Matthew Elmas
Consumer paralysis: Retailers are burying customers in choice
Do you think you are paying more than you should for energy, banking, insurance, internet and phone services? You are not alone, and you are…
Inventing with integrity: Why red tape doesn’t stifle innovation
Necessity is the mother of invention. It’s what drives entrepreneurs, business leaders and employees to collaborate, innovate and create g…
ATO single touch payroll wizard resigns less than three months from hard reporting deadline
The ATO’s single touch payroll (STP) program lead John Shepherd has resigned less than three months from a hard deadline requiring about 5…
Afterpay faces audit over money laundering and terrorism finance compliance
Afterpay will be forced to appoint an external auditor to run the ruler over its compliance with money laundering laws after regulator AUSTR…
Fair Work raids uncover 725 wage-theft victims and hundreds of “unaware” businesses
A whopping 725 workers have been back-paid more than $330,000 after a series of Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) raids identified worrying levels o…
Kmart owner Wesfarmers to buy Catch Group for $230 million in bid to bolster e-commerce
Kmart and Target owner Wesfarmers has struck a deal to acquire fast-growing e-commerce business Catch Group for $230 million.
The deal, s…
Government’s $2 billion SME finance fund critiqued by Productivity Commission
The Productivity Commission has taken a swipe at the federal government’s $2 billion investment in SME financing, warning taxpayer interve…
Flying cars to hit Melbourne as Uber unveils vision for the future of urban transport
Melburnians could see flying cars overhead within four years, with Uber announcing the city as a testing zone for its new aerial transport p…
Afterpay asks investors for $300 million to chase 400% increase in underlying sales by 2022
Buy-now-pay-later provider Afterpay is asking investors for $300 million to help it realise an ambitious target of a four-fold increase in u…
“Lean ships”: Cash-strapped small businesses plan to snub $30,000 instant asset write-off
A government move to increase the instant asset write-off threshold to $30,000 earlier this year was applauded by small business advocates, …
