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  • Digital transformation

  Business SA launches Digital Champions

  First 5000     |      July 8, 2019

  Do you need help with your digital processes, or is your software letting you down? Over the next two years, Business SA will be offering free digital support services to members with up to 19 full-time equivalents as part of the Digital Champions Program.
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  • Business Awards

  Brisbane Lord Mayor launches new business awards

  First 5000     |      July 5, 2019

  Micro and social enterprises are among the Brisbane businesses encouraged to nominate for the new-look 2019 Lord Mayor’s Business Awards.
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  • Exports

  Global mentors to help Queensland businesses fast-track export learning curve

  First 5000     |      July 5, 2019

  Queensland businesses with global ambitions can be connected to business experts from their target markets, in a new program launched by Trade and Investment Queensland.
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  • Exports

  Queensland exports rebound as to Australia’s Trade Surplus reaches record

  First 5000     |      July 5, 2019

  Queensland exports led by a rebound in coal sales and elevated liquefied natural gas shipment help propel Australia to a record trade surplus of $5.75 billion in seasonally adjusted terms according to data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
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  • Energy

  Union demands crisis meeting with Gov to save energy jobs

  First 5000     |      July 4, 2019

  NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Deputy Premier John Barilaro are being urged to hold a crisis meeting with power industry unions to find a way to save 182 regional jobs being slashed by publicly-owned electricity distributor Essential Energy.
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  • Business Awards

  Suncorp named Bank of the Year at Consumer Finance Awards

  First 5000     |      July 4, 2019

  Suncorp has won prestigious Bank of the Year honours in Money magazine’s Consumer Finance Awards for the second consecutive year.
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  • Digital transformation

  Get the right modem for peak NBN performance

  First 5000     |      July 4, 2019

  A study released by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) today highlights the impact modems can have on the performance of internet services delivered over the National Broadband Network (NBN).
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  • Advertising

  Nine opening up TV market to SMBs

  First 5000     |      July 3, 2019

  Nine has launched 9Voyager, a move which will open the television market up to more than two million small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Australia.
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  • Business

  The wonder of workplace wellbeing

  Nina Fountain     |      July 3, 2019

  There is a growing understanding of the impact of stress and busy lives on our health, so it’s not surprising that leaders are looking to create workplaces that benefit the wellbeing of teams.
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  • Space

  Australian Space Agency 1 year on

  Dr Megan Clark AC     |      July 3, 2019

  Very few things inspire quite like space, and this has been exemplified during the first year of the Australian Space Agency.
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  • Economy

  Interest rate cut one piece of economic growth jigsaw

  First 5000     |      July 2, 2019

  The RBA has cut official interest rates for the second month running and lenders have been urged to fully share the reduction, especially for home loan and SME business customers. 
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  • Privacy

  38% would give up social media for data privacy: report

  First 5000     |      July 2, 2019

  Some 38 per cent of consumers would give up their social media accounts to guarantee their data remains private for the rest of their lives, according to a report from Kaspersky. 
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  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Digital transformation

  Hybrid workforces could be the answer to Australia’s job market concerns

  First 5000     |      July 2, 2019

  Digitalisation and automation are fundamentally changing the way people work; and workforces that blend technology and talent could be the answer to Australia’s job market concerns says a new report by CX technology experts Verint.
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  • Events

  Webinar: unlocking synthesis

  Cam Incoll     |      July 1, 2019

  Are you getting the most out of your research? As a leader are you frustrated with the lack of insight coming from your teams? Or as a client do you know what is a good insight from your design research company?
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  • Productivity

  14 productivity tips for SMEs

  Maria Espie Vidal     |      July 1, 2019

  Business productivity is an essential building-block for the growth of any company.