Budget 2022: Here’s what small businesses want — and definitely don’t want — in next week’s federal budget
Half of small business owners and key decision-makers see tax reform as a priority in the budget, joining industry groups calling for significant changes to the taxation system.
Budget 2022: The 10-year cost of Stage 3 tax cuts grows by $11 billion as Chalmers downplays action
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the expected 10-year cost of the tax reforms has blown out, but said next week's federal budget is not the place to address those concerns.
Budget 2022: Government commits $15 million to SME mental health support and debt counselling as economic pressures mount
The federal government will commit nearly $15 million in funding to mental health support and debt counselling for small business owners in the upcoming federal budget.
Budget 2022: COSBOA calls for $23 million SME cyber investment, softens multi-employer bargaining language
COSBOA is pushing for new government spending on SME skills training and resilience measures while softening its language on multi-employer bargaining.
Industry leaders unpack how the federal budget affects your business
Join SmartCompany editor Eloise Keating; Sam Allert, CEO at Reckon, Matthew Addison, Chair at COSBOA and Lisa Greig, Principal at Perigee Advisers, for the only 2022-23 federal budget debrief you need to attend.
October budget an “opportunity” to help SMEs with cost pressures, CPA Australia says, as Labor tempers expectations
The Albanese government is unlikely to reveal revolutionary cost-of-living support measures in next month's federal budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says.
“Do or die”: Tech players welcome government commitment to $1.55 billion “bonus” tax offsets for SMEs
Business bookkeeping platforms have welcomed draft legislation which could create $1.55 billion in "bonus" tax offsets for small businesses.
Chalmers’ gloomy economic update proves need for action on skills and productivity, industry groups say
Australian industry groups have urged the federal government to ramp up efforts to boost productivity after Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivered a bruising update to the nation's economic outlook.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will deliver another budget in October this year
Chalmers says he will deliver a budget in the last week of October, so as to put the Albanese government’s election promises in play and start the cutting back of wasteful expenditure.
Tradies are anxious about fuel costs, underpayment and job security, report finds
Optus Business' State of Tradies survey also found two-thirds of construction workers are doing it tough mentally, with long working hours and work/life balance taking a mental and emotional toll.
Advertising titan bans influencers from retouching their photos
Ogilvy UK has banned staff from working with influencers who digitally alter their faces or bodies for brand campaigns, in a bid to tackle the insidious harm social media can cause to the body image of young people.
The budget won’t fix Australia’s skills shortage. We need to get more creative
Across Australia, businesses are facing a skills crisis, so why were there no creative ideas in the budget to really address the personnel shortage we face?
