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David Adams is a senior business journalist at SmartCompany. He is interested in the challenges and opportunities facing Australian businesses, along with the influences of technology, culture, and a changing climate. Before SmartCompany, David served as a reporter for Business Insider Australia. You can find him on Twitter at @DavidAdams_AU.

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How Jacqui Lambie and David Pocock are making small business big business in the Senate

Speaking exclusively to SmartCompany, Senator Jacqui Lambie explained her focus on small business, how she bonded with Senator David Pocock over long-shot election campaigns, and their advancement of small business issues in Parliament.

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“They’re not bloody lawyers”: Lambie puts SME red tape on the hit list

Senator Jacqui Lambie says payroll tax rules and conflicting definitions of small business are on her red tape hit list, after calling on the federal government to make life easier for entrepreneurs through any hike to the minimum wage.

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Soft serve, hard lessons: Card fraud victim Future Swirl backs Cyber Wardens training kit

The worlds of soft-serve ice cream and cybersecurity rarely meet, but Canberra entrepreneur Maddalena Easterbrook is promoting the Cyber Wardens training scheme to other SMEs after falling prey to card fraud.

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Is your business cyber-safe? New Cyber Wardens report exposes knowledge gaps

Small businesses aren't automatically immune to cyber attacks because of their size, age, or sector, according to a fresh report that asks Australian SMEs to be honest about their cyber defences.

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Two in five Australian SMEs admit to payroll errors, as wage theft criminalisation looms

Almost 40% of small Australian businesses admit to making a payroll error in the past two years, data from workplace management platform Rippling shows, exposing the compliance challenges facing local businesses.

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ASIC chief preaches “tough love”, says being a director isn’t easy and isn’t meant to be

Being a company director is tough and a wave of incoming regulations is unlikely to make it any simpler, ASIC chair Joe Longo says, but following some basic precepts can help corporate leaders stay compliant with the rules.

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“Something bigger than the sum of us”: Tasmanian businesses celebrate boost from new AFL team

Tasmanian business leaders are celebrating the state's first official AFL team, saying benefits of the long-awaited project will go far beyond the playing field.

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Another grim month for industry with highest insolvency figures since 2015

Monthly business insolvencies have risen to a level not seen since 2015, as a long-expected landslide of corporate collapses hits the Australian economy.

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Fifo Capital CEO says too many SMEs miss out on support measures

Australian SMEs have not been supported through economic turmoil in the way they should have been, Fifo Capital CEO Wayne Morris says, as robust interest rates and the cost of doing business weigh on countless enterprises across the country.

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BioPak CEO Gary Smith wins 2024 EY Australian Entrepreneur of the Year award

BioPak co-founder Gary Smith has been awarded the title of 2024 Australian EY Entrepreneur of the Year, recognising his efforts in the compostable packaging industry.

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You brews, you loos: Heaps Normal, Who Gives A Crap release new beer for charity

Toilet paper revolutionaries Who Gives A Crap and non-alcoholic brewery Heaps Normal have collaborated on a new limited-edition beer, with profits from each tin funding sanitation projects worldwide.

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UK woman’s small business visit becomes viral social media sensation

Footage purporting to show Catherine Middleton, Princess of Wales, visiting a local farm shop has energised the internet -- and exposed the publicity benefits of a royal visit to small businesses.

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