Over the next 6-12 months, there will be eight major impacts on the Australian economy, all of which will affect accounting companies and their clients in Australia. These are: The Covid-19 vaccine rollouts, which include the Australian state and federal governments response to the vaccination percentages and the opening of state and federal borders Added to the above vaccine rollouts, …
Your local Accountant will soon be reopening his office
The Property Council of Australia released the results of their occupancy survey which highlighted the impact of extended lockdowns on Australia’s largest CBD’s. Sydney’s CBD occupancy was 4% of pre-covid levels, and Melbourne stood at 7%, an indication of the strict nature of the lockdown in these cities. Canberra recorded a decline from 73% to just 8% of pre-COVID levels. …
Will mandatory vaccines for Australian accountants become the norm?
In a recent AFR article, Deloitte has issued a mandate “forcing” Deloitte Australia’s employees and partners to be vaccinated in order to return to the office. It’s certainly a highly charged and contentious issue, with other overseas recent news indicating a New York healthcare provider fired 1,400 employees who refused to get vaccinated, and another article confirming teachers may be …
Australian accountants living in a digital age: 3 key cyber skills
Over the past 1-2 years with the implementation of working from home there has been a significant increase in cyber attacks on these more fragile systems. A large number of Australian firms (small and large) have been subject to cyber attacks, which are growing increasingly more clever and more complex. At the same time, many firms are paying ransoms paving …