A spokeswoman for the Vice Chancellors of our major Universities said that they had advised the Minister, Dan Tehan, that unless they got...

If the government pays citizens who are not working, and refunds businesses who employ people who have nothing to do, this is not...

For the time being there are lots of things we cannot spend our money on. What will we do with the money we save? In response to the...

The other day I met my old friends Marcia and Ann for lunch at Babka in Brunswick Street. It was good to catch up again. Babka is just a...

In the spirit of the famous Harvester case, ACTU secretary Sally McManus is proposing an overhaul of the national minimum wage to better...

On a recent visit to Dubrovnik, Jill and I chanced upon a fish restaurant in the Old Port area – Riblji Restoran Proto. It was a serendipitous experience. Established in 1886, it is now owned by Mato Durovic, who has been a major influence in the hospitality business in Dubrovnik for fifty years. I have always admired well-run businesses. There is something exciting and satisfying about people working together to achieve the best they can. Proto was a fine example of this,

Last week, when the Fair Work Commission handed down its decision to reduce Sunday penalty rates by up to 25%, the headline response from the ACTU (Ged Kearney) and the ALP (Mark Dreyfus) was that this would result in a loss of up to $6,000 per annum for affected workers. This claim should not go unchallenged. Intuitively one can tell immediately that it is an exaggeration. For a 25% reduction in Sunday pay to result in a $6,000 loss, the worker’s pay would need to have be

The miracle of pricing is that it enables individuals to be part of a world-wide supply chain, each prospering by doing their bit without...

Bernie Sanders candidacy for Presidency of the United States has put Socialism back on the political agenda. How could such a failed...

"The purpose of business is to create customers." Peter Drucker