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To pay for the increasing costs of climate change Australia should have green bonds that finance projects that help us adapt. However research shows there are barriers to financing these bonds.
The Bank of Japan is trying yet another measure to fight deflation but the economy shows no signs of responding.
Boosting growth could be as simple as getting more women into the workforce.
Australia is still far too ‘arms-length’ from the process of starting and growing companies.
Business Briefing: we’re overusing and underestimating ‘disruption’
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Disruption might be a buzz word at the moment but it shouldn't be ignored. It may be impossible to predict but businesses can have stakes in creating it.
The focus on reducing welfare dependency among young carers, parents and students may deter them from seeking any help.
Keeping public information about companies locked up behind paywalls and maintained by private interests is not in the public interest.
In an increasingly mobile society and economy, the international governance of migrant labour lags way behind the forces of globalisation.
Land value gains following the opening of stage one of the Gold Coast light rail project were worth around 25% of its cost.
Australia’s relatively small market size means it must rely more heavily on international markets to innovate.
South Sudanese living in the ACT are facing racism when job seeking and can’t get employment in roles for which they have professional qualifications.
If the sharing economy is here to stay, planners and designers must respond with imagination to spread the positive effects of the tourism economy for the benefit of residents as well as tourists.
Globalisation still has the potential to deliver good – via entrepreneurship.
The Australian economy continues to deliver mixed, but on the whole positive, signals.
The Coalition has reached a compromise to get its superannuation reform past its own party, but the changes will make it harder for women and older workers.
Australian companies could fall foul of the same state aid rules being applied to Apple to crack down on tax avoidance.
The financial products offered by the shadow banking sector allow investors to be further removed from their investments and banks to escape regulation, increasing the risk in the sector overall.
South Korean Hanjin Shipping has ships and crews stranded in ports around the world as creditors and customers wait to see if the company can be saved.
New research shows people are needlessly declaring bankruptcy because they don’t know about the help available to manage their debts.
When the inevitable backlash happens, little changes.
Business Briefing: trusting an algorithm with investment decisions
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Financial advice was once the realm of bankers and brokers now startups are developing digital platforms to take advantage of how trusting we are of investment advice from computers.
Historical data for Australia shows young people have fared better than their global counterparts in terms of economic opportunity but this masks a growing disparity among youth.
Research shows shared work spaces are not just distracting but bad for workplace friendships.
The effects of terrorism on businesses are wide ranging but some are learning how to adapt to risk and use it to their competitive advantage.