• Business

    Business

    ANZ’s four-day work week pilot success a “game changer” for how we work


    Joe Jiang |  July 5, 2023


    Successful trials of the four-day work week in Australia and New Zealand have signalled a need to transform the way we work to achieve sustainable benefits for the employee, the organisation and society, RMIT Professor Zhou (Joe) Jiang, explains.


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  • Finance

    Finance

    Australian middle market continues to power ahead as the engine room of economy


    Mick Wright-Smith |  June 30, 2023


    Banks face several key challenges in lending to middle market companies, Mick Wright-Smith, Co-Founder and Partner, Epsilon Direct Lending explains.


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  • Digital transformation

    Digital transformation

    Embrace digital transformation now or risk falling behind


    Adrian Floate |  June 26, 2023


    Businesses of all sizes need to embrace digital transformation – especially in how they make/accept invoice payments and how this impacts cash flow – as a means of survival in today’s uncertain economic environment, Adrian Floate Managing Director of Spenda explains.


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  • Retail

    Retail

    Retail recession will be life-changing for consumers


    First 5000 |  June 23, 2023


    According to customer experience expert, Lyndall Spooner of Fifth Dimension, the retail recession will be life-changing in a positive way for consumers. While brands are going under and there is blood on the streets, consumers will be the winners.


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  • Digital transformation

    Digital transformation

    SMES to benefit from staff training, digital investment


    First 5000 |  June 22, 2023


    Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) is encouraging SMEs businesses to act now if they want to benefit from a new tax incentive to train their employees and digitise their business.


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  • Cyber security Have your say

    Cyber security Have your say

    ASIC invites Australian entities to assess their cyber resilience


    First 5000 |  June 21, 2023


    ASIC-regulated entities, including mid market businesses, publicly listed companies, other entities holding licences and authorisations, are invited to take part in a survey to measure cyber resilience in Australia’s corporate and financial markets. 


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  • Human resources

    Human resources

    Changes to pay secrecy explained


    Sean Melbourne |  June 14, 2023


    Penalties for pay secrecy clauses have been updated. Sean Melbourne from professional services company Source explains what employers and employees can and can’t do when it comes to pay secrecy.


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  • Superannuation

    Superannuation

    Federal Government announces payday super from 1 July 2026


    First 5000 |  June 1, 2023


    The Albanese Government has announced it will require super to be paid at the same time as salary and wages from 1 July 2026.


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Latest News

  • Best places to work in 2019: Glassdoor

    First 5000     |      December 9, 2018

    Glassdoor, one of the world’s largest job and recruiting sites, has announced the winners of its 11th annual Employees’ Choice Awards, honouring the Best Places to Work in 2019 across North America and parts of Europe.

  • Meal matchmaker revolutionises food relief

    First 5000     |      December 9, 2018

    More meals left over at the end of the day in quick serve restaurants, takeaways and cafes will soon be able to go to people in need thanks to a new collaboration between Foodbank, Australia’s largest food relief organisation, and an innovative new app called Y Waste.

  • High cholesterol costs Australia $4 billion

    First 5000     |      December 9, 2018

    High cholesterol placed an estimated $4 billion burden on the Australian economy in 2017-18, with more than one in three adult Australians, or 7.1 million people, estimated to be living with high cholesterol, according to a new Heart Foundation report.

  • Australians owed $106 Billion in unpaid overtime: report

    First 5000     |      December 8, 2018

    The 10th annual ‘Go Home On Time Day’ report by The Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work estimates that Australian employees will work 3.2 billion hours of unpaid overtime for their employers this year, worth an estimated $106 billion in foregone wages.

  • Pessimistic outlook for the year ahead: Farmers

    First 5000     |      December 8, 2018

    Much-needed rains have finally fallen over some of the country’s drought-affected regions, but seasonal concerns continue to hang over the outlook for Australia’s agricultural sector, the latest Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey has found.

  • Digital transformation is top of CEO agendas: KPMG

    First 5000     |      December 8, 2018

    Digital transformation is the number one priority for Australia’s business leaders as the market looks to the New Year, according to a survey by KPMG Australia.

  • “Buying growth” will continue to drive M&A in 2019: MinterEllison

    First 5000     |      December 7, 2018

    Following strong activity in the Australian public M&A sector and the record year for transactions booked in FY2018, MinterEllison said it saw a continued uplift for the 2019 with a positive sector outlook.

  • Six books the PM should read over the holidays (and you might like them too)

    John Daley     |      December 7, 2018

    To help our leaders make the most of their time off, Grattan Institute has curated a list of this year’s must-reads – a curiosity-piquing platter of novels, think-pieces, memoirs and manifestos.

  • A new data right for all Australians

    Josh Frydenberg     |      December 7, 2018

    Australians will soon be able to better compare prices and switch between products and providers across the banking, energy and telecommunications sectors, with the Liberal National Government introducing legislation into the Parliament this week that gives individuals access to personal data currently held by businesses.

  • Aussies to spend $25 billion this festive season

    First 5000     |      December 6, 2018

    Australians will spend billions on Christmas this year with presents to be the number one expense, according to new research by finder.com.au, the site that compares virtually everything.

  • Strong seasonal demand patterns in online business lending: OnDeck

    First 5000     |      December 6, 2018

    Data analysis by OnDeck has shown definite peaks and troughs in small business online lending and confirmed strong cyclical funding patterns across the sector in Australia.

  • Why Aussie skincare brands are dominating globally

    Patrick Foster     |      December 6, 2018

    Aussie skincare brands are nailing it right now. Around the world, Australian skincare companies are dominating sales graphs and getting global recognition for their innovative products, stellar marketing, and ethical credentials.

  • Retailers back buy now, pay later services

    First 5000     |      December 5, 2018

    The National Retail Association (NRA) has backed buy now, pay later service providers such as Afterpay, OpenPay and ZipPay.

  • Recycling goes to landfill while technology sits idle

    First 5000     |      December 5, 2018

    The effectiveness of recycling services across Australia is being seriously questioned as new research shines a critical light on waste management efforts.

  • Adviser soft skills need to remain a priority: MetLife

    First 5000     |      December 5, 2018

    As the financial advice industry puts the spotlight on adviser education and technical competency with the release of the FASEA revised standards, soft skills remain a priority for clients, according to research from MetLife Australia.