Opinion

Last week, Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard announced his family was giving the whole company to planet Earth.

Recently we have seen a number of companies pursue “embedded finance”, writes Xero's Leigh O'Neill. These companies are taking a range of financial services and embedding them directly into a non-financial workflow.

Qantas, and the aviation sector in general, is in dire trouble, facing a shortage of pilots and stretching its engineers to breaking point.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has indicated Labor might pivot towards raising taxes. It's a sensible move, especially if it targets Australia's wealthiest.

Part-time work has the potential to change lives. Done well, it can drive hugely positive outcomes for individuals, families, workplaces and society. Yet most people and organisations don’t realise its power.

By now it should be clear that Australia’s dismal rate of female workforce participation is something that needs to be drastically improved.

The summit of course could not focus on everything as there is never enough time. So, what was missed when it comes to lifting productivity and growing wages?

As the cornerstone of the Australian economy, the public sector has an obligation to support small businesses through yet another tough period.

Over the past two years, many businesses grew that otherwise wouldn’t have, or shouldn’t have. Bad habits were formed while the going was good, and now those bad habits are being shown up.

Early childhood workers and educators have hard complex jobs that are incredibly important, writes Christina Hobbs, co-founder of Verve Super.

If your agency only talks to you about ROAS, you should fire them, writes Ecom Nation co-founder Mal Chia.

There have been few companies in the past decade that have underperformed expectations as much as Matt Barrie’s Freelancer, writes Adam Schwab.