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How to manage employees’ holiday requests
Joe Peters | December 4, 2018Are the holidays a difficult time for your company? This season can be one of the most challenging when it comes to managing employees.
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Call for Australian standards to be free to Australian businesses
First 5000 | December 4, 2018The prices being charged to Australian businesses to buy Australian and International Business Standards as excessive, unsustainable, and unfair to Australian business, according to the Safety Institute of Australia.
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Fast rail network to transform NSW
First 5000 | December 4, 2018The NSW Government will start work on a fast rail network in the next term of government, linking regional centres to each other and Sydney, significantly slashing travel times across the State.
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Record expenditure on Australian Titles: Screen Australia
First 5000 | December 3, 2018Screen Australia’s annual Drama Report shows a record high expenditure on home grown stories, with $718 million spent on local productions, up 7% on last year.
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Director sentiment dips in uncertain climate
First 5000 | December 3, 2018Australia’s directors have lost confidence over the past six months, although they remain more optimistic about the economic and business outlook than they were at the end of 2017.
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‘Why We Chose Growth Over Profitability’ – Car Next Door Follows the Likes of Uber and Airbnb
First 5000 | December 3, 2018Peer-to-peer car sharing platform Car Next Door now has as many members as Australia’s largest traditional car sharing platform, and has just clocked up 200,000 bookings – marking an intense 12 month-period of growth.
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Santa Crashes Christmas: ALDI’s Christmas Ad
First 5000 | December 2, 2018Santa’s been found in the outback of Australia. He crash-landed in Woop Woop and was welcomed in with open arms by the local community, because it’s always the more the merrier at Christmas with ALDI.
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“Early childhood development is the best way to build our future”: Juliana Awada
First 5000 | December 2, 2018As part of the Partners’ Programme, the partners of the G20 leaders attended the official presentation of a project to foster artistic creativity in children.
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2018 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Australia Awards
First 5000 | December 2, 2018The ongoing revolution in how we shop, how we pay for services, and our migration from the server to the cloud are some of the key revenue drivers behind Australia’s fastest growing technology companies.
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10 practical tips for keeping mindful throughout a busy working day
Super Friend | December 1, 2018Mindfulness is about keeping your thoughts in the present – not thinking about what will happen next and not going over the past.
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How to share data while preserving privacy
First 5000 | December 1, 2018Governments and businesses now have a way to more safely share data, thanks to a new technique developed by ACS.
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Technology gets the edge over human drivers
Andrew Spence | December 1, 2018Cohda Wireless has demonstrated the ability of its driverless car technology to see around corners and locate other vehicles in an ‘urban canyon’ as part of a world-first trial in South Australia.
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ASIC puts spotlight on the rapidly growing buy now pay later industry
First 5000 | November 30, 2018ASIC has released its first review of the rapidly growing buy now pay later industry.
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Fast and simple ways to build your website
Sheryl Jones | November 30, 2018It’s difficult to imagine yourself living in a world without the internet. Even with all the opportunities that exist online, there are hundreds of businesses that don’t have a website.
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Fear not: Australians are likely to be comfortable in retirement
John Daley | November 30, 2018The conventional wisdom that Australians don’t save enough for retirement is wrong.