• Business

    Business

    ANZ’s four-day work week pilot success a “game changer” for how we work


    Joe Jiang |  July 5, 2023


    Successful trials of the four-day work week in Australia and New Zealand have signalled a need to transform the way we work to achieve sustainable benefits for the employee, the organisation and society, RMIT Professor Zhou (Joe) Jiang, explains.


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  • Finance

    Finance

    Australian middle market continues to power ahead as the engine room of economy


    Mick Wright-Smith |  June 30, 2023


    Banks face several key challenges in lending to middle market companies, Mick Wright-Smith, Co-Founder and Partner, Epsilon Direct Lending explains.


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  • Digital transformation

    Digital transformation

    Embrace digital transformation now or risk falling behind


    Adrian Floate |  June 26, 2023


    Businesses of all sizes need to embrace digital transformation – especially in how they make/accept invoice payments and how this impacts cash flow – as a means of survival in today’s uncertain economic environment, Adrian Floate Managing Director of Spenda explains.


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  • Retail

    Retail

    Retail recession will be life-changing for consumers


    First 5000 |  June 23, 2023


    According to customer experience expert, Lyndall Spooner of Fifth Dimension, the retail recession will be life-changing in a positive way for consumers. While brands are going under and there is blood on the streets, consumers will be the winners.


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  • Digital transformation

    Digital transformation

    SMES to benefit from staff training, digital investment


    First 5000 |  June 22, 2023


    Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) is encouraging SMEs businesses to act now if they want to benefit from a new tax incentive to train their employees and digitise their business.


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  • Cyber security Have your say

    Cyber security Have your say

    ASIC invites Australian entities to assess their cyber resilience


    First 5000 |  June 21, 2023


    ASIC-regulated entities, including mid market businesses, publicly listed companies, other entities holding licences and authorisations, are invited to take part in a survey to measure cyber resilience in Australia’s corporate and financial markets. 


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  • Human resources

    Human resources

    Changes to pay secrecy explained


    Sean Melbourne |  June 14, 2023


    Penalties for pay secrecy clauses have been updated. Sean Melbourne from professional services company Source explains what employers and employees can and can’t do when it comes to pay secrecy.


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  • Superannuation

    Superannuation

    Federal Government announces payday super from 1 July 2026


    First 5000 |  June 1, 2023


    The Albanese Government has announced it will require super to be paid at the same time as salary and wages from 1 July 2026.


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Latest News

  • Why your workspace is vital for productivity

    Nina Fountain     |      August 6, 2019

    We spend so much time at work; we should make it enjoyable. The work environment affects our state of mind and really plays a significant role in our psychological well-being, creativity and ultimately, our productivity.

  • Qld offers free apprenticeships to under 21s

    First 5000     |      August 5, 2019

    The Palaszczuk Government has announced it is offering free apprenticeships to anyone under 21 in a 32 million investment which will take away the cost of training from employers and helps an estimated 60,000 young people into a trade.

  • How to avoid losing sales people

    Kara Atkinson     |      August 5, 2019

    Top-performers are always in demand, they are contacted with other employment opportunities on average 4.3 times per year (Qualtrics). The key question is – how do you keep your High Sales Performers?

  • Australian companies set their sights on Polish defence and aviation opportunities

    First 5000     |      August 5, 2019

    Austrade recently held a number of roundtables in Melbourne, Brisbane, Newcastle and Perth to update Australian SMEs and industry groups about the export opportunities in Poland’s defence and aviation sectors.  

  • Study reveals directors spending more time on NFP role

    First 5000     |      August 2, 2019

    The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) has released its annual not-for-profit (NFP) governance and performance study, which revealed that directors are spending more time on their governance role.

  • Indonesia and Hong Kong free trade agreements ready for review

    First 5000     |      August 2, 2019

    Major free trade agreements with Hong Kong and Indonesia will be considered by Parliament’s Treaties Committee in coming weeks.

  • 10 steps to a cleaner office

    Oliver Byrne     |      August 2, 2019

    Cultivating a cleaner workplace doesn’t just improve health and safety, it can boost your productivity too. If you want to streamline your workspace and maintain an industrious and efficient office, try these top tips today.

  • How to better communicate a message through four specific lenses

    Shane Hatton     |      August 1, 2019

    Do you like a good story or would you rather talk numbers? Do you enjoy grappling with abstract thoughts and ideas or do you prefer to hear about their concrete and practical application?

  • Legal protections for mature workers

    First 5000     |      August 1, 2019

    The ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR) released a new fact sheet on legal protections for mature workers in Australia, outlining the national and state laws that protect mature workers from discrimination and uphold their right to seek flexible work arrangements.

  • Aussie home automation solution to descend on the US

    First 5000     |      August 1, 2019

    The latest home automation solution currently making waves in Australia is due to hit the United States in September 2019.

  • Furore over welfare figures misses the mark

    First 5000     |      July 31, 2019

    High levels of unemployed welfare recipients losing access to their payments is indicative of a complex and inadequate system, not a proliferation of ‘welfare cheats’, according to community organisation and social business Settlement Services International (SSI). 

  • Casualisation and ‘production first’ mindset hurts mine safety: survey

    First 5000     |      July 31, 2019

    Declining job security in coal mining has been identified as a major mine safety risk factor in a new survey of over 1,000 Queensland coal miners, as the state’s mine safety reset enters its second week.

  • 5 presentation disasters to avoid

    Emma Bannister     |      July 31, 2019

    When you’re the one up the front of the room, clicker in hand, it can be hard to see your own mistakes. Many of these common presentation mistakes go undetected because audiences are too polite to critique.

  • Knowledge as currency: LinkedIn, ACMI and a shifting future of work

    First 5000     |      July 30, 2019

    Australia’s foremost thought leaders descended upon The Capitol in Melbourne today to discuss the budding trends and disruptions shaping the future world of work.

  • 5 tips for startup creation in 2019

    Zack Halliwell     |      July 30, 2019

    In 2019, one of the biggest moves for the working world is the number of people who are making the move to working for themselves. Never before has the entrepreneurial spirit been so high.