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Startup success hinges on founder personality: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
... venture capital. "The adventurousness and openness to experience of Melanie Perkins, the assertiveness and confidence of Steve Jobs, the exuberance and energy of Richard Branson, the calm under pressure Jeff Bezos, the discipline and focus of Mark Zuckerberg ...

The Voice is not at the expense of the economy: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
... in August, which looks to focus on "big trends and transitions" in the Australian economy while including a whitepaper on jobs and opportunities. "This sets out our vision for full employment, wages, job security, productivity, our skills need, and barriers ...

Treasury outlines plans to boost employment

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
The government has unveiled its plan to overhaul the employment system in its newly released whitepaper, including encouraging older Australians to stay in the workforce by extending the work bonus and introducing a new skills passport. The Working ...

Prime Super acquires utilities provider

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023
... and our wind energy assets, we'll be able by 2025, to transmit green energy throughout the country and create many new jobs for people," Baird said.

Investing in research generates threefold economic output

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023
... one-time increase in the average income of Australians by approximately $1171 per person. The funding created 6570 full-time jobs per year across Australia. It is projected that a total of 295,673 employee years of direct and indirect jobs will be created ...

Life Sherpa rolls out investment solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023
... to increase the number of Australians accessing advice. "There is a significant portion of the population - who have good jobs, stable income, and clear goals - who are unable to afford full financial advice. The successful deployment of technology into ...

RBA holds cash rate at 4.1%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2023
... the economy to head in the right direction. "The past month brought further evidence that consumer spending is slowing, the jobs market is loosening, wage growth remains contained and that inflation has continued to fall," they said. "It would be fair ...

Former advisers costs CBA $1.2bn in remediation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... Union, which argues that on the back of the results, there should be no reason for it to continue to close branches, offshore jobs, and force staff to work in the office for half the time. The union recently lodged a dispute at the Fair Work Commission ...

Federal Reserve raises interest rates to a 22-year high

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023
... from earlier in the year but the labour market remained very tight. "Over the past three months, job gains averaged 244,000 jobs per month, a pace below that seen earlier in the year but still a strong pace. The unemployment rate remains low, at 3.6%," ...

Credit Suisse fined $575m by regulators

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
... Chin and former chief risk and compliance officer Lara Warner. Last October, Credit Suisse restructured and cut thousands of jobs, including former chief executive of the investment bank Christian Meissner. This followed it being the subject of several ...