Editor’s note: The ‘silver tsunami’ John Sheridan is discussing here is the knowledge retention challenge being brought on by ‘baby boomer’ retirement en masse: 2.5 million retirements over the next decade. It risks major losses in institutional memory, critical skill shortages, small business failures and macro-level impacts. He asks Australians, "What…
AUSTRALIA’s sheep industry is at an ‘important inflection point’ with the nation’s flock close to record lows and production growth set to remain constrained over the coming five years. That is the main deduction Rabobank has drawn in its…
AUSTRALIA’S science agency, CSIRO has created its new, automated Carbon Capture Materials Acceleration Centre in Perth to develop carbon capture materials – from laboratory discovery through to pilot-scale demonstration – under the one roof.
Through…
AUSTRALIA’S science agency, CSIRO has created its new, automated Carbon Capture Materials Acceleration Centre in Perth to develop carbon capture…
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…
By Leon Gettler, Talking Business >>
WHAT MAKES a successful business these days?
David Moloney, CEO of the Internal Consulting Group said the most…
RABOBANK Australia and New Zealand group has appointed Kathryn Marler to the position of group executive chief human resources officer.
Ms Marler…
AUSTRALIA’S science agency, CSIRO has created its new, automated Carbon Capture Materials Acceleration Centre in Perth to develop carbon capture…
By Leon Gettler, Talking Business >>
THE TRADE WAR between the US and Canada will have a global impact.
Kyle…
By Ellen Boonstra, Business Acumen’s Asia correspondent >>
BANGKOK will once again become a global stage for…
AS THE PACE of data centre and digital infrastructure development continues to accelerate, organisations are investing…
AS CLUMSY and debilitating as Facebook’s news feed ban has been – for thousands of businesses and community…
By Leon Gettler, Talking Business >>
IN THE AGE of artificial intelligence (AI) and general ‘busyness’, the big challenge for leaders is get the…
By Jeff Purser >>
I’VE TALKED MYSELF out of deals before. I didn't know I was doing it at the time, obviously. At the…
MASTER BULDERS Australia has backed the Hands Off Our Fuel campaign and members are urging policy makers to “leave this…
NEW HOME sales fell by 17.5% in the September quarter this year, reversing the recovery that began in 2025 according to…
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,…
DRONESHIELD, the Australian counter-drone and electronic warfare (EW) solutions designer and manufacturer, has opened its new research and development (R&D) facility in Adelaide.
Now recognised as a…
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…
JOURNALISTS Jan ‘Miko’ Figueroa-Holt and Saskia de Leeuw Kyle are the recipients of this year’s Walkley Opportunity Scholarship with SBS and the
By Leon Gettler, Talking Business >>
GETTING AHEAD in the corporate world has its challenges for women.
New data from…
CPA AUSTRALIA has warned the Reserve Bank’s “decision to increase interest rates to a 15-year high” will add to the pressure on…
AUSTRALIA’s sheep industry is at an ‘important inflection point’ with the nation’s flock close to record lows and production growth set to remain…
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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