Cutting immigration to Australia will impact the country’s demographic composition, with consequences for the working age population and income tax base.
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Politicians across the spectrum have at some point targeted immigration as a contributor to out-of-control population growth. But would reducing, or banning, immigration take pressure off cities?
Pauline Hanson was furious last week after Rod Culleton broke ranks with One Nation over the backpacker tax.
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Pauline Hanson has unleashed a new attack on her rebel senator Rod Culleton, declaring that things had ‘gone to his head’.
The success of companies like T-shirt brand Threadless shows innovation matters in retail.
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It’s a tough time to be a retailer in Australia, but there are some retailers that have found the formula for success.
Successful rescue of a company is the ideal rather than the reality.
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The appointment of administrators too often leads to the demise of a company anyway. Salvaging rather than saving might be best.
A report into Dick Smith’s failure is damning.
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Dick Smith used increasingly desperate strategies - but who knew and for how long?
Private equity IPOs can over-perform for investors.
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Private equity-backed floats may not deserve the bad reputation they have.
The tax paid by some household names has been revealed.
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The ATO’s data dump of how much tax was paid by largest private companies raising more questions than it answers.
The collapse of the electronics retailer will be investigated by a Senate inquiry.
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From its float to its failure, the story of Dick Smith is ugly in its connotations for how business is done.
Cross-bench Senator Nick Xenophon wants the law to change to protect gift card holders when companies collapse.
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It’s not good to make law changes as a knee-jerk reaction, but in the case of insolvency and gift cards, it’s time.
Dick Smith’s future hangs in the balance.
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There are lessons to be learned from the failure of Dick Smith but it’s not necessarily an indicator of a trend for 2016.
Heavy discounting by retailer Dick Smith was not enough to turn the company’s fortunes around.
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As creditors consider the fallout from the demise of Dick Smith, the private equity firm that floated it has already counted its profits.
Consumers are making the switch to online retailers, and stores such as Dick Smith Electronics are paying the price.
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Retailers: be careful what you underestimate. Whether it’s the competition, the consumer or the channel to market, if the writing is on the wall - you’d better read it. Globally, the consumer electronics…
Dick Smith has been vocal about Woolworths selling his former electronics business - but his arguments don’t stack up.
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Entrepreneur Dick Smith has been very vocal in the past few days about the prospect of his namesake retail business falling into “foreign hands”. Despite him selling the electronics chain to Woolworths…
When the rich are scared to talk, something’s clearly going wrong.
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Iconic Aussie entrepreneur Dick Smith is feeling intimidated. Not by growing population pressures, nor by climate change or carbon prices, but by the bullies at News Limited. In a recent interview, Smith…