Master Builders Australia welcomes Govt's targeted support for apprentices MASTER BUILDERS Australia has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement of strengthening targeted support and services available for apprentices. Chief executive officer Denita Wawn said with around half of apprentices failing to complete a trade apprenticeship at a time when the industry is facing critical skill ..read more

When a telco becomes your Mate By Leon Gettler, Talking Business >> MATE, an independently owned, Sydney based challenger telco provider is taking on the big players in the industry through great customer service and exceptional value for their customers. It is a family business run by two brothers, David and Mark Fazio, that was rolled out at the same time ..read more

First Nations Foundation community event series empowers families with financial wellbeing AUSTRALIA’s leading Indigenous financial literacy organisation, First Nations Foundation, has launched a new, family-friendly community event series to educate and empower Indigenous Australians to take control of their financial future. The new initiative, Financial Wellness Week, is a series of outreach and educational events ..read more

Canva introduces The Visual Economy Report to show business leaders how important visual communication is, in today’s highly competitive world, as a tool for more effective business development. The Visual Economy Report presents actionable data from 1,600 global business leaders as examples of how business leaders can ..read more

Have you already given away work secrets on ChatGPT? Curious about how ChatGPT can help you at work? Be careful what company information might be given away while experimenting, warns UNSW Business School professor, Rob Nicholls. WHETHER IT’S MILD CURIOSITY or the business imperative of starting to use artificial intelligence (AI), as part of a unique ..read more

Writers workshop finds AI 'dangerous' for budding authors A BOOK writing workshop in Brisbane this weekend is tackling the very real challenge of artificial intelligence (AI) being deployed to create non-fiction books. The use of AI in creative and promotional writing is moving fast, with claims of a boom in AI-written e-books on Amazon already, prompting warnings of the pitfalls in ..read more

Securely app can help solve tradie payment delay problems By Leon Gettler, Talking Business >> ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES for tradies and sub-contractors now is they are not being paid. They finish a job and the client is unwilling to pay, or they want to negotiate it down, telling them they don’t have the money and suggesting it be paid off in small instalments ..read more

Public Service Assoc. says privatisation of NSW POLAIR threatens community safety THE Public Service Association of NSW (PSA) has warned that it was "gravely concerned" with recent developments at the NSW Police Force (NSWPF) Aviation Support Command (POLAIR). Among other cultural and safety issues currently being addressed at POLAIR, the PSA has been made aware of a push towards the privatisation of pilot ..read more

RMIT expert sees similarities to 1980s and 90s recessions RMIT UNIVERSITY’s emeritus professor for Public Policy and the Social Economy, David Hayward is perturbed by the current economic clouds that bear a resemblance to recessionary forces in the 1980s and 1990s Australia. “There are a lot of similarities between the state of the economy in Victoria now and what it was like in the ..read more

Nozomi Networks hosts 'Operation Cyber Crisis’ challenge across Australia tomorrow CYBER PROTECTION group Nozomi Networks is marshalling Australian online security talent to join a first-of-a-kind series of simulated threat hunts, to protect key national infrastructure from attack, in a cyber war game scenario on December 1. has created the event -- named ..read more