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  • Business
  • Marketing

  5 expert marketing tips for SMEs

  Carolin Petterson     |      October 18, 2019

  Even though there are differences between big companies and small businesses, marketing is still one of those business areas which nobody can ignore.
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  • Innovation

  Innovation is for everyone

  Brad Howarth     |      October 17, 2019

  There is a common narrative that can be heard at conferences and seminars across Australia when the topic turns to our track record on innovation, and it goes like this: “Australia is falling behind in terms of how innovative we are, and someone needs to do something about it”.
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  • Business

  Sky-high opportunity for startups

  First 5000     |      October 17, 2019

  Businesses and tech startups can rise to the next level with the City of Sydney seeking expressions of interest for an operator to lease an affordable innovation space in Sydney’s soon-to-be tallest commercial skyscraper.
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  • Charity

  Service NSW staff help empower women

  First 5000     |      October 17, 2019

  Service NSW staff have reached into their pockets and wardrobes to support charities focused on helping disadvantaged women gain employment. 
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  • Education and Training

  Australia urged to invest more in early childhood years to avoid crisis

  First 5000     |      October 16, 2019

  The first major national study into the benefits and opportunities from ‘early intervention’ has called for an overhaul of government policies to ensure at-risk children receive vital support services at a much earlier stage.
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  • Thought Leadership

  Understanding people is the key to complex problem solving

  Peter Fritz     |      October 16, 2019

  The increasing complexity of contemporary issues is outstripping the ability of traditional methods to comprehend, let along control, them. A new journal aims to leverage insights from behavioural economics to help solve the most pressing challenges facing the world today.
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  • Events

  Pacific Connect calls for attendees for Network Dialogue

  First 5000     |      October 16, 2019

  Pacific Connect is calling for expressions of interest from ambitious, accomplished and forward-thinking people to join its Network Dialogue in Brisbane on 11-13 November 2019 to discuss financial education for women in business.
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  • Marketing

  The agile, evolving organisation needs a living, evolving data ecosystem

  Rachel Bevans     |      October 15, 2019

  Leaders of high-performing organisations recognise that adaptability and connectivity are keys to long-term success in today’s rapidly changing, global environment.
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  • Superannuation

  Superannuation fees fall for the first time in six years

  First 5000     |      October 15, 2019

  Gross superannuation fees have fallen for the first time in six years, down to $32 billion, according to a study from Rainmaker Information. 
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  • Agriculture

  Australian farmers report increasing appetite for succession planning

  First 5000     |      October 15, 2019

  Australian farmers are becoming increasingly proactive when it comes to succession planning, according to a recent survey commissioned by agribusiness specialist Rabobank.
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  • Consultation

  Contribute to GAP’s new journal on complex problem solving

  Peter Massingham     |      October 14, 2019

  Submissions are being accepted for Global Access Partners’ new venture, the Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems (BESS), launched at GAP’s 10th Annual Economic Summit in the NSW Legislative Assembly Chamber in September.
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  • Superannuation

  Women mobilise to ensure improved retirement outcomes

  First 5000     |      October 14, 2019

  A high-powered group of women and men are mobilising in a push to make sure that the pressing needs of women are not left out of the forth coming retirement income review.