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ATO

Revealing how much tax companies pay doesn’t move markets or reduce tax avoidance

The public disclosure of information that Australia’s largest companies give to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) on their tax returns doesn’t sway investors’ decisions and doesn’t reduce corporate tax avoidance, our research shows.

Facebook hack

Why your app is updating its privacy settings and how this will affect businesses

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation becomes law on May 25, 2018. It’s the clearest statement yet from any regulator on what consequences companies could face in dealing with their customers’ personal data.

CBA worker claims micromanaging and bullying over clean desk policy

After damning the Commonwealth Bank’s management, regulators want the bank to fix itself

A report on the governance, culture and accountability at the Commonwealth Bank has stripped away the bank’s delusion that it is well run and a model of good governance.

video games

How eSports are shifting the focus of Australia’s sporting passion

The Australian eSports fan base has more than doubled in the past two years, and the vast majority (66%) of those fans are between the ages of 18 and 34, and mostly male.

Business owner using a tablet and internet outside

Kickstarting small business exports could boost stagnant wages

Small Australian businesses that export are more productive than large firms, but they maintain disproportionately low levels of exports and wages.

recycling

China’s recycling “ban” throws Australia into a very messy waste crisis

Federal Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg is meeting with his state and territory counterparts today. Top of their agenda? The recycling crisis precipitated by the China “ban”.

Why Starbucks’ short ‘unconscious bias’ program won’t end racial discrimination at its stores

Unconscious bias training programs at selected organisations alone will not reduce racial harassment and discrimination. Starbucks’ employees will continue to operate in an environment that reinforces racial disparities. How far can the impact of half-day diversity training take them?

energy

Budget 2018: Does Australia need personal income tax cuts?

Cutting personal income taxes seems likely to provide much more of a boost to the Australian economy than cutting company tax.

Banks royal commission

Heavy penalties on the table for banks caught lying and taking fees for no service

The royal commission into the banks will give ASIC and the Director of Public Prosecutions plenty of evidence to pursue civil penalties and criminal cases. The bigger issue is what charges to go with.

Amazon

To value companies like Amazon and Facebook, we need to look beyond dollars and assets

Investors and business people usually value companies based on the balance of assets and debts at the end of a financial year. But research shows they should be valuing their employees’ ability to innovate while using their existing physical assets.

global internet

SpaceX, Google, and Microsoft are battling it out to supply the global internet, and here’s why that’s a problem

By Claudio Bozzi, Deakin University

The US Federal Communications Commission last month granted Elon Musk’s SpaceX permission to launch…

best jobs 2018

Playing nice at work could cost you success

If you’re struggling to say “no” at work and instead feel the need to constantly assist coworkers you might be compromising your success.

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