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  • Exports

  2019 Australian Export Award winners announced

  First 5000     |      December 4, 2019

  Australia’s most successful exporters were recognised at the 57th Australian Export Awards in Parliament House, Canberra last night.
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  • Economy

  Business leaders’ confidence in the economy slumps: report

  Stephanie Christopher     |      December 4, 2019

  The race to the finish line of the calendar year is a critical period for reviewing big decisions; budgets, targets, resourcing and investments to set a clear direction come the new year.
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  • Pacific Relationships

  Activating trade and investment for a win-win in the Pacific

  First 5000     |      December 4, 2019

  The Parliament’s Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee has launched a new inquiry into activating trade and investment between Australia and Pacific island countries.
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  • Advertising

  Veteran agency ‘outsider’ launches new assault on “masquerading creative transformers”

  First 5000     |      December 3, 2019

  The Australian advertising and marketing industries must urgently and radically reform their business models in order to survive the onslaught from “overthinking rationalists masquerading as creative transformers”.
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  • disability
  • Workplace Inclusion and Rights

  International Day of People with Disability – five ways for organisations to celebrate in 2019

  Australian Network on Disability     |      December 3, 2019

  International Day of People with Disability (IDPWD), held on 3 December (today) each year, aims to increase public awareness, understanding and acceptance of people with disability. 
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  • Charity

  Giving Tuesday the right response to spending spree

  First 5000     |      December 3, 2019

  Following a weekend spending blitz that saw shoppers splurge hundreds of millions on pre-Christmas bargains, charities and not-for-profits are urging people to counter the consumer frenzy by giving back.
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  • Business Awards

  McDonald’s, Kellogg’s and PepsiCo slammed at the Fame and Shame Awards 2019

  First 5000     |      December 2, 2019

  Australian parents have given several unhealthy food manufacturers the red card as part of the Parent’s Voice Fame and Shame Awards.
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  • Leadership

  YPO elects 2020-2021 chairman

  First 5000     |      December 2, 2019

  YPO, the premier global leadership community for chief executives, has elected of Anastasios (Tassos) Economou to YPO’s highest elected office, the 2020-2021 chairman of the YPO Board of Directors.
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  • Workplace Environment

  Expert office interior design tips for midsize companies

  Maryn Mcdonnell     |      December 2, 2019

  From influencing a company’s image to boosting employee performance and productivity, the benefits of office design cannot be disregarded.
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  • Education and Training

  How to build homegrown solutions to technology skills shortage

  First 5000     |      November 29, 2019

  The majority of Australians believe the continued and increasing need for high-technology skills in the workforce should be addressed through home grown education and not by foreign skilled immigration, according to a new attitudinal survey.
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  • Artificial Intelligence

  How to manage an AI workforce

  Mat Donald     |      November 29, 2019

  AI is emerging across a range of industries due to faster computer hardware, software advancement and new algorithms.
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  • Business

  5 business ideas in the 3D printing industry

  Carolin Petterson     |      November 29, 2019

  The concept of 3D printing is not just something that changes how we perceive the concept of printing but also how we see manufacturing as a whole.