Politics
A roller-coaster ride: A timeline of Australia’s scant investment in science and technology
By Kylie Walker, Australian National University and Emma Johnston, UNSW
Evidence from across the world shows that public investment in sc…
“Referendum on wages”: Bill Shorten spruiks pay rise, tax cuts and skills investment in 2019 budget reply
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says the upcoming election will be a “referendum on wages”, asking small business to back efforts for a worke…
Instant asset write-off passes in post-budget Senate blitz
The government’s instant asset write-off expansion was passed through the Senate yesterday afternoon and is expected to be voted on in the…
Budget 2019: Government flags expanded single touch payroll regime to aid welfare crackdown
The government has proposed expanding the single touch payroll (STP) reporting regime to enable more data to be collected for use by the tax…
Budget 2019: Millions for Fair Work Ombudsman sham contracting crackdown squad
The coalition wants to crack down on sham contracting and has proposed giving the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) an extra $9.2 million over four …
Budget 2019: Billions for STEM commercialisation, but only one mention of “startup”
The government has committed an extra $1.2 billion to Australia’s Medical Research Investment Plan to support commercialisation projects, …
Budget 2019: Instant asset write-off boosted to $30,000, set to save small business $700 million
In a surprise pre-election pitch to small business, the government has proposed another boost to the instant asset write-off which would inc…
Budget 2019: $61 million for SME exports but no action on onerous grant process
The government is looking to back SMEs exporting overseas ahead of the election, proposing $61 million over three years to help businesses g…
Budget 2019: Government proposes income tax red tape for ABN holders
The government has proposed adding red tape to the Australian Business Number (ABN) system to safeguard it against black economy behaviour.
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Budget 2019: Government wants to double business incentives in bid to create 80,000 apprentices
Incentive payments for businesses looking to employ apprentices would double to $8,000 per placement under a $525 million government proposa…
