By David & Leanne Robertson. Fifteen years ago, back in 2008, David & Leanne Robertson were on a weekend camping trip with their family at Halls Gap in Victoria. Alongside them, was a family from Austria, also exploring the area for a few days. As happens, on camping trips, the two families got chatting and despite only sharing 3 or 4 nights together, a friendship was formed. Andy & Petra, along with their two young boys, were in Australia for a 10-month long holiday. As their date of departure was getting closer, they were making plans to leave their vehicle and camping gear in lock-up storage in Sydney as they hoped to return within a couple of years to see more of the country. After inquiring about options, it became obvious that this wasn’t a viable plan as storage costs were quite prohibitive. Having kept in touch with each other […]

Opinion: Kim Radok, Credit Matters. Today, the business community is crying out for employees, yet there seems to be an almost universal campaign to ignore older workers in many businesses. By employing inexperienced and unprofessional employees rather than mature-aged workers, management is exposing their businesses to potentially many profit draining outcomes. The truth is however, generally, mature-aged workers bring many vital skills and experiences to the business. Furthermore, management has nothing to fear as these employees are mostly not interested in taking their jobs and unlike many younger employees, generally have better workplace ethics. There is an old saying, “… you cannot put an old head on young shoulders.” The same applies to your employees. True, younger employees are not burdened by past history, and are generally thinking differently about how a business may operate. In the day-to-day affairs of managing a business however, they lack the experience of older […]