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Your business is growing. Is your workplace culture keeping up?

Jon Stojan — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 05:58:29 +0000

Workplace culture is often judged by the most visible things: flexible Fridays, catered lunches, wellness initiatives and polished office spaces. But perks only tell part of the story. The real test of culture is how people communicate, make decisions, handle pressure and work together when things get difficult.

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Bringing iced coffee in a job interview? The debate is more than TikTok froth

David Adams — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 02:01:51 +0000

A US recruiter's plea for Gen Z applicants not to bring iced coffee to their job interviews shows changing workplace dynamics.

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Small business owners face superannuation squeeze as retirement looms

Kaaren Morrissey — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 23:45:33 +0000

Almost three million Australians are expected to retire over the next decade, but many small business owners and women lack confidence they have enough super.

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Revealed: The best places to work in Australia in 2026

Eloise Keating — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000

The best places to work in Australia, as voted by employees, have been revealed.

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Building your APAC team: Contractor, employee, or both?

Carolyn Tate — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 23:45:28 +0000

If you’ve tried to hire a senior engineer or designer in Australia lately, you’ll know the squeeze: competition for good people is fierce. A growing number of Australian startups are looking north, to the rest of Asia-Pacific (APAC), where a wealth of talent works, often within a few hours of our time zones.

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Workplace protections for menopause, perimenopause on government radar after review

David Adams — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 05:42:24 +0000

The federal government has thrown in-principle support behind a call to consider greater workplace protections for women experiencing menopause and perimenopause.

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Companies could face criminal penalties over modern slavery compliance failures

Melissa Coade — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:10:52 +0000

The federal government plans tougher modern slavery laws, stronger enforcement powers, and new compliance measures to improve corporate accountability.

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Guilty secret? One in three Aussies using AI chatbots at work

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 22:29:51 +0000

Many employees were hiding their AI use out of guilt as two in five said using the tools felt like cheating.

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AI “brain fry” could become the next big WHS challenge

Prabha Nandagopal — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:21:49 +0000

As AI adoption accelerates, experts are warning of a new workplace risk dubbed "AI brain fry", with research linking intensive AI use to mental fatigue, more errors and higher staff turnover.

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Australia can’t hit its 1.2 million tech worker target if experienced women keep leaving

Tegan Jones — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 06:01:57 +0000

A new report reveals Australia’s tech sector is struggling to retain experienced women and why this will affect our 2030 tech worker target.

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