The impact of a school environment doesn’t stop at the four walls of a classroom. They also reach beyond the classrooms, seeping into the hallways, the lab, the gym, and the school’s exterior. If you’re a school owner, it’s in your best interest to foster a holistic environment that’s conducive to learning. You’d also want…
The Australian government is aiming to rein in the growth of international students in its new migration policy, released on Monday. This is in response to record levels of international students entering the country once COVID-related border closures were lifted. Current and former international students living in Australia already number 860,000 and are hurtling towards…
Australians sure do like those brekkies, barbies and mozzies. We’re not talking about “actual” mozzies here. We’re defo (definitely) talking about words — and Aussies can’t seem to get enough of these shortened words. Some say we’re lazy for clipping them. Others claim it’s just Aussies knocking words down to size — ta, we’ll have…
On Monday, the federal government announced plans to fix Australia’s “broken migration system” and to “bring migration back to sustainable, normal levels”. Its long-awaited migration strategy aims “to build a migration system that earns the trust and confidence of our citizens”, or what the government calls, “rebuilding the social licence”. The government says these changes…
If you discover that your tenants have been cooking more than dinner in your rental property, it’s going to take more than a going over with some ‘spray and wipe’ to clean the premises. But is meth contamination covered by landlord insurance? Finding out that your investment property has been used as a drug lab…
Saving and investing are two key habits that support financial health, but it’s important to recognise that these two strategies shouldn’t be used interchangeably. Knowing when to invest and when to save requires a carefully planned-out system. You wouldn’t want to miss out on opportunities to grow your wealth—especially with an asset as lucrative as…
If you’ve made the right moves in your career, you could have a decent financial foundation to last you the rest of your days. However, it’s possible for people to reach seniority with an empty bank account. In such cases, thriving in your older years becomes extremely difficult. No matter what age you are, you…
There are plenty of misconceptions floating about concerning landlord insurance. Here are five common ones doing the rounds. Read on to sort the fact from fiction. Ever wondered where some of the ‘facts’ about landlord insurance have come from? So do we! Sometimes we are left scratching our heads about some of the misconceptions we…
Estimates vary, but there are upwards of two billion websites in existence in 2023. If we were to rank all of these websites according to their traffic numbers, we would see a classic power law distribution. At the low end, the vast majority of these websites would be inactive, receiving little to no traffic. On the…
The national accounts released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show economic growth slid to a measly 0.2% in the last quarter. That’s well down from a low 0.4% in the June quarter. Of course, economic growth is not everything. The national accounts don’t measure, for example, unpaid work at home or caring work, volunteering…
