The doctor is in: Australia’s ten highest-paid occupations revealed in ATO data
Medical professionals dominate the list of Australia's top-earning occupations, with the nation's top taxpayers clustered in New South Wales' most exclusive suburbs, new Australian Taxation Office (ATO) data reveals.
Small businesses struggling with ATO arrears urged to call free debt counselling hotline
Financial counsellors say the free service can help proprietors negotiate debt payment plans with the ATO.
The unemployment rate is now just 3.5%, the lowest reading since 1974
The Australian Bureau of Statistics says the economy added some 88,400 jobs over June, while the number of unemployed people fell by 54,300.
A 5.1% minimum wage hike would have a “huge impact” on small businesses, COSBOA says
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese says his party would support a 5.1% lift to the minimum wage to keep pace with the cost of living.
Victorian rent relief scheme requires landlords to carry a heavy load
Victorian landlords are being asked to forgo income to help keep tenants running, but it means they are left carrying a heavy burden, writes Craig Whatman and Andrew Clugston.
NSW budget to provide commercial rent relief and $1,500 digital vouchers to SMEs
The NSW budget will support SMEs with extended commercial rent relief and $1,500 vouchers for those that don't pay payroll tax.
Self-interest could spell death for retailers and landlords locked in rent disputes
There are no easy solutions to landlord and retailer negotiations about rent, and they will end badly if both parties pursue their own self-interest.
Westfield locks Noni B, Strandbags out of stores as rent disputes escalate
Westfield has locked out hundreds of retailers from their stores, as rent negotiations between retail landlords and tenants escalate.
Rent relief: Morrison considers extra support for retail tenants as September cliff-edge looms
Rent relief measures will expire in September, but the Morrison government is considering whether to expand the code, amid pressure from retailers.
Government at all levels must help stop the retail reckoning
Over the next decade, retailers, landlords and developers will need the active support of government to transition the retail industry.
‘I won’t deal with shopping centres again’: New future for Nuts About Tella after landlord dispute
After a dispute with a Melbourne landlord, Nuts About Tella is charting a new future with a diversified product range and new brand proposition.
Pitt Street Mall has the seventh-highest retail rent cost in the world at nearly $14,000 per square metre
Sydney's Pitt Street Mall has been named the seventh most expensive shopping precinct in the world, but rent prices are beginning to "soften".