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- Workplace Inclusion and Rights
Diageo launches one of Australia’s most progressive parental leave policies

First 5000 | May 23, 2019

Drinks producer Diageo has announcement that from 1 July 2019 all Australian employees will be eligible to take 26 weeks paid family leave regardless of gender, carer status or length of service.
- Superannuation
Govt should develop online tool to compare super funds: survey

First 5000 | May 23, 2019

A high level of confusion among members of poorly performing super funds points to the urgent need for a Government-sanctioned online tool to help Australians make more informed choices about their super savings, according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees.
- Business
Significant challenges to confront construction sector in 2019 and beyond

First 5000 | May 23, 2019

Obtaining insurance cover in the coming year and beyond will be a very costly undertaking and a significant challenge for businesses within the construction and associated industries.
- Business
Why the Australian Business Growth Fund doesn’t go far enough

Lui Pangiarella | May 22, 2019

The newly elected Morrison government’s promised Australian Business Growth Fund needs to be expanded to include acquisitions.
- Events
Cvent unveils 2019 Top 50 Meeting Hotels in APAC

First 5000 | May 22, 2019

Hyatt Regency Sydney took the number one spot for the second year in a row in Cvent’s annual Top 50 Meeting Hotels in Asia Pacific (APAC).
- Tax
$30k asset write-off up for grabs: is your business eligible?

First 5000 | May 22, 2019

With the end of financial year fast approaching, small and medium-sized businesses are being reminded they could be eligible for an instant asset write-off of up to $30,000.
- Digital transformation
NBN consumers continue shift to higher speed plans

First 5000 | May 21, 2019

More than 5.2 million Australian households are now connected to the NBN, with almost 60 per cent subscribed to higher speed plans, according to the ACCC’s latest quarterly Wholesale Market Indicators Report, released today.
- Business Awards
2019 Telstra Business Woman of the Year announced

First 5000 | May 21, 2019

The title of 2019 Telstra Business Woman of the Year has been awarded to Natasha Chadwick, CEO of Queensland aged care facility, NewDirection Care at Bellmere.
- Politics and Policy
Ombudsman calls for returned government to follow-through on SME commitments

First 5000 | May 21, 2019

The focus on the small business sector in the lead-up to the election was a major factor in the win for the Coalition government, the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO), Kate Carnell said today.
- Business
From little things, big things grow: the success story of Bio21

Robert Cromption | May 20, 2019

In 1998, the Bio21 Hub was established through the collaboration of Melbourne University Science Departments and Research Institutes including the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, which has now led to break-through cancer research commercialisation in partnership with major pharmaceutical companies.
- Politics and Policy
Small business votes more valuable than bunkum dollars

Peter Strong | May 20, 2019

COSBOA today congratulated Scott Morrison on achieving an outcome for the election that very few predicted. This will give certainty to the small business community.
- Space
Earth to Mars: Monash team takes on world’s best in rover challenge

First 5000 | May 20, 2019

A student team from Monash University is taking one small step for Australia and one giant leap for future life on Mars as it competes against the world’s best to build the next generation of space rovers that will one day accompany human explorers to the Red Planet.