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The 2026 global economy: nervously muddling through
The world economy enters 2026 in a nervous state. Volatility and cautious consumers are the norm, even though growth has proven surprisingly resilient.
Business and industry welcome review into payment times reporting
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive, Andrew McKellar, said Australia’s 2.5 million small businesses need the...
Rise in household spending continues
Jacqui Vitas, ABS head of macro-economic statistics, said October 2022 saw the 20th consecutive month of increased through-the-year total...
Changes to prevent unauthorised access to clients’ accounts
The ATO said the security of clients’ tax and super information is very important that is why it is adding an extra control into the process for...
Financial literacy on the decline
The survey is conducted by the Melbourne Institute and is the country’s only nationally representative longitudinal household study following the...
Retailers expecting big Christmas spending spree
The ARA holiday sales predictions with Roy Morgan forecast a record-breaking spend in the lead-up to Christmas that is up 6.4 per cent on last...
Perth cafe owners get $192k fine
The Federal Circuit and Family Court imposed a $168,415 penalty against Quickpoint Pty Ltd, which formerly operated a Japanese café trading as...
After Optus, Medibank hacks, the government plans to firm-up defences for ATO, Centrelink data
Tender documents show the Department of Finance is looking for better security after hack attacks on Optus and Medibank exposed the data of...
ASIC highlights focus areas for 31 December 2022 reporting
ASIC has advised directors, preparers of annual and half-year reports, and auditors to assess whether companies’ financial reports provide useful...
Anonymous tip-offs help expose workplace breaches
It said these tip-offs about potentially unlawful workplace practices are helping it hold employers to account and the intelligence contributes...
Adjusting scope of work just a click away
Ignition revealed earlier this year in its State of Client Engagement report that unrecovered out-of-scope work is costing accounting and...




















