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Josh Frydenberg
Business

Treasurer hauls major banks to the table on JobKeeper bridging finance

Businesses will be given a leg up by Australia’s major banks through sped-up loans to cover upfront staff wages before...
23 April 2020 • By Jotham Lian

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Australian Bureau of Statistics
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COVID-19 claims 6% of jobs in 3 weeks

Close to 800,000 Australians were put out of a job in just three weeks following the introduction of business...
22 April 2020 • By Jotham Lian & Aidan Curtis
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Fiscal stimulus - and what you should be doing now

Promoted by CPA Australia In this short article we consider three of the Australian Government’s COVID-19 stimulus...
21 April 2020 • By Elinor Kasapidis
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ASBFEO calls for payments law as big businesses use COVID-19 as excuse

The ASBFEO is asking for 30-day payment times to be legislated immediately, following reports that big businesses are...
21 April 2020 • By Maja Garaca Djurdjevic
Grattan Institute
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JobKeeper could ‘disguise’ unemployment rate

Over a quarter of Australia’s workforce could be out of a job due to COVID-19, but the JobKeeper subsidy could...
21 April 2020 • By Aidan Curtis
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Accounting graduate programs going ‘full steam ahead’

Accounting graduate programs are not slowing down despite the COVID-19-induced downturn, as firms look to learn from...
20 April 2020 • By Jotham Lian & Aidan Curtis
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How accountants can look after their mental health during the coronavirus crisis

The economic impacts of COVID-19 mean that many accountants have become unemployed or inundated with new work, both of...
17 April 2020 • By Tasha Levy
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Now is your time to shine

Accountants are becoming increasingly important in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and here are five easy ways...
17 April 2020 • By Rob Pillans, Planet Consulting