Coronavirus

“A cloud of concern”: Small businesses enter summer trading amid rising COVID-19 cases

Coronavirus Update For Business

Lois Maskiell

22 December 2021

Business owners are approaching the summer trading period with trepidation, as rising COVID-19 case numbers put workers out of action and increase the chance of more restrictions.

NSW makes late changes to vaccination and testing rules for workers in Sydney hotspots

Coronavirus

Lois Maskiell

30 August 2021

Frontline workers who need to leave a COVID-19 hotspot in Sydney for work now have until next Monday to receive their first coronavirus vaccine, following last minute changes to public health orders.

Explained: New vaccination and permit rules in Sydney’s LGAs of concern

Coronavirus

Lois Maskiell

26 August 2021

Tougher public health rules affecting workers in Sydney’s 12 hotspot suburbs are coming into effect this weekend, including vaccination, testing and permit requirements.

Check-in rules are changing in Victoria. Here’s everything you need to know

Coronavirus Update For Business

Lois Maskiell

4 June 2021

Victorian retail stores are now required to electronically check in all their customers, irrespective of how long patrons spend in store.

Victoria announces $209.3 million in extra business support, doubling grants for businesses hit by 14-day lockdown

Coronavirus

Lois Maskiell

2 June 2021

The Victorian government will double the value of grants for businesses affected by the extension of the lockdown in Melbourne.

Take away, click-and-collect or closed: Victoria announces new COVID-19 restrictions as the state enters lockdown from midnight

Coronavirus

Lois Maskiell

27 May 2021

Businesses in Victoria will enter their fourth coronavirus lockdown from midnight tonight, as a cluster in Melbourne's outer northern suburbs grows to 26 cases.

SMEs can now borrow up to $5 million in expanded government loan scheme

Coronavirus Update For Business

Lois Maskiell

11 March 2021

The government has expanded its SME loan scheme, offering loans of up to $5 million as part of a post-JobKeeper support package.

Australia’s coronavirus vaccine rollout set to begin next week: Here’s what SMEs need to know

Coronavirus

Lois Maskiell

16 February 2021

Australia's coronavirus vaccine rollout is set to begin next week, after 142,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine landed in the country yesterday.

Constant border changes make doing business interstate “impossible”: Employer groups

Coronavirus

Lois Maskiell

12 January 2021

With most states, except NSW, aiming to eliminate the coronavirus, employer groups say constantly changing borders rules are making it "impossible" for businesses.

Coronavirus update for business: Deliveroo’s unfair dismissal stoush, David Jones sales dive, and shoppers return to centres

Coronavirus Update For Business

Matthew Elmas

28 May 2020

Deliveroo in hot water over email sacking, David Jones will close stores as sales dive, and new data shows shoppers are heading back to the mall.