• ANZ’s four-day work week pilot success a “game changer” for how we work

    Joe Jiang     |     July 5, 2023

    Successful trials of the four-day work week in Australia and New Zealand have signalled a need to transform the way we work to achieve sustainable benefits for

     

  • Australian middle market continues to power ahead as the engine room of economy

    Mick Wright-Smith     |     June 30, 2023

    The Australian middle market is a large, diverse, and dynamic set of operating businesses. It’s often referred to as the engine room of the nation’s economy, employing nearly a quarter 

  • Embrace digital transformation now or risk falling behind

    Adrian Floate     |     June 26, 2023

    Today, digital transformation is no longer a forward-thinking option, but a necessity for all businesses aiming to maintain their competitive advantage. The prospect of economic uncertainty can prompt sweeping cost-cutting 

  • Retail recession will be life-changing for consumers

    First 5000     |     June 23, 2023

    The years 2023 and 2024 will deliver new retail offerings for consumers that will change their lives forever, according to Lyndall Spooner.

    Latest statistics show retail turnover in Australia 

  • SMES to benefit from staff training, digital investment

    First 5000     |     June 22, 2023

    Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) is encouraging SMEs businesses to act now if they want to benefit from a tax incentive to train their employees and digitise 

  • ASIC invites Australian entities to assess their cyber resilience

    First 5000     |     June 21, 2023

    ASIC-regulated entities, including mid market businesses, publicly listed companies and other entities holding licences and authorisations, are invited to take part in a survey to measure cyber resilience in Australia’s 

  • Changes to pay secrecy explained

    Sean Melbourne     |     June 14, 2023

    Now that the penalties for pay secrecy clauses have kicked in, let's take a look at what people can and can't do when it comes to pay secrecy: The 

  • Federal Government announces payday super from 1 July 2026

    First 5000     |     June 1, 2023

    The Albanese Government will require super to be paid on payday, a reform that will benefit the retirement incomes
     

  • WEBINAR: The 7 Critical Factors for Successful Succession

    Craig West     |     May 19, 2023

    Succession Planning is quite simple to describe as the combination of three things all happening at the same time. It’s about getting the business ready for a change of ownership or 

  • GAPs’ Twenty Years on the Second Track

    Catherine Fritz-Kalish     |     October 11, 2022

    The Second Track was developed by Global Access Partners from principles established in track two diplomacy to encourage rational conversations in contested policy spaces. GAP’s co-founder Catherine Fritz-Kalish traces the