October 2013 Issue 87

It’s a hat trick for Aspen Medical
Features
Protecting troops on the frontline in Afghanistan is just one project led by the 2013 ACT Exporter of the Year, Aspen Medical - whose exports rocketed to $44million in 2012-2013. The Canberra-based healthcare provider was crowned Exporter of the Year for the third consecutive year during the ACT Chief Minister's Export Awards Luncheon at the Hyatt Hotel on September 26...
Meetings, mung beans and the mountain pose.
Features
How one business incorporates health and wellbeing into their workplace Carol Benda, Coordinator at Women's Legal Centre, gazes out of the boardroom window and notices how the clouds are forming long streaks in the sky. Ordinarily she would bring her mind back to the staff meeting, but in this case, she and all eight staff members are lying prostrate on...
Unpaid overtime: what’s the real cost??
Features
More than a quarter of employers report that their people are clocking up increasing amounts of overtime and over 60 per cent say that those extra hours are unpaid. Pressure on organisations to increase productivity means that existing teams are being asked to do more work with the same number of heads. If not managed carefully, this has the potential...
How will the NDIS impact your organisation?
Cover Story
Implementation of the new National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will bring welcome changes to services for the 140,000 or so people with a disability, and those who support them. It will also have a major impact on organisations operating in the disability and community services sector. If you operate in this sector, the organisation landscape is about to radically change....
Digital Canberra
G2B: Chief Minister’s Message
It's no secret that much contemporary business innovation is technology-reliant, particularly in a city such as Canberra - dominated as we are by the services sector. This innovation isn't confined to the private sector. The expectations that Canberrans have for public service provision are also being influenced by new digital technologies and digital platforms, and by changing private sector service...
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