Access to the grid has crowded out solar in some places in India. DFID - UK Department for International Development/Flickr, CC BY-NC-NDLast week Oxfam released a report, “Powering up against poverty: why renewable energy is the future”, which argued that advances in renewable energy mean there is “no trade-off between improving...
ASIC Chairman Greg Medcraft says banks are adopting an 'overly legalistic ' approach.Mick Tsikas/AAPThe 14-year sentence handed to Tom Hayes, the Yen trader at the centre of the Libor-fixing scandal in the UK, is the longest sentence yet in a scandal that has cost his former employer UBS, and others, US$17 billion in fines.
Apart from his obvious...
conrado/ShutterstockA study released this week suggests women who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to rear children who are involved in delinquency.
The Australian Institute of Family Studies reports 12- to 13-year-olds whose mothers smoked frequently during pregnancy were 18% more likely to engage in crime than those whose mothers...
High temperatures can make students restless, listless and unable to pay attention.AAP/Neda VanovacSchool students in northern Australia are regularly exposed to an extreme climate of environmental heat and intense humidity while learning.
Being subjected to extreme and prolonged periods of heat has a myriad of negative effects – not only on...
It’s easy to forget your conveyor is even there, until it stops. And when it does, you’re in a world of delayed orders, unexpected downtime, and one very expensive headache. But the good news is tha...
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Hiring a Virtual CFO (VCFO) is no longer just reserved for large corporations. In today’s business environment, where agility, compliance, and strategic foresight are essential, Australian startups...
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Moving a workplace is more than shifting workstations and computers; it is a complex project that can affect staff morale, customer service and revenue if it goes off-track. Perth’s commercial prope...
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