Posts tagged "federal budget"

Small businesses are set to benefit from the government’s $134.6 million deregulation package, which aims to help employers comply with workplace law using tech solutions.

The federal government is investing $1 million in the Australian fashion industry in a bid to promote locally made products using a new trademark to overseas markets.

A closer look at the digital economy strategy and funding announcements, compared with what other countries are doing, shows we may not be so well placed after all.

The federal budget is built on some far-reaching assumptions about when international travel will resume and the vaccine rollout will be completed.

Small business advocates have cast their verdict on whether the federal budget goes far enough to support small and medium businesses.

SMEs will now have another 12 months to take advantage of the massive asset write-off scheme. So how does it work exactly?

Many of the budget's changes for women pale in comparison to other spending measures. But they will go some way to meeting advocates’ demands.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has come good on his historic promise to keep spending way beyond the crisis, to drive the unemployment rate down below where it was when the pandemic started.

The federal government has pledged $206.4 million for a so-called ‘patent box’ tax incentive scheme, designed to encourage investment in medical and biotech innovation.

The 2021 federal budget includes a suite of measures designed to address workplace shortages, boost skills levels and get more people back into work.

The federal government has used the budget to announce plans for a new mandatory franchise disclosure registry to help prospective franchisees access the information they need.

The government will spend $2.6 million over a four-year period to “support and strengthen” SME participation in Commonwealth procurement.