by Greg Earl | May 20, 2024 | Features
Moving on There has been quite a movement in Australia in recent times towards better coordination of the three main arms of international relations policy – defence, development aid, and diplomacy – to achieve national objectives. It was underlined last year when the...
by Associate Professor Felix Kin Peng Hui, Dr Nilupa Herath, Judy Too | May 16, 2024 | Features
For decades, the construction industry has been largely driven by financial feasibility – focusing on cost optimisation and return on investment. But a paradigm shift is under way, as the world’s environmental crisis intensifies and regulations become stringent....
by Annie Lawson | May 14, 2024 | News
Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down his third budget, forecasting a second surplus of $9.3 billion in 2023-24 followed by a sea of red tape over the next four years. There are bold expectations that the level of inflation will be back in the Reserve Bank of Australia’s...
by Chris Sheedy | May 2, 2024 | Features
FTAs reduce or remove import tariffs, making products and services from overseas more affordable for consumers in an importing country, and removing one barrier to international expansion for businesses in an exporting country. With more businesses taking the...
by Hallie Donkin | May 2, 2024 | Features
Eighty-six per cent of Australians are using AI tools at work, according to a recent survey, with 16% of respondents saying they use AI ‘all the time’. The amount of time spent using AI tools varied greatly by the size of business – employees in larger businesses...
