
Retail Voice CEO Message: 17 August 2022
Father’s Day is less than three weeks away – the last gift-giving event before Christmas – and our forecasts with Roy Morgan show Australians will spend $735 million on presents this year.
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Father’s Day is less than three weeks away – the last gift-giving event before Christmas – and our forecasts with Roy Morgan show Australians will spend $735 million on presents this year.
ARA members should take time to consider if they would like to register their business for a ‘.au’ domain name, ahead of the 20 September deadline for priority registration.
Positive steps have been taken by the Federal Government to address climate change with legislation for a 43% emissions reduction target by 2030 passing the House of Representatives.
On the 1st August, Safe Work Australia published its model Code of Practice: Managing psychosocial hazards at work. The Code follows a recommendation made by Marie Boland (Boland Report, 2018-2019)
The 47th Parliament’s first sitting fortnight has seen action on multiple fronts, against the backdrop of growing economic pressures for both households and businesses.
As anticipated, the Reserve Bank has increased interest rates for the fourth straight month, with the cash rate now sitting at a six year high of 1.85%. Unfortunately, the economic challenges are likely to get worse before they get better, as outlined by Treasurer Jim Chalmers in his economic update to Parliament last week.
On average, every 10 minutes a cybercrime is being reported in Australia. 1 Cyber-attacks are considered one of the greatest risks to small and medium enterprise businesses (SMEs) as they
Federal Treasurer, The Hon Jim Chalmers MP speech 28 July 2022 Speaker – Australians are overwhelmingly optimistic and confident people. Our optimism, and that confidence, is well‑founded – because it
Economic challenges continue to mount with figures released today showing inflation has reached 6.1%. We are conscious this impacts retail on many levels – as customers respond to the rising cost of living, and as retailers tackle the financial pain associated with increased operating costs including fuel, energy, supply chains, rents and more.
Stapling was introduced on 1 November 2021 to limit unintended new super accounts being opened for workers every time they change jobs. This generally means an employee’s existing super fund