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SEGRA Conference countdown to boost regional Australia begins at Barooga, NSW
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER Michael McCormack MP has launched the countdown to the Sustainable Economic Growth for Regional Australia (SEGRA) Conference, to be staged on August 20-22 at Barooga, NSW.
SEGRA has been speaking out for regional Australia for 23 years. It is a critical forum where regional development practitioners, industry, researchers and…
Issue #93
Cover story: LEADING EDGE
Richard de Crespigny's logbook on leadership.
Better Business Technology
Is Australia really ready for 5G?
Special Report: Leadership
Lessons for business from averting an air disaster.
Editorial
Australia needs leadership now, not rulership.
Latest Business News
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18 Apr, 2019Profitably do property properly
In BriefBy Leon Gettler >>
ANYONE wanting to dip into the Australian property market needs to treat it like any business, says Jayne Robbins, the owner of Brisbane-based buyer advocate firm, The Informed Buyer.
She said buyers need to look at the micro-levels behind the macro-numbers that the media like to talk about, at a time when…
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14 Apr, 2019Aboriginal Dreamtime is for everyone, explains author Aunty Munya Andrews
Research & BooksIF SHE HAD A DOLLAR for every time someone asked what Dreamtime was, Aunty Munya Andrews says she’d be a very rich woman.
Ms Andrews, who is an Aboriginal elder and barrister, runs Indigenous cultural awareness training with her partner Carla Rogers at Evolve Communities. She has also written a book, Journey into Dreamtime to…
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13 Apr, 2019Airtasker turbocharges the ‘gig’ economy
Companies on the MoveBy Leon Gettler >>
AIRTASKER has had spectacular growth because it feeds the ‘gig’ economy, creating new jobs and careers.
Airtasker’s vice president of engineering, Yaniv Bernstein, said one of the great things about Airtasker was the Australian-bred company allowed new types of activity to be added to the economy.
“The…
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11 Apr, 2019Prancing Horse and Dancing CEOs combine to help Women’s Legal Service
People on the MoveA RED FERRARI, red lipstick, red shoes, red-hot fashion and ready dancers combined in Brisbane recently to raise funds for the vital Women’s Legal Service (WLS) organisation helping women and children who are victims of domestic violence.
One of WLS’s biggest initiatives is its helpline – a free service provided by Queensland…
Innovative Australian Companies
Airtasker turbocharges the ‘gig’ economy
By Leon Gettler >>
AIRTASKER has had spectacular growth because it feeds the ‘gig’ economy, creating new jobs and careers.
Airtasker’s vice president…
Sponsology: a sponsorship and gifting game changer
SPONSOLOGY, a new Australian web platform that uses an algorithm to match sponsorship ‘givers’ and ‘seekers’, is set to change the dynamics of the…
Citrus proves fruitful for top-tier advertisers
BRISBANE-BASED technology company Citrus is winning both global and tier one Australian retailers such as Dan Murphy’s to its innovative online…
Companies on the Move
Airtasker turbocharges the ‘gig’ economy
By Leon Gettler >>
AIRTASKER has had spectacular growth because it feeds the ‘gig’ economy, creating new jobs and careers.
Airtasker’s vice…
People on the Move
Prancing Horse and Dancing CEOs combine to help Women’s Legal Service
A RED FERRARI, red lipstick, red shoes, red-hot fashion and ready dancers combined in Brisbane recently to raise funds for the vital Women’s Legal…
Innovation
Clever sensors increase bridges’ span
THE Story Bridge is 78 years old. Sydney Harbour Bridge is hitting 95. Australian bridges are designed for a life span of 100 years. Thankfully a…
Trade
Qld coal exports double, coal royalties grow 150pc
THE QUEENSLAND Government can thank a doubling of coal exports over the last four years for a new record in overseas…
Asia-Pacific
Tour de force: Bangkok is calling all SkyWalkers
By Ellen Boonstra, Asia correspondent >>
PROMISING AN ICONIC cityscape view, atop King Power Mahanakhon, one of…
Digital Business
SafetyCulture develops apps that are apt for safe workplaces
By Leon Gettler >>
IN 2004, Townsville local Luke Anear transformed his workplace health and safety consultancy into a…
Editorial
Australia needs leadership now, not rulership
BUSINESS ACUMEN’s special report on leadership, in edition 93, could not be more timely. Or more poignant. Or better…
Management
Warning: the most counter-productive budget you can cut
By Margie Hartley >>
WITHOUT QUESTION corporate Australia is currently collectively belt tightening and, with that, spending on the non-essentials…
Opinion
Master Builders Australia flags its views ahead of Federal Election
MASTER BUILDERS Australia has launched a campaign to give its members and the building and construction industry a…
Business Travel & Events
Records broken: Brisbane attracts 25% more Chinese visitors
In Brief
Profitably do property properly
By Leon Gettler >>
ANYONE wanting to dip into the Australian property market needs to treat it like any business, says…
Research & Books
Aboriginal Dreamtime is for everyone, explains author Aunty Munya Andrews
IF SHE HAD A DOLLAR for every time someone asked what Dreamtime was, Aunty Munya Andrews says she’d be a very rich…
News Feature
How newsagencies are growing as newspapers decline
Regional Economic Development
CSIRO dams work provides road map to 15,000 jobs – many in Indigenous communities
NEW DAMS can create almost 15,000 regional jobs and $4.85 billion in production in northern Queensland, the Northern…
Manufacturing Acumen
World-first printed solar panels completed at Newcastle Uni
THE FIRST commercial installation of printed solar panels in Australia was completed in August, with the University of Newcastle wrapping up the…
Aviation Acumen
Original record breaking Gypsy Moth touches down at Archerfield Airport, 88 years on
NEWLY restored de Havilland Gypsy Moth, VH-UQH, flew into Archerfield Airport on Sunday April 14, with a supporting flight of five other 'Moths' to mark 88 years since it broke the England to Australia solo flight…
Automotive Acumen
Gosford Museum brings American cars into biggest Aussie auto auction
INTERNATIONAL interest in this weekend’s Gosford Classic Car Museum Auction has prompted the owner to bring home seven high value cars situated in the US to Australian soil.
With the massive amount…
Debt Recovery & Management
Welcome to Debt Recovery and Management as informed by Bailiff-Sheriff Australia
This special Debt Recovery section is allied with the DebtSet/Bailiff-Sheriff Australia website. SUBSCRIBE HERE. While much of this section's…
Legal
Why lawyers are now turning freelance
By Leon Gettler >>
ALIFERY, an online start-up that provides freelance lawyers for ASX listed companies, law firms and small to medium sized…
Acumen Archives
Less pain and effort now it’s Ezy-As
For many, the arduous task of donning compression stockings can be frustrating. This is especially true if the wearer is living independently,…
Business Incubator: RiverCityLabs
River City Labs supports Entrepreneurs' Organization Brisbane Accelerator
BRISBANE tech startup hub River City Labs will support the Entrepreneurs’ Organisation Brisbane Chapter as a sponsor of the Accelerator Program in…
Queensland Leaders
Internet of Things is a hi-wire act for Forrest Electrical
THE EMERGING world of the Internet of Things (IoT) is both a challenge and an opportunity, according to Forrest Electrical Group, which specialises in creating smart electrical solutions for…
NSW Leaders
Ocular Robotics envisions the future
AUSTRALIAN company Ocular Robotics has been recognised as a ‘game changer’ organisation in the global robotics revolution.
Ocular Robotics, a New South Wales Leaders alumni member, was presented…
Victorian Leaders
Dreamcity is Australia’s first ‘edutainment’ theme park
Creative Industries
Nobody was anti ANTI at Creative3
QUEENSLAND-BASED startup ANTI took home the title of Australia’s Emerging Creative Startup for 2018 at the recent Creative3 event hosted by QUT…
Sports Business
Roy Morgan kicks off live sports sponsorship platform
ROY MORGAN has launched the Genome Audience Planner in alliance with TEG Analytics as a ‘next generation sponsorship planning and optimisation…
Indigenous Business
Nominations closing soon for Queensland Resources Council…
NOMINATIONS are closing soon for the Queensland Resources Council’s (QRC) annual Indigenous Awards, a night to…
Advertising & Marketing
Why branding is vital to your family owned business
By Stella Gianotto >>
ONCE available only to large corporations, branding is now more accessible and vitally important to every size – and type – of…
Training & Careers
How techniques used in averting an aviation disaster relate…
When Qantas A380 pilot Richard De Crespigny was confronted with a life-and-death inflight explosion, soon after…
Finance & Investment
Non-banks set to pass main banks in funding SME growth
FOR THE FIRST time in the five years and 10 rounds of the Scottish Pacific SME Growth Index, the number of SMEs who turn to their…
Agribusiness
Ag students get good grounding in degrees
LEADING Australian fruit producer, Piñata Farms, is among nine South East Queensland agricultural businesses collaborating with the University of…
Community Business
Commemorative ride for Smiddy helps break cancer cycle
THE 10-YEAR commemorative ‘Smiling for Smiddy’ ride, dedicated to beloved mate Adam Smiddy, was a major success for cycling mates, their families and…
Better Business Technology
ACS hackathon develops world-first prototype data sharing solution
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