Business Advice

AUKUS could become a gold mine for US venture capitalists — just ask the founders of a new business network set up to take advantage of the deal.

A fairer competitive landscape will help small businesses cope with persistent inflation and economic volatility, Small Business Minister Julie Collins says, outlining the federal government's approach to small business support in 2024.

Disaster assistance grants of up to $50,000 have been extended to small businesses across south-east Queensland, as communities across the state begin the long recovery from recent flooding and extreme storms.

'Black cladding' is a practice where a non-Indigenous business takes unfair advantage to win otherwise inaccessible Indigenous deals.

Queensland has a new small business minister in Lance McCallum, who replaces Di Farmer in Premier Steven Miles' new-look cabinet.

The federal government has rustled up $9.8 billion in savings since the May budget through a combination of spending cuts and reprioritisations, including measures focused on the business sector. 

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will stand down at the end of the week, ending a nearly nine-year tenure in the top job while closing a complex chapter in the state government's relationship with its 473,000 small businesses.

Employers can expect to pay higher wages when recruiting talent from overseas, and new rules will crack down on "non-genuine" students and dodgy education providers, under a long-awaited reset of Australia's temporary migration regime.

Queensland Deputy Premier deputy Steven Miles is the frontrunner to take over from Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, who finishes up this week.

Take a rare peek into a day in the life of Julie Collins MP, a minister championing not one, but three incredibly diverse and demanding portfolios.

Former CEO of COSBOA Peter Strong says the Australian workplace relations system is the most complex in the world, and it may be very difficult for small businesses to 'look at the detail'.

It is alarming the Albanese government has rammed the Closing Loopholes Bill through the Lower House despite being roundly rejected as flawed and unworkable by small businesses, says COSBOA.