When Australia’s prime minister walked into a Brisbane hotel lobby last year for a press conference, a far-right influencer was already lying in wait. Anthony Albanese would later recall how ... Read More

It is many home workers’ dream: replace yourself with an artificial intelligence avatar on calls and take the rest of the day off. However, when one Australian university lecturer tried ... Read More

Australia’s most incendiary right-wing politician has once again been accused of racism after describing Indigenous people as the “most primitive race on Earth”. In a podcast recorded last year that ... Read More

As many as eight in ten Australians under the age of 16 are still using social media, according to a government-commissioned report. The proportion of children aged 10 to 15 ... Read More

There was a time when ministers spent most of their days telling rock stars to clean up their act. The bands railed against squares and the squares railed against the ... Read More

New Zealand has named a new ferry linking its main islands after Captain Cook — and told “snivelling wokesters” to accept the decision. Winston Peters, the foreign minister, said those ... Read More

"Snags on the barbie" are off the menu for an increasing number of Australians due to the spread of a potentially deadly allergy linked to tick bites. Thousands of people ... Read More

“I have suddenly found myself separated from my husband. He has been the main bread winner” “How do women that are SAHMs separate from their partners? I want to leave, ... Read More

Over the past few years the television industry has seen a revolution even more seismic than the advent of colour TV or video recorders. Traditional audiences for linear, broadcast TV ... Read More

Jessica Whitton was 19 when she decided that she’d finally had enough of her huge breasts. She became one of thousands of women in Australia booking in for a “reverse ... Read More

Ensuring workplace wellbeing is vital for businesses and individuals. Your staff are your most valuable resource, and if they’re unhappy, their productivity will suffer and they’ll be more likely to ... Read More

The world will emerge changed from the COVID-19 pandemic. The closure of transport, business and schools has forced the world into a sharp learning curve in using new technologies and ... Read More

With everyone cast out of their offices and forced to work remotely due to the Coronavirus nightmare, one of the biggest questions is: which is the best videoconferencing platform to ... Read More

KPMG recently issued 20 Predictions for the Next 20 Years. They cover trends ranging from “Social and People” to “Political and Regulatory”. Five of the most interesting ones are: 1 ... Read More

Despite an exodus of financial planners from the wealth industry, alternatives such as robo advice are struggling to get traction. Since the banking royal commission major banks have exited the ... Read More

The big four banks are expected to meet the extended deadline for open banking compliance in February 2020, though one bank “might be struggling”, according to delegates at the 4th ... Read More

Blockchain has been one of the biggest buzzwords at Sibos 2018. It’s being embraced as a way for financial institutions to have more efficient systems, removing the need to reconcile ... Read More

Demand is growing for healthier workplaces as increased evidence links sedentary work to poor health effects. Co-working spaces are among those leading the trend for healthier office design. Sedentary behaviours ... Read More

It’s easy to make New Year’s resolutions for your business – but much harder to keep them. So after resolving to get your business shipshape for 2017, or to grow ... Read More

The rise of freelancing is great news for small businesses. It allows owners to access specialist skills on demand without permanently increasing headcount. Flexibility is no longer enough for many ... Read More

Advances in automation are empowering lawyers to cut down on labour-intensive, repetitive tasks and instead focus their skills on higher-value work. Now, artificial intelligence (AI) is making this automation much ... Read More

New, flexible co-working spaces are increasingly edging out the old guard of traditional serviced offices in Asia, according to a new report by commercial real-estate firm Colliers International. Several reasons ... Read More

C2B messaging app URGE is creating a business directory that allows customers to search for a business and text it, providing a real-time messaging service. The growth of internet retail ... Read More

Businesses in Singapore are more optimistic and employees enjoy a better work life balance than in Hong Kong, according to a new survey by serviced offices provider Compass Offices. The ... Read More

Despite the global economic slowdown, Asia Pacific countries remain optimistic about business growth according to the latest Compass Index from serviced offices provider Compass Offices. Australians are the most confident, ... Read More

It’s far more interactive and fun. Textbooks are making way for tablets, and traditional written exercises are giving way to games. Games in education is not a new idea: as ... Read More

China is an increasingly vital market to businesses and consumers across Australia. It became our largest trading partner in 2009 with two-way trade valued at over $150 billion in 2015 ... Read More

As a small business or startup, you don’t have huge resources. If there’s a cash crunch and you need to pay salaries, or you’ve spotted a great opportunity and want ... Read More

What can leaders and professionals do in the IT sector to foster gender diversity and equality? Gender diversity is a problem across the workforce, but it’s particularly severe in IT ... Read More

Millennials have grown up using devices every waking hour, and their entire existence is interconnected. No wonder they have very specific demands when it comes to the workforce – both in terms ... Read More

Social media seems like an easy way to connect with customers and update them about your business, doesn’t it? Brands and businesses need to cultivate a loyal community of followers ... Read More

Mining for data Mining giant Rio Tinto believes it has already saved $90 million through better data processing. Its new Processing Excellence Centre is staffed by 12 mineral experts who ... Read More

Businesses need to embrace new trends and technologies in order to stay ahead, but what are the key technologies that your company should be adopting in 2014? Here are five ... Read More