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Has high immigration fallen out of favour in Australia?
Gareth Hutchens, ABC NewsIf you've spent any time on social media in recent years, you would have seen people criticising Australia's high levels of immigration. But in recent months, the most severe criticisms of high immigration have come from organisations that have been among the biggest supporters of high immigration for the past few...
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2025 Corporate Public Affairs Oration
"Reputation 3.0 - Building and stewarding trust in the new reputation landscape". Delivered by David Bickerton
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Over 90 per cent of Restructuring Professionals Link Geopolitical Disruption to Rising Distress in Asia
AlixPartnersAs Geopolitical tensions continue to shape the economic landscape, a new survey reveals Asian market’s optimism against global market volatility and uncertainty. This divergence underscores Asia’s unique position amid macroeconomic headwinds, distinct sector-specific challenges, and the growing private credit...
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‘Hard to measure and difficult to shift’: the government’s big productivity challenge
Stephan Bartos, The ConversationHigher productivity has quickly emerged as an economic reform priority for Labor’s second term. The government is right to focus on productivity. Improving economic efficiency will increase real wages, help bring down inflation and interest rates, and improve living standards.
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Corporate Mentions Of ‘Diversity’ And ‘DEI’ Dropped 72 per cent In 2025, Analysis Finds
Conor Murray, ForbesMany companies have dropped their diversity programs or reframed them to focus more on general “inclusion” or employee well-being amid pressure from conservative activists and the Trump administration.
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Are the Liberals in danger of becoming the Kodak of Australian politics?
Frank Bongiorno, Inside StoryTimes have changed; the Liberal Part has failed to change with them. At the time of writing, the two-party-preferred split in Labor’s favour sits at 55.4 per cent. Anthony Albanese has done slightly better than Chifley in 1946, and the landslide is in the same league as John Curtin’s wartime effort in 1943.
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The impact of DEI cuts on Retail
NumeratorEarly data suggests recent changes to DEI initiatives may be linked to a decline in store traffic and market share.
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The next round in the US trade war has the potential to be more damaging for Australia
Felicity Deane, The ConversationOn April 2 the US is set to implement a new wave of tariffs under its Fair and Reciprocal Trade Plan. Details of the plan that will impact all US trading partners are not yet known, but the US administration has suggested these tariffs will target any rules it considers “unfair”.
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US trade tariffs: What your board needs to know
Peter Hanlon, ALast week, US President Donald Trump said his administration would introduce tariffs of 25 per cent on steel and aluminium imports into the United States. As the impact on Australia remains unclear, experts are urging boardrooms to ignore the noise and continue to stay the course and govern with pragmatism.
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Top Five Predictions for 2025
We could not have predicted in 2015, when we first published our Top 5 Predictions for the coming year that a decade on, we’d still be...
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