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The Australia-Japan Free Trade Agreement has come into effect today, providing businesses with the opportunity to increase trade in goods and services with less investment restrictions.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will be releasing eight reports monitoring petrol prices and the movements of the overall fuel market in 2015.

Released as the traditional two-month holiday spending period comes to an end, the real-time data reveals that online sales during this time have gone up by over 20 per cent from the 2013-14 season.

The average Australian is leaving behind 5 days of unused annual leave every year, yet 53 per cent say they feel vacation deprived.

Retail turnover saw a small rise in November, according to the latest Retail Trade figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Business banking customers have reached a new level of satisfaction, according to the latest findings from the Roy Morgan Research Business Banking Satisfaction Report.

The Australian Government says SMEs are to benefit from the Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement (KAFTA), which officially entered into force today.

The Facebook-owned social networking service has grown substantially this year, with its user count rising over 50 per cent from the 200 million active users recorded at the end of March.

Younger Australians may be seeing lower standards of living than their parents did at the same age, according to a new report released by the Grattan Institute.

In the midst of the peak retail period for the year, the news that consumer sentiment has fallen for the ninth straight month could not come at a worse time.

Australia’s business confidence is at its highest level since January, according to the latest Business Confidence survey from Roy Morgan Research.

The ACCC continues to crack down on egg suppliers that may be misleading customers with ‘free range’ claims.

More Australian businesses are planning to hire in the coming year, according to this quarter’s Hudson Report: Employment Trends.

The next quarter will see more Australian businesses actively acquiring assets, according to the latest Alleasing Equipment Demand Index.

More Australians believe that volunteering will benefit their CVs, according to research by global online marketplace SEEK.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have released a guide to help customers deal with debt collectors and creditors.

While over half of CEOs have a positive outlook for the coming year, the research highlighted two barriers that will affect Australian business in 2015.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has today released the final Retail Trade figures before Christmas, revealing a 0.4 per cent rise in retail turnover during the month of October.

Only 12 per cent of Australian employers name employee benefits as an important strategy in keeping employees and competing for valued staff.

An Australian on-demand delivery and courier service named Swift has officially announced its launch, establishing itself as a company to look out for in the country’s delivery and courier sector.