On Wednesday this week the Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey and Shadow Finance Minister Andrew Robb issued a strongly worded press statement that refuted the federal government’s claims that the opposition…
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In an effort to appeal to the small business sector Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today announced that if he is re-elected he would move to cut the red tape associated with GST reporting for small businesses…
Here we are within four weeks of the federal election and the two major parties small business policies are now taking shape. Much of what is in these policy packages is not new, but it might be worth…
The recent announcement by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to offer lower company tax rates for northern Australia has received a range of positive and negative criticism. However, it is not a new idea. As long…
The Global Innovation Index (GII) for 2013 has recently been published and once again Australia finds it is at the bottom of the top. The GII is a global comparative study of 142 countries undertaken each…
Tony Abbott’s industrial relations strategy has received a less than rapturous response from both business and trade unions. The Business Council of Australia and the Australian Industry Group have criticised…
To outsiders Western Australia may appear as a state with a buoyant economy riding a wave of mining and energy investment, but away from the resources sector things are tough. Over the past few weeks the…
The word “entrepreneur” is probably one of the most misunderstood and abused words in the English language. Former US President George W. Bush once remarked that the French don’t have a word for entrepreneur…
Labor has finally delivered the detail of its much-awaited vision for shaping Australian industry beyond the mining boom in the shape of a $1 billion jobs plan. But will it deliver? In the second of his…
Labor has finally delivered the detail of its much-awaited vision for shaping Australian industry beyond the mining boom. But will it deliver? In a two part series, UWA Professor Tim Mazzarol examines…
Good management matters and the difference between a successful and an unsuccessful business can often be linked to the quality of its management team. The World Management Survey developed by Nicholas…
As we head inexorably towards the federal election this September one of the issues that should get more attention is industrial relations. For the opposition leader Tony Abbott this has been a sensitive…
Last Wednesday, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced the start of what is set to be Australia’s longest election campaign. Set for the 14th of September, it will last approximately eight months. One…
This is the fourth in a series of articles on cash flow management in small firms that I have prepared for this column, drawing upon academic research papers published in the past five years. In this article…
In this third article on cash flow management within small firms I take a look at the role of learning within the small firm as owner-managers and their teams confront the reality of maintaining sufficient…
In this second article on cash flow management within small firms I take a look at the critical role of the owner-manager. For this series I have selected research papers published within the academic…
One of the most important issues for small businesses is their ability to manage cash flow. This is regularly illustrated in the Telstra Sensis Business Index of small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs…
On 10 December 1992 former Prime Minister Paul Keating delivered his “Redfern Park Speech” in Sydney. Now regarded as one of Australia’s greatest political speeches it was the point at which a Prime Minister…
2012 is the United Nations International Year of the Co-operative and as part of the celebrations I attended the National Co-operatives Conference in Port Macquarie from 24-26 October. It was an interesting…
An issue that has been creating significant friction within the Liberal National Party (LNP) coalition is the deregulation of the Australian wheat industry. In recent weeks we have seen threats by West…
In an earlier article I discussed the findings of the Sensis e-Business Report for 2012 and the Sensis Business Index for September 2012. One of the key findings was the high level of interest by Australian…
Entrepreneurship has become a popular buzz-word in many parts of the world and is often enthusiastically embraced by governments seeking to stimulate job creation and economic growth. Successful entrepreneurs…
The September 2012 Sensis Business Index survey of Australia’s small to medium enterprises (SMEs) has some interesting findings. This regular survey of around 1,800 SMEs takes the pulse of the 99% of all…
In my previous article I reported on the findings from the Global Innovation Index (GII) for 2012. They put Australia in 23rd place overall, well outside the Top-10. This top ranked group comprised (in…
Australia finished the London Olympics of 2012 with a total count of 35 medals of which 7 were gold, 16 were silver and 12 were bronze. This placed us 10th in terms of gold medal winners and 7th in terms…
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