As JobKeeper ends, it’s time for government and tech to step up on small business digitisation writes Lars Leber, VP and Country Manager, Intuit QuickBooks Australia. Last week brought an end to the JobKeeper scheme. The year-long wage subsidy supported over one million Australian businesses and carried many that otherwise would have closed during the… Read more »
The past 12 months have been punishing for Australia’s small and family businesses. A horrific bushfire season was followed by a pandemic-induced recession, which has taken a heavy toll on our small business community, writes Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson. Indeed it has never been more important to ensure Australia is… Read more »
Dear Prime Minister, As you know, this week marked International Women’s Day. In line with the theme of IWD21, “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”, we are calling for you, Prime Minister, to address Australia’s gender crisis. We know that while inequality persists, true development and economic growth can never… Read more »
This International Women’s Day, I feel fortunate to share my thoughts on not only the day itself but what it means to me as a young woman starting off my career in technology. In 2021, we’ve undoubtedly made incredible strides from what the workplace, especially in the technology industry, resembled a few short decades ago.… Read more »
The saying “that’s just the way things are done around here” isn’t a sign of things being done the right way. What many don’t realise is that the exact reference “The way things are done” is literally the culture of an organisation. It sets the tone of what is acceptable and what isn’t. This is… Read more »
Each and every day is an opportunity to challenge biases and reset boundaries in the workplace. We have made much progress in recent years to create a more equal world, but there is still much further to go on our journey for true parity between the genders. It’s encouraging to see conversations about women in… Read more »
Today is International Women’s Day and the theme this year is Women in Leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”. We asked some of the nation’s leading entrepreneurs, small business owners and leaders to share their thoughts on the theme. Achieving an equal future post-COVID Cassandra Hili, Head Rule-Breaker of Millennium Communications Now has… Read more »
Anyone who knows an entrepreneur fully appreciates that entrepreneurs are a special breed. Even the unusual sound of the word ‘entrepreneur’ gives an early warning of something different. ‘Entrepreneur’ is one of the purely French words that make up 29% of the English language, writes Alan Manly, CEO of Universal Business School Sydney (UBSS) and… Read more »
I want to thank Facebook and Zuckerberg sincerely. I truly do. The blindsided vengeance of this past week has proven beyond doubt how dangerous it is for small businesses to rely on any marketing channel they do not fully own and control. Many were Zuckerberg-ed into believing that Facebook loved them and would be a never-ending fountain… Read more »
The Conversation is a great news site. But, for the most part, people don’t read it like a newspaper. Instead, articles on specialised topics are shared with other people. One way is via Facebook. Yesterday, almost none of that was possible worldwide for the Conversation’s Australian content because Facebook opted to ban all news (even… Read more »
There’s something odd about those television and internet advertisements telling us we are getting more super. The money seems to come from nowhere, writes Peter Martin, visiting fellow at Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University. “Pretty soon,” explains the woman getting onto an escalator, “the amount of super paid on top of our… Read more »
If I asked you to think of some of the world’s most influential businesses, I’d expect your mind would be quick to produce names such as Amazon, Apple, Coca Cola…And while these companies are quite revered across the globe for their scale and innovation, many business owners often feel they too need to achieve this… Read more »
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