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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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Muscle Nation bulks up its retail presence with new Rebel Sport partnership

Australian fitness apparel and supplement brand Muscle Nation is bulking up its bricks-and-mortar presence, securing Rebel Sport as its latest stockist.

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Second collapse in four years for Australian swimwear label Tigerlily

Australian fashion brand Tigerlily has called in voluntary administrators for the second time in four years, putting new question marks over the beachy-chic brand's future.

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Liquor Loot collapses into administration in latest setback to online alcohol retail

Craft spirit subscription service Liquor Loot has called in the administrators, as consumers tighten their discretionary spending and government excises make high-end spirits increasingly expensive.

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Seventeen properties raided over suspected use of tax-dodging point of sale technology

The crackdown on businesses suspected of using technology to obscure their tax obligations continues, with the Australian Taxation Office confirming raids on 17 premises in the past fortnight.

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Opposition underlines SME issues with new shadow ministry roles for former business owner Luke Howarth

The federal opposition has a new-look shadow ministry and an updated focus on small business issues, through the introduction of former family business operator MP Luke Howarth to shadow treasury and finance roles.

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Industry fears tradies will face higher ute prices under government emission reduction plan

Commercial vehicles should be excluded from the federal government's emission reduction plans, the HIA says, claiming tradespeople could face significant premiums when upgrading their vehicles under the reforms.

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Fair Work urges small businesses to stay on top of IR changes with new, easy-read timeline

Small businesses can now access an easy-to-read timeline of upcoming industrial relations reforms, as Fair Work Ombudsman Anna Booth urges entrepreneurs to acquaint themselves with significant changes to employment rules.

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With banking licence in hand, Avenue Bank promises paper-free bank guarantees to SMEs

Finance sector upstart Avenue Bank has been granted a full operational licence, allowing the venture to reveal its core product: a streamlined bank guarantee system, promising small and medium enterprises a better service than the Big Four currently provide.

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How the back-to-office transition can harm diversity, inclusion, and worker performance

Hybrid working promises the best of in-person collaboration and remote efficiency, but businesses that get the back-to-office transition wrong could sideline their most effective staff, says Diversity Council of Australia CEO Lisa Annese.

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After pay gap bombshells, Victorian business leaders consider startup investment bias

The release of groundbreaking gender pay gap data has shaken the startup world, with Australian founders and corporate luminaries calling for new ways to measure how venture capital does -- and doesn't -- reach women founders and women-led startup teams.

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Basket case: ACCC calls on small businesses to share their views for supermarket competition inquiry

Does your business supply goods to Australia's major supermarkets, or does your independent grocery business compete with corporate giants? If so, the ACCC wants to hear from you for its inquiry into the supermarket sector.

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“Zero economic sense”: Farmers furious with producer levy in government’s $1 billion biosecurity plan

Australia's leading farming groups are furious at the Albanese government for pushing ahead with biosecurity funding plans that would impose a new levy on primary producers.

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