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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.
Accounting firms’ top four priorities now
According to Thomson Reuters Institute’s State of the Tax Professionals Report, accounting firms rank efficiency as the most critical priority...
Quiz: Are you ready to start an accounting firm?
Accountants may start small practices because they want autonomy to do what they love: help clients with their year-end accounts, bookkeeping,...
Our innovation slump is holding back MSME competition
For a while there, Australia was known for innovation – celebrating David Unaipon as a ‘renaissance man’ for his early developments in perpetual...
Sustainability reporting: Accountants can’t measure what businesses haven’t defined
One of the biggest problems within the SME sustainability sphere, says Dr Miethy Zaman, Research Fellow at the IPA-Deakin SME Research Centre, is...
Chris Barrett has a formidable job ahead as the new Productivity Commission chief
Remarkably, the Commission used the review to target one of the key policies on which the Albanese government was elected. With Chalmers...
73% of ASX300 not meeting disclosure requirements
In 2019, the ASX Corporate Governance Council released the 4th edition ASX Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations, introducing...
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...
6 ways small businesses can benefit from measuring wellbeing
Australia’s first national wellbeing framework, Measuring What Matters, could help small businesses support employees amid increasing awareness...
Cryptocurrency space in desperate need of further tax guidance
Accountants specialising in the cryptocurrency space are facing significant challenges in navigating the tax framework due to a severe lack of...
We know how to boost productivity and lift wages – but it will take time and much tougher tax reform
Unless it resumes growing, either wage growth will need to slide to the Reserve Bank’s inflation target of 2-3% on average over time, or the bank...
