Finance

Australia's company tax rate is unlikely to change in the upcoming federal budget, says Treasurer Jim Chalmers, suggesting a combination of targeted tax breaks and incentives will anchor the economic blueprint.

In addition to governmental policy shifts, it's imperative for the Australian business community as a whole to adopt more proactive and strategic approaches.

Labor has just announced a major new industrial policy – the Future Made in Australia Act – that will break with Canberra’s historical aversion to large-scale economic intervention.

The merger reforms reflect a healthy approach to increased competition in our economy which will benefit consumers, most businesses, and the wider economy, writes Rod Sims.

China has finally ended its tariffs on Australian wine, which had been imposed for more than three years at rates as high as 218.4%. But while we’ve been away, things have changed in the Chinese wine market.

The European Union is taking a vastly different approach to Australian lawmakers, arguing a hard 30-day time limit on invoice payments is the way to protect small businesses.

Loyalty programs enable firms to offer significantly lower prices to some of their customers. You’d think this would encourage strong competition. But that isn’t always what actually happens.

A $367 billion infrastructure pipeline is at risk due to government practices that are "killing" small to medium businesses, civil contractors representing 40,000 workers say.

NSW Small Business Commissioner says despite sky-high insolvencies, he fears “the voice of small business” is often overlooked or ignored.

Senator Pocock said a message he regularly hears from small businesses is that they want to be suppliers to the government rather than recipients of government grants.

Small businesses could be forced to shutter if Australians on minimum and award wages receive a pay rise, the opposition has warned.

Tax cuts are not a substitute for much-needed wage boosts and Australia's lowest-paid workers cannot have their pay go backwards during a cost of living crisis, the Treasurer says.