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Developing a better BQ is useful in helping people forge a closer, more responsive relationship with their bodies.

10 ways body intelligence can improve your work performance

18 Jun 2018

With benefits to health and workplace performance, body intelligence – or BQ – is an intelligence worth developing.

Not-for-profit managers need to start preparing for new standards that will take effect in January 2019.

Time ticks down for not-for-profits as new accounting standards come into effect

15 Jun 2018

The Australian Accounting Standards Board gave not-for-profit (NFP) organisations an extra year to implement new accounting standard AASB15 on revenue recognition, but NFP managers need to be preparing now for this and other new standards that will take effect in January 2019.

The following tax tips may help you to legitimately reduce your tax liability in your 2017-18 return.

14 tax tips for self-preparers

14 Jun 2018

Do you know the tax deductions and offsets for which you might be eligible as a self-preparer? The following tax tips – work-related expenses, rental property deductions, cryptocurrencies and more – may help you to legitimately reduce your tax liability in your 2017-18 return.

One in four Australians fear their credit score could stop them from getting a new loan or credit card.

Take charge of your credit score

14 Jun 2018

SPONSORED CONTENT: Your credit score is often calculated to assess how creditworthy you are, before banks and businesses extend credit for a mortgage, personal loan or credit card. Here’s how to ensure your credit score is accurate and the best it can be.

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Retirement used to mean settling down, but for some it now means jetting off. Illustration: Ellen Porteus

The pros and cons of retiring abroad

01 Jun 2018

Baby boomers in Australia, the UK, the US and other Western nations are in a pickle. They're often cash-poor and living in a country with a high standard of living and prices to match. For some, retiring overseas is an option, but it pays to do your homework.

Australian's have a big appetite for debt - and financial institutions have been happy to indulge us.

Australia's big appetite for consumer debt

01 Jun 2018

Australia's savings rate is low, and getting lower. Whether they know it or not, many households are becoming financially stretched, but with a taste for the high life - and historically low interest rates - there seems to be little incentive to save.

China has dramatically reduced its recycled materials intake, causing Australian authorities to scramble for a solution.

China's waste ban is a mess for Australia

01 Jun 2018

For years, Australia has been dumping its recyclable waste elsewhere, mostly in China. Now that the economic giant has reclassified what it will accept, problems are piling up into a plastic tsunami.

While bitcoin is the most recognisable cryptocurrency, there are plenty of “altcoins” that have marketed themselves as competitive substitutes.

5 alternative cryptocurrencies to bitcoin

22 May 2018

Despite warnings about Bitcoin’s market volatility and unregulated nature – with detractors such as Warren Buffett dubbing the cryptocurrency “the latest economic bubble” – cryptocurrencies have captured investors’ imaginations.


Work Smart

Before you take a career leap, it helps to have a plan.

Considering a career change? Plan carefully.

08 Jun 2018

The days of having a step-by-step career in one organisation are past, and new models of work are emerging. Changes once seen as radical are no longer seen as unusual, but to make them work takes planning, awareness and self-organisation. Michelle Gibbings outlines how to make a career leap.

It’s the way workplace mistakes are handled that can be the difference between future career success and oblivion.

How to handle mistakes at work

01 Jun 2018

Almost everyone has had that sinking feeling when they make a mistake at work. What tactics should you use to address a mistake - and salvage your professional reputation?

Creating a culture of acceptance and support plays a big part in bringing mental health issues out of the shadows.

5 ways to discuss mental health in the workplace

18 May 2018

Mental health is too important to ignore, but often hard to discuss. Here are five strategies to get the conversation started in your work organisation.

'All hands on deck' is just one of the buzzwords or terms vying for top position in 2018.

Business buzzwords to watch in 2018

18 May 2018

Buzzwords are an unavoidable part of professional life – the weasel words of the corporate world. Love them or hate them, it pays to understand them.


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