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From a teenage dive to a $500 million plan to clean the world's rivers
"You can't defend what you don't know" doesn't apply here, but this data on ocean plastic might change how it's funded.
Redundancy Isn't Always About Finding Another Job: What HR Can Do Differently
Most career transition packages look much the same. A resume refresh, LinkedIn support, interview practice, some job search coaching, over three months. For plenty of people, that is exactly right.…
Cash Flow in 2026: Why good businesses are running dry
Principal Bookkeeper at True Tally Bookkeeping Tiffany discusses how SMEs can avoid insolvency during rising costs by building cash reserves.
The Fair Work Ombudsman is going looking for payroll mistakes
Fair Work recoveries are up 27%. Tiffany shares what small employers should review before a letter arrives.
Why 'what can we automate' is the wrong question for retailers
The real test of retail tech isn't what it automates, it's what staff do with the time it returns.
The real skills shortage isn't about worker numbers, it's about location
It's not a worker shortage, it's a skills mismatch. New research explains why Australian businesses are widening their hiring search abroad.
To automate or not? One CEO's honest take on the AI dilemma
AI cut Pureprofile's workflow time by 80 per cent in one case, and failed badly in another. CEO Martin Filz explains why.
Why “1 in 4 Australians” is useless for your next campaign
“1 in 4 Australians speak a language other than English at home” is true — and it is not a campaign brief. For SMEs, language choice belongs at LGA and catchment level. Here’s how to plan it before…
The founder skill nobody talks about when scaling a business
When we talk about scaling a business, the conversation usually centres around growth: more customers, more revenue, more people, better technology. But I think one of the hardest parts of scaling…
How do you start selling to customers who don't buy in English?
Nearly a quarter of Australians speak another language at home. This piece breaks down how to find out which ones are yours.
Australians are addicted to returns and exchanges, according to new data
New research from Loop shows more than half of Australian shoppers have walked away from a brand over its returns policy, while retailers wrestle with what returns are really costing them
We asked AI what Australian services cost. Small businesses were in 5% of the answers.
Customers now ask AI answer engines such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews what a job should cost before they call anyone. We scored 1,459 answers about Australian businesses. On pricing questions, small service businesses were named in about 5% of them. Here is why, and what to fix first.