Peter Strong: Australia Post has lost its way, and small businesses are the collateral damage
Australia Post is using its market power to damage small businesses, says Peter Strong from the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia.
It’s time to put Australia’s governments’ tradie fetish in the bin
If you look at governments' tradie-focused announcements, "you would believe there is literally no other industry in Australia".
Berejiklian government unveils $10 million Return to Work grants program for women
Women in NSW will be able to apply for up to $5,000 through a new Return to Work grants program which is part of the 2020-21 state budget.
Australia just signed the world’s biggest trade deal. How will it work?
Australia just signed the world’s largest free-trade deal, intended to boost imports and exports with lower tariffs across 15 countries.
Biden has pledged to embrace science: This is good news for tech, the environment and the public interest to boot
In his acceptance speech, US President-Elect Joe Biden signalled a return to science as a key policy shift for the United States.
Mike Baird replaces Will Hodgman as chair of the $540 million Business Growth Fund
Former New South Wales premier Mike Baird has been appointed to chair the federal government’s Business Growth Fund.
The Payment Times Reporting Scheme will come into effect on January 1: Here’s what SMEs need to know
The Payment Times Reporting Scheme aims to improve SME cashflow by making reporting entities disclose their payment terms and times.
NSW budget to allocate $57.4 million to help women and mature workers get trade qualifications
The NSW government will commit $57.4 million in the upcoming state budget to create a new centre to give more women and mature workers access to trades training.
Infrastructure megaprojects “are too slow to be effective stimulus” and should be a last resort: Grattan Institute
Governments should focus on upgrading and improving existing infrastructure, according to a new paper from the Grattan Institute.
Startups champion Ed Husic rejoins the Labor frontbench as Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Resources
Labor MP and staunch supporter of the Aussie tech sector Ed Husic is back in the shadow cabinet, 18 months after he stepped down.
Back in 2016, Joe Biden said Australia could become the innovation hub of the southern hemisphere
Four years ago, US president-elect Joe Biden foreshadowed Australia becoming the "innovation hub of the southern hemisphere".
JobMaker is nowhere near bold enough: The government should make these four fundamental changes
Official forecasts say unemployment won’t fall to 5.5% until 2024. JobMaker as presently configured won’t do enough to speed it up.
