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Women are now the major breadwinners in one in four Australian households – up from 140,000 just ten years ago, a new report has revealed.

When the Victorian rail animation ‘Dumb Ways to Die’ exploded onto the social media scene last November, the extent of its success was a surprise in the ad world.

A new technology initiative in the Northern Territory aims to produce a minimum of 50 ‘work ready’ apprentices over the next five years, with half to be young Indigenous Australians.

Innovation. It’s that elusive ingredient that separates the ‘good’ from the ‘great’. But what exactly is it, and how can more Australian companies get their hands on it?

The idea for many in business is simply to be the best: to run the best restaurant, to have the best customer service, to offer the biggest range.

It’s the model completely disrupting the education sector, but Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) also offer massive potential for start-ups.

Go back just less than a decade and using the abbreviation ‘app’ would have elicited looks of confusion.

After a year of uncertainty waiting for the federal political situation to stabilise, Australian businesses are feeling positive about the future.

This Saturday 19 October the Victorian Government is playing host to Support Small Business Day. The initiative is aimed at raising the profile of the contribution small business makes to the economy.

The Internet is the greatest tool available to any business, but the majority of Aussie business owners still don’t know how to make the most of it.

Keeping employees engaged, and in turn productive, can sometimes be one of the toughest challenges facing business leaders.

Law firms could be wasting hundreds of hours each year and miscalculating tens of thousands of hours in billable time due to problems with new technologies.

There’s a lot to consider when hiring new team members, like how they will fit in with your company culture and determining what their exact role will be.

The roll out of the National Broadband Network (NBN) is the cornerstone project for his department, and Turnbull pulled no punches with his criticisms of Labor’s handling of the NBN thus far.

Hundreds of leaders within business, government and sustainability converged in Melbourne for the 2nd Australian Sustainability Conference held over the 9th and 10th of October.

Regardless of whether you believe privacy concerns are warranted, there’s a decent ROI for those businesses who address them.

Call it laziness, call it a sheer shortage of time – or perhaps a combination of both – but many Australian business owners haven’t updated their business model since the GFC.

If you’ve got a great idea for an innovation that would benefit Australia’s primary industries, then this could be an award for you.

St.George bank has pledged a worthwhile offer to support small business – and you don’t even need to be a customer.

While many SMB owners believe the economic outlook is bright, they’re missing out on a range of resources that can help their businesses grow.