PC blames managers for missed tech opportunities
The Productivity Commission has blamed sub-par management, a lack of ambition and family run businesses for missing tech-related opportunities.
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The Productivity Commission has blamed sub-par management, a lack of ambition and family run businesses for missing tech-related opportunities.
The Productivity Commission wants to give individuals a powerful new right to own the data that's collected about them.
The Parliamentary Budget Office has issued a warning that Australia's political system is struggling to get the budget back to balance.
The RBA has left the official cash rate on hold, judging that the risks of a resurgent property market outweigh the need for extra cuts to spur inflation.
Returning official interest rates to 'normal', the pre-GFC 4.75 per cent, would smash Sydney house prices, according to Deutsche Bank.
Land-guzzling McMansions are falling out of favour but Australians are still building some of the world's biggest homes.
Treasurer Scott Morrison urged to maintain a sober outlook for the future direction of commodity prices or risk being caught short if the pr...
The government and super funds are being challenged to ramp up investment in infrastructure projects to halt 'vicious cycle'.
Australia's business world is becoming more concentrated, with the revenue of the top 100 firms growing to 47 per cent of GDP in 2015 from 1...
Prospects of another Reserve Bank of Australia interest rate cut are receding after a spike in headline inflation spurred hopes the worst of...
Almost a year after Australia's free trade deal with China, farm groups and processors remain unable to access key Chinese markets because ...
A collapse in consumer and business confidence would be the most damaging outcome of any cut in the nation's AAA credit rating.
Investors and households betting that rates are still on a downward path could be blind-sided by a potential rebound in third-quarter inflat...
The shift towards more part-time work continued last month, as a plunge in full-time work was offset by more casual hiring.
The ABS has again left traders and economists wondering about the quality of official jobs data after discounting some responses from Queens...
Soaring debt is leaving the country exposed to economic shocks and is a key threat to the AAA credit rating: Treasury secretary John Fraser.
Treasury secretary John Fraser says it's foolish to ignore the risks posed by soaring household debt, particularly if it leads to a AAA down...
Treasury secretary John Fraser admits the country's high cost of housing is a "worry" and may be fuelling rising debt.
Philip Lowe is confident Australia won't fall into the low-inflation trap that has left Japan and Europe at risk of perpetual economic weakn...
Prices of apartments will fall 10 -15 pc over the next one to two years, squeezing buy-to-let investors, predicts economist Stephen Walters.
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