Family business

Family business

Company: City of Darwin IPA Status: AIPA Location: Darwin, NT   Darwin has always been seen as the ‘gateway to Asia’. The Chinese community in this Northern Territory capital dates back to the late 1870s, when migrants first settled during the gold rush era. One...
Connecting the data dots

Connecting the data dots

Drury quickly clarified he meant no disrespect. But the comment shows the Xero vision is far grander than what desktop software has so far achieved and what most would assume an accounting program ought to be. From the outset, the New Zealand-born software phenomenon...

Off the tax treadmill

Whether that excites or threatens you may depend on what sort of accounting you plan to do. It may spur accountants to deliver better business advice, even as it slices into tax compliance revenues. Leeper’s SBR vision At the centre of Leeper’s vision is Standard...
After the boom

After the boom

Productivity (see text at end of this article) is a measure of how effectively Australia uses its labour, skills, financial capital, land and raw materials to produce goods and services. And this number has stagnated over the past 12 years under successive...
Building Indigenous Success

Building Indigenous Success

In 2013 – more than a decade after the corporation was founded – it had still not attracted any funding. And, as Collard knew only too well, funding was crucial if Hotham River was to help create a sustainable future and build ongoing businesses for its Nyoongar...