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Fighting to entice skilled workforce during downturn 11/3/2009

The Australian Industry Group/Deloitte CEO survey, Skilling Business in Tough Times, has highlighted the strong pressures on employment and training during the downturn and the ...

New report released on state of the NSW finances in 2008-09 11/2/2009

NSW Business Chamber has welcomed the release of the Report on State Finances saying it represented a better than expected outcome for NSW following the global financial crisis.

One set of global accounting standards to protect info 10/29/2009

“It is imperative that there is one set of financial reporting standards for the world if the quality and comparability of investor information is to be protected.

Navigating your business: Best practices in and out of recession 10/23/2009

Why is it that certain companies only take the time to tighten their belts when times are tough?

Going green in business: How to save money and the planet 10/23/2009

As our awareness of our environmental impact grows, more and more businesses are looking to decrease their carbon footprints and lower their impact on the world around them.

NSW unemployment is heading in the right direction: Down 10/20/2009

NSW’s largest employer organisation, NSW Business Chamber, has said that employment data was a positive outcome for NSW with unemployment falling from 6.1% to 5.6% but warned this ...

Follow five important business processes that can drive success 10/13/2009

Business processes are the flows of activities that get things done in your business. Once processes are identified and measured, you can automate, streamline and even redesign them ...

Reports underline the resilience of Australia's financial markets 10/12/2009

Austrade has launched its 2009 Financial Services Benchmark Report in conjunction with the Australian Financial Markets Association's (AFMA) 2009 Australian Financial Markets Report ...

Make better sales conversion and cut waste through measuring 10/9/2009

For better sales conversion, you must eliminate waste. It is easy to waste too much time and money trying to convert customers and waste revenue from failing to convert customers.

New Asia Pacific Network encourages green building to take off 10/7/2009

Bob McMullan MP, Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance, launched the new Asia Pacific Green Building Network in Melbourne recently as part of World Green ...

Report will contribute to making escape from buildings easier 10/7/2009

A new ISO technical report on how people behave when fire breaks out will help in designing safer buildings that make escape easier and reduce exposure to flames and heat.

CSIRO and China Geological Survey have signed agreement 10/6/2009

CSIRO has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the China Geological Survey (CGS).

September Australian PMI®: Manufacturing holds on to its gain 10/2/2009

Manufacturing held on to its gains in September with activity expanding for the second consecutive month according to the latest Australian Industry Group - PricewaterhouseCoopers ...

CSIRO research focuses on new manufacturing breakthroughs 9/22/2009

Flexible plastic solar cells that can be printed like money, carbon fibres so thin they can be spun into yarns and a raft of new biomedical products to combating illness and injury ...

Education kit launched to enhance skills of future exporters 9/18/2009

To enhance Australia’s export culture and assist future business leaders’ knowledge on doing business in global markets, the Parliamentary Secretary for Trade, Anthony Byrne, has ...

NSW needs long term reform to drive down unemployment 9/16/2009

NSW’s leading business organisation, NSW Business Chamber said the latest ABS labour force data that shows NSW’s unemployment rate is still above the national average should only ...

Lifting literacy and numeracy in workplace delivers productivity 9/1/2009

"National Literacy and Numeracy Week, which started on August 31st, is an opportunity to highlight the big productivity gains that can come from lifting literacy and numeracy levels ...

Renewable energy target supported by green building industry 8/31/2009

Australia's leading green building organisation called on both sides of politics to support the speedy passage of the Renewable Energy Target (RET) Bill through the Senate this month. ...

Putting green back into the green and gold through exporting 8/25/2009

Imagine a country that is inward looking and rarely notices the world beyond its own borders. Source: Tim Harcourt, Austrade.

Construction industry faces jobs crisis – says Access Economics 8/19/2009

The CFMEU Construction Union has called on the Rudd Government to develop a crisis industry plan for the building industry, in the wake of an independent report predicting massive ...

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