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Less than a day after fast-tracking $29.8 billion in SME tax cuts, Scott Morrison has opted to back small businses in a spat with large firms over energy.

Calls are growing for a code of conduct to be developed amid concern independent auto retailers are being pushed to extreme lengths to stay afloat.

Labor says it will change the rules to abolish the $450 superannuation threshold if elected, a proposal that has been criticised by business groups.

Labor wants to change the rules to ensure that mums and dads on paid parental leave continue to receive superannuation contributions.

Labor has promised Australian small businesses a brand new ATO commissioner to deal specifically with SME and taxpayer disputes.

Opposition leader Bill Shorten has promised to repeal legislated tax cuts for companies with $10 million to $50 million in annual turnover.

Opposition leader Bill Shorten has launched a tax bidding war, promising to top the government’s tax relief for lower and middle income earners.

Labor has capitulated to pressure to exempt pensioners from its plan to end cash refunds for dividend imputation credits — a concession that would shave only $700 million off its large projected savings over the forward estimates.

Labor has slammed the government’s recently announced Global Talent Scheme visa as a “paper maché” solution for the tech industry’s…

Small business groups are pushing hard for the government’s $20,000 instant asset write-off scheme to become a permanent fixture in the May …

By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will hold out the prospect of 2018 as a year of “rewards”…

The nation’s small business ombudsman has hit out at Opposition Leader Bill Shorten’s proposal for Australia to consider increasing the mini…