The research group included Hazara who opened kebab shops in Adelaide.
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Humanitarian refugees face many barriers to becoming entrepreneurs, but research shows they are disproportionately entrepreneurial.
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Treasurer Scott Morrison recently asserted that an increase in profits is a prerequisite for wages growth. But is his position supported by data?
Donald Trump has proposed a large cut in the US corporate tax rate.
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Research doesn’t back up calls for more corporate tax cuts. But there are areas for the government to move to spur foreign investment.
Financial abuse of the elderly is shockingly common in Australia and most often occurs within families.
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The federal governments efforts to tackle the financial abuse of elders is to be welcomed - but will banks be properly empowered to act?
Young Australians still remain locked out of the housing market as the wealth disparity grows across generations.
Australia is becoming wealthier, but much of that wealth remains concentrated in the hands of older generations.
Initial coin offerings have taken off this year.
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Despite billions raised in the past year, ICOs are still risky. But ASIC has finally given us a sign of how they will be regulated.
Twitter is experimenting with 280 characters.
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Twitters experiment with 280 characters bears a remarkable resemble to the time Coca Cola changed its formula. That didn’t end well.
Banks aren’t sure they will recover their money if SMEs fail.
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Australia’s insolvency laws inhibit growth and innovation. They weren’t designed for small business, which make up 97% of all businesses.
If people want commodities like: love, company, doing tasks together, they are better off if marriage is permitted.
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It’s better for the economy for more people to be married because of productivity and efficiency gains. This whole framework doesn’t require people to be of the same or different sex.
Australia is one of the largest producers of natural gas.
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Australia’s prime location and Asia’s growing demand make it unlikely that there will be less foreign demand for our gas.
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The popularity of the corporate campus over the past fifty years suggests the form is here to stay.
In the 1950s, Australia was actively involved in the space industry via collaboration with other space players, including the UK.
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Australia could benefit from more jobs and exports if it boosted its space industry.
Compared to extraverts, introverts tend to be relatively passive, quiet and reserved.
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Introverts might think they will not make good leaders but with some encouragement research shows they make capable leaders.
A Bitcoin (virtual currency) souvenir coin. But cryptocurrencies like this can be debt and equity as well.
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Despite its name, cryptocurrency isn’t just money. It could also be debt or equity and so it should be regulated and taxed in the same way as other finance.
The US Federal Reserve is unwinding its bond buying program.
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The market welcomed statements from the US Federal Reserve and the RBA, but there isn’t much to be happy about.
There are some cities which score highly in both measures of the innovation index, like Hobart.
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Innovation is focused on regional centres that have research and development institutions, but more than 150 regional areas have potential to match this innovation, research finds.
Macquarie has created an open banking pilot program.
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Open banking will see customers use their data in a whole range of ways, including seeing how they are faring financially against people in similar situations.
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The recent crackdown on cryptocurrencies in China is a prelude to the assertion of control over this area by the Chinese authorities.
The new A$10 banknote, part of a series. The next new banknote to be released will be the A$50, planned for 2018.
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The new series of Australian banknotes are not a designer’s dream but they are the strongest yet in terms of preventing counterfeiting.
Cyclists on Melbourne’s Obikes next to Federation square
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There is more to bike-share schemes than first meets the eye. As they grow in global popularity, the economic models behind them become increasingly diversified.
Making the electricity market more transparent could lower costs.
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We don’t know whether electricity generators are bidding in “good faith” because they are providing data in a form that defies analysis.
Approximately 15% of employed people whose main job is in arts or recreation services industries have more than one job.
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We can expect to see a rise in part-time employed people using second jobs as a solution to insufficient hours in their main job.
The number of Australians with no savings has increased.
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Despite decades of economic growth and recent declines in income inequality, Australians are less financially resilient.
Indonesian workers hold placards during an anti-WTO rally at a main roundabout in Jakarta.
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A trade dispute between Australia and Indonesia shines a spotlight on Australia’s controversial ‘anti-dumping’ practices at the World Trade Organisation.
A parliamentary committee has recommended a number of protections for whistleblowers.
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We need to reform whistleblower protections if we want them to help maintain the integrity of government, business and non-profits.