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Industry strengthens call for compulsory registration of engineers
First 5000 | April 29, 2019Engineers 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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5 trends that will mark the Australian manufacturing industry in 2019
Carolin Petterson | April 26, 2019In 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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Cybercrime is increasingly big business in Australia
Sonia Hickey | April 26, 2019As 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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How to manage and overcome bad financial decisions
Carolin Petterson | April 26, 2019As 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.
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Australia’s SME business owners still undecided on election
First 5000 | April 24, 2019Over 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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Labor to offer better protections for casual workers
Bill Shorten | April 24, 2019A 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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Liberal Party to establish to small and family business growth fund
Scott Morrison | April 24, 2019The 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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Finance Sector Union takes CBA to Fair Work Commission over job cuts
First 5000 | April 23, 2019The 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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Rural Australia needs allied health professionals
First 5000 | April 23, 2019An 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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Try a Biophilic office design and reap the benefits
Liam Smith | April 23, 2019Being 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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Unlawful Easter trading risks huge fines
First 5000 | April 18, 2019Traders who flout restricted retail trading hours during the Easter period risk hefty fines, according to the Australian Retailers’ Association.
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Australian small business confidence at lowest level since 2011: CPAs
First 5000 | April 18, 2019Australian 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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Building farms and towers at sea to feed and power the world
First 5000 | April 18, 2019Macquarie 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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Finance job opportunities up 10% post Royal Commission
First 5000 | April 17, 2019The 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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Gender gap hits women’s super early
First 5000 | April 17, 2019New 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.