Last year marked the first time in a decade that there was a synchronised weakness in new housing starts across all eight states and territo…
Last year marked the first time in a decade that there was a synchronised weakness in new housing starts across all eight states and territo…
Around budget time each year, and whenever tax reform is discussed, property investors shudder at the thought of the abolition of negative g…
The Coalition would deliver a budget surplus in its first year in office, says shadow treasurer Joe Hockey, but managers and consumers will …
In last year’s Federal Budget on 10 May 2011, the Government announced it would establish a new reporting regime to require businesses in th…
Treasurer Wayne Swan has announced fresh spending cuts as part of the Federal Budget, including changes to university funding, in a bid to r…
Consumer sentiment fell by 1.3% in May to 103.9 points, according to the Westpac-Melbourne Institute of Consumer Sentiment, making it the lo…
More than 30,000 small businesses shut up shop between the 2007 and 2010 Federal elections, while new business entry rates declined, accordi…
Finance Minister Penny Wong has dismissed Tony Abbott’s budget reply as uninformative and negative, but a small business lobbyist says the…
New figures reveal the unemployment rate remained at 4.9% in April but the economy lost more than 22,000 jobs, blurring predictions of the n…
All in all, the Federal budget contained a patchwork of initiatives for small businesses with trade and service-based businesses, particular…
Retail bodies say small businesses should feel “ripped off” by the lack of relief in the 2011 Federal budget, but industry groups have w…
Company collapses increased by 14% in March as figures near a 10-year high, with accountants claiming the figures will remain high amid chal…
