Plays well with others

The surge in people working from home has increased, rather than decreased, employers’ demand for employees with good inter-personal skills.

Shops till they drop

Retail has long been on the retreat in the nation’s state capitals, with competition from online stores, traffic congestion and residential developments, and the recovery from the COVID disaster has been slow, not least in Melbourne.

Micro-finance for emerging firms

Open Credit Enablement Networks can become a global game-changer, offering Micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises in emerging economies the access to credit they need to flourish and grow.

Lessons of the law

All societies make agreements, and all societies have situations where people fail to fulfil the bargains they have made. Contract law is therefore the perfect site for intercultural notions of justice to be discovered, and to be passed on through generations.

The sky’s the limit

As the government prepares the Aviation White Paper, is it time to reconsider aviation flight laws that are no longer fit for purpose?

Reading the small print

The High Court has ruled that consumers can be protected by consumer rights, even if they’ve apparently signed them away in agreeing to commercial terms and conditions.

Brave new workplace

Are the CEOs of the world right in predicting that workers will be back in the office full-time by 2026? Not according to UNSW Sydney researcher Iva Durakovic.

Supermarket sweep

Australia’s supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths both made over a billion dollars in profits last year, both chains have slashed checkout staff while jacking up prices, and both are installing ever more cameras to track customers in their stores. Why on earth don’t people like them?

Lies, damn lies and ESG announcements

Companies have always massaged, obfuscated or downright lied about their financial figures to boost their stock price and reassure investors, and so it should be no surprise they’re equally willing to claim outstanding ESG performance while doing little or nothing to change their ways.

Empowering older workers

Australia must embrace new ideas to empower older employees to find their groove and stay relevant in an ever-changing workplace and can learn from its Asian neighbours such as Malaysia and Singapore.

Corporate punishment

A series of corporate scandals involving PwC, Qantas, Rio Tinto and other large firms are souring Australians’ perceptions of the corporate sector.

Natural ingredients

A new handbook released by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, will help businesses, farmers, foresters, mining companies and non-governmental organisations report and account for their natural assets to help protect our environment.