Editor’s note: The ‘silver tsunami’ John Sheridan is discussing here is the knowledge retention challenge being brought on by ‘baby boomer’ retirement en masse: 2.5 million retirements over the next decade. It risks major losses in institutional memory, critical skill shortages, small business failures and macro-level impacts. He asks Australians, "What…
“GOVERNMENTS have an opportunity to accelerate public housing construction in 2027 as private sector investment retreats,” Housing Industry Association (HIA) chief economist Tim Reardon said today.
HIA has released its November 2026 Economic and…
By Leon Gettler, Talking Business >>
BUSINESSES EVERYWHERE face all sorts of problems these days.
But according to Eric Allgood, the managing director of the Small Business Assistance and Advisory Service (SBAAS), the big one is how to make the most…
AUSTRALIA’S science agency, CSIRO has created its new, automated Carbon Capture Materials Acceleration Centre in Perth to develop carbon capture…
By Leon Gettler, Talking Business >>
IMAGINE A WORLD where every video placed on YouTube could be hyper-personalised … Imagine a company that can…
AN INTERNATIONAL research team lead by Australia’s Monash University has built the first high-performance, commercially-sized tandem solar cell – and…
By Leon Gettler, Talking Business >>
WHAT MAKES a successful business these days?
David Moloney, CEO of the Internal Consulting Group said the most…
ANGELIQUE WOODS had built the kind of corporate career many professionals spend years working toward.
Over the course of her career, she climbed the…
AUSTRALIA’S science agency, CSIRO has created its new, automated Carbon Capture Materials Acceleration Centre in Perth to develop carbon capture…
By Leon Gettler, Talking Business >>
THE TRADE WAR between the US and Canada will have a global impact.
Kyle…
By Ellen Boonstra, Business Acumen’s Asia correspondent >>
BANGKOK will once again become a global stage for…
By Leon Gettler, Talking Business >>
ARTIFICIAL intelligence is here to stay. Businesses have to adjust to it.
As…
AS CLUMSY and debilitating as Facebook’s news feed ban has been – for thousands of businesses and community…
By Leon Gettler, Talking Business >>
BUSINESSES EVERYWHERE face all sorts of problems these days.
But according to Eric Allgood, the managing…
By Jeff Purser >>
I’VE TALKED MYSELF out of deals before. I didn't know I was doing it at the time, obviously. At the…
MASTER BULDERS Australia has backed the Hands Off Our Fuel campaign and members are urging policy makers to “leave this…
“GOVERNMENTS have an opportunity to accelerate public housing construction in 2027 as private sector investment…
AUSTRALIAN-BUILT generative AI software is being trialled by iconic American confectionery company Tootsie Roll. The reason? This manufacturing…
FROM FREE DATE CHANGES to airline industry-first comprehensive travel insurance, Emirates is making adjustments to give customers greater flexibility and more choice – and bring greater confidence to passengers choosing…
RETRO RIDES has launched a specialist vehicle finance service for Australians looking to purchase cars that are more than simply a means of getting ‘from A to B’.
Retro Rides managing director,…
NEW FIGURES from the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman reveal a 50 percent jump in requests for help from distressed business…
MASTER BUILDERS Australia’s has welcomed the announcement, by the Fair Work Commission, that it has appointed Michael Crosby as the new CFMEU…
For many, the arduous task of donning compression stockings can be frustrating. This is especially true if the wearer is living independently,…
MONASH UNIVERSITY has launched the Monash Ventures Pre-Seed Fund, a $15 million initiative developed in partnership with Breakthrough Victoria to…
THE Queensland Government and resources industry leaders are meeting in Brisbane today to develop innovative ways to rebuild explorer confidence in Queensland and to ensure the state can meet…
REDFERN’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and heritage will be at the heart of plans to upgrade three parks in one of Sydney’s most important growing communities.
More than 4,500…
THE Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories has started an inquiry into the National Capital Plan (NCP) Amendment No. 102 – Hume Circle Precinct.
Committee Chair,…
DRONESHIELD, the Australian counter-drone and electronic warfare (EW) solutions designer and manufacturer, has opened its new research and development (R&D) facility in Adelaide.
Now recognised as a…
By Leon Gettler, Talking Business >>
IMAGINE A WORLD where every video placed on YouTube could be hyper-personalised … Imagine a company that can…
THE NATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE (NRL) competition recently announced a new broadcast rights deal worth $5.3 billion over seven years, the largest ever for…
MORE INDIGENOUS law graduates will be able to access the support they need to make the transition to legal practice…
JOURNALISTS Jan ‘Miko’ Figueroa-Holt and Saskia de Leeuw Kyle are the recipients of this year’s Walkley Opportunity Scholarship with SBS and the
By Leon Gettler, Talking Business >>
GETTING AHEAD in the corporate world has its challenges for women.
New data from…
CPA AUSTRALIA has warned the Reserve Bank’s “decision to increase interest rates to a 15-year high” will add to the pressure on…
AUSTRALIA’s sheep industry is at an ‘important inflection point’ with the nation’s flock close to record lows and production growth set to remain…
By Leon Gettler, Talking Business >>
A LOT OF THE FOCUS of the Federal Budget has been on fixing intergenerational equity problems.
But Toby Ellis,…
By Leon Gettler, Talking Business >>
TO COMBAT climate change, the Australian Government has set a target of Net Zero for Australian companies.
But companies are struggling with their climate…
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