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With a federal budget just around the corner, we begin the program with a preview from our resident economist, Professor Neville Norman. He asks businesses to take heed of four major things when it’s delivered by Treasurer Jim Chalmers later this month. Read More | 
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Pre-budget perspectivesListen to a Preview
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Running Time: 11:18The federal budget is imminent, and the big question is whether the government will break its promise and increase taxes. Labor must be tempted to use its relative electoral strength at the moment. Read More |  Professor Neville Norman, Melbourne University
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What a trooper!Listen to a Preview
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Running Time: 9:26When Belinda Eden founded Troop Events, a business which provides on-demand hospitality and event staff across Ballarat and regional Victoria, she wasn’t to know that COVID was about to hit. Read More |  Belinda Eden, Troop Events
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Facing debt? There is help!Listen to a Preview
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Running Time: 12:29The end of pandemic repayment breaks from the tax office is crippling many small businesses who are struggling to keep up with their existing liabilities. Read More |  Sandra Blake, Small Business Debt Helpline
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The ‘Great Resignation’ is overListen to a Preview
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Running Time: 6:00The so-called ‘Great Resignation’ following COVID is over. That’s according to the CEO and Founder of ELMO Software, Danny Lessem. ELMO surveyed about 1000 Australian workers and found that 70 per cent are now keen to stay with their current employe Read More |  Danny Lessem, ELMO Software
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Your obligations to new flexible work arrangementsListen to a Preview
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Running Time: 10:39Employers have to make a genuine effort to accommodate an employee’s request for flexible work arrangements. That’s one of the new rules to take effect on 6 June, 2023, following changes to the Fair Work Legislation. Read More |  Cheryl-Anne Laird, Mazars
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New rules for job adsListen to a Preview
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Running Time: 5:47New rules have come into effect that may change the way some small businesses undertake recruitment. It’s now illegal to advertise jobs that pay below the minimum wage — or award — for every job. Read More |  Matthew Addison, COSBOA
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Guns, germs & a steely resolveListen to a Preview
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Running Time: 9:58Without doubt, there has been an increase of burnout across the board in recent years. That’s according to mindfulness and high-performance coach, Melo Calarco, who says much of it comes from a residual fatigue, or a hangover, from the pandemic. Read More |  Melo Calarco
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Delegate for better resultsListen to a Preview
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Running Time: 7:32As a business owner, it behoves you to work on those activities that bring in a better return on investment. Don’t do the menial, repetitive stuff, when you could be delegating to someone else in your business, says productivity expert Les Watson. Read More |  Les Watson, The Time Lord
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Closing comments & quote of the monthListen Now
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Our quote this month is from Albert Einstein, who said... Read More | 
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