This customer service start-up from Melbourne is getting major buzz in the US
Testing and real-time monitoring might sound like basic things every organisation is already doing, but this is not the case, and our mission is to educate the market.
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Which MP is most popular with startups? What do they really want from the government? A new survey has answers
The team over at Startup Muster, one of the largest and most comprehensive surveys of the Australian start-up ecosystem, though still buried in analysis of the data they collected in this year’s survey, are excited to share a couple of findings. When asked to name a politician that has been particularly supportive of the start-up…
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Australia's carbon tax is weeks away. Two in five SMEs are still in the dark on what it means for them.
Software provider MYOB has released several recent findings on SME dissatisfaction with the Government, but here’s one that has particular resonance. Nearly half of all Australian small-to-medium business operators say they don’t understand the full implications of the government’s new carbon tax on their business. Of the 1,043 SMEs surveyed, 42% admitted that they did not understand the significance of the carbon tax well enough. Overall, 54% of respondents claimed they did understand the implications (17% ‘very well’ and 37% ‘quite well’), while the remaining 4% didn’t know.
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Ethical food advocates demand ACCC investigate Coles and Woolworths. Are farmers and families being ripped off?
Australian local food pioneers Food Connect and CERES Fair Food have joined with the National Farmers Federation to call on the ACCC to break up Australia’s supermarket duopoly and ensure a more just, equitable and sustainable food future for Australian families.
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Brent Quill, 2011 Anthill 30under30 Honourable Mention
Brent Quill is the founder of Training for Work, an RTO that provides a variety of programmes — traineeship, apprenticeship, certificate, diploma and advanced diploma — to business staff and students in their places of employment. The success of the company stems from two factors on Quill’s part: timing and flexibility.
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Five things that will change with the new R&D Tax Credit
While it seems like an eternity since it was first announced, the new R&D Tax Credit has finally been passed. So what does that mean for the average company plugging away at research and development? The R&D Tax Credit is the key support tool used by the government to assist businesses undertaking R&D in Australia. The new program will apply retrospectively from 1 July 2011 and replaces the R&D Tax Concession.
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Wayne Swan’s banking reforms: a look at what’s on the agenda
In this podcast, Leon and Garry talk about Treasurer Wayne Swan’s raft of bank reforms while the Senate economics committee has hearings into the banking business, Australia’s super system is to be manipulated, new figures show that despite the mining boom, the real economy is struggling with vehicle sales down, personal credit shrinking, dwelling commencements falling, low business confidence and more businesses expected to call in corporate undertakers and consumer confidence edges up.
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Assistant Treasurer Shorten: “We are committed to banking competition”
In this interview, Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten reaffirms the Government’s vision for encouraging greater banking competition. He explains the plan for supporting a so-called ‘fifth pillar’ of non-bank lenders and addresses the role of superannuation funds in achieving a budget surplus.
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All clear for the NBN, new anti-siphoning laws and more
Leon and Garry talk about Telstra’s shares soaring with the Government getting the NBN legislation through parliament. What’s next, and how is the business model shaping up? Plus, a look at the new anti-siphoning laws and why they provide wins for both free-to-air TV and pay TV.
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Is Joe Hockey on a winner with his plans to control the banks?
Commonwealth Bank raises its mortgage rate on top of the RBA’s interest rate hike. Meanwhile the inflation index for Australia is picking up. And Joe Hockey appears to be on a winner with his plans to control the banks: he and the Government are now in a game of one upmanship to bring the banks into line. Leon and Garry discuss all these headlines and more in this news podcast.
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Gillard Government holds on: what’s the agenda for business?
Garry and Leon talk about the new Labor government just scraping back into office. Download the podcast to find out how it will affect the outcomes of Australia’s credit rating, the mining tax, the NBN and more, plus all the latest in business news.
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Gov 2.0: What the next Government means for IT innovators
While the future shape of Government in Australia is still undecided, sufficient trends are emerging to enable IT managers to undertake some reasonable scenario planning. This is certainly not a time to sit around waiting for an answer, as the news is not all bad for government IT.
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Australians would switch ISPs should they elect to implement the Government’s voluntary filter
According to internet broadband comparison site Compare Broadband, 75% of Australians would switch service providers should they elect to implement the Government’s voluntary filter. This comes at a time when three of Australia’s largest ISPs, iPrimus, Optus and Bigpond, have agreed to filter out child abuse and child pornography as part of the Government’s system.
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Australians would switch ISPs should they elect to implement the Government's voluntary filter
According to internet broadband comparison site Compare Broadband, 75% of Australians would switch service providers should they elect to implement the Government’s voluntary filter. This comes at a time when three of Australia’s largest ISPs, iPrimus, Optus and Bigpond, have agreed to filter out child abuse and child pornography as part of the Government’s system.
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The treatment of innovation is a national disgrace (why I took my invention overseas)
In 2009, inventor Don Morgan was a finalist in Anthill’s Smart 100 competition. However, as he recounts in this passionate plea for change, his quest for grant funding at home has forced him to take his innovation elsewhere.
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The government as hedge fund: breaking down the Treasury’s rosy surplus prediction
RMIT University economist Sinclair Davidson questions Treasurer Wayne Swan’s claims that Australia is headed for a bigger than expected surplus. He says the government is betting on an increase in commodity prices, much like a hedge fund.
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The government as hedge fund: breaking down the Treasury's rosy surplus prediction
RMIT University economist Sinclair Davidson questions Treasurer Wayne Swan’s claims that Australia is headed for a bigger than expected surplus. He says the government is betting on an increase in commodity prices, much like a hedge fund.
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The next government and the challenges of a softer economy
RMIT economist Steve Kates talks about the economic issues in the election campaign. He says the latest ACCI investor survey shows that business performance has deteriorated sharply after a rebound and suggests that the next government will have to deal with a softer economy.
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There’s never been a safer time to live on the planet
The world is living through an unprecedented phenomenon, the decline of War, according to Edward Luttwak, former advisor to the White House Chief of Staff, who will be one of 35 speakers Melbourne this September for the inaugural Creative Innovation 2010 conference.
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Anty-Climax | Events | News Desk | wide-full | wide-main
There's never been a safer time to live on the planet
The world is living through an unprecedented phenomenon, the decline of War, according to Edward Luttwak, former advisor to the White House Chief of Staff, who will be one of 35 speakers Melbourne this September for the inaugural Creative Innovation 2010 conference.
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