Omicron border rules threaten recovery in the travel and hospitality industries this Christmas
Small businesses are paying close attention to the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant around the world, as shifting border restrictions threaten economic recovery in the travel and hospitality industries.
“It’s a massive relief”: NSW small businesses welcome easing of COVID-19 restrictions
Small businesses in NSW have just weeks before they can trade without having to comply with tough vaccine rules, after the state government confirmed it will lift the majority of COVID-19 restrictions in December.
Small businesses left confused about vaccines as SA border rules ease
The easing of COVID-19 restrictions in South Australia has elicited mixed responses from the small business community, as an influx of visitors is set to bring more trade as well as greater risks.
Morrison’s claim that business should make their own vaccine mandate decisions leaves SMEs “flying blind”
Morrison says businesses should make their own vaccine mandate decisions, undermining state orders and creating yet more confusion for SMEs.
Queensland businesses face $13,785 penalties for serving unvaccinated customers
COVID-19 restrictions are set to ease in Queensland for fully vaccinated people only, meaning small businesses will have to check customers’ vaccination status on arrival.
Melbourne hospitality industry is far from recovered, says beleaguered bar owner Maz Salt
Restrictions may have eased for Melbourne hospitality businesses, but debt and staffing challenges are still pushing them to breaking point.
The Great Reassessment: Morrison promises 280,000 new jobs, but Aussies’ work priorities are shifting
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is promising hundreds of thousands of new jobs in the lead-up to Christmas. But as the so-called Great Resignation looms and businesses struggle to find the staff they desperately need, employers can't go back to a pre-COVID 'normal'.
Small business groups back NSW push to wind back COVID-19 workers comp coverage
Small business groups are backing the NSW government’s controversial push to scrap a law that gives frontline staff automatic access to workers compensation if they catch COVID-19.
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky predicts a “travel revolution”, as businesses prepare for the post-pandemic surge in bookings
Aussie businesses are getting ready for an influx of travel bookings as COVID-19 restrictions ease locally and around the world.
Service NSW pays backlog of 19,500 small business grants as police investigate fraud
Service NSW is working through a backlog of overdue COVID-19 business support payments, after it called in police to investigate ‘anomalies’ in some applications.
Four of Maz Salt’s Melbourne bars become latest casualties of lockdown
A string of Melbourne bars owned by hospitality entrepreneur Maz Salt have closed for good, as the city's lockdowns take their toll.
COVID-19 drives YBF tech hub to call in liquidators
Aussie co-working space and tech hub YBF is in liquidation, following long stretches of COVID-19 restrictions that have seen CBDs almost empty.
