Business Advice

In a busy week for government, unfair insurance contracts are on the agenda, alongside measures to restrict cash payments.

The government is moving ahead with tough new laws designed to tackle Australia's wage theft crisis — but it won't be easy.

How will the government’s default pricing measures work? Are they the best solution? And will small businesses be disadvantaged?

The government's latest company director crackdown will see new laws tackle dodgy resignations and cheap asset sales that rip off creditors.

The Productivity Commission has taken a swipe at the government's $2 billion Business Securitisation Fund, questioning whether it is in the public interest.

Indigenous people don’t necessarily see the benefits of working being worth the required costs the same way as non-Indigenous people.

Small business will remain in cabinet under Michaelia Cash, who has also been promoted to Employment Minister, and will be assisted by Steve Irons.

The Victorian state government is moving to assist business victims of construction blockages with a new communication framework.

Politicians that ignore the small-business vote, or advance policies threatening the economic wellbeing of business owners, disadvantage themselves.

The Coalition has been returned to government and work is already underway to flesh out the state of play in small-business policy.

With Scott Morrison clinching a surprise election victory, the feelings of Australian small-business owners range from ecstatic to despondent.

Bill Shorten says increasing the minimum wage will benefit small businesses. But does that claim stack up? Well, it's complicated.