Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull used part of his address to the national press club to sell the company tax cut.
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The federal government is still trying to convince senate crossbenchers to pass a company tax cut but tax experts and economists dispute all of its supposed benefits.
The threat of the closure of Arrium’s steelworks in the SA town of Whyalla is just one of many that could disrupt the state’s economy.
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South Australia is facing a whole range of social and economic problems that are forming the perfect storm.
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The slow pace of transformation in post apartheid South Africa is a reflection of persisting racism that has infected formal corporate institutions.
Australians need more innovative media owned in Australia, not from the US.
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Although few pay for news in Australia, The New York Times’ is pushing into the country’s fracturing newspaper market.
The singling out of tobacco giant Philip Morris raises questions about how Australia goes about forming trade deals.
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The arbitrary treatment of comapnies like Philip Morris is unsettling and does not engender confidence – two basic ingredients required in trade and investment.
Australia has a long history of poaching retail management from UK supermarket giants like Tesco.
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Australian supermarkets businesses have relied on management talent from the UK but perhaps it’s time to look elsewhere.
New minister for industry, innovation and science, Arthur Sinodinos, is fond of the term innovation.
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New minister Arthur Sinodinos seems all for the innovation catch-cry but perhaps it’s time he dropped it.
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While hugely popular for a time, the advent of the three ring circus invited animal cruelty complaints and led to the demise of more skilled circus artistry.
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The World Economic Forum draws a straight line from social injustice to many of the risks facing the world in 2017.
Taking care of business. Will Trump be hands off?
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One cymbal manufacturer has survived 400 years, but most in-house companies fail to survive through the generations.
Artificial intelligence will unleash computers from behind screens.
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Tech companies are racing to create a new way of interacting with computers - artificial intelligence.
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Scandals, elections, budgets, 2016 had it all. Here’s what made news in business and economics.
The world economy is inextricably linked with the US.
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A lot has changed in the global economy since the Federal Budget 2016.
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Making products in our new economic age is fast becoming a partnership with customers, not just a transaction.
Caltex petrol station franchisees are the latest to be accused of underpaying workers.
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The franchise business model could be undermined by proposed laws which make franchisors and franchisees jointly responsible for wage underpayments.
“I bless this business deal.”
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No other nation has conjoined business success and piety quite like America has. Is Donald Trump’s election a strange perversion of this tradition?
Customer-facing roles may soon be taken over by cheaper, friendlier and more knowledgeable robotic retail assistants.
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Business Briefing: when robots and customers meet
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Customers might prefer digital robots who don't judge for now but physical robots with empathy may be the customer service workers of the future.
President-elect Trump’s twitter account has the power to devastate companies’ share prices.
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Tweet-shaming from politicians isn’t the best way to regulate companies – it hurts investments, shareholders and ultimately the economy.
CEOs who are more confident are less likely to sell their own stock in a company.
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If a company is led by an overconfident CEO, the firm is less likely to invest in corporate social responsibility measures like workforce diversity.
Shareholder activism is growing worldwide.
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Australia’s rules on how investors engage with companies, coupled with the clout of superannuation investor groups, means there’s potential for more shareholder activism.