Business Advice

The small business community will be closely watching where this government moves on the economy and on removing the cumbersome complexity that bedevils workplace relations, writes Peter Strong.

The shape of Australia's looming Jobs and Skills Summit is becoming clearer, as senior federal government ministers tout the end of one-sided enterprise agreement terminations and a new kind of digital skills apprenticeship as leading items on the agenda.

A state-by-state breakdown shows state governments are spending $44 million on trade representatives overseas. What do taxpayers get for it?

Alister Henskens will take on the trade portfolio, following the resignation of Stuart Ayres.

Premier Dominic Perrottet says a draft review "raised a concern" about MP Stuart Ayres' links to the saga, but Ayres denies wrongdoing.

MP Rebekha Sharkie says expanding the aged pension income test would remove barriers keeping experienced staff from the workplace.

More Australian businesses could close if the government does not stage a drastic intervention to correct an "alarming" 10% gas shortfall forecast in 2023.

Former small business minister Eleni Petinos was removed from cabinet last night at the end of a crisis-filled week for the state government.

Australian small businesses will be given six months to adjust to a new federal government plan that will see 11 million workers gain access to paid domestic violence leave.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has outlined his legislative agenda as Parliament resumes, without mentioning a massive tax offset scheme.

There is a fierce debate going on about whether governments — and by extension, the rest of us — are doing enough to counter the spread of the virus.

The whole purpose of the Australian Building and Construction Commission was to lift productivity in the construction sector. So did it?