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The head of Australia’s competition watchdog has backed big reforms from a recent review.
Pay deal to get Gorgon going again
Future strikes could be averted at the Gorgon liquefied natural gas project on Barrow Island off WA, with reports that unions have reached an agreement with the employer.
Gaps exposed on Equal Pay Day
Today is Equal Pay Day - marking the 65 extra days from the start of the financial year on 1 July that women must work to earn the same as men.
ASIC hands down ban in SMSF spree
ASIC has permanently banned former financial adviser Nicholas Hunter from the financial services industry.
Indigenous accounting brings social dividends
Experts are exploring the long lasting value that accounting can bring to Indigenous communities.
Disconnect in perception at the top of APS
A new survey suggests top bosses in the Australian Public Service think they are doing a great job, but many of their workers disagree.
Social bonds scheme considered nationwide
The Federal Government and the states are paying close attention to a NSW plan that addresses big social problems through community programs.
Survey seeks working women without kids
A new Deakin University study seeks to answer the question; ‘How are women with no children faring in a society where being a mother, or not, continues to be used as a measure of a woman's worth?’
Executive pay split studied
A finance expert has shed light on the private world of executive recruitment and remuneration, and says managerial salaries are strongly impacted by job hopping.
Regulator to wring bill from business
Banks, big business and financial services are being called on to pay for their own regulation.
Fancy classroom for forex foray
A new industry-linked program is throwing students into the deep end of the foreign exchange market.
Brain takes mistakes as time to learn
A high-tech study has revealed that the human brain really does learn from failure.
New stats show gender gaps at work
New Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data reveals women are dramatically underrepresented in leadership positions across business and public life, despite high levels of education.
Studies line kids up for disappearing jobs
A new study says that 60 per cent of Australian students are studying for jobs that will not exists, or be very different, in 15 years’ time.
Turnbull tries to explain away huge NBN bill
Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been forced to defend a massive cost blow-out on the National Broadband Network.
Oil drop makes heads roll at Santos
Santos’ half-year profits have slumped 82 per cent to $37 million, tumbling alongside global oil prices.
Backers gathering to keep Carmichael alive
Despite a storm surging around its approval, proponents of Adani’s Carmichael coal mine are doing everything they can to ensure it goes ahead.
TPG gets regulator's blessing
The ACCC will not oppose TPG’s plan to buy iiNet, allowing two of the five broadband providers in Australia to become one.
Finance boss slams red tape inventors
The most powerful woman in the Commonwealth bureaucracy says public servants “make up” red tape.
Ship-building review gives SA smaller fraction
A leading defence industry body says just a small slice of the Federal Government's $39 billion promise for shipbuilding will actually go to South Australia.
Anti-Abbott war chest to top $30 million
Reports say the ACTU is setting up a $30 million campaign to spread anti-Abbott messaging.