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Businesses need pet friendly strategy
First 5000 | July 16, 2019Not having a Pet Friendly business strategy has become a significant disadvantage for cafes, restaurants and other retailers, according to previous prominent Equity Adviser and media commentator, now Managing Director of Pet Parking, Gary Huxtable.
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Searching for Optimism in Shepparton
First 5000 | July 15, 2019Victoria’s former Commissioner to the Americas and Senior advisor to Australia’s G20 Presidency, Victor Perton, is searching for optimists in Shepparton and the region.
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Poor financial management sending Aussies broke, stressed
First 5000 | July 15, 2019One third (31%) of Aussies confess poor financial management such as using cash advances on credit cards, not knowing how to budget, not paying attention to debt, and racking up late fees on credit facilities are contributors to their personal debt situation.
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How to Ensure the Health of Your Employees in the Modern Workplace
Zack Halliwell | July 15, 2019Should you live to work or work to live? This is one of the biggest questions plaguing the modern workplace. The fact is that work should finish at the end of the day; but we still take many of the worries with us afterwards.
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Entries open for MIKE Awards
First 5000 | July 12, 2019Entries are open for the first full Australia/NZ MIKE (Most Innovative Knowledge Enterprises) Awards.
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How to motivate millennial workers
Karen Gately | July 12, 2019How often have you heard a Baby Boomer or Gen X Leader to talk about their frustrations with the Millennial generation. It’s common to hear about the impatience, unrealistic expectations and lack of loyalty of younger workers.
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Business planning reaps rewards for Victorian mixed farm
First 5000 | July 12, 2019Mixed farm operator James Hegarty has taken out the 2019 Rabobank Business Development Prize from a field of some of Australia and New Zealand’s leading young farmers.
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The #1 thing you need to fix to keep customers
Darrell Hardidge | July 11, 2019Edwards Deming said, ‘without data you’re just another person with an opinion’.
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Super oblivious: One in four Australians unaware they have multiple super accounts
First 5000 | July 11, 2019Disengaged consumers want the Government to act on multiple super accounts, and ensure default super funds should be good quality, with low fees and a history of good performance, new polling has revealed.
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Vocus’ Australia Singapore Cable operating at 50% more capacity
First 5000 | July 11, 2019Vocus has announced its Australian Singapore Cable (ASC) system was now operating with an end-to-end total capacity of 60 terabits per second (Tbps) – 50% more capacity than it launched with less than 10 months ago.
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Workplace Relations system review will take vision, leadership
First 5000 | July 10, 2019The founder of Australia’s largest workplace relations consultancy has urged theGovernment to be courageous in delivering the workplace relations system review.
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Optus customers urged to check for refunds
First 5000 | July 10, 2019Optus customers are encouraged to check if they have received an email or SMS from Optus about a refund they may be entitled to in relation to Optus’s Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) third-party billing service.
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Fast Track needed for infrastructure as building activity dips
First 5000 | July 10, 2019Governments at the state and territory level must work together with the Federal Government to fast track recent commitments on infrastructure, including both transport and social infrastructure projects, in light of today’s very mixed results for building activity.
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No correlation between MySuper risk and returns
First 5000 | July 9, 2019There is no relationship between the performance of MySuper products, their level of volatility and the riskiness of their underlying investments, according to a report.
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Deloitte Access Economics report adds to migration debate
First 5000 | July 9, 2019New Deloitte Access Economics analysis on Australia’s Significant Investor visa (SIV) program – and its economic and social potential – is set to add to the country’s ongoing migration debate.