Coronavirus

Queensland’s Royal Show Ekka has been cancelled for the second year in a row due to the pandemic, leaving stall owners, vendors and exhibitors bearing the cost of wasted preparations and no sales.

The pandemic and the collapse of the backpacker trade has pushed one of Australia’s biggest hostel groups into administration.

As Australia gears up to chase a country-wide vaccination target of 70% of the population, business leaders around the country are finding ways to incentivise their workers to get onboard.

Ecodownunder owner Russell Lamb says for retailers and businesses that can’t sell their products or services online, the impacts of lockdowns are devastating.  

With high vaccination targets and no specific dates to work towards, tech leaders say the new plan exacerbates an ongoing talent shortage.

An independent bookstore established 42 years ago in Brisbane has shuttered amid the latest snap coronavirus lockdown in southeast Queensland.

Bruce Billson is calling on the federal government to ‘reactivate’ temporary insolvency protections to help SMEs survive ongoing lockdowns.

Greater Sydney is Australia’s largest logistics hub and many of Australia’s distribution chains aren’t set up to operate without Sydney.

The government has time to settle a position on vaccine mandates across workplaces and more broadly. But the US experience shows the politics are potentially toxic, especially for conservatives.

State governments have announced new rent relief measures for commercial tenancies as businesses emerge from lockdown in Victoria and remain under tight restrictions in Sydney.

Australians spent more than $50.46 billion online in 2020, a 57% increase year-on-year, with Victorians in lockdown leading the way by far.

The federal government has confirmed a new suite of COVID-19 support payments available to businesses in both New South Wales and Victoria.