David Olsen

Prospects for small businesses appear to be looking up post-GFC in Australia, yet the attitudes held by business owners towards banks has not recovered.

It is the corporate version of the tortoise and the hare, but with the backing of its multi-million dollar mother company Australian sports drink icon Staminade plans to regain ground in the race for national sports drink supremacy.

Australian retail sales were flat over the month of May, with retailers half-yearly sales failing to attract shoppers, according to the latest Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Indicator (BSI).

Telstra will come on board for the rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN), after signing a non-binding Financial Heads of Agreement with NBN Co.

Bunnings Warehouse has fired the first salvo in its war against soon to be rival Woolworths in a joint venture with Lowe’s, accusing it of circumventing planning and zoning laws.

The Federal Government’s Paid Parental Leave bill that passed the Senate yesterday has received mostly bipartisan support, as well as its fair share of criticism.

While the Federal Government’s Paid Parental Leave scheme passing through the Senate yesterday marked a historic day for women in Australia, critics say the Paid Parental Scheme doesn’t go far enough.

Kevin Rudd’s Paid Parental Leave bill passed the Senate yesterday, bringing 18 weeks paid maternity leave to mothers beginning January 1st next year.

Twenty‐seven year old Simon Griffiths is leading the pack of the Gen Y driven non‐profit social enterprise sector in Australia.

Vertex, a UK IT giant will set up Australian operations in Ballarat Victoria after John Brumby’s Government reportedly paid the company an undisclosed sum to set up there.