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As a further step towards combatting illegal phoenix activity, the ATO has sent a clear message to accountants, pre-insolvency advisors and other 'facilitators' that they are firmly in the Commissioner's cross-hairs. Recently, ATO Assistant Commissioner Scott Parkinson foreshadowed further "access visits" (ATO code for search warrants), aimed squarely at the advisory space around company 're-birthing'; suggesting if the pre-insolvency industry...

We often meet with clients who are surprised to learn that their registered Australian trade marks do not extend to registered rights in other countries. Like other forms of IP, trade marks are registered on a per country basis. If wishing to extend protection of your Australian trade mark rights to other countries, do you need to engage lawyers or...

One of your top performers asks to see you and hands you their resignation letter - what do you do? Many employers are tempted to make a counter offer in the hopes it will retain the employee, but this is rarely a successful strategy. Even if a resigning employee does accept your counter offer, their original motivation for looking for...

Over the past couple of years I have delivered a series of education courses through Wisdom Learning on the subject of Strata Management. In addition to a Certificate II course which is delivered over an extended period of many months, we have also provided full day "CPD" courses aimed at real estate professionals who are not directly working in Strata,...

The primary purpose for most websites is to convert clicks into customers. If you are getting heaps of traffic and have difficulty getting qualified leads, go through these basic checks first. 1. Are you talking to the right audience? If you fail to define your target audience for your website, the visitors may misunderstand your services. You need to connect...

The ACT Government has received a performance rating of 'A' for responsible investment practices from the world's leading proponent of responsible investment. Backed by the United Nations, Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) supports investments that are environmentally and socially responsible and have strong corporate governance. This strong result reflects the government's commitment to responsible and measured investment and shows that...

Our senses are a driving force in shaping our imagination, perceptions and desires. A song can revive a childhood memory, a smell might make us crave a certain food, and an image can help us create a vision of a place we love or would love to visit. Research tells us people better remember what they see than what they...

I have been watching with amusement the first weeks of the new federal (autocorrect from feral) parliament. I've got to say I still don't get it. The Coalition seems to be wandering around all hairy chested saying things like: 'We are the Government', 'The people have given us a clear majority', 'We have a mandate'. Seems a little arrogant to...

All the signs point towards our city experiencing a period of growth in the coming months which is a major opportunity for our business community to prosper. The ACT's unemployment level fell again in June - bucking the national trend and maintaining our status of having the lowest unemployment rate in the country. Employment growth has been positive for thirteen...

While Canberra Business Chamber represents and supports businesses of all types and sizes, it is currently prioritizing a number of initiatives designed to impact on the success and expansion of local micro-businesses. Of the 26,000 businesses operating in the ACT, 97 per cent are small businesses employing less than 20 people. Of these, 16,000 are micro businesses employing one or...

Welcome to the future. It's pretty cool. If you find there are things that you are repeating over and over again in your business, have a look around and see if there are options available to automate them. There are so many cool tools available to us now in a range of fields to help collate ideas and improve work...

And we all thought absenteeism was a problem! We know how hard it can be to get out of bed on a chilly morning, more so if you are feeling less than ideal. However, more often than not employees are choosing to go in to work. Whether it's dedication to the job or fear of increasing workloads; here's why going...

Complexity and disruption is the name of the game. The catchcry in response is the notion of agile and flexible workplaces. However, trying to play catch-up to a new mode of working is very hard in a large organisation. "The questions that come to mind when I hear that we need to be innovative, adaptable and agile is that while...