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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.
Mixed response to RBA rate rise
While Australia’s largest business group, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry said the rise was right to “front-load” the rate rise,...
$3m fund to help NT businesses solve labour shortages
The $3 million fund will be overseen by the Territory Workforce Advisory Group, which was established in March 2022 and encourages collaboration...
Accountants to decline ‘capacity to repay’ requests
The leaders of CPA Australia, the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA), and the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) are...
ATO awards itself green ticks for performance
The ATO has given itself green ticks against 11 out of 16 benchmarks in its latest performance update and fail marks against only three. The...
Accountants ‘at epicentre’ of growth in non-bank finance
Speaking on this week’s Accountants Daily podcast, the co-founder of mortgage-backed investment specialist AltX, Nick Raphaely, said accountants...
Three key sustainability themes to prepare for
‘Sustainability’ is, in essence, a company’s efforts to ‘do better’ or ‘do good’. Whereas ESG, despite all the mystique surrounding it, is...
Scams robbed Australians of more than $2bn last year
The Targeting Scams report revealed that this figure is only a conservative estimate and Australians may have lost more to scams last year...
Job vacancies reach a new high
ANZ senior economist, Catherine Birch, said the rise came despite employment increasing by 60,600 in May. “Growth in demand for labour is still...
IPA urges consideration for taxpayers to be considered under special circumstances
In a submission to the Draft PCG 2022/D2 Non-commercial business losses, general manager technical policy, Tony Greco, wrote that if a business...
Rising inflation and potential slowdown bring uncertainty for business
This would take the cumulative increase in the cash rate over the last three months to 1.25 percent, and given it takes time for the impact of...
