The Legal Consequences Of The High Courts Casual Employee Decision
The High Court of Australia has decided to unanimously uphold an appeal from recruitment company WorkPac against a 2020 Federal Court decision, ruling that WorkPac’s former employee, Robert Rossato, was in fact classed as a casual employee at law. In May 2020, the Full Federal Court ruled that casual employees who work stable, regular hours with […]
Banks Offering Support To Australian Businesses And Households During Lockdown
Banks across Australia have been granted a bit over 15,000 repayment deferrals on home and business loans during the recent lockdowns taking place across the country. Since Thursday 8th July, over 600 business loans have been deferred, including 14,500 home loans, with NSW said to be the origin of a majority of hardship assistance requests, […]
Australia Set To Avoid Another Recession Despite New Lockdowns
According to the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Governor Philip Lowe, Australia is set to avoid another recession, despite the countries recent economic comeback being halted by the number of new lockdowns introduced across the country to stop the spread of the Delta covid-19 variant. Mr. Lowe believes that Australia’s economy will bounce back quickly once […]
Greater Sydney Lockdown Set To Result 300,000 Job Losses
The significant amount of economic damaged caused by the covid-19 outbreak in Sydney is starting to show up in the national employment data, and is unfortunately beginning to spill over into over states. Figures published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) illustrate that across Australia, women are losing jobs at a faster rate than […]
60 Percent Increase Of Women In The Boardroom Over The Past 5 Years
It has been revealed that Australian boardrooms have seen a 60 percent increase in the number of female members in the past five years, though cultural diversity continues to move at a slower pace, according to the Governance Institute. The new research was compiled by the Governance Institute of Australia and Watermark Search and published […]
4.6 Billion of JobKeeper Payments Went To Businesses That Increased Their Turnover
It has been revealed that billions of dollars’ worth of JobKeeper payments were distributed to businesses that increased their turnover at the peak of the covid-19 pandemic in 2020. The Australian Government originally announced the $1,500 per fortnight wage subsidy in March 2020 when the economy shut down to combat the spread of the virus. […]
Australian Consumers Lose Confidence As Retail Sales Drop During Recent Lockdowns
Many Australian businesses are afraid that new lockdowns will give them no choice but to close their doors permanently as online shopping remains the only way they retail stores can continue to generate revenue during the new lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne. With over half the Australian population in lockdown to prevent the spread of […]
Prime Minister Scott Morrison Continues To Reject Calls To Bring Back JobKeeper
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has rejected calls to reinstate JobKeeper. This is despite their being 13 million Australians who are currently in lockdown which is over half the nation’s population. The Prime Minister strongly insists that there is no time to implement a system to deliver emergency payments to individuals who need it now. “I’m […]
Advice For Businesses Wanting To Improve Their Social Media Marketing Strategy
Millions of businesses around the world have successfully gained massive exposure for their products by implementing a successful digital marketing strategy. Businesses are placing their ads on platforms where their customers and desired target audience are active; Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest and other platforms. Brands that have effective social media campaigns are seeing major […]
New Round of Tasmanian Travel Vouchers Introduced to Clawback Lost Revenue During Covid-19 Pandemic
As a result of new lockdowns taking across NSW and Victoria, tourism operators in Tasmania are once again facing a large number of financial problems. To combat the problem, another round of travel voucher announced to fight the impact of border closures. However, the format of this year’s Make Yourself at Home vouchers will look […]
