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Are Australians fed up with social media outrage?
First 5000 | April 23, 2018The growing support for Canberra company Seears Workwear may indicate that Australians are starting to reject social media outrage targeting businesses.
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The future of employment in Australia
First 5000 | April 22, 2018A new report traces prospective changes in Australian employment, given scenarios of greater or lesser growth, up to 2024.
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The war against corporate buzzwords
Roslyn Petelin | April 22, 2018Corporate buzzwords are often a substitute for thinking, rather than a means to express it. While they’re often treated as jokes, they’re also used as euphemisms for exploitation in the workplace.
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The art of saying ‘no’
Angela Henderson | April 22, 2018When you reach a certain level of success in business, especially these days of social media, people want to absorb your knowledge, and bounce ideas past you, but your time is valuable too.
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Safety tech offers a lifeline for the bottom line
First 5000 | April 21, 2018Safety and productivity should not be seen as opposing interests. The use of modern automated safety techniques, allied to proper staff training and a strong safety culture can reduce problems which not only threaten workers well-being, but cause costly delays in production.
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Good leadership is more than ‘anglo’ traits
Dan Caprar | April 21, 2018Some leadership attributes, like being trustworthy or encouraging, are viewed the same way in all cultures, but there are other characteristics that only spell leadership to people of Anglo-Celtic backgrounds.
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Spacenow gives purpose to unused areas
Helen Hull | April 21, 2018A new website looks to help businesses and private individuals make the most of unused spaces in their premises and homes.
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Australian firms upbeat on Chinese trade
First 5000 | April 20, 2018The 2018 Westpac Australia-China Business Sentiment Survey offers an insight into the current health of the Australia-China trade relationship, and features case studies from leading Australian brands in the China market including Blackmores, Metcash, Sanitarium and Woods Bagot.
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Employees want firms to have a social conscience but are employers listening?
First 5000 | April 20, 2018Deloitte’s Future of Work report highlights young people’s preference for socially responsible companies and identifies ten ways the world of work is set to change.
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Space 2.0: building Australia’s strategy for space
Flavia Tata Nardini | April 20, 2018While the first wave of space technology was dominated by national authorities, Space 2.0 will see the commercialisation of space by private companies and the realisation of its potential to provide low-cost global connectivity.
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Bad behaviour in Australia’s banking sector
Kevin Davis | April 19, 2018The Royal Commission on banking misconduct is uncovering a litany of poor behaviour by the nation’s banks, but will meaningful reforms create a better deal for their long suffering customers?
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The great China–US trade face-off
Shiro Armstrong | April 19, 2018The strains affecting international trade today did not start with Donald Trump. They are a consequence of shocks to the economic system dating back to the GFC and long-term structural changes in the global economy.
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Ombudsman urges firms to flag tax office issues
Kate Carnell | April 18, 2018Kate Carnell, the small business Ombudsman is calling for firms in trouble with ATO to contact her for advice with all due dispatch in the light of recent media revelations.
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New jobs and more trade as confidence rises for Aussie exporters
Steven Ciobo | April 18, 2018The Exporter Sentiment Index reveals 60 per cent of SME exporters expect profits to be higher in the next 12 months and many are exploring opportunities to expand internationally.
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SME manufacturing confidence reaches decade high
First 5000 | April 18, 2018Small and medium business confidence in the manufacturing sector rose strongly in the last quarter, hitting the highest level since 2008, according to the latest Sensis Business Index survey.