By Richard Holden >>
EDITOR’S PREVIEW
PROFESSOR RICHARD HOLDEN researched the Federal Labor Government’s taxation direction in the 2026 Federal Budget and was horrified to deduce that its effect would be to place extra tax on businesses that are actually improving their productivity. Productivity is – up until now it seems – what Australian Governments…
By Leon Gettler, Talking Business >>
MANY BUSINESSES and people are struggling to cope with problems in what consultant Andrew Horsfield calls the “messy middle”.
Andrew Horsfield has set up a special lab – a private community of people from…
WELD AUSTRALIA has applauded the Federal Government’s decision to establish a single, specialist trade remedies body, with responsibility for safeguard inquiries transferring from the Productivity Commission to the Anti-Dumping Commission, which…
By Leon Gettler, Talking Business >>
IMAGINE A WORLD where every video placed on YouTube could be hyper-personalised … Imagine a company that can…
AN INTERNATIONAL research team lead by Australia’s Monash University has built the first high-performance, commercially-sized tandem solar cell – and…
MACQUARIE Technology Group Limited (ASX: MAQ) intends to build an engineering and technology campus co-located within a ~200MW data centre precinct…
By Leon Gettler, Talking Business >>
WHAT MAKES a successful business these days?
David Moloney, CEO of the Internal Consulting Group said the most…
RMIT UNIVERSITY chancellor Peggy O’Neal AO has been appointed by the Federal Government as the new Australian business champion for Vietnam.
“It is…
AN INTERNATIONAL research team lead by Australia’s Monash University has built the first high-performance, commercially-sized tandem solar cell – and…
WELD AUSTRALIA has applauded the Federal Government’s decision to establish a single, specialist trade remedies body,…
By Ellen Boonstra, Business Acumen’s Asia correspondent >>
SOUTHEAST ASIA’s contemporary art scene has spent the past…
CLICK FRENZY’s new owners, Gabby and Hezi Leibovich, have officially brought the popular Australian…
AS CLUMSY and debilitating as Facebook’s news feed ban has been – for thousands of businesses and community…
By Leon Gettler, Talking Business >>
MANY BUSINESSES and people are struggling to cope with problems in what consultant Andrew Horsfield calls the…
By Jeff Purser >>
SOME OF THE LEAST persuasive people I have ever met have also been some of the smartest. That sounds…
MASTER BULDERS Australia has backed the Hands Off Our Fuel campaign and members are urging policy makers to “leave this…
JEFF PURSER, communications strategist, writer and producer of Australian feature films Fat Pizza and Cedar Boys,…
TODAY’S ABS inflation data showed headline inflation eased to 3.5% during July. However, Master Builders Australia said…
AUSTRALIAN-BUILT generative AI software is being trialled by iconic American confectionery company Tootsie Roll. The reason? This manufacturing…
FROM FREE DATE CHANGES to airline industry-first comprehensive travel insurance, Emirates is making adjustments to give customers greater flexibility and more choice – and bring greater confidence to passengers choosing…
RETRO RIDES has launched a specialist vehicle finance service for Australians looking to purchase cars that are more than simply a means of getting ‘from A to B’.
Retro Rides managing director,…
NEW FIGURES from the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman reveal a 50 percent jump in requests for help from distressed business…
MASTER BUILDERS Australia’s has welcomed the announcement, by the Fair Work Commission, that it has appointed Michael Crosby as the new CFMEU…
For many, the arduous task of donning compression stockings can be frustrating. This is especially true if the wearer is living independently,…
MONASH UNIVERSITY has launched the Monash Ventures Pre-Seed Fund, a $15 million initiative developed in partnership with Breakthrough Victoria to…
THE Queensland Government and resources industry leaders are meeting in Brisbane today to develop innovative ways to rebuild explorer confidence in Queensland and to ensure the state can meet…
REDFERN’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and heritage will be at the heart of plans to upgrade three parks in one of Sydney’s most important growing communities.
More than 4,500…
THE Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories has started an inquiry into the National Capital Plan (NCP) Amendment No. 102 – Hume Circle Precinct.
Committee Chair,…
THE Australian Workers’ Union, Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union, Electrical Trades Union and Maritime Union of Australia have issued a joint statement welcoming the South Australian and…
By Leon Gettler, Talking Business >>
IMAGINE A WORLD where every video placed on YouTube could be hyper-personalised … Imagine a company that can…
THE NATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE (NRL) competition recently announced a new broadcast rights deal worth $5.3 billion over seven years, the largest ever for…
MORE INDIGENOUS law graduates will be able to access the support they need to make the transition to legal practice…
By Ellen Boonstra, Business Acumen’s Asia correspondent >>
FOR MORE THAN SEVEN decades, World Press Photo has defined a global standard for…
By Leon Gettler, Talking Business >>
GETTING AHEAD in the corporate world has its challenges for women.
New data from…
CERTIFIED Practising Accountants (CPA) Australia wants the Federal Government to address major uncertainty and compliance…
AUSTRALIA could potentially double the amount of canola it processes domestically, but the success of any major expansion in crushing capacity will…
By Leon Gettler, Talking Business >>
A LOT OF THE FOCUS of the Federal Budget has been on fixing intergenerational equity problems.
But Toby Ellis,…
By Wildlife Queensland writers >>
ONLY 1,500 to 2,000 mahogany gliders are thought to remain in the wild.
Found nowhere else on Earth, this endangered gliding possum lives in a narrow band of…
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