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GDP growth up 3.1 per cent in Q4:2020 while RBA holds line on monetary policy

5 March 2021 | Mark Thirlwell MAICD

Australia’s real GDP rose 3.1 per cent over the December 2020 quarter, comfortably beating market expectations, as the economy continued to enjoy a household-led recovery. Despite last week’s bond ma...

To jab or not to jab? The challenges of Australia's COVID-19 vaccination rollout

1 March 2021

Directors must decide whether to make the COVID-19 vaccine part of their organisation's risk-minimisation strategy – but there are complex WHS and legal considerations to navigate, writes Christ...

International education sector learns new ways of coping with closed borders

1 March 2021 | Denise Cullen

As the world waits for coronavirus restrictions to ease and borders to reopen, educators are finding innovative ways to reach and retain international students.

Vaccine holds the key to the world's economic recovery

1 March 2021 | Mark Thirlwell MAICD

Despite the IMF's early predictions of a meltdown, the global economy is forecast to grow in 2021. But recovery still depends on the successful rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Reflation trade’ pushes up bond yields and the dollar while wage growth remains at record low

26 February 2021 | Mark Thirlwell MAICD

The yield on Australian government debt and the value of the Australian dollar have both been under upward pressure as local spillovers from the global ‘reflation trade’ complicate life for the RBA. ...

Business must build on record high trust levels: 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer

22 February 2021 | Shelley Dempsey

For the first time, business is seen as the most trusted institution in Australia, and leadership in the business community will be critical to post-pandemic recovery, says Edelman’s Australian ...

Resetting an effective risk culture

22 February 2021 | Jenine Waters, Mark Griffiths

With the experiences of 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic affecting companies' high-level thinking, businesses are revisiting their risk profiles and risk appetite statements and there’s been a not...

Continuous disclosure reforms to be made permanent and other COVID-19 relief extended – what directo...

22 February 2021 | Christie McGrath

In welcome news, the Treasurer has announced his intention to legislate permanent reform to continuous disclosure laws and extend relief for virtual AGMs and electronic communications until 15 Septemb...

Unemployment rate falls again as labour market recovery rolls on

19 February 2021 | Mark Thirlwell MAICD

Another helping of good news on the Australian labour market this week. The unemployment rate fell 0.2 percentage points to 6.4 per cent in January while the underemployment rate fell 0.4 percentage ...

Upbeat consumers and optimistic businesses

12 February 2021 | Mark Thirlwell MAICD

It was a quiet week on the data front with only a couple of releases. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment Index rose almost two per cent in February to be up more than 14 per ...