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We expect businesses to have a so called “social license”, which means to do the right thing by the community it operates within. Probably the toughest field in which to secure a social license must be mining and value-added refining, so thought it appropriate to look at the comments about a lack of “social license” […]

Employers in all industries I speak to are suffering the same issues when it comes to finding suitably qualified employees, which then limits business growth and our ability to service our client bases, so it’s a problem that needs addressing from the whole of our society. Lower skilled roles are harder to fill than higher […]

The best use of money is when a person spends their own money for their own benefit, followed by a person spending their own money on someone else. The worst spender of money is when someone spends someone else’s money on others, which is what happens when Government spends taxpayers’ money. So, this week’s Economic/Productivity […]

Australia does not have enough money to build all the infrastructure we require. This will mean managing expectations as much as putting scarce resources (people and money) to the best use. There are ways this can be done without upsetting the apple cart, with benefits available to everyone if it is done right. Sometimes it […]

Australia’s productivity growth averaged only 0.9% per year over the 20 year period to 2022, and it has now dropped into negative so much that our average wealth declined by nearly 9% in the past 3 years, the worst performing country in the developed world. Everyone else is becoming more efficient, and we need to […]

Timing can be just about everything. Whether in business, family life, sports, comedy, relationships or other areas. A health diagnosis can even be the difference between life and death (not to be too dramatic…). Many times, we don’t have control or an ability to impact the timing, but what about the times we do? And […]

As long as there has been global trade, there has been market manipulation. It is therefore surprising at the hype and lack of understanding at what a tariff trade war actually is and what it means. The worst part is it has looked like amateur hour from all world “leaders” as well as a media […]

It has been tough for many businesses for a few years now to fill outstanding roles with good candidates. There isn’t a magic bullet for suddenly lifting the quality of the talent pool, but there are still some great strategies businesses can use to capture the good fit candidates that are there, as well as […]

Having recently both recruited people as well as helped several people find suitable employment, thought I’d share some winning strategies for candidates that will almost guarantee you the job you want. This will hopefully also help wake some people up as to why they never seem to get anywhere with their careers.

How does it get to this? That has been the reaction not just to the last few editions of our Newsletter which raised legislative changes on our industry but reflects comments from people throughout our society with increasing frequency over the past 2 years. How do rules and regulations come about? And rather than winge, […]