What happens to local SMEs if Australia opens up to the world again?
The answer to what happens when Australia opens up to the world is quite different depending on what kind of openness you mean, and for workers and business owners.
By Jared Mondschein, University of Sydney
One of the biggest turnoffs for US investment and workers is also the biggest pet peeve for lo…
The perception that Chinese interests are the largest holders of Australian farming land is false according to the federal government’s fi…
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The Productivity Commission has condemned government plans for an “effects test” that wo…
As if Australia’s property markets didn’t have enough to contend with – considering consumer confidence is falling pre-election and foreign …
By Janine Dixon, Victoria University
A company tax cut has been a divisive feature of pre-budget commentary. Business lobby groups have …
We know that China’s economic growth singlehandedly saved Australia from the recession many other countries experienced after the Global Fin…
With domestic finance increasingly hard to come by, companies – especially small businesses – have turned their focus outwards, seeking …
The Prime Minister’s clampdown on foreign investors in Australian real estate has been revealed as little more than a revenue raising exer…
Purchases of agricultural land of over $15 million will now be subject to Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) scrutiny, the Prime Minist…
