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A healthy brain, your 2019 New Year’s resolution
First 5000 | December 31, 2018Dementia Australia is inviting all Australians to make their brain health a priority in 2019 by incorporating a number of changes to lower their risk of dementia.
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Engineering excellence steals limelight at Business SA 2018 Export Awards
First 5000 | December 31, 2018World-leading aerospace component manufacturer Levett Engineering took out the major award at the Business SA 2018 Export Awards, being named the Qatar Airways Exporter Of The Year, and also won the Efic Manufacturing Award.
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Creating jobs, building better communities: December round of CBF NT grants awarded
First 5000 | December 31, 2018The Northern Territory Labor Government has awarded a total of $4.4 million in the December round of the CBF Major and Minor Community Organisation Grants and Major Community Events Program Grants to local community organisations.
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Craft brewery trial extended to Newcastle
First 5000 | December 30, 2018A NSW Government trial to allow craft brewers to trade like small bars has been extended to Newcastle.
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GST on feminine hygiene products removed from 1 January, ACCC to monitor
First 5000 | December 30, 2018The Federal Government has directed the ACCC to monitor and report on the prices, costs and profits relating to the supply of menstrual products in the feminine hygiene products industry after the decision was made earlier this year to remove the GST from January 1 2019.
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SDA, TWU to take on Amazon, online retailers
First 5000 | December 30, 2018Two of Australia’s largest unions are joining forces to address working conditions in the area of online retail, including Amazon. The move comes as a case opens at Fair Work over a labour hire worker sacked from Amazon’s Sydney Fulfillment Centre after he joined the union.
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ANCAP Top Performers for 2018
First 5000 | December 29, 2018ANCAP, Australasia’s independent vehicle safety authority, has revealed its top performing vehicles for 2018 – the Mercedes-Benz A-Class, the Toyota Corolla and the Holden Acadia.
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Disability sector traineeship pilot program
First 5000 | December 29, 2018A new pilot program has been launched to deliver up to 80 traineeships for the disability sector, in partnership between the State and Federal governments, and National Disability Services (NDS).
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Research sheds light on Australian attitudes towards environmental sustainability
Liam Taylor | December 29, 2018Over 90% of Australian consumers are concerned about the environment and sustainability, according to a study from HP Australia and Planet Ark.
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It’s time to put the 15-hour work week back on the agenda
Tony Vale | December 28, 2018The idea of reduced working hours was once seen as an essential indicator of progress. It’s time it was again.
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Financial advisers urged to ensure registration by 31 December 2018
First 5000 | December 28, 2018ASIC is reminding financial advisers, who are currently authorised, to make sure that they are on ASIC’s Financial Advisers Register no later than 31 December 2018, before new professional standards requirements take effect.
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Have your say: Modernising Queensland’s laws on civil surveillance and the protection of privacy
First 5000 | December 28, 2018The Queensland Law Reform Commission is reviewing Queensland’s laws relating to civil surveillance and the protection of privacy in the context of current and emerging technologies, including to:
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Steady growth for 2019 global meetings & events
First 5000 | December 27, 2018A decade after the 2008 global economic recession, the meetings industry has bounced back and settled into a new normal of steady and stable growth according to the 2019 Global Meetings and Events Forecast by American Express Meetings & Events (M&E), a division of American Express Global Business Travel (GBT).
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Helping Australian businesses engage with the world
First 5000 | December 27, 2018The Liberal-National Government has ramped-up its support to Australian companies doing business overseas, launching its new Economic and Commercial Diplomacy Agenda.
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Cash costs SMBs time: study
First 5000 | December 27, 2018A national study, commissioned by payments company Square, has revealed that Australian small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are wasting an average of 216 hours (around 29 working days) each year counting and banking cash.