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PC targets business barriers to lift productivity

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2026
... commissioner Alison Roberts said. PC commissioner Stephen King said businesses less than five years old account for 62% of new jobs, making it critical to remove barriers to growth and ensure skills and resources move towards their most productive uses. ...

US equities may be 'undervalued': CIO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2026
... token prices go lower, and then you get more usage, and it's this self-fulfilling flywheel," he said. "We see it in our jobs. We see it in things that used to take months to build, to analyse data and information, to write pitch books. Now it's ...

AustralianSuper picks up co-investors' stakes in Perth Airport

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2026
... in order to support members' long-term retirement outcomes." "Perth Airport has made a significant contribution to support jobs, economic activity, and essential services in Australia. ART will continue to invest in local assets when it is in members' ...

Number of Aussie investors hits record high

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2026
... their own financial futures, they are also helping provide the capital that enables businesses to innovate, grow and create jobs," Attia said. Shares remain the most held investment, while ETF ownership has more than doubled since 2020 to an estimated ...

Flexible work fails to follow women into leadership

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2026
... pathways rather than becoming a barrier to advancement. "Offering part-time work is very different from designing senior jobs that can actually be done part-time," Salazar said. The findings also highlighted the influence of unpaid care, with women undertaking ...

FEATURE | Nature risk | Paved paradise

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 OCT 2026
... FY25, the Australian Bureau of Statistics estimates. While the country depends on the mining and resources sectors to provide jobs and top up its coffers with billions in revenue, a dark economic underbelly exists: the environmental impacts can be devastating ...

Jobs data 'final nail in the coffin' for rate rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 4.6% in August, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "This month there was 39,000 more people in employment, and 28,000 more people in unemployment," ABS head of labour statistics ...

ART-owned G'day Group invests $200m in regional holiday parks

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2026
... assets, particularly in sectors like tourism where we see strong long-term demand," Patrick said. "The expansions aim to drive jobs and opportunities in these North Queensland regional areas, bringing benefits for communities and our members. "We will ...

Retiree super spending injects $121bn into Aussie economy

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2026
... retirees will spend close to $121 billion from their superannuation in 2026, bolstering the Australian economy and supporting jobs. Commissioned by the Super Member Council (SMC) and conducted by ACIL Allen, the research surveyed around 2000 Australians ...

Labor moves to kill non-compete clauses in productivity push

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2026
... due to disproportionate costs of litigation, in turn creating a 'chilling effect', dampening an employee's ability to move jobs. "The lack of clarity about the enforceability of these terms means many employees stay in unfavourable jobs because leaving ...
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