Australia vs Facebook: The battle over advertising revenue, consumer data and the ‘attention economy’
Facebook has blocked the sharing of news content in Australia, and last month, Google threatened to exit the market. So what’s prompting these nuclear options?
Small business ombudsman Kate Carnell backs calls for affordable childcare
A disproportionate number of women business owners find affordable access to childcare in Australia a barrier to growing their businesses.
What employers can learn about duty of care from the government’s handling of Brittany Higgins’ alleged sexual assault
The alleged rape of Brittany Higgins has brought a renewed focus to the duty of care that employers owe to their employees in the workplace.
Facebook blocks all Australian news in response to proposed media bargaining law
Small businesses are caught up in Facebook’s ban on Australian news content, as even non-news organisations are blocked from sharing content.
Retail and hospitality to reopen as Victoria’s “circuit breaker” lockdown ends tonight
Victoria's "circuit breaker" coronavirus lockdown will end this evening, after the state recorded no new cases overnight.
Government scraps Better Off Overall Test change from Fair Work reforms, and Labor stands firm on opposing whole bill
The government has caved to crossbench pressure to drop its plan to enable the suspension of the Better Off Overall Test for COVID-affected businesses.
Collins Foods to give back $1.8 million in JobKeeper for now-closed Sizzler stores
Collins Foods will give back $1.8 million in JobKeeper received by its nine Sizzler restaurants in the final months before they closed down.
Australia’s coronavirus vaccine rollout set to begin next week: Here’s what SMEs need to know
Australia's coronavirus vaccine rollout is set to begin next week, after 142,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine landed in the country yesterday.
“Smokescreen for monopoly”: Small business groups criticise banks’ plan to merge eftpos, BPAY and NPP Australia
The big banks' plan to merge eftpos, BPAY and NPP Australia into a single payment system has come under fire by small business groups.
Donations and fast-tracked grants: National Retail Association and Peter Dutton under the microscope
Just eight days after the National Retail Association made a donation, an $880,000 grant from Peter Dutton’s office was fast-tracked.
Despite what Michael McCormack would have you believe, agriculture should play a starring role in a net-zero-emissions Australia
To separate agriculture from the issue of climate change is to ignore the utterly interdependent relationship of the two.
Small business groups urge the federal government to offer $5,000 financial advice subsidies to SMEs
Small business advocates are urging the government to give SMEs grants of up to $5,000 for financial advice after JobKeeper comes to an end.
