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Telstra Mobile customers affected by yesterdays network blackout in Queensland are encouraged to lodge claims for compensation, a Telstra spokesman has said.

There are three things for small business to take away from the government’s tax reforms:

CeBIT Australia are taking an innovative approach to their 2010 Information, Communications and Technology Exhibition, launching a dedicated iPhone app to enhance the visitor’s experience.

This year more businesses are offering paid maternity leave schemes to pregnant women than ever before, but the EOWWA suggests that mothers till have a fight on their hands to gain fair working conditions.

National job vacancies fell 4 percent in April, compared to a 20.9 percent rise in March, according to the latest monthly data from IPA.

Small businesses are concerned that the Government’s small business tax cuts announced on the weekend might be cut out before they are even enacted.

Buying a business is like having a baby, a new survey has found, with small business owners reporting it takes nine months on average to find a suitable business within their price range.

Australian women universally agree they are making financial sacrifices when choosing to enter motherhood, with almost half of women agreeing it isn’t worth it.

The Greater Building Society is urging people to to beyond the ‘big 4’ when looking for a home loan deal, with building societies being significantly cheaper after the RBA rate increase this week.

A must read for all professionals and professional associations – Professions and the Trade Practices Act – has been launched by Australian Competition and Consumer Commission deputy chair Michael Schaper.

Perth based ISP iiNet is expecting full-year earnings to be at the higher end of its guidance range, it has revealed at the Macquarie Securities 2010 Australian Equity Conference.

Australian retailers are ahead of the curve in using email marketing to engage with customers, but most aren’t optimising it as well as their US counterparts, a Silverpop study has found.

Proof that social media is changing the face of the corporate recruitment comes in the shape of Karalee Evans, who has landed herself the role as Social Strategy Manager for Amnesia Razorfish.

Over 1,000 Telstra workers went on strike yesterday as salary negotiation with Telstra by the Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) broke down again.

Australia is among the world’s top ten polluting countries, concludes a study by the University of Adelaide’s Environment Institute working with National University of Singapore and Princeton University.

Tony Abbott has rejected Kevin Rudd’s plans for a Super Profit Tax on miners after meeting with mining executives in Canberra today.

Auditor-General Ian McPhee has released his report into Kevin Rudd’s $16.2billion Building the Education Revolution (BER), with the audit lacking any clear conclusions on the program.

The National Small Business Summit will be held in Brisbane in July this year, bringing together senior politicians, journalists, entrepreneurs, business advisors and owners.

News Corporation yearly profit forecast is heavily influenced by the success of the blockbuster movie Avatar, but the company is warning that fourth quarter results may be lower than last years.

You’d have to be living under a rock this week, not to have heard about the Henry Tax review and the Rudd government’s response. Business commentators and agencies are in full swing passing judgement on a raft of issues.