Business

Business & Economics

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Research

How Indigenous business enterprise is rewriting Australian economics

Indigenous businesses employ 135,000 people and provide one in five jobs for Aboriginal workers – but is government procurement policy missing the mark?

Politics & Society

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Opinion

Why Silicon Valley stopped fighting the state and joined it

Tech giants once opposed government power. Now they're copying China's model of corporate-state partnership

Arts & Culture

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Analysis

‘Stakeholder’ should not be a dirty word in the arts

Taking lessons in stakeholder engagement from the business and government sectors can strengthen arts organisations and bring them close to their communities

Sciences & Technology

On the Road to Gundag(AI): Ensuring rural communities benefit from the AI revolution

AI is already used throughout rural communities from precision agriculture to self-driving trucks. But we need to help regional small businesses benefit from AI while avoiding the harmful aspects

Business & Economics

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Opinion

It’s time for boards to get serious about impact

While many corporate boards see the need to engage with environmental and social issues, they’re falling short on reforms that put people and the planet first

Business & Economics

Overcoming gender bias of boardroom gatekeepers

If we remove professional barriers for women, they can compete on equal footing with men. And key to that is tackling the bias of gatekeepers

Business & Economics

Directors’ duties and cyber security - it’s complicated

Effective management of cyber security risks is a core governance concern but the imposition of a new mandatory directors’ duty would be a step too far

Business & Economics

Saying ‘no’, nicely

Many businesses have become ‘gatekeepers’ during COVID-19, prioritising public health over profit. But there are strategies to keeping customers happy while sticking to the pandemic rules

Business & Economics

The power of the Indigenous business sector

Each year, Indigenous businesses bring in at least $A4.9 billion; now first-of-its-kind research reveals the extent of the economic power and diversity of Australian Indigenous businesses

Environment

Getting regional development right

A new strategic approach to revitalising Victoria’s Gippsland is centred on place-based leadership and could be applied around Australia’s regions