Message behind Mayor’s $20 toll story
By Anthony Stavrinos
HOLROYD Mayor Ross Grove found himself the victim of media Chinese whispers, after comments reported out of context in a local newspaper found their way to talkback radio.
Golf day unites business for a good cause
BUSINESSES throughout Western Sydney are supporting Australian Rotary Health’s 7th Annual Challenge Cup Charity Golf Day on Friday, March 1, 2013 at Riverside Oaks Golf Club.
Post modern madness: the psychomanagers are taking over!
By Professor Robert Spillane
POSTMODERNISM has infected Australian management. Management textbooks routinely contrast modern and postmodernist managers. Modern managers, we are told, emphasise objectivity, analysis, roles, orders, compliance, utility and performance.
Male networks extend glass ceiling say female execs
ABOUT 60 per cent of Australian business women say male dominated referral networks are one of the biggest barriers in their rise to executive roles, a survey from Executive Women Australia (EWA) has found.
New APP may transform renovation industry
A NEW App has been launched that may revolutionise the way in which Australian renovators and tradespeople purchase, sell and dispose of unwanted building materials that are often thrown out as rubbish.
World first recycling plant to cut landfill by millions
A WORLD-first recycling plant has been opened by Premier O'Farrell at Smithfield with the potential to prevent millions of tonnes of plastic from ending up in landfill.
FREE tickets to The Biggest Loser
THE 2013 season of the The Biggest Loser kicks off on December 8 at the Whitlam Leisure Centre at Liverpool.
Need for technology parks
By Red Dwyer
THE dramatic change taking place in the Western Sydney labour force calls for new business and technology parks to provide jobs for professionals and managers in the region.
Doing business in the Philippines
By Mike Walls
AN impressive turn out marked the Australia-Philippines Business Forum, CEO Roundtable and dinner all held in October as part of President Benigno Aquino’s visit to Australia.
Cherry King crowned for third time
By Mike Walls
THE 33rd Sydney Cherry Auction held on October 31 at Sydney Markets Flemington raised more than $30,000 for the Sydney Markets Foundation and the Save Our Sons charity.