Beyond the grid: AI inventors target Excel’s formula
For 40 years, Excel has seen off every challenger. Now AI innovators think they may finally have the recipe that can break Microsoft's spreadsheet dominance.
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Data security is broken: What’s the fix?
Data security is broken: What’s the fix?
Data has proven to be a blessing and a curse. At its best, data helps a company to see in the dark, to identify patterns and trends that were...
The uncomfortable truth about accounting for environmental impact
The uncomfortable truth about accounting for environmental impact
Yallourn Power Station in Victoria will be retired in 2028, following the completion of a battery project in 2026. The closure will, Energy...
Simple ways to integrate AI into your practice
Simple ways to integrate AI into your practice
Earlier this month we looked behind the glittery curtain on the ChatGPT stage, noting that while it will be hard to avoid this next biggest...
Accounting’s image problem
Accounting’s image problem
The common characteristic of the AFR Top 100 Accounting Firms last year was multiple vacancies – with the big four firms carrying more than 500...
4-day work week trials have been labelled a ‘resounding success’. But 4 big questions need answers
4-day work week trials have been labelled a ‘resounding success’. But 4 big questions need answers
These changes were made possible by massive increases in productivity and hard-fought struggles by workers with bosses for a fair share of the...
Former treasury head Ken Henry says we need ‘big bang’ tax reform rather than incremental change
Former treasury head Ken Henry says we need ‘big bang’ tax reform rather than incremental change
Image: "There is no point planting a seed in a desert when what is needed is continental scale reforestation," Henry says. Henry, who headed a...
The Gruen transformation: How the Australian Statistician is reshaping data, insights and policy-making
The Gruen transformation: How the Australian Statistician is reshaping data, insights and policy-making
As an accountant sets out the baseline data for a business, so the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) sets out the baseline data for...
Is ChatGPT worth the hype?
Is ChatGPT worth the hype?
ChatGPT fervour has few rivals among other cultural phenomena. Since its release to the public in November 2022, it set a new record for fastest...
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chair of Retirement Income Review, Mike Callaghan, on reforming superannuation
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chair of Retirement Income Review, Mike Callaghan, on reforming superannuation
Mike Callaghan, a former treasury official, chaired the Retirement Income Review that was handed to the Morrison government in 2020. Callaghan...
Hard crash or soft landing? Where is Australia’s economy heading?
Hard crash or soft landing? Where is Australia’s economy heading?
It’s now not just a matter of if the country will slide into a recession, but more importantly what kind of recession Australia is facing in...
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