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  Australia’s SME business owners still undecided on election

  First 5000     |      April 24, 2019

  Over the next three weeks all parties have significant work to do to convince Australia’s small and medium business owners that their policies are best to support small businesses.
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  • Politics and Policy

  Labor to offer better protections for casual workers

  Bill Shorten     |      April 24, 2019

  A Shorten Labor Government will get historically low wages moving again by acting on job security if it is elected in May. 
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  • Politics and Policy

  Liberal Party to establish to small and family business growth fund

  Scott Morrison     |      April 24, 2019

  The Morrison Government will establish a $100 million Australian Business Growth Fund to help small and family businesses to grow into bigger and better businesses and create more jobs.
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  • Workplace Relations

  Finance Sector Union takes CBA to Fair Work Commission over job cuts

  First 5000     |      April 23, 2019

  The Finance Sector Union of Australia (FSU) has lodged a dispute with the Fair Work Commission over massive job cuts proposed at the Commonwealth Bank.
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  • Health

  Rural Australia needs allied health professionals

  First 5000     |      April 23, 2019

  An incoming Federal Government needs to immediately address the critical shortage of allied health professionals in rural, regional and remote Australia if the nation is to have any hope of making healthcare accessible to those regions, according to the National Rural Health Alliance.
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  • Workplace Environment

  Try a Biophilic office design and reap the benefits

  Liam Smith     |      April 23, 2019

  Being cooped up in the building all day does nothing for one’s mental or physical health. To help their employees, offices are looking into a brand new design.
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  • Retail

  Unlawful Easter trading risks huge fines

  First 5000     |      April 18, 2019

  Traders who flout restricted retail trading hours during the Easter period risk hefty fines, according to the Australian Retailers’ Association.
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  • Innovation

  Australian small business confidence at lowest level since 2011: CPAs

  First 5000     |      April 18, 2019

  Australian small businesses experienced slow growth in 2018 and their business confidence in 2019 is at its lowest point since 2011 – lower than small businesses in Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines, according to new survey data from CPA Australia.
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  • Renewable Energy

  Building farms and towers at sea to feed and power the world

  First 5000     |      April 18, 2019

  Macquarie University engineers will develop new technologies for ocean infrastructure as part of the Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre announced by Karen Andrews, the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology.
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  • Jobs

  Finance job opportunities up 10% post Royal Commission

  First 5000     |      April 17, 2019

  The latest Sunsuper Australian Job Index has today revealed that job opportunities within the finance and insurance services sector were up 10% in the first quarter of 2019, continuing their recovery after Royal Commission related weakness.  
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  • Superannuation

  Gender gap hits women’s super early

  First 5000     |      April 17, 2019

  New research by Monash Business School’s Dr Carly Moulang has identified fresh evidence of how the ‘gender pay gap’ begins from the first days of employment – a deficit of more than $80,000 women fail to recoup towards the end of their careers.
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  • Business Development

  Corporate entertaining tips for your major clients

  Keith Coppersmith     |      April 17, 2019

  No matter the industry, the success and even pure survival of any business relies on their relationships with their clients.
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  • Business

  Most Australian corporates stay strong while banking sector reputations plummet: study

  First 5000     |      April 16, 2019

  A large segment of Australia’s corporate sector has increased its reputational strength over the past 12 months, while the image and trust of major banks and some financial services organisations has plummeted.
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  • Business

  You can only control what you have control over in business

  Chris Morrision     |      April 16, 2019

  Imagine if the government legislated that unless you doubled your business in 12 months you couldn’t stay in operation. You would have to certainly think differently than you do now and become more active to achieve stronger results.
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  • Business

  Australian Paper welcomes ADC findings on dumped paper

  First 5000     |      April 16, 2019

  Australia’s only local office paper manufacturer has welcomed the decision by the Minister for Industry, Science & Technology to accept the Anti-Dumping Commission’s (ADC) final recommendations relating to the dumping of A4 copy paper in the Australian market.