| Date | Title | Description |
| 12.11.2024 | Navigating the Entrepreneurial Landscape: Passion, Profit, and the Power of People | In the vibrant world of entrepreneurship, passion is the fuel. It ignites dreams and drives ambition. Yet, as many Australian start-ups discover, passion alone is not enough. Nearly half of new businesses in Australia fail within four years... |
| 12.11.2024 | How to turn passion into profit and why half of Aussie start-ups fail | Over 300 Founders and SME leaders set to gather at Melbourne's Federation Square on 22nd November for launch of 'The 4Ps of Business' book
MELBOURNE, Australia, Nov. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The growth in Australian social enterprises is pr... |
| 24.10.2024 | Proximity welcomes Felicity Cooper and Elise Poiner as Expert Advisor | Government consultancy firm Proximity has appointed Felicity Cooper and Elise Poiner as Expert Advisor.
A senior government lawyer and advisor, Felicity Cooper brings around 20 years of experience working with and for the public sector. She... |
| 07.08.2024 | Sole traders are under pressure, but the tide is turning to digital tax tools | Nicole Kelly. Source: SmartCompany article-article-body
The Australian Taxation Office has given taxpayers, the green light to lodge their tax returns, but this year, taxpayers need to be more wary than usual.
The ATO has heightened its scr... |
| 05.08.2024 | Is Australia’s Public Sector Ready for a Major Cyber Security Incident? | Recent investigations into the cyber security preparedness of Australian Federal Government agencies have found gaps in the public sector’s readiness for cyber security attacks or major data breaches, contributing to a focus in 2024 on impr... |
| 09.05.2024 | Forrester Announces Full Conference Agenda For CX Summit APAC 2024 | Event will share actionable insights to help CX, digital, and B2C marketing leaders seize the generative AI opportunity
IHH Healthcare Singapore to be honored as recipient of Forrester's 2024 Asia Pacific Customer-Obsessed Enterprise Award
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| 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 ... |
| 16.04.2024 | America's facing a retirement disaster. There's a better way. | Economy America's facing a retirement disaster. There's a better way.
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| 28.02.2024 | Price gouging by banks? There’s a simple solution | (Clockwise from top left) The logos of NAB, ANZ, Westpac, and Commonwealth Bank. Source: Joel Carrett / AAP Image article-article-body
Does it feel like you’re being charged more for all sorts of things these days, from groceries to banking... |
| 19.07.2023 | GovERP program cost hits $265 million | A large-scale program to set up a common SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) system for the federal government has cost $265 million so far.
The price tag includes a two year, $246.1 million pot of funding given to Services Australia in ... |
| 01.06.2023 | Services Australia discloses "delays" on GovERP project | Services Australia has blamed unspecified “delays” for $60 million of planned work on a SAP-based common ERP system for government being pushed back by a year.
GovERP is designed to consolidate corporate and financial systems across the gov... |
| 04.04.2023 | Password-crackers and metadata used to check Centrelink users' relationship status | Services Australia is using telecommunications metadata and password-bypassing software to investigate welfare recipients suspected of claiming single payments while in relationships.
The Centrelink administrator told the Attorney General’s... |
| 27.03.2023 | Services Australia, NDIA fell short in $374 million worth of procurements | An independent review into Services Australia and National Disability Insurance Agency procurements has criticised the agencies’ use of limited or single supplier tenders.
The review was established by the CEOs of Services Australia and the... |
| 18.10.2022 | Small businesses sandbagged across regional Victoria as Echuca residents brace for further flooding | Source: Brendan McCarthy/AAP Image
Victorian communities have rallied around small businesses affected by severe flooding, as shopfronts in Echuca brace for the chance of further inundation in the coming days.
Heavy downfalls swelled the ba... |
| 21.09.2022 | Services Australia to scale up neurodiversity hiring program | Services Australia is set for a major expansion of its neurodiversity recruitment program with up to 70 new IT and digital roles to be offered, more than double the number of hires made over the program’s entirety.
The Aurora neurodiversity... |
| 31.08.2022 | Jobs Summit: How letting retirees work without docking their pension could help fix the labour shortage | Source: Eric prouzet/unsplash.
With historically low unemployment and “we’re hiring” signs all over the place, there’s an understandable push for more skilled migrants. There’s a session on it at the Jobs Summit on Friday morning.
But there... |
| 28.02.2022 | Explained: The support available for SMEs affected by flooding | Source: Unsplash/Chris Gallagher.
This article was updated on March 3 at 10.50am, to add additional support measures that became available, and on March 7 at midday to add a link to our article on the $50,000 grants available to small busin... |
| 11.02.2022 | Small businesses can’t survive multiple ‘shadow lockdowns’ without a national support plan | An empty street in Sydney. Source: Unsplash/Luke White.
The “shadow lockdown” accompanying the Omicron outbreak should have come as no surprise to Australia’s policy makers. But the type of government support that helped so many individuals... |
| 10.12.2021 | Why the government should consider a Christmas bonus for all | Source: Unsplash/Valentin Petkov.
Last Wednesday several federal MPs and party leaders took a break from the final parliamentary sitting week to place gifts under the Kmart wishing tree. The company donates these gifts to the Salvation Army... |
| 25.10.2021 | If I catch COVID-19 at work, what are my rights? What employees are entitled to if they get sick on the job | The transition to ‘living with COVID’ makes contracting the virus at work a distinct possibility, even with high vaccination rates. So what are your rights as an Australian employee if you catch COVID-19, particularly if you believe you hav... |
| 11.10.2021 | 10 things you need to know this morning in Australia | Getty Images
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The Greater Sydney lockdown is over. Well, perhaps not entirely, but restrictions are easing after more than 100 days. Masks are no longer required outdoors and 10 fully vaccinated visitors are allowed in home... |
| 10.09.2021 | Vaccine passports are coming: how will they work and what will you need them for? | Even before any COVID-19 vaccines were invented, vaccine passports for participation in public activities appeared likely. Australia’s plagued vaccine rollout meant such requirements lay in a distant future — until now, writes Kate Atwell.
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| 13.07.2021 | Government pledges billions in relief for NSW small businesses impacted by lockdown | A joint package worth billions, from the NSW and federal governments, is set to support NSW businesses and individuals impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. The funding aims to get business cash flow moving again and ease the pressure ... |
| 04.06.2021 | Are you eligible for the new temporary COVID disaster payment? | Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a new temporary payment to support workers locked down in Melbourne. This follows growing pressure to provide specific support to those without work and heading into their second week of lockdown ... |
| 04.06.2021 | The federal government’s temporary COVID disaster payment explained | Prime Minister Scott Morrison is seen during a press conference at Beef Australia Expo 2021 in Rockhampton, Queensland, Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Source: AAP Image/Steve Vit.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a new temporary payment t... |
| 02.05.2021 | Unemployment could hit over 7 per cent: here’s why | It’s not just the end of JobKeeper that will push up unemployment figures for April. The most-recently published figures, for March, had the unemployment rate coming down to 5.6 per cent. The next ones, for April, won’t get published until ... |
| 29.04.2021 | Frydenberg says the budget will spend big to boost the economy. Here’s what SMEs want to see | Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has signalled the Morrison government will not skimp on state spending or increase taxes in the upcoming federal budget, given the nation’s unemployment rate remains above 5%.
In a speech delivered today, Frydenber... |
| 27.04.2021 | Unemployment could soon be higher than 7%. Here’s why | Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Source: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas.
It’s not just the end of JobKeeper that will push up unemployment in April.
The most-recently published figures, for March, had the unemployment rate coming down to 5.6%
The next one... |
| 23.03.2021 | BENDIGO AND ADELAIDE BANK LIMITED
NSW Floods: Bendigo Bank launches appeal, outlines available assistance for customers | Bendigo Bank customers affected by major flooding in NSW as a result of the continuing extreme weather event are being offered financial relief with the Bank outlining its range of support options available to affected customers. In additio... |
| 22.03.2021 | Storms, rain and flash flooding: Here’s what support the federal and state governments and banks have announced for SMEs on the east coast | Source: Unsplash/Jonathan Ford
Support for small businesses affected by flooding in parts of New South Wales and southeast Queensland has been announced by federal and state governments and the big four banks.
The support comes after the Ne... |
| 01.12.2020 | Australia’s leading economists want JobSeeker boosted by $100 per week and tied to wages | Source: AAP/Dan Peled.
Once about as high as the pension, the JobSeeker (Newstart) unemployment payment has fallen shockingly low compared to living standards.
It’s now only two-thirds of the pension, just 40% of the full-time minimum wage,... |
| 29.09.2020 | Aussies want post-COVID work perks to offset impacts of the recession | Working from home, increased annual leave and income protection insurance are among the top perks Australians would like to see in a post-COVID workplace.
The discovery comes from a recent Finder survey querying approximately 1000 Australia... |
| 15.09.2020 | Services Australia prepares to match payroll data to prevent overpayments | Services Australia is set to begin matching the data of welfare recipients against single touch payroll (STP) data, as it looks to simplify income reporting while boosting the accuracy of compliance measures.
Just months after agreeing to p... |
| 21.05.2020 | Services Australia's voice biometrics library passes 1.2 million | More than 1.2 million people have now enrolled a voiceprint with Services Australia to access government services, new figures released by the agency reveal.
The agency responsible for Centrelink and Child Support said “increasing numbers” ... |
| 27.04.2020 | Permanently raising the childcare subsidy is an economic opportunity too good to miss | The Australian government’s COVID-19 rescue package for the childcare sector provides a lifeline for centres and parents alike.
Childcare centres now have a guaranteed stream of income and support for wage costs, helping them to stay in bus... |
| - | Services Australia lands $630m for myGov | Services Australia is set to receive $580 million over four years to maintain and continue developing myGov, after several years of dealing with “opportunistic funding bursts”.
The one-stop shop had been living off $134.5 million of “sustai... |
| - | ATO to ingest daily Medicare data to check levy exemption claims | The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will next month move from biannual to daily ingestion of data from Services Australia to speed up processing of returns where a Medicare levy and surcharge exemption is claimed.
The data is fed into disc... |
