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a clever way to include homes in the age pension assets test
Under the Institute of Actuaries proposal, only retirees with more valuable than normal homes would face an assets test, and only on that part of the value that was higher than normal.Shutterstoc...
Anthony Asher, Associate Professor, UNSW
Josh Klein Finalist in National Young Entrepreneurs Award
Social Status Founder Announced as Finalist in National Young Entrepreneurs Award The national Young Entrepreneur Awards have been hailed as a key award that has seen hundreds of young entrepr...
Sam Hawthorn
A criminal asked to design anti-money laundering laws would probably keep our current ones
Money laundering rarely gets as literal as the case in Thailand last week, where police raided homes of a ring suspected of laundering a billion baht (about A$48 million) of drug proceeds and fou...
Ronald F Pol, Senior researcher NZ, La Trobe University
Arrogance destroyed the World Trade Organisation. What replaces it will be even worse
As the public face of globalism, the WTO mobilised protesters. It'll be replaced by the law of the jungle.fuzheado/Flikr, CC BY-SAIn line with his usual practice, Prime Minister Scott Morrison ha...
John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
Vital signs. Our compulsory super system is broken. We ought to axe it, or completely reform it
We're taking money from people, letting it fall through the cracks, and spending no less than we were on pensions.ShutterstockThe just-announced inquiry into Australia’s retirement income s...
Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW
Might consciousness and free will be the aces up our sleeves when it comes to competing with robots?
Our advantage lies in incommensurables, and it'll grow in importance.Franck V. on UnsplashThe rise of artificial intelligence has led to widespread concern about the role of humans in the workpla...
Allan McCay, Law Lecturer, University of Sydney
Storm clouds avoid the bush, darken over the economy
National Farmers' Federation president Fiona Simson says she doesn't think the government has a drought policy.ShutterstockGovernment sources insist shock jock Alan Jones didn’t drive Thurs...
Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Does choice overload you? It depends on your personality – take the test
Some personality types find more choices overwhelming. But if you're someone with a strong "assessment orientation", more options won't phase you.www.shutterstock.comWhen you wander down mos…
Hitachi and Frasers Property sign S$100 million MOU
Hitachi Asia Ltd. (“Hitachi Asia”) and Frasers Property Limited (“Frasers Property”, and together with its group entities, the “Frasers Property Group”), announced today that Hitachi Asi…
China has form as a sports bully, but its full-court press on the NBA may backfire
It’s unlikely Daryl Morey, general manager of the Houston Rockets basketball team, realised he’d be sparking an international diplomatic incident when, on October 4, he tweeted t…
6 Tips to Make Your Business More Profitable
For many businesses, profitability is the end goal. After all, the main reason why you will put up a business is to make money. So, if you are thinking of how to make your business more pr…
Why the winners of this year's Nobel Prize for Economics matter for me
For most people the second week in October probably doesn’t hold much promise.Longer days for some, perhaps. But for those is us in the economics profession, come the second week of Oc…
why up to two-thirds of property investors may get it wrong
How likely is it that where you happen to live will always outperform every other location?ShutterstockThe housing market is moving again. In the past month, national prices have climbed 0.9…
Four questions about mortgages the ACCC inquiry should put to the big four banks
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission conducted an inquiry into mortgage pricing as recently as last year. Now Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has asked it to do another, broader one…
The sharing economy is shaking up tradition ownership
In recent years, there has been a strong focus on the importance of ‘ownership’ in the context of personal financial security. However, the rise of digital and online platforms which facil…
Lesson for Australia. Make it hard for people to get benefits, and they'll stop, but they mightn't get jobs
Australia, like the United States, makes it hard for people who get benefits to stay on them. It’s not simply a matter of withdrawing benefits as people get jobs and work more hours &n…
We thought Australian cars were using less fuel. New research shows we were wrong
Traffic congestion on the M5 motorway in Sydney. Government assumptions that Australian cars are becoming more fuel efficient are incorrect, research shows.Dean Lewins/AAPIn several speeches…
Learning How to Start an International Ecommerce Company
In the modern era, there have been an innumerable amount of changes that our society has undergone. From the change in our social interactions with the advent of entities like online datin…
How to Run a Power Tools Ecommerce Store
The Internet has become ubiquitous throughout our society. People from all over the globe utilize the Internet at unprecedented rates, and these numbers are continuing to rise as the 21st …
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Di Jones real estate recognises high achievers
Di Jones celebrated its outstanding performers on Saturday (24 February 2018) evening at the Di Jones Real Estate Annual Awards. The bla...
Helen Hull
Eclipse Travel Expands Operations to New Zealand
Eclipse Travel, specialists in key adventure destinations such as Antarctica, the Arctic, Africa and Latin America, have announced today their expansion of operations to ...
Yvonne Kong
How medical professionals can benefit from an overall wealth management solution
As a health care professional, you have made it your life's work to focus on the care and health of the general public. While this kind of work can be extremely rewarding...
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Why Pinterest Should Be Part of Your Marketing Strategy
Pinterest is a growing social media platform that can deliver significant traffic to your website and new followers to your brand. With it’s steady growth and outrageous ...
Greg Nunan
The top reasons why gyms fail
Steve Grant is a Business Coach and Founder of GymHub.com.au Every month thousands of new trainers walk out of their 6-month course with the qualifications needed ...
Steve Grant
WHITE LABEL NOBA’s Winter 2016 season: Earth + Country
Taking cues from the warm winter colours of tobacco and caramel, and combining them with the strength of navy and the embracing lightness of whites and creams; and then...
Kath Rose
Former Etihad boss brings substantial event insight to PMY Group Board
Paul Sergeant PMY Group, the architects of the digital insurgency occurring at major venues across Australia and New Zealand, are delighted to welcome 35 year even...
Annie Konieczny
More training for coffee making than property sales: REINSW
Sydney 9 May 2016. An overhaul of education and training standards for the real estate profession must take place to help prevent illegal activities, according to the Rea...
Helen Hull