While the budget boosts employment for under-35s, this business owner is looking for someone with a little more experience
A 55-year-old Melbourne business owner has tweeted advertising a part-time role for “a woman just like me”.
“Woefully inadequate”: Budget 2020 has failed women entrepreneurs
In a budget that left Treasury with a $1 trillion deficit, the $240.4 million pledged to supporting women has been judged as dismal.
Labor to make free childcare pledge after budget’s “missed opportunity” for reform
Federal Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese is expected use his budget reply speech to promise free childcare for some Australian families.
Anthony Albanese’s alternative budget will allocate $500 million to fast-track repairs to social housing
Anthony Albanese will highlight the potential of spending on social housing as a job creator in his Thursday night budget reply.
The government’s JobMaker scheme “is all about jobs”… that would have existed anyway
The 2020-21 budget includes a new program called JobMaker which the government claims “will support around 450,000 jobs for young people”.
R&D Tax Incentive backtrack welcomed, but software uncertainty remains
The rollback of proposed R&D Tax Incentive changes was a win for most. But, did the government go far enough?
Explained: How SMEs can access the new ‘limitless’ asset write-off scheme
The government has unveiled a massive new asset write-off scheme, but how will it work in practice?
Startups react to budget 2020: What works, and what doesn’t?
What did last night's budget hold for startups? And where did it miss the mark? Founders and industry leaders give their two cents.
Small business reacts: A confidence-boosting budget with “clever” policy to help SMEs
The federal government’s big spending budget has won praise among small business advocates, who’ve welcomed the focus on tax incentives, wage subsidies and mental health support.
Budget 2020: Small businesses get access to free, one-on-one mental health support in $7 million funding boost
The federal government will spend $7 million on programs that support the mental health and financial wellbeing of small businesses owners affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
The budget in seven charts: The cuts, the spends, and that big deficit
A break down of what the budget means for net debt, net migration, individual tax rates, cash balance, and past and projected GDP.
Last night the Treasurer lamented women’s economic security challenges… and then pledged little to solve them
The government has pledged just $240 million for everything from women’s safety “at home and at work”, to cadetships, to entrepreneurialism.
