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2017 Festival Launch National Museum of Australia, Lawson Crescent, Acton Penninsula, 2601 Tuesday, 14 February 5:30pm Join us for our 2017 official Festival launch - have a drink, listen to some music, meet the Festival team, and most importantly, get the inside scoop on the full 2017 Festival Program from Roland Peelman, our Artistic Director. Roland will tell you more...

All sides of the workplace relations debate should wait for the Fair Work Commission's decision on penalty rates before starting to talk about responses, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry said today. James Pearson, CEO of the Australian Chamber, said: "As our national workplace relations tribunal, the Fair Work Commission has conducted a major review of penalty rates over...

Transport Canberra will be working with the community to ensure passengers are getting the best value out of their bus fares and that those entitled to concession or free travel hold the correct concessional entitlement. "As part of our ongoing education and enforcement program, Transport Officers will be travelling on buses, talking to people and providing information to make sure...

Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability Shane Rattenbury today announced a new lighting upgrade scheme to help ACT businesses reduce their energy consumption and save money on electricity bills. "These new lighting upgrades for eligible businesses will replace inefficient light globes with more efficient LED lighting. This initiative will allow businesses reduce their energy consumption, reduce lighting energy bills by...

A team of Australian university students is playing a major role in revolutionising the future of transportation technologies. They are working on what futurist entrepreneur Elon Musk describes as a 'cross between a Concorde, a railgun and an air hockey table' - the Hyperloop. The group, from RMIT University in Melbourne, is led by engineering graduates Matthew O'Callaghan and Zachary...

Price change for goods and services produced in the Australian economy remains subdued, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today. Producer Price Indexes, Stage of Production (SOP) - Final Demand rose 0.5% in the December quarter 2016. The most significant price rises this quarter occurred in building construction (+0.7%), petroleum refining and petroleum fuel manufacturing...

MEEGAN FITZHARRIS MLA Minister for Health Minister for Transport and City Services Minister for Higher Education, Training and Research Member for Yerrabi 19 December 2016 The next stage of the registration process for residents in Weston Creek and Kambah to sign up for the ACT Government's green bin pilot program is now open. "Residents living in the suburbs of Chapman,...

The silly season is upon us and all business owners are likely to see this influencing their operations. We may potentialy see a decrease in effectiveness as our clients, suppliers and staff start to wind down. With this in mind, we have come up with a few tips to help us get through the last few weeks of the year...

It's no great secret that the building and construction industry has long been known as a male dominated industry. A report from April 2016 by the Australian Government's Workplace Gender Equality Agency on Gender composition of the workforce: by industry* shows females made up just 5.3% of full time employees in the construction industry, while males made up 80.4%. Locally...

Merry Christmas to you all. Now is the time to slow down and take a deep breath. Ok, all together now. 1 2 3 in … and 1 2 3 4 5 6 out. That felt good right. Yep, it did. So why don't we take the time during the year to stop and smell the roses. To take the...

Have you recently separated from your partner? Have you formalised your property settlement by way of a Consent Order or Financial Agreement? This article explains why you should formalise your property settlement. If you do not formalise your agreement you leave yourself open to a property settlement claim being made against you in the future. Say, for example, you separate...

Colin Ellis, Author of "The Conscious Project Leader who will speak atConvergence in 2017 Photography: Richard Tuffin Brexit, Trump, cloud computing and the smartphone revolution are just a few of the major disruptions we've seen in recent months and years. Big shifts like this have an impact on everyone, and businesses have to develop the skills to adapt. "Modern organisations...

Tim Maly, Managing Director at LJ Hooker Strata ACT, recently took over the mantle of Strata Community Australia ACT President. This is Tim's second stint as he was also president in 2013/14. Tim says that he has worked in the strata business for over a decade, and that he is passionate about his work and this rapidly expanding industry. One...

Photo: Sam Halstead Young, vibrant, smart and innovative are all well-used descriptors of Canberra. But they also perfectly describe Wellington, our cool apital sister city from across the ditch. Canberra and Wellington have much in common. We are two of the most liveable cities in the OECD, both cities leverage business opportunities that extend from the seat of our respective...

Dickson Wetland Warren Ganter Saunders (native plant 'guru"), John Finch (sales manager) and Richard Ploog (senior horticulturist and drummer for Australian band The Church) are the core crew at South East Natives, based in Pialligo ACT. You may not know these three gentlemen, but you have probably seen their handiwork throughout our beautiful bush capital and beyond. Warren Ganter Saunders...

How does a CLV determine a customer's true worth? Back in 1956, legendary old-school management consultant Peter Drucker declared that the purpose of any business was all about creating a customer. But six decades later, too many business owners still misunderstand a customer's true worth - the true lifetime value of those customers responsible for buying their products and services....