2011 Blog Posts

Hi All, it’s that time of year again and our opportunity to wish all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Safe New Year.  It should be a time when we seriously consider those around us, both close and not so close.  We must also share a special thought for those who will spend their Christmas...

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From Mashable Social Media, “On Tuesday the federal trade Commission rapped Facebook’s knuckles in a broad reaching settlement on privacy, alleging the social network misled its users on what they were sharing and with whom. …” To those in business it should represent a timely...

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Recently I saw on late night TV a program on the ABC interviewing a finance expert from Europe in relation to the current state of financial affairs in Europe.  He was forthright and clearly knowledgeable.  Much of the media focuses on the political machinations and the foray that exists between...

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With the recent gaoling of a number of parties in Great Britain over the Cricket match fixing, there has suddenly been much commentary in the press this week about how much damage has been done to both the sport of cricket and sport in general.

Let me first...

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News today reports that Bankruptcies in the 2010-2011 year were 16% down on the prior year. The reason that has been cited is that there has been less use of credit cards since the onset of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). This is good news for the economy!

Whilst...

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We have again had a small business Taxation Forum and the plea has yet again gone up for the reform of the overall Australian Taxation Legislation, tax methods, tax processes at both the Federal and State level.  Yet again!!!

It will take a visionary to...

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