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UncategorisedWill telephone numbers still be useful?
editor | January 26, 2011
Landlines are on the decline. The Australian Media & Communications Austhority (ACMA) has released and is seeking public comment on the role telephone numbers should play in the future. Their consultation paper Customer location and information numbering data is now open for comment. SEE ACMA WEBSITE -
Key to productivity growth locked in the mindsets of Australian organisational leaders and managers
Steve Vamos | January 25, 2011Improving Australia’s lagging productivity performance has been back in the spotlight following Productivity Commission Chairman Gary Banks statements on the subject late last year.
Mr Banks’ statement that in the context of improving productivity, industrial relations regulation “is arguably the most crucial to get right” supports the view that regulatory frameworks remain an important part of the mix. Just how much of the mix is questionable.
The information and communications technology boom of the 1990’s which wired our now highly connected and fast changing world enabled much of the productivity gains achieved in the past two or three decades. Similarly, the next wave of significant productivity gains will not be brought about through regulation alone.
Travelling with kids – tips and tricks I learned the hard way: Part III
Catherine Fritz-Kalish | January 23, 2011
Don’t bank on competition – Why business must take action against the big four
Jost Stollmann | January 19, 2011
Down and out in Beijing
R.W.-Chinnery | January 16, 2011It is said politics is the art of managing expectations and managing the aspirations and expectations of this brood of individually self-conscious youngsters maybe the biggest challenge the Chinese government will face in the coming decades.
Week 1 in China, the land with 5000 years of civilisation where:
Travelling with kids – tips and tricks I learned the hard way: Part II
Catherine Fritz-Kalish | January 14, 2011
UncategorisedQueensland Premier’s Flood Relief Appeal
editor | January 14, 2011
DONATE to the Queensland Premier’s flood relief appeal.The Queensland Government has launched an appeal to help fellow Queenslanders affected by the recent floods.
For details of how you can donate online, by phone, by mail or in person CLICK HERE.
UncategorisedAustralia welcomes the new Paid Parental Leave Scheme
editor | January 14, 2011
Alison G Aggarwal, Director of the Sex and Age discrimination Unit at the Australian Human Rights Commission, welcomes the scheme whilst looking ahead to strengthening it through the review process. READ IN FULL
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