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Why the Australian Business Growth Fund doesn’t go far enough
Lui Pangiarella | May 22, 2019The newly elected Morrison government’s promised Australian Business Growth Fund needs to be expanded to include acquisitions.
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Cvent unveils 2019 Top 50 Meeting Hotels in APAC
First 5000 | May 22, 2019Hyatt Regency Sydney took the number one spot for the second year in a row in Cvent’s annual Top 50 Meeting Hotels in Asia Pacific (APAC).
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$30k asset write-off up for grabs: is your business eligible?
First 5000 | May 22, 2019With the end of financial year fast approaching, small and medium-sized businesses are being reminded they could be eligible for an instant asset write-off of up to $30,000.
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NBN consumers continue shift to higher speed plans
First 5000 | May 21, 2019More than 5.2 million Australian households are now connected to the NBN, with almost 60 per cent subscribed to higher speed plans, according to the ACCC’s latest quarterly Wholesale Market Indicators Report, released today.
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2019 Telstra Business Woman of the Year announced
First 5000 | May 21, 2019The title of 2019 Telstra Business Woman of the Year has been awarded to Natasha Chadwick, CEO of Queensland aged care facility, NewDirection Care at Bellmere.
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Ombudsman calls for returned government to follow-through on SME commitments
First 5000 | May 21, 2019The focus on the small business sector in the lead-up to the election was a major factor in the win for the Coalition government, the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO), Kate Carnell said today.
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From little things, big things grow: the success story of Bio21
Robert Cromption | May 20, 2019In 1998, the Bio21 Hub was established through the collaboration of Melbourne University Science Departments and Research Institutes including the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, which has now led to break-through cancer research commercialisation in partnership with major pharmaceutical companies.
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Small business votes more valuable than bunkum dollars
Peter Strong | May 20, 2019COSBOA today congratulated Scott Morrison on achieving an outcome for the election that very few predicted. This will give certainty to the small business community.
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Earth to Mars: Monash team takes on world’s best in rover challenge
First 5000 | May 20, 2019A student team from Monash University is taking one small step for Australia and one giant leap for future life on Mars as it competes against the world’s best to build the next generation of space rovers that will one day accompany human explorers to the Red Planet.
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Election winner needs to reignite consumer confidence: Metricon NSW
First 5000 | May 17, 2019With calls to cut official interest rates likely to be reignited as a result of yesterday’s ABS job market figures showing unemployment has risen slightly to a seasonally-adjusted 5.2 per cent, our common goal should now be finding ways to bring confidence back into the economy, according to Metricon NSW.
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Finding employment biggest concern of young voters: survey
First 5000 | May 17, 2019A new survey conducted by frontline youth service, ReachOut, has found the top three issues of national political interest to young people were employment (65.5 per cent), housing affordability (57.9 per cent) and the cost of education (55.5 per cent).
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New employer incentive scheme to boost apprenticeships and traineeships
First 5000 | May 17, 2019The Western Australian Government has announced the introduction of an employer incentive scheme from 1 July 2019, to help thousands of employers with the costs of employing an apprentice or new entrant trainee.
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UNSW presents RoboCup 2019 Talks
First 5000 | May 16, 2019From forced labour to friends, foes and fighting machines, how will the rise of robots impact our everyday lives? Now in its 23rd year, RoboCup comes to Sydney for the first time from July 2 to 8, 2019 at ICC Sydney.
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Don’t walk like an Aussie in Kuala Lumpur
Joe Perri | May 16, 2019Walking to an appointment in Kuala Lumpur I was quite literally stunned and stopped dead in my tracks when my business associate asked ‘if anyone had ever pointed out to me that I walked like an Aussie’.
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4 habits to make your business a success
Carolin Petterson | May 16, 2019Running a small business is no easy task and the fact that as much as half of all small businesses fail within the first year is the best proof of that. However, if the company is set up with clear goals and objectives, it can find its customer base and survive the most difficult first year.