Does your company still use desktop software or spreadsheets for accounting tasks? If so, then it could be time to upgrade to a cloud-based accounting system. In comparison to on-premises solutions, cloud accounting for small businesses offers several advantages. These include the freedom to work from...
When you get to work on the requirements, a mortgage or home loan application may seem to need an infinite amount of paperwork. However, your home loan provider is also required to conduct due diligence before they can approve a mortgage application. They have to confirm...
Work has begun on a new $16 million visitor centre in the Flinders Chase National Park on Kangaroo Island with the development important to its recovery from the 2020 bushfires. The old centre was destroyed in the fires which ravaged the western half of the island,...
Cash-strapped Australians filling up at the fuel pump paid an extra $5 a week over the course of the past three months, according to new figures. The Australian Automobile Association’s latest Transport Affordability Index, released on Sunday, shows average weekly fuel costs across the nation rose...
Women’s economic opportunities will be a key focus of the federal government’s upcoming jobs and skills summit. Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Wednesday released an issues paper outlining five economic challenges facing Australia in preparation for the summit in Canberra on the first two days in September. Growing...
Regional employment will be on the agenda when groups meet for talks ahead of the government’s jobs and skills summit. Regional Affairs Minister Catherine King will meet virtually with industries, unions and peak bodies on Tuesday for the first of four roundtable discussions taking place before...
Online “influencers” and new social media platforms will come under the Australian competition regulator’s scrutiny. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is examining the state of competition for social media services across the country, along with how businesses advertise on platforms. The latest iteration of its five-year...
Consumer confidence has hit its highest level since late June, leaping 4.9 per cent in the past week. The weekly ANZ-Roy Morgan survey released on Tuesday found all of its confidence sub-indices improving except “time to buy a major household item”, which was down 0.5 per...
As more than 20 Australian nurses marched into the sea at Bangka Island with machine guns aimed at their backs, matron Irene Drummond stoically told her colleagues she was proud of and loved them all. Seconds later all but one of the cohort were dead, murdered...
The local share market has risen for a third straight day, hitting a fresh 10-week high despite losses by CSL and Commonwealth Bank trading ex-dividend. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index on Wednesday finished up 22.3 points, or 0.31 per cent, to 7127.7, while the broader All Ordinaries...