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Business groups call for an end to “green tape”Wednesday, 11 April 2012
The business community has risen up against “green tape”, asking Julia Gillard and the premiers to scrap “futile” green energy schemes and warning environmental regulations are jeopardising $900 billion in resources and infrastructure projects. ...
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry claims Fair Work laws make it too easy to strike
Wednesday, 08 December 2010
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry says the Labor Government's Fair Work Act faces a key litmus test after the industrial umpire granted a transport union the right to hold a secret ballot to approve industrial action, despite the company involved ...
All US cars should use rear cameras, report suggests
Wednesday, 08 December 2010
A new recommendation from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration suggests all cars should carry rear-view cameras by 2014. ...
Failing smarter
Wednesday, 08 December 2010
Last month we ran a fascinating session on failure at the Churchill Club. It was prompted by a comment of a friend of mine who had been the commander of the Australian forces in the Solomon islands a couple of years ago. He said, "Of course failure is going ...
Strike action threatens Christmas trading as calls grow for review of workplace laws
Monday, 06 December 2010
Fears are growing that industrial unrest in the transport sector could have an impact on Christmas trading, with a transport union push for better pay and conditions expected to lead to strike action. ...
What do I do with unwanted food?
Friday, 03 December 2010
Dear Ms Manners, If I'm at a business lunch and my chicken is raw or I put something in my mouth I don't want to eat, what do I do? Can I spit the food out? ...
Insuring the future
Wednesday, 01 December 2010
Australia's 141 insurers give peace of mind to many individuals and businesses. They provide protection against damage resulting from a variety of events, from car accidents to medical malpractice, and are able to do so at a fraction of the potential loss by ...
Business banking fight far from over
Thursday, 25 November 2010
It's been a big week in Canberra, but while the spotlight has been on the NBN and Korea, the issue of small business access to finance continues to bubble away. ...
How much training should I give my sales team?
Monday, 22 November 2010
Highly effective sales people and teams do not happen by chance. A study by Aberdeen Group (2009) of 8,500 top performing companies with a turnover in excess of $50 million, showed that the highest performing of these in each of their industries provided their ...
Physiotherapy bending over backwards
Wednesday, 10 November 2010
Physiotherapy services can offer a cost-effective way to prevent disabilities from becoming chronic conditions and can speed recovery times from surgery, and musculoskeletal and neurological injuries. Ageing of the Australian population, along with an increase ...
The listening game
Tuesday, 09 November 2010
Thankfully most of us will never have a morning where the world is told we have lost over four hundred of our staff and customers in a fiery accident as Qantas did last week. ...
Wealthy entrepreneur Gerry Ryan's five-year plan lands Melbourne Cup win
Wednesday, 03 November 2010
Another Melbourne Cup, another wealthy winner. Gerry Ryan, who was valued at $180 million earlier this year and owns one of Australia's biggest caravan businesses, yesterday fulfilled a lifelong dream by winning the Melbourne Cup with French horse Americain. ...
Seven super horror stories
Wednesday, 03 November 2010
The rebound in share prices shouldn’t lull super fund members into a false sense of security about the possibility of losing money in superannuation. ...
Casual chaos
Monday, 01 November 2010
So the new Australian Council of Trade Unions chief Ged Kearney wants to "open a dialogue" with the state and federal governments and employers on the idea of making casual workers permanent staff after 12 months. ...
We’ve just called our most annoying customer a psycho. Help!
Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Dear Aunty B, I have a crazy client who has just seen a really damaging email and I don’t know what to do. He is one of our largest clients, but for two years he has made our lives a misery. Even his employees tell me he is crazy. ...
Greens back NSW Government’s demands for union-friendly OHS changes
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
The NSW Government's threat to back out of the national occupational health and safety regime unless controversial union-friendly changes are made to the legislation has received the backing of the Greens. ...
Gillard slams NSW for backing out of national OHS agreement
Friday, 15 October 2010
Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she will hold the NSW Government accountable over its shock decision to back out of an agreement to put in place a new national occupational health and safety framework. ...
Five industries that could be hit by a cold, wet La Niña weather pattern
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
Retailers, utility companies and the property sector are among those that could be hit by a cold and wet weather that would result from the onset of a La Niña weather pattern, a leading economist has warned. ...
Google testing self-driven cars
Monday, 11 October 2010
Internet giant Google is now road-testing cars that are able to steer without a human driving them, the company has said in a new blog post. ...
Experts warn business users to watch their social media inboxes after record malware attack on LinkedIn
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
Global security firm Cisco has warned LinkedIn users about a harmful spam attack designed to trick users into opening a link that will infect their computers with malicious software designed to steal private information. ...
