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For small to medium enterprise owners who struggled to grow their businesses in 2020, there is some light at the end of the tunnel. In October, research from Australia Post showed that while revenues fell up to 67% for some industries at the height ... More

Experts are forecasting a much better year for Australia in 2021, with growth stocks set to take centre stage. The speed of the global recovery hinges on the distribution and effectiveness of a vaccine. "The rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine may come too ... More

A new year, a new raft of changes to regulations and social welfare entitlements. Here are some of the key ones to be across. COVID support cut The government will gradually pare back its economic support for those who have lost work due to COVID-19. ... More

As the world eagerly awaits the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine, Cameron Gleeson from BetaShares discusses the positive long-term outlook for global healthcare beyond the pandemic. At the time of writing, the largest immunisation programme in history ... More

Dear Paul, My son and his girlfriend lost $34,000 as a result of the STA Travel collapse, with no hope of getting any of it back. I would really like to dip into my super for $10,000 (I am 52 and fortunately have still kept my job through COVID-19) ... More

What a start to December. Australia's economy officially snapped out of its first recession in 29 years, the UK became the first country to approve and roll out the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, and the iron ore price reached a seven-year high. ... More

For many, Christmas will be the perfect antidote to a monumentally challenging and unprecedented year: a time that we are hopefully able to spend time with family, and for giving and receiving, for gratitude and reflection. For others, myself included ... More

Faced with an economy battered by lockdowns and border closures, the federal government delivered a big-spending Budget, with plenty of the cash splash pitched at small businesses. The government has flipped open its cheque book with a program of spending ... More

This Christmas will perhaps be our most important one ever - the chance to regroup and express gratitude for everything we still have in our lives, after a year marred by bushfires and COVID-19. While it won't be business as usual, these tips will ... More

Until this week, South Australia was confident it was safe from the COVID-19 virus, yet now it finds itself in a strict lockdown. If there is one thing that 2020 and the virus have taught us is that we cannot be complacent, as the world is at a point ... More