The good and great of Australian business will start to trickle back to work on Monday morning, but it’s unlikely many will be bouncing back into the office.

The terrible bushfires engulfing so much of the nation have put things into perspective for all of us; the normal cut and thrust of doing business won’t seem so important while the disaster continues. Already we have seen many of our biggest companies – Woolworths, Wesfarmers and Telstra – doing their bit towards disaster relief.