Tag: Australia

MYOB is launching a new Love Your Work grant worth $20,000 for Australian business owners as part of their commitment to make life easier for Aussie businesses.

Christopher Koch, formerly a high profile motivational speaker, has been sentenced to 13 years jail after being found guilty in the Melbourne County Court on charges brought by ASIC. Christopher Koch, formerly a high profile motivational speaker, has been sentenced to 13 years jail after being found guilty in the Melbourne County Court on charges brought by ASIC.

Changes to Trusts by the Australian Taxation Office will begin to impact small business this year, with business owners urged to complete a new Taxation Plan to avoid trouble.

Woolworths Limited has topped expectations, growing sales by 4.2 percent on last year, or 4.8 percent excluding Woolworth’s volatile petrol division.

iiNet, Australia’s third largest ISP has announced support for bonded DSL, which can double broadband speeds compared to a standard ADSL2+ connection.

Vodafone Hutchinson Australia will upgrade the backbone of it’s Australian mobile network with new equipment supplied by Swedish telecommunications giant Ericsson.

Regulation of the housing market is seen as the “next logical step” by Australian Securities and Investments Commission chief economist Alex Erskine as the watchdog claws for power.

Merchandise imports for June were up 4 percent to $17,911 million, an increase of $621 million on May, but is unlikely to impact the RBA’s decision on rates in August.

It started with eBay and a handful of maxed out credit cards but 27 year-old Ruslan Kogan is now a multimillionaire with a growing e-commerce empire. He talked Google, recruiting and being a bad boss with editor Jen Bishop.

Telstra have released a new white paper that concludes that micro-business needs are not being met by banks, particularly as business ownership shifts to Gen X and Y.