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  • Coronavirus
  • Remote work

  VPN is back but don’t forget device hygiene

  First 5000     |      April 14, 2020

  With remote working being the only viable solution for the foreseeable future, businesses must understand the risk this brings. Forescout has identified three ways to help businesses secure their remote workforce.
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  • Work and Wellbeing

  Time to thrive: creating the future through an integrated wellbeing framework

  Rachel Bevans     |      April 14, 2020

  Businesses and brands are racing to help their employees and customers manage productivity, social isolation and mental health through the rapid digital and life transformation that’s happening to facilitate working from and staying at home. 
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  • Optimism
  • Thought Leadership

  How to optimise your workforce with optimism

  Brent Churchill     |      April 9, 2020

  The key to improving workforce engagement is changing the habits and disciplines of frontline management. It may seem like a dated concept in a world of rapid technical advancement, but managers must talk to their people to foster an engaged team.
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  • Business
  • Coronavirus

  JobKeeper will deliver a lifeline to workers and businesses: CPAs

  First 5000     |      April 9, 2020

  The Government’s JobKeeper bills will enable the delivery of critical financial relief for the hundreds of thousands of businesses and millions of workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and help will speed up the nation’s economic recovery.
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  • Coronavirus
  • Manufacturing

  Iconic Australian brand swaps high fashion for scrubs

  First 5000     |      April 9, 2020

  Answering the government call to Australian manufacturers to retool to help the cause, Melbourne-based fashion brand, Fella Hamilton has redeployed staff in their Victorian clothing manufacturing plant to create scrubs and work wear for GPs, nurses and other frontline health workers.
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  • Business
  • Coronavirus
  • Marketing

  What’s next? marketing operations in a world after covid

  Guy Goldstein     |      April 8, 2020

  The world will never go back to the way it was, but what it becomes and where it goes from here is in our hands.
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  • Coronavirus
  • Cyber security

  On the offensive against COVID-19 cyber criminals

  First 5000     |      April 8, 2020

  Cyber experts from the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) are cracking down on offshore cyber criminals who are targeting Australian households and businesses through devious scams and attacks. 
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  • Coronavirus
  • Remote work

  Virtual offices stay open as essential business infrastructure

  First 5000     |      April 8, 2020

  Virtual offices throughout Australia remain open to help businesses during the Covid-19 crisis.
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  • Coronavirus
  • Remote work

  Working from home successfully doesn’t happen overnight

  Nina Fountain     |      April 7, 2020

  Did you know it takes up to four months to successfully implement a productive remote work culture? And this is without the added stress of homeschooling, childcare or working next to your partner or housemate. 
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  • Coronavirus
  • Remote work

  Here’s how to protect yourself from COVID-19 themed cyber scams

  First 5000     |      April 7, 2020

  An overload of COVID-19 communication sets the perfect scene for malicious actors, says a UNSW cybersecurity expert.
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  • Coronavirus
  • Workplace Relations

  Labor SA targets employers not COVID: COSBOA

  First 5000     |      April 7, 2020

  Automatically blaming employers for COVID-19 won’t stop the disease but will stop employment, according to COSBOA.
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  • Coronavirus
  • Digital transformation

  On-demand support via smartphone app booms during coronavirus pandemic

  First 5000     |      April 6, 2020

  An Australian tech start-up providing 24/7 on-demand physical and psychological support to companies and institutions says mental health is emerging as the major issue during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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  • Coronavirus
  • Optimism
  • Thought Leadership

  Making the shift from survive to thrive

  Rachel Bevans     |      April 6, 2020

  When do we shift our attitudes and behaviours from survive to thrive? When are the plans suitably in place to make sure everyone is safe and well, so that we can redirect our resources to thinking about the future?
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  • Cyber security

  Proactively preparing key to avoiding scams: Upstream  

  First 5000     |      April 6, 2020

  As businesses increasingly move towards digital solutions they need to consider measures to protect the company from falling victim to invoice scams.
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  • Agriculture
  • Coronavirus

  Gov investment in airfreight welcomed by Australian vegetable growers

  First 5000     |      April 3, 2020

  AUSVEG has welcomed the announcement of the $110 million International Freight Assistance Mechanism from the Federal Government this week, which will allow Australia’s vegetable grower exporters to meet the demand from key international markets for high-quality fresh vegetables.