Ian Whitworth on the home loan traps business owners should know about
It’s important to show that no matter how comfortable you are, the bank system is set up to punish business owners at every turn.
Afterpay slurs ‘hold my beer, watch this’ as it lowers the bar with lending at Aussie pubs
There’s a beautiful irony in a pub product failing the pub test, and that’s exactly what Afterpay’s partnership with the Australian Venue Co has done.
It’s time to make the accounting profession more accountable
No periodic inquiry or hearing is conducted to quiz the professional accounting bodies or the major accounting firms about how they enforce the public interest in their day-to-day work.
Port strikes continue to hold Australia to ransom and damage small businesses
Every day the ongoing MUA strikes continue, they cause further damage to Australia’s global brand and reputation, writes the Global Forwarding managing director.
Daniel Petre: Scott Morrison needs to learn the power of “sorry”
We now have a prime minister who seems unable to ever really say sorry or take responsibility for actions that may have caused harm, writes Daniel Petre.
Can Facebook’s move to Meta stop the company from being stuck in the past?
The decision to rebrand should be viewed as an attempt by Facebook to plant its flag as the company of the future and not Boomerbook with an ageing user base.
Why nuclear must be part of a considered response to climate change
Nuclear power is an obvious solution to Australia's climate change issue, but the debate has been dominated by anti-nuclear fanatics.
Daniel Petre: The federal government won’t act on climate change, but the tech industry will
Daniel Petre writes that the government's stance on climate change involves tech that hasn't been invented, but you can’t include things that are not yet invented in a plan... Luckily, tech investors have it covered.
If the pizza industry can get delivery right, why are so many others struggling?
Amid the post-COVID carnage, retailers must prioritise their customers and take time to reflect on old values or methods that may seem archaic, but go the distance.
Changing its name won’t solve Facebook’s image problems
Changing the corporate name is a go-to move for companies when the going gets tough. It also rarely works.
‘The warning signs are there’: Why business owners must stop relying on Facebook
Facebook's recent outages and advertising changes are the latest reminders that business owners and marketers should not to put all their eggs in a single tech giant’s basket.
Peter Strong: Net zero attracts net stupidity and net self-righteousness
The first step on climate is to agree on the need for action, and defeat the very loud and belligerent few who care nought about the future and only about themselves and their beliefs, says Peter Strong.