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Yasmin Allen

January 2021

Cochlear, Santos and ASX director Yasmin Allen.

Directors look to 2021 with a sense of optimism

While leading directors say they have a positive outlook for the next 12 months, there’s a feeling business sectors will be divided into winners and ‘big, big losers’.

  • Sally Patten
Karen Moses says a sharper focus on climate change and ESG will bring significant investment.

Why 2021 will be the year of investing in renewables

Apart from the pandemic, 2020 was the year ESG became mainstream, and companies’ new focus on the environment is predicted to bring significant investment.

  • Sally Patten

November 2020

"In the UK market, it is not as easy for everyone to know each other so it's actually less about who you know, and jobs are advertised," says Westpac contractor James Low of the London recruitment market.

COVID-19 trigger for expats to come home

With returning to Australia no longer as easy as hopping on a flight, roughly a fifth of Australia's highly skilled expat community has come home in 2020.

  • Sally Patten

July 2020

The use of protective equipment for NSW police is based on operational risk, but they may opt to do so if they wish.

'Sledgehammer' border approach will spell end for some businesses

Directors are pessimistic about the economic recovery from the second Melbourne shutdown, which has knocked the confidence out of companies following Australia's early success containing COVID-19.

  • Sally Patten

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