Pass the parcel: How the rise of Instagram, Facebook and email has changed the game for Australia Post As fewer people write handwritten letters and more of us use social media to stay in touch, where does that leave Australia Post?
A paperwork nightmare: Are performers and sole traders missing out on JobKeeper because of poor admin skills? Performers and other struggling arts industry sole traders are being denied JobKeeper payments because their paperwork is not up-to-date, a NSW tax clinic says.
A $4 billion industry: How quantum technology could create 16,000 new Australian jobs Australia has a strong research base in quantum technology, which could become a $4 billion industry by 2040 and create around 16,000 new, high-value jobs.
Double the impact: Self-employed Australians’ hours have fallen 32% since coronavirus hit Total hours worked across the Australian economy fell 9% between early March and early April 2020, but self-employed people have been hit harder.
Billions in lost revenue, 10,000 jobs lost: How COVID-19 will undermine Australia’s research capacity The COVID-19 pandemic poses one of the most significant threats in history to Australia’s national research capacity, well beyond the medical sciences.
Benefits vs costs: Is it time for pubs and restaurants to re-open? There are costs and benefits of keeping bars and restaurants closed across Australia, but Jonathan Karnon and Ben Mol argue it's time to lift COVID-19 restrictions on the sector.
Pooling resources and manufacturing locally: How an Australia-New Zealand bubble could lessen our dependence on China Pooling resources and lessening dependence on China will be key to Australia and New Zealand prospering in a post-pandemic business environment.
Don’t ‘set and forget’: How the JobKeeper scheme should be extended JobKeeper payments are expected to go to 6.6 million Australians, in order to save the jobs of around one million. This gap creates an opportunity to extend the scheme.
JobKeeper is a good start, but to tackle the COVID-19 economic crisis, we’re going to have to think bigger Our government went into the COVID-19 crisis with ample capacity for large scale fiscal stimulus, and the massive JobKeeper package is merely a good start.
COVIDSafe: Is the government’s coronavirus tracking app as safe as they say? Many have voiced concerns privacy and data concerns about the COVIDSafe app. But how does it work? And are those concerns founded?
COVID-19 has been good business for Netflix, but will that success continue? Will streaming giant Netflix win the game? Or will the post-COVID-19 TV world get even more diverse and affordable for viewers?
Why Virgin was always destined for an emergency landing Paul Scurrah says without the debt Virgin Australia will bounce back. But Australia has long found it difficult to sustain two major airlines.
