Australian businesses still struggling to fill jobs

Australian businesses still struggling to fill jobs

NAB surveyed 760 SMEs in the September quarter and found that those who expect the impact to be very significant in the next 12 months also rose from 34 per cent to 38 per cent across the same period. The research also showed more than four in 10 business owners...
65% of retailers don’t support IR reforms

65% of retailers don’t support IR reforms

The NRA, which has been vocal about its criticism of the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill, surveyed its members about their response to the bill and the results indicated it has little support among the majority of small businesses that make up the membership,...
Consumer confidence edges up

Consumer confidence edges up

The data coincided with strength in global share markets and better-than-expected US inflation data. Deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Michele Bullock, also indicated last week that the central bank may soon take a pause from raising interest rates...