By Ian McAuley, University of Canberra
When government administrations change we can expect a change in the political spin, but anyone w…
Small businesses are not among the losers of this year’s Queensland and Australian Capital Territory budgets, but they’re not necessaril…
In the end, it was the corporate sector that killed off Labor’s quest for a surplus in 2012-13, today’s final budget outcome shows. T…
Dear Aunty B, I am doing my budgets and always make them quite low so that my sales staff achieve budget, get commission and stay exc…
Dear Aunty B, I am blaming the media for this! I am doing my budget planning and my board thinks the GFC is over, it’s happy days again and…
Dear Aunty B, I have just taken over as general manager of a medium-sized business and have had a huge shock. The staff have no discipline …
This article first appeared November 17, 2009. Dear Aunty B, I was recently asked by my board to do a reforecast of the budget as one of ou…
Dear Aunty B,I was recently asked by my board to do a reforecast of the budget as one of our streams of revenue was lower than expected for …
The other day an enormous Excel spreadsheet arrived in my inbox. “Here’s our annual plan,” announced the email proudly “what do you think…
