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  • Agriculture

  Visiting seasonal farm worker availability highest yet

  First 5000     |      May 2, 2019

  While there are temporary shortages of workers in some regions during peak harvest periods, MADEC says that the total working hours contributed by visiting seasonal farm workers for horticulture is at an all time high. 
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  • Cyber security

  Take steps to better secure yourself

  First 5000     |      May 2, 2019

  The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has released a checklist to help Australians protect themselves from cyber criminals.
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  • Business
  • Superannuation

  Under one in four superannuation products meet or beat AAA quality benchmarks

  First 5000     |      May 2, 2019

  A total of 174 of Australia’s leading superannuation products from a field of more than 700 have been awarded a Rainmaker SelectingSuper AAA Quality rating in a recent industry assessment.
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  • Thought Leadership

  Sales management success is not guesswork

  Rob Macpherson     |      May 1, 2019

  Success in sales doesn’t just happen – it occurs as the result of adherence to the sales management process that unfortunately is an underappreciated discipline and career calling.  
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  • Events

  Productive Ageing: Leveraging the value of an age-diverse workforce for SMEs

  Catherine Fritz-Kalish     |      May 1, 2019

  Institute for active policy, Global Access Partners (GAP), in association with the NSW Department of Family and Community Services and the GAP Standing Committee on Productive Ageing, are convening a strategic roundtable for SMEs on 6 June, 2019. 
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  • Business

  Investors urged to put a greater focus on intangibles when investing  

  First 5000     |      May 1, 2019

  Investors traditionally seek to understand a companies’ financial results, earnings, business metrics and other figures before investing. However, over the past half-century, intangible factors, such as corporate culture, are a far more important factor measuring and driving a company’s market value.
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  • Tax

  ASBFEO report finds ATO early debt recovery action excessive

  First 5000     |      April 30, 2019

  In a report on early debt recovery action by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman found garnishee notices were issued in a sizeable number of cases where tax disputes were before Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT).
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  • Marketing

  5 ways to make sure your video content gets seen

  Michael Langdon     |      April 30, 2019

  One of the biggest mistakes I see people make when producing video content is thinking that the job is done once the video is uploaded to their website.
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  • Business

  What HR looks like in an Aboriginal Community Council

  Jasmine Crittenden     |      April 30, 2019

  What should HR look like in an Aboriginal Community Council? George Brown returned home and found out.
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  • Business Awards

  Most Trusted Brands recognised

  First 5000     |      April 29, 2019

  Dettol is Australia’s most trusted brand, according to the 20th annual Trusted Brands Survey.
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  • Digital Marketing

  Study reveals winning tweet formula used by celebrities

  First 5000     |      April 29, 2019

  Celebrity tweets that tell fans a story are more likely to be shared than facts, introspection or angry outbursts, new study reveals.
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  • Politics and Policy

  Industry strengthens call for compulsory registration of engineers

  First 5000     |      April 29, 2019

  Engineers Australia has re-stated the case for compulsory registration in a submission to the Opposition, ahead of the possibility of Victoria’s Parliament considering the Professional Engineers Registration Bill 2019 this week.
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  • Manufacturing

  5 trends that will mark the Australian manufacturing industry in 2019

  Carolin Petterson     |      April 26, 2019

  In spite of the implementation of disruptive technologies and the rise of competing industries, the Australian manufacturing sector is expanding at the fastest pace in the last 15 years
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  • Cyber security

  Cybercrime is increasingly big business in Australia

  Sonia Hickey     |      April 26, 2019

  As cybercriminals become more devious in their attempts to navigate our increasingly complex digital world, do Australian cybercrime laws need a review?
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  • Finance

  How to manage and overcome bad financial decisions

  Carolin Petterson     |      April 26, 2019

  As flawed creatures, every now and then, we are bound to make bad decisions. They can be big and impact our whole life or they can be small and only serve as a slight annoyance.