Politics
Bill Shorten defends plans to tax trusts and takes aim at high energy prices, slow internet speeds
Opposition leader Bill Shorten has defended his controversial plan to tax discretionary trusts at a flat 30% and placed energy prices, inter…
COSBOA, BCA sign cooperation deal to dispel “David and Goliath” narrative between big and small businesses
The Council of Small Business of Australia (COSBOA) and the Business Council of Australia (BCA) will today sign a memorandum of understandi…
Peter Strong: Is Australia in ruins? And are all Australian businesses horrible?
Is it really so bad in Australia? Do we have an ‘us and them’ culture? Do we have too many rich people and not enough poor people?
Th…
SA Budget: From banks to payroll tax, what SMEs should know
Banks are up in arms over the South Australian government’s plan to introduce its own banks levy, but the state government insists its newly…
NSW budget axes insurance duty for small businesses across the state
New South Wales Treasurer Dominic Perrottet says the state’s 2017 budget will relieve cost pressures for 600,000 small businesses in the reg…
Peter Strong: Why the energy debate has failed small business
For decades we have had debate and discussion around climate change and what to do about it. The debates have generated more emotion than so…
Greens take up payment times fight for SMEs with a law to punish late payers
The Australian Greens will seek to legislate on late payments for SMEs, saying the Liberal government has no demonstrated track record in h…
As George Christensen pledges to protect penalty rates, do SMEs have more worries than wage levels?
Nationals parliamentarian George Christensen has entered the debate over changes to penalty rates with his own policy alternative, as SMEs …
SME reaction to federal budget lukewarm but mostly positive: Survey
SMEs have had mixed reactions to the 2017 federal budget, but only 16% have rated it negatively, according to a survey undertaken by account…
Nick Xenophon calls for blanket “turnover tax” for tech giants Google and Facebook, but experts warn it’s “not feasible”
South Australian independent senator Nick Xenophon has used the government’s major bank levy to call for a “turnover tax” on internati…
