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The ABS unveiled the first round of data from the 2021 Census on Tuesday, outlining the major demographic shifts taking place in Australian society.

Product stewardship: Four steps on how to get started in your own business

Inspiration

For SMEs, it can be hard to know where to start or what to do when it comes to understanding our environmental footprint. This is where product stewardship can come into play.

Newcastle honey industry decimated by deadly new parasite putting a third of Australia’s food at risk

Emma Elsworthy

Newcastle beekeeping enterprise Urban Hum has shut down its operation and will have 90 hives destroyed after a deadly parasite finally hit our shores, putting up to a third of Australia's food at risk.

Ian Whitworth: Why the last-minute grocery startup is the worst kind of business

Ian Whitworth

The last-minute grocery startup has a business model that seems to have cherry-picked all the worst, hardest and most expensive elements of running a business, says Ian Whitworth.

NSW extends free RSA ‘refresher’ courses to lapsed hospitality workers, as staff shortages linger

Minister for Hospitality and Racing Kevin Anderson says courses to get hospitality workers up-to-speed will be free until February 2023.

Small business owners can save thousands on tax thanks to these changes to law

Greg Mawer

The strategy involves deferring declaring income in your personal name, quarantining it in a company environment, and then declaring income after the tax rates become more beneficial for individuals in 2024.

Recycling clothes is expensive and difficult. What can brands do to be sustainable?

Timo Rissanen

The fact is most clothing is simply not designed to be recycled. Even when it is, the fashion industry lacks the kind of infrastructure needed to really embrace a circular economy model.

How to benchmark and set your international pricing to help your product sell overseas

Finance

While many businesses put a lot of effort into understanding how to price correctly in their home market, most don’t put in the same amount of effort when it comes to international markets.

“Hardly worth turning on the PC”: Travel agents turn on Qantas as commissions slashed

Emma Elsworthy

Travel agents "may as well start packing up their desk now" as Qantas prepares to slash the multimillion-dollar industry commission from 5% down to 1%.

NFT projects for business: A six step guide on everything you need to know to be successful

Marketing

With so many opportunities for NFTs in the business landscape, how can you make sure your project is successful — especially when 99% fail?

John Durie: ACCC now formally investigating Google’s $7.9 billion Mandiant acquisition

John Durie

The $7.9 billion Mandiant deal is Google’s second biggest ever behind the $18.6 billion takeover of Motorola in 2012.

ATO warns taxpayers about shady WFH claims, wash sales and more as Aussies try to combat higher living costs

Sophie Venz

The Australian Taxation Office has warned taxpayers about making false claims to combat the rising cost of living, or engaging in 'wash sales'.

Linktree, Atlassian to reimburse travel costs for US employees seeking abortion services after Roe vs Wade overhaul

Linktree will reimburse employees for the cost of travel and accommodation to a state which provides legal abortion services.

Victorian homebuilder Waterford Homes the latest constructor to call in the liquidators

The Geelong-based company is the latest construction firm to struggle as material costs and fixed-price contacts dig into the sector.

Atlassian is 20 years old and unprofitable — the market has its valuation all wrong, says Adam Schwab

Adam Schwab

Atlassian has somehow become the Benjamin Button of the tech sector — profitable as a startup and loss making as it has matured.

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Keep It Cleaner: How Steph Claire Smith and Laura Henshaw built a business with community at its core

Leadership

Being in business with your best friend might sound like a recipe for trouble. But for Steph Claire Smith and Laura Henshaw, their strong bond has allowed them to build Keep It Cleaner, with community at the heart of it all.

Six EOFY tax considerations to keep front of mind as June 30 approaches

Finance

Business owners place a high priority on optimising cashflow — often with less consideration and effort given to minimising and managing their tax liability.

My biggest mistake: Aaron Smith, founder of KX Pilates

My Biggest Mistake

In the early days of KX Pilates, Aaron Smith let his enterprising spirit get the better of him — using an influx of franchisee cash to jump on some hot new trends.

Julia Gillard on being a leader, day-to-day management, and how she goes about recruitment

Leadership

The Harvard Business Review conducted a Q&A with former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard to discuss her life's work.

Startups

Milkrun apologises for “unacceptable” delays as pressure mounts on grocery delivery startups

Sophie Venz

24 June 2022

The instant delivery service CEO Dany Milham sent an email apologising for lengthy delays, telling customers “it’s not all bad”.

Women are still underrepresented as startup founders. Here are three ways we can help change that

Gabrielle Munzer

24 June 2022

We need to look at how we can create a pathway for more women to become founders of tomorrow’s companies, says Gabrielle Munzer from Main Sequence Ventures.

Cant, Pym and Bowler among fintech leaders recognised in 2022 Finnie Awards

Eloise Keating

24 June 2022

Reinventure co-founder and partner Simon Cant has become the first individual to be inducted into Australia’s fintech hall of fame.

UNSW startup engineers a quantum processor, bringing commercial quantum computers closer to reality

Gazala Anver

23 June 2022

Researchers at the UNSW startup Silicon Quantum Computing have engineered a quantum processor at the atomic scale — a world-first in the race to build a quantum computer.

The future of retail

Milkrun apologises for “unacceptable” delays as pressure mounts on grocery delivery startups

Sophie Venz

24 June 2022

The instant delivery service CEO Dany Milham sent an email apologising for lengthy delays, telling customers “it’s not all bad”.

How Byron Bay Candles increased its stockists by 25% despite a pandemic and regional flooding