Posts tagged "Assistant Treasurer"

Compensation for small businesses hit by yesterday's Optus network outage "has to be on the table," Financial Services Minister Stephen Jones says, as entrepreneurs across the country deal with the aftermath of lost sales and severed communications.

Bad faith business practices are why the Australian government is taking action to stop large multinational corporations from hiding behind false structures to unfairly reduce their tax bill.

A sharp division has emerged between the ACCC and Competition Minster Andrew Leigh over the need for action to improve the performance of the Australian economy.

It is "critical" for small businesses to protect their payments with Australia's new eInvoicing protocol, Minister for Financial Services and Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones says.

The government has agreed to strengthen rules protecting suppliers from Woolworths, Coles and Aldi following a review of the industry code.

It has emerged the ATO will be responsible for administering a tax clinic trial which will help businesses with ATO disputes.

Labor Senator Mark Arbib has stepped down from his role as Small Business Minister, much to the exasperation of the small business sector, w…