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The article focuses on the relationship of neuroscience in the successful introduction of organizational change as depicted in "The Neuroscience of Leadership" paper of research psychiatrist Jeffrey Schwartz and leadership coach David Rock. It asserts that nature of the brain as well as the predisposition of individual should be considered in implementing organizational transformation. It details the functions of different parts of the brain before resisting or accepting changes.

The article reports that members of the periodicals' Rich 200 in Australia have been his harder than most by the global financial crisis in 2008. These businessmen include Solomon Lew, Laurence Freedman and Kevin Seymour. The paper provides information about their 2008 wealth, key portfolios and their average 2008 return.

The article features the top Australian businessmen hit by the global financial crisis in 2008. They are James Packer, Richard Pratt, Bruce Gordon and Gerry Harvey. The paper provides information on the businessmen's 2008 wealth, their investment strategy, key portfolios and their average returns in 2008.

Information about several papers discussed at the roundtable meeting hosted by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) Private Clients and Business Review Weekly (BRW) magazine held in Australia is presented. Topics include privately selling a business and initial public offering (IPO). The meeting featured several speakers including John Livington, Alan Elliott, and Adam Schwab.

The article discusses the survey conducted by nonprofit organization Clean Up Australia which shows the number of plastic bags used in Australia every year and the number of it that ends up as landfill. It outlines some areas in Australia wherein plastic bags are being banned which include Canberra, South Australia and Tasmania. According to managing director Peter Byrne of Combined Group of Cos. that the trolley bags are sold in a set of four and designed to fit into shopping trolleys.

The article offers tips on creating a financial model for a startup. It notes that creating a financial model, usually done in a spreadsheet, is a critical project for any entrepreneur as it helps identify key drivers of a business. It suggests first sketching out customer interactions in a sheet of paper, working out main revenue items, the cost of sales and different types of expenses. Data are input in rows and months in columns of the spreadsheet, with notes on key assumptions and drivers.

The article offers cheap and simple ideas to consider to attain a sustainable workplace. It offers information about air-conditioning, recycling furniture and fittings, providing staff with individual mugs instead of paper and polystyrene-insulated cups, switching off lights when not in use, and checking water taps and fixing leaks to save water. Moreover, achieving a sustainable workplace includes making sure that staff works in a sustainable fashion.

The article examines the profits of stocks of different companies in Australia compiled as of September 2008. The paper provides information about the companies' stock price changes from September 2007 to August 2008, earnings per share, dividend share and dividend yield, market capitalization and share price as of September 2008.

The article reports that futures and derivatives could be prudent asset classes to cushion the blows from jittery markets in Australia. Instead of shying away from equities in times of volatility, investors can make instability work for their portfolio by buying into volatility itself. The paper provides tips and strategies for investing in futures and derivatives.

The article reports on the stock market performance of Australia-based mining services firm Saunders as of August 2008. The paper provides a graph showing changes in the company's share price from September 2007 to August 2008 and a chart showing changes in its earnings per share and dividend yield for the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 financial years.

The article reports on the prototype of an electronic drug prescription service that will be tried in the Northern Territory. The service aims to eradicate paper scripts through the use of digital signatures. According to the proponents of the project, the service is a symbolic step forward for Medicare in terms of enabling an electronically connected health care system in the future.

The article reports on the increased attention given by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to unsubstantiated green claims in advertising. The ACCC has come down hard on automobile manufacturer Saab for alleged false representations in printed advertisements. The ACCC has also put out a discussion paper to help companies launching green marketing initiatives and to give tips on making accurate environmental statements and claims in advertising material.

The article focuses on the periodical’s ranking of the top engineering firms in Australia for 2007. The ranking shows huge growth reflected in the strain on staff resources. The list includes Worley Parsons, Sinclair Knight Merz and Coffey International. The paper provides information on the companies’ ownership structure, 2007 net profits and revenues.

The article reports on Australian engineers' increased effort to incorporate sustainable design in infrastructure projects. As part of the effort, Engineers Australia has released a sustainability charter and energy options paper designed to address the problem of climate change. The author reports that the charter summarizes the profession's objectives with respect to sustainable development.

The article explores the growth potential of several waste management companies in Australia. Transpacific Industries, a provider of industrial cleaning and waste management services, has succeeded its takeover bid of New Zealand industry leader Waste Management. Baxter Group has diversified into sand and soil mining, bin hire, paper collection and others, after two landfill sites in Melbourne, Australia. Austral Waste acquired a resource recovery contract in Wangara in Perth.

The article discusses issues whether Graeme Hart will invest in Amcor Ltd., a company that engages in paper and packaging, or in Lion Nathan Ltd., a beer company, in Australia. The author cites a statement from an investment bank which describes the habitual procedure of Hart to acquire weakening commodity businesses, make the first move to improve operations of those businesses and then clarify their value as the businesses had recovered. According to the author, the operations of Amcor and Lion Nathan fit to the preferences of Hart.

The article focuses on the wastage disposal in Australia. Revenue growth in the waste disposal industry has been forecast to 3.1 percent a year to 2010. The states with the highest waste per person is Western Australia, at 1400 kilograms per person. Recycling has increased which includes, the 95 percent of households that recycles waste and water, about 88 percent of paper and 86 percent of plastic bottles.

Reports on the international marketing campaign launched by Tourism Australia, the federal tourism organization formed as part of the Australian government's 2004 Tourism White Paper initiative. Plans to focus in 2005 on the markets where the potential for inbound visitor growth is strongest in volume and yield; Increase in the number of visitors to Australia from China; Projected increase in the Chinese arrivals in 2005.

Discusses the impact of the Australian Marketing Institute's marketing metrics discussion paper issued in August 2004. First step in persuading skeptical boards and chief executives of the value of marketing; Increasing the chances of marketers being invited on to the board of directors; Measurement of the effectiveness of the marketing function and its contribution to overall corporate financial performance.

Outlines regulator of self-managed super funds, Australian Taxation Office's (ATO) discussion paper on business real estate. Availability of the guideline on ATO Web site; Exclusion of residential rental real estate as business real estate; Exclusive use of the property for business.

Discusses the research paper, titled `Seven Giant Steps that Reinvented Marketing,' by Samuel Thompson, presented at the annual conference of the Worldwide Association of Professional Marketers in New York City. Creation of a taskforce to conduct a research project designed to analyze effects of advertising on the quadrants of the brain; Establishment of one centralized system of media audience measurement.

Focuses on the decision on financial disclosure for investors in Australia made by the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC). Discussion paper on the issue released by ASIC; Basis of the decision explained by investment consultant Ian Matheson.

Presents information on the `statement of principles' issued by the British Accounting Standards Board. Uproar to paper caused by the radical approach recommended for financial reporting; Description of the reaction to the paper; Urging issue by Ernst & Young; Comments from the Accounting Standard Board.

Reports on the million dollar loss experienced by Minproc Engineers in 1995. Period when loss was experienced; Amount of money lossed; Causes for the loss; When was the loss announced; Publication of `Diversity-The Key to Prosperity for an International Service Company'; Who presented the paper; What was the topic of the paper.

Reports that mining companies, paper makers and insurers will report big gains, but that there will be disappointments in other segments of the Australian economy when the December 31, 1995 half-year profit reporting begins in February 1996. Low interest rates; Rising raw material prices and wages; Details of the Barcep report; Details of the performance of major companies in solid fuels, paper and packaging, transportation, oil and gas, developing and contracting, and others.

Reports that Sydney, Australia's tabloid `Daily Telegraph Mirror,' published by News Ltd. will be renamed `Daily Telegraph' to reflect consumers' perception of the paper. Creation of the paper from a merger between `Daily Telegraph' and `Daily Mirror' in 1990; Staff changes at News Ltd.

Focuses on the home office equipment and furniture market in Australia. Increase in demand for home office furniture and furnishings; Product offerings and business strategies of furniture retailers in the country.

Focuses on a move by unions to negotiate a national framework agreement across the manufacturing sector in Australia. Implications for key industries; Metal Trades Federation Unions' issuance of a paper detailing a strategy to achieve an agreement with the Australian Industry Group.

Discusses taxation reform in Australia as of May 1999 and the politically sensitive issue of what will happen to family trusts. Trusts figuring prominently in the lives of those in the Liberal and National Party heartlands; The Ralph committee discussion paper on business taxation and the options it offers; Comments from Michael Hart of the law firm Cleary Hoare; Discussion of fringe benefits tax.

Presents information on the Ralph Committee discussion paper on business taxation in Australia entitled `A Platform for Consultation.' How the report lists options for tax reforms but states no preferences; Comments from tax consultant Geoff Peterson on the report; The government's restrictive terms of reference for the review; Lack of solution for capital gains tax (CGT); Overview of the main points.

Discusses the Australian Stock Exchange's (ASX) plan for a second tier of the All Ordinaries index for companies with low capitalization. ASX's discussion paper on its proposal and the reaction among listed property trusts; Details on the proposed ASXmid250 index; Liquidity requirements, and minimum annualized daily turnovers; Comments from Richard Gilbert of the Investment and Financial Services Management Association.

Presents information on small capitalization stocks and investors' changing view towards them in the late 1990s. Research questioning the existence of the `small-cap effect'; History of investment in small companies; How in the 1970 small caps began to out-perform large caps even after allowing for a reasonable liquidity discount; Discussion of what that discount should be; Paper by Jonathan Berk of the United States on discounts for small caps.

Presents information on the agreement between United States company Monsanto and Australian technology company ForBio to produce a genetically engineered gum tree for pulp and paper that will grow more quickly than an unaltered tree. Other forestry companies working on trees for lumber including Fletcher Challenge; ForBio's history as a high-technology company; Dangers to farmers and tree growers from genetically engineered products.

Cites some of the challenges faced by Amcor Ltd. managing director Russell Jones in his bid to improve the company's performance. Jones' career history; Financial performance of the company in the year 1997-1998; Jones' initial formula for lifting profits; Need for capital investment; Potential difficulties in the company's fine paper business.

Presents information on the television advertising campaign behind Libra Ultra Thins pads in Australia. Impact on sales; Advertisements designed by Clemenger Melbourne; Commercials avoiding the usual tactics and settling on an edgy tone; Sanitary protection products maker Sancella and the difficulty of deciding whether or not to do the advertisements.

Reports on how two of Australia's largest property owners are tightening their compliance programs to ensure that their investments do not breach environmental standards. Efforts of AMP Asset Management Australia; Comments from business development manager, Hugh Hollier; Environmental issues including paper recycling, noise and dust; Lend Lease Property Management's environmental program.

Reports on Don Mercer's work at the National Office of the Information Economy in Australia in helping to develop the coalition government's information technology (IT) policy. White paper on IT by United States presidential advisor, Ira Magaziner impressing Mercer; Importance of developing an IT policy to be carried on by future governments; Prime Minister John Howard's industry policy statement.

Reports that in the past two years a revolution has occurred in Australian fixed-interest markets that has been largely unnoticed by private investors and the full significance of which might not yet be reflected in share prices. How Australian three-year bonds are selling at a lower yield than similar United States paper; Significant change in the semi-government securities market; Comments from Laurence Freedman, who had launched an Australian bond fund in the United States.

Debates the superiority of the Australian Society of CPA's education program to that of the Institute of Chartered Accountants' (ICA) professional year program. The view of Trevor Hall, a CPA and solicitor with a New South Wales law enforcement agency; His conclusion in an unpublished paper that a comparison of the two exams is nothing short of an embarrassment for the ICA; The contesting of Hall's conclusions by Calvin Yap, who took both examinations.

Examines the budget in Australia as of May, 1997. Belief that Australian Treasurer Peter Costello's 1997 budget may not become apparent for three or four years; The strategy of the budget in 1996; Costello's acknowledgment of the risk that the current-account deficit poses to the economic outlook; The budget paper's brief reference to the current-account deficit; The main criticism of the 1996 by budget by Access Economics.

Presents Australian news briefs for the week of May 19, 1997. The Cabinet approval of Prime Minister John Howard's 10-point plan to deal with the issue of native title on pastoral leases; Decline in paper maker Amcor's profits; The lobbying of the media by James Packer; Australian swimmer Susie Maroney as the first person to swim from Cuba to the United States.

Discusses the status of the catalogue industry in Australia as of May 1997. The impact of the rise in paper prices during 1995 and 1996; The importance of catalogues as an advertising medium; Comments from Barry Coad, the chairman of the Australian Catalogue Association.

Looks at challenges facing governments in 1997 as a result of the increasing popularity of Internet commerce. Difficulties monitoring transactions for tax purposes; The problems encountered by those attempting to apply traditional tax concepts to the Internet; Details of a US Treasury Department discussion paper, which highlights the dilemma facing governments.

Reports on the launching of `The Star & SA Times' newspaper by Australian Provincial Newspapers (APN). Plans to produce papers for ethnic market by APN major shareholder Tony O'Reilly.

Reports that in an effort to stop the market pricing of its shares, Fletcher Challenge is selling its shares. Division and categorizing of shares; Translation of shares to paper; Intentions of the company; Comments from Hugh Fletcher, managing director, of Fletcher Challenge.

Relates how paper converter Clifford Converting achieved manufacturing efficiency under the leadership of general manager Arthur Williams. Change in production method introduced by Williams; Organization of the production line; Preparation of the schedules around people; Removal of machines which cause high work in progress; Lateral management implemented by Williams.

Presents criticism on the quality of Australia's accounting research, made by Graeme Dean, an associate professor at Sydney University's accounting department, in a yet-to-be-published paper `Reflections on Accounting Research.' Counter-criticism faced by Dean; Details.

Opinion. Comments on five Australian executives' strategies to remain in competition. Rupert Murdoch's linking of telephone networks with his information/entertainment services; Kerry Packer's decision to focus on his Nine Network; Richard Pratt's expansion of his paper company; Frank Lowy's introduction of entertainment in his shopping centers; David Hains' operation of an investment portfolio.

Discusses the different approaches taken by Australian forestry companies to valuing and recognizing plantations for accounting purposes. Efforts of accounting and tax authorities to address the lack of official accounting guidance; Discussion paper on self-generating and regenerating assets; Scrutiny of issues relating to forestry and tax treatment.

Reports on the Victorian government's proposal to abolish compulsory registration for property valuers. Reaction of the valuation industry; Impact of the legislation on the industry; MacQuarie Bank associate director for property investment banking Chris Breach's paper report `Property Market Changes.'