Politics
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…
Indigenous employment rates won’t improve if policy doesn’t reflect Indigenous values
By George Denny-Smith, UNSW and Martin Loosemore, UNSW
Adelaide football great Eddie Betts was just 15 when he moved to Melbourne from Po…
Small business survives Morrison’s cabinet reshuffle and Michaelia Cash emerges with additional sway
Small-business advocates are responding positively to news of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s new cabinet as the sector waits to see how t…
Victorian businesses to receive relief for construction blockages
Local governments are being encouraged to sign up to a new charter designed to improve construction disruption for Victorian small businesse…
Peter Strong: Small business was key to winning the election, so ignore us at your own peril
Scott Morrison must be congratulated on achieving an outcome for the election that very few predicted. The win gives confidence to the small…
What does a Coalition government mean for small business?
After winning Saturday’s election, Prime Minister Scott Morrison is in the process of finalising his first cabinet for Australia’s 46th p…
Fantastic or forlorn? Business owners divided on Coalition win, but wage growth concerns trump all
With Scott Morrison and the Coalition clinching a surprise election victory on Saturday night, the feelings of Australian small-business own…
Will Labor’s minimum wage boost “flow back into the tills of small business”? It’s complicated
“When we boost the spending power of working people the money flows back into the tills of small business.”
That is what Opposition L…
Taxpayer-subsidised waste: The instant asset write-off isn’t all its cracked up to be
By Steven Hamilton, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
The third leg of the government’s budget (and elec…
Word on the street is a Labor victory is imminent — should we be nervous or intrigued?
Speak to the business community and it’s quickly apparent it’s starting to get a little twitchy. Despite the Coalition holding on to pow…
