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Last week was “energy week” – with a number of policy announcements from the Federal Government, and yesterday’s launch of the Low Emissions Statement yesterday signalling the prioritisation of hydrogen storage, low carbon manufacturing and carbon capture on our transition away from coal and towards a more renewable future.

When COVID-19 hit, new listings on the stock market took a dive.

The impacts of COVID-19 will continue to be massive on businesses and individuals alike.

AI, big data, machine learning, the Internet of Things – all things that were “coming” in the years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic and are now staring us in the face.

The government has said the economy needs to ‘grow’ out of the recession. Innovation will be to key to this.

COVID-19 has brought with it a tumultuous yet interesting time for the manufacturing sector.

If the government’s economic outlook last week tells us anything, it’s that we need to be realistic about the Australian economy.

The Australian family business doesn’t just mean the café down the road. Spanning nearly every industry and size, the nimble nature of family businesses has meant that many have thrived during COVID – some even more so than their more corporatised competitors.

When COVID hit, the combination of JobKeeper, banks deferring principal and interest payments, and temporary changes to insolvency laws gave businesses some much needed breathing space – preventing the immediate tsunami of insolvencies many were anticipating.

During the Global Financial Crisis we saw a tightening of liquidity from traditional sources – which took a period of nearly five years to bounce back.

The future of work is being redefined right now. With more and more businesses embracing flexible working, this will have an impact on the commercial property sector.

Universities have experienced so much change over the last few years.