Press Releases

Press Releases

What if we've had gender the wrong way around? What if, for workplace parity, we focused on men?
newbornbwBoosting workforce participation has been the gender catchcry for at least a decade. Women are paid less than men? Increase female workforce participation! Want to boost the economy? Increase female…
so far, it's more of a house price blip than a bust in the making
We're unpredictable, but this could be a one-off adjustment.ShutterstockHome prices slid in 2018, in some places by quite a lot.According to the widely-used Corelogic Hedonic Home Value Index, home prices…
Consumers lose out in funeral industry lacking competition and regulation: study
Consumers are often unnecessarily upsold on funerals due to a lack of information and real competition, in an industry that is fairly unregulated, new research finds. We studied data on the…
StartupAUS hails startup investment incentives a ‘rare feat’ for government and a ‘triumph’ for startups
Alex McCauley is the CEO of StartupAUS Australia, 03 May 2016: StartupAUS, Australia's peak advocacy group for startups, today warmly welcomed the Senate passing the government’s world-leading early-stage startup investment tax incentive measures…
Airline policies mandating vaccines will be a turbulent test of workplace rights
Airlines want you vaccinated. They want as many people as possible vaccinated. The sooner that happens, the sooner borders open and they can get back to profitability. They also have…
GS1 barcodes (GTINs) required for Google shopping data feeds
The official Google Commerce blog recently published a post outlining that effective 15th September 2015, Google require all shopping data feeds to contain a GTIN (Global Trade Item Number). This…
coal is on the road to becoming completely uninsurable
Insurers have to protect themselves against foreseeable risks. For insurers of fossil fuel projects, those risks are growing.ShutterstockThe announcement by Suncorp that it will no longer insure new thermal coal…
Why we put money into bizarre cryptocurrencies like ponzicoin and cryptokitties
CryptoKitties is a blockchain-based gameShutterstockSome initial coin offerings seem like scams (and some are), but behavioural research shows our emotions are part of why people buy in to cryptocurrencies for…