Keeping the family business together
By Kate Hill, Partner Deloitte Private, Western Sydney
THERE are many successful family businesses in the western suburbs of Sydney ─ some have operated over many generations while others may be grappling with the issues of how to pass the wealth on to the children of the founders.
Diabetes and presenteeism threatens growth
By Mike Walls
PLANS to further develop Western Sydney as a hub for economic growth are unrealistic unless Australia takes the fight against chronic disease and ‘presenteeism’ more seriously, says the Australian Diabetes Council (ADC).
The real story of success
By Mike Walls
IN his remarkable book titled Outliers, author Malcom Gladwell examines the story of success. Nothing remarkable about a book that examines how and why success occurs. Book shops everywhere stock shelves of titles that purport to uncover the golden fleece of wealth, prosperity and happiness.