Tag: Australia

Tony Abbott, in turning his back on the $43 billion National Broadband Network will leave Australia languishing in the ‘Dark Ages of broadband’, Comscentre’s Ben Shipley says.

With the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Producer Price Index figures coming in lower than expected, the chance of the Reserve Bank of Australia increasing interest rates in August has decreased with inflation likely to fall within the target 2-3 percent range tomorrow.

Will smartphones push the netbook to extinction or is there still a place for it in the business owner’s growing armoury of gadgets?

Voyager Travel, the Australian travel management company, will acquire rival Lets Go Australia, as it seeks to expand in the West Australian and Japanese speaking travel market.

Furnitex 2010 and Decoration + Design expo’s attracted record numbers of visitors this year, with visitor numbers up 13 percent since last year.

Consumer law nationally has been radically changed with the passing of new laws that prohibit standard form consumer contracts which contain unfair terms. These changes are likely to have a significant impact on SMEs and how they interact with their customers.

Blink Mobile, an Australian Platform-as-a-Service provider, took home three Australian Business Awards for 2010 in the categories of Best E-Business Product, Product Innovation and Best New Product.

Love him or hate him, there’s no doubt you’ve heard of him. Either way, you can’t argue that David Koch is pretty well qualified for his role as Australia’s most well-known small business commentator. He spoke to editor Jen Bishop.

Debt collection agency Collection House haave announced a 21 percent higher net profit for the last financial year as calls for debt collection post-GFC soar.

In the 2009 Australian Graduate Survey conducted by Graduate Careers Australia, female bachelor degree graduates were found to be paid around 3 percent less on average than their male counterparts.