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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.
Internal mobility the key to keeping staff in financial services: LinkedIn
The October report investigated hiring trends across the globe and found that employees who make an internal move in Australia — through either a...
Accountants losing more than $100k a year from unrecovered costs
Ignition conducted an online survey of accounting and bookkeeping firms in July this year, interviewing a national sample of 557 key...
Only 1 in 4 small businesses have a disaster plan
The Small Business Natural Disaster Preparedness and Resilience Inquiry report, tabled in Federal Parliament this week, found that taking simple...
Payroll jobs remain relatively flat
Bjorn Jarvis, head of labour statistics at the ABS, said payroll jobs fell by 0.7 per cent in the second half of September and rose by 0.4 per...
The mark of a taxman
In early September 2022, COVID finally found Chris Jordan. Australia’s twelfth Tax Commissioner had been going into the office most days right...
COSBOA joins business groups to exclude SMEs from multi-employer bargaining
The majority of Australia’s business associations including the Business Council of Australia, the Australian Industry Group and the Council of...
Australia likely to escape recession: NAB economist
Commenting on the October NAB Business Conditions survey, Alan Oster said while consumption will soften into 2023 as interest rates and inflation...
Pensioner work scheme will do little to help ease skill shortage: Researchers
Researchers at the university said the government does not understand the changing demographic of the Australian workforce and the new rules that...
Household spending up but only due to higher prices
The CommBank Household Spending Intentions Index rose just under 1 per cent in October, with the data revealing that people are spending more on...
Over $30m invested to assure high-quality tax practitioner services
The government is investing an additional $30.4 million over four years to fund increased investigations by the TPB into high-risk tax...
