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How accounting fuels progress in this 2025 Nobel-winner’s work
Think the Industrial Revolution was all steam and steel, or that the computing age relies simply on programming and chips? Nobel prize-winner Joel Mokyr has argued for decades that the development of accounting enabled these economic leaps.
4 accounting specialisations – with salary guides
When you first start out in your accounting career, working as a generalist has its benefits. You can work across different types of accounting...
Business schools must step up on sustainable investing education
ESG investing examines quantitative and qualitative non-financial data on companies. This includes environmental issues like carbon emissions,...
Q&A: Managing the stress of insolvency
Composite image: James Flaherty / Getty Images In 1991, on a flight from London back home to Sydney, James sat next to a stranger that would...
How to spot money laundering: 3 red flags
In April this year the Attorney-General announced public consultation on Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing...
Q&A: How Chris Baskerville brings empathy to insolvency
Chris Baskerville describes his father, Peter, as a serial entrepreneur. When Chris was a young child, Peter established Craft Time – a business...
How the next round of accounting grads will use AI tools
For the past couple of years, Dr Roel Boomsma, Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Accounting, Governance and Regulation at the University of...
Q&A: How Sharon Hewitt builds client relationships
Sharon Hewitt performed well at school. Smart and confident, she became a school captain in year 10 and excelled in many subjects. Despite this,...
Q&A: How Zac Hayes defied expectations to grow four practices across Australia
Zac Hayes is a country boy at heart. Having grown up in Bowral and Deniliquin, he brings a deep understanding of regional life to his work in...
How to make the four-day week work for accountants: Test, gather data, and adapt
Unilever is almost seven months into its four-day work week pilot. Grant Thorton began a six-month trial of the shortened week in March. That...
Compare your results: Cybersecurity quiz
Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services the Hon Stephen Jones MP this week shared a warning about common tax-time scams....
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