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Victoria’s local councils are reviewing IT strategies for mobilising ratepayer services among both ratepayers and council staff, a new survey has found

Business signatories to the UN Global Compact (UNGC) such as Rio Tinto, KPMG and Pacific Hydro joined UN Director (DPI), Eric Falt and CEO of World Vision, the Rev Tim Costello in endorsing business and industry playing a more inclusive role when it comes to finding solutions for some of the key challenges of our time, at a forum in Melbourne last week.

SolveIT Software Pty Ltd, a leading provider of enterprise software solutions for supply & demand optimisation and predictive modelling, has announced that international business improvement specialist, Lee Hochberg, has joined the company

Australian security managers have highlighted the need to provide secure remote access for their organisation’s employees as a top security priority in the year head according to a survey conducted by WatchGuard Technologies at last week’s Security 2010 conference and exhibition in Sydney.

A Melbourne man who will need to have his foot amputated following a workplace accident was awarded $1.26 million in compensation for his pain and suffering and loss of employment in the Supreme Court of Victoria last week.

Mortgage Choice was pleased to further its support of Cancer Council NSW by hosting a second ‘Working Beyond Cancer Workshop’ on Saturday.

ANZ last week received CANSTAR CANNEX Best Value Australia Small Business Award for offering the best value to small business customers for the second time in three years.

Gift and Homewares Australia (GHA) is calling on the new Labor minority Government to do its part for small business and establish a dedicated seat for the Minister for Small Business in Cabinet.

The Greater Building Society is joining a large number of Australian businesses big and small in using Twitter as another way to communicate with its customers.

Australia’s unemployment rate decreased 0.2 percentage points to 5.1 percent (seasonally adjusted) in August, the Australian Bureau of Statistics announced today.

Revolution IT, today announced their acquisition of the Adelaide based specialist software testing firm Independent Test Services Pty Ltd.

Liquor Stax Australia, the independent network of alcohol retailers and hotels is through the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission hoping a proposal to authorise Liquor Stax Australia to collectively bargain with a range of wholesale suppliers gets the green light.

Optus broadband is in the ACCC’s sights once more over the telco’s broadband advertising, this time for Optus’ ‘think bigger’ and ‘supersonic’ broadband promotions, taking the issue to the Federal Court Sydney.

Telstra’s T-Suite cloud computing platform has signed its biggest deal after realestate.com.au came to terms on an agreement to move the company’s Microsoft exchange email online with T-Suite.

Broadband will be as essential as electricity in 10 years time, according to futurist Mike Walsh who says Australia lags the rest of the world with the 10 year time frame put on the National Broadband Network

Now that it’s been decided which party will govern Australia, it’s important for the Gillard Government to support this drive forward with some strong business policies.

A few months ago, when her partner Rich was having trouble finding work, Jasmine Costello encouraged him to learn chess as a way of taking his mind off the constant flow of job rejections he was getting.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) made the right decision to keep interest rates on hold at it’s September board meeting yesterday, says the Housing Industry Association (HIA).

Domino’s Pizza and Crust Pizza have both issues statements confirming that Crust Pizza is not a takeover target for larger rival Domino’s.

Rob Oakeshott’s crusade for tax reform with Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been welcomed by the Taxation Institute of Australia as the Institute congratulated Prime Minister Julia Gillard on her election win.