Pensioners have been given a boost in the Federal Budget with the pension for single people raised to $32.49 a week, while couples will have their pensions increased by $10.14 a week. However, they will have to work an extra two years in order to be eligible, with the pension age increased from 65 to […]
Treasurer Wayne Swan will tonight announce the highly anticipated and talked about May 2009 budget. High on the agenda: a paid maternity leave scheme, pension increase, means testing for private health insurance rebates, and the removal of the boost to the first home owners grant. In his pre-budget doorstop meeting in Canberra this morning, Treasurer […]
Today is the official launch day for the Australian-developed polling site, The Global Poll, with the stimulus package and swine flu hot topics. The Global Poll website has been designed to allow any person or business to reach a global group of opinion leaders and gain valuable market research, by conducting free online polls. The […]
The latest findings from Symantec’s 2009 Global Small and Mid-sized Business (SMB) Security and Storage survey for Australia and New Zealand has revealed that more than half (58 percent) of small and medium sized businesses have experienced security breaches where personal information is lost, stolen or hacked. The results highlight the problems small businesses are […]
The NSW Government is currently in the process of considering extending its $3,000 first-home owners grant, after it was reported they were planning to scrap it. The Government announced the scheme in November last year for first-home buyers who purchase a new or newly construction home within a year, with the scheme expected to expire […]
The global economy is showing signs of a recovery according to the G10. European Central Bank head Jean-Claude Trichet said that we are at a turning point, “we are, as far as growth is concerned, around the inflection point in the cycle.” ‘In all cases we see a slowing down of the decrease of the […]
It seems the uptake of digital television has been slower that expected, with new figures showing more than half of Australian households haven’t yet embraced digital television. Measurement company OzTam says that as of March this year, around 43 percent of households across the five major cities were connected up to digital television, with Perth […]
A survey released yesterday by Essential Research regarding the Federal Budget has revealed that Australians are generally mixed in their reviews about the effect the budget will have on them, and how effective the Government’s measures on tax cuts and emissions trading will be. The survey found that 38 percent believe the Federal Budget will […]
Established businesses often forget that government grants are a genuine source of funding for some business activities. While it’s true that there are some grants designed for start-up businesses, existing businesses may also apply for grants ranging from research and development funding to export promotional finance. Grants are also available for specific industries and even […]
Online business success can be achieved by anyone. That is the message being echoed across the country by Shaun Stenning, an internet marketing sensation at just 24 years old. The creator of internet marketing business, Sure Fire Marketing, Stenning’s mission is to transform “beginners into experts, newbies into geeks and employees into entrepreneurs”, as they […]
