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BILL'S BITES: Policy outlook for 2020
Looking ahead at 2020, a number of uncertainties remain including the potential for unconventional measures. But fiscal policy is what the economy needs.
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Don’t discount farmers’ resilience
While difficult conditions continue to test Australia’s agriculture industry, valuable lessons learnt during the last drought mean some farmers are better prepared than ever to face the tough times.
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‘It should be a luxury’: meat’s meaty challenge
The alternative meat industry is taking off and while beef farmer Ellen Litchfield says it’s a positive step as the population expands, farm-grown meat shouldn’t be a “scapegoat”.
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To check or not? Juggling after hours emails
A study has found some workers would suffer if they were banned from responding to emails outside usual business hours, spurring fresh debate about how organisations balance the issue amid rising workplace flexibility.
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How ‘Open Data’ will tip us towards task-free era
Information-sharing initiatives like Open Data, more advanced analytic techniques and ever-cheaper processing and storage is bring us closer to automating a much wider field of everyday tasks.
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AI, cloud to drive 'dramatic' change
Speaking on a panel at an IBM event, Westpac CEO Brian Hartzer predicted the bank was likely to “look dramatically different” in the next few years as the pace of technological change accelerates.
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Execution will decide tomorrow’s tech success
The demands on technology have never been greater and the challenges larger, but everyone gets that – what will differentiate companies in the future is the ability to execute.
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The case for quicker tax cuts
Amid ongoing sluggish demand in the economy, the most effective way to spur growth would be to accelerate the second stage of personal income tax cuts the government has already legislated.
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St.George eyes 'ecosystem' with new property app
St.George has rolled out a new property app in the “cloud” that combines a range of new features in one place, setting a fresh benchmark in the competitive mobile space.
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Hartzer: Challenging result, resetting for the times
Westpac CEO Brian Hartzer says the bank will always prioritise financial strength after making the “difficult” decision to cut the final dividend and raise capital amid challenging conditions.
