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Australian businesses are reporting higher revenues than last year, and are expecting revenue to continue to rise, a new MYOB report has found

Telstra’s NSW Business Women’s Awards finalists have been announced, showing the amazing things NSW business women are capable of the same day it was announced that the gender pay gap is widening in Australia.

New home sales in Australia dived 7 percent to an 18 month low in July according to the latest Housing Industry Association report into new home sales, triggering calls for federal government action to save the sector.

Commonwealth Bank customers now have access to an additional layer of security when shopping online, the NetCode SMS or token – a one-time password issued by the bank.

National Australia Bank is relaunching nab.com.au alongside official NAB profiles on Twitter and YouTube in order to reach customers in the time and place they find most convenient rather than force customers to use a single contact method.

Ten years since the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax to Australia, an RMIT University conference will examine the impact, the problems and the need for reform.

Small businesses are allegedly using the Australian Taxation Office as a bank, using the ATO as a psuedo-lender by putting off tax liabilities using payment agreements in order to pay other commitments first.

Gender equality in the workplace is even further off in 2010 than in 2009, with the wage gap widening over the last 12 months and a new study showing Australians are largely pessimistic about women ever receiving equal pay.

Qantas is taking the fight to Virgin Blue’s plans to dominate the domestic air travel market amongst business travellers by adding 820,000 seats to its Jetstar discount airline.

Australian Managers have low-self awareness, drastically hindering individual and organisational performance according to research from Human Synergistics

Firm Spy, the online industry gossip site, has seen a spike in traffic after two law firms Mallesons Stephen Jaques and Clayton Utz banned staff after reports on the firms were placed online, branding Firm Spy as “irresponsible and inaccurate”.

Salmat today announced that its leading shopping portal for retail advertisers Lasoo.com.au, has been awarded a triple A-rated Statement of Accessibility Conformance by Vision Australia.

Harvey Norman has announced a profit of $290.04 million, up 15.8 percent on last year, showing there is still life in bricks and mortar retailing and dismissing suggestions from rival Ruslan Kogan that Harvey Norman’s business model is dead.

Kristina Karlsson, the Melbourne based founder of Swedish fashion stationery business kikki.K was last night named winner of the 2010 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Southern Region – Product.

Regional employees enjoy their jobs more and are more engaged with their employers than those in metropolitan areas of Australia, according to new data.

Research from Monash University in Melbourne conducted for the Queensland Government has found that employers are again looking at older employees as they get desperate to fill empty roles.

Groupon clone OurDeal is hoping online group coupon ordering won’t be an ordeal as it tries to replicate the success of Groupon clones Spreets, Ouffer and Jump On It in the Australian market.

Coles has refused to put the prices of its groceries online, fearing comparison shopping with rival Woolworths and independent retailers.

Virgin Blue Holdings Limited, who run both Virgin Blue and V Australia and Etihad Airways PJSC today signed an agreement to enable V Australia to fly into Abu Dhabi from 2011.

Online travel sites and discount flight aggregators may not be the cheapest option for business travellers if the latest research from The Online Travel Benchmarking Group holds true.