wednesday revealed re... |
| 18.08.2022 | Australia’s inflation rate will soon be published each month. Here’s what that means | Source: Getty
Australia’s consumer price index is about to go monthly, meaning Australia will join most of the developed world in getting an update on inflation at the end of every month, instead of once every three months as at present.
Un... |
| 17.08.2022 | Good news: Median wage growth in SMEs is generally keeping pace with the cost of living | The July Employment Hero SME Index shows an increase in median wages and growing employment numbers, which highlights the resiliency of the small and medium-sized employment sector.
In good news for anyone employed by small and medium busin... |
| 16.08.2022 | The Great Data Divide: How SMEs with accurate data insights are surviving the inflationary cycle | Regardless of industry, across Australia businesses can be divided into haves and have nots by the accuracy and recency of their data. For those running on gut feel, or how they’ve always done it, a perilous combination of economic drivers ... |
| 12.08.2022 | Australians living with a disability could be the answer to the hospitality labour crisis | Source: AAP.
We all know of a beloved café or restaurant that has recently reduced its opening hours, had to close its doors for a significant period of time, or was forced to completely close down due to staff shortages. While the pandemic... |
