Finance

Venture capital firms are failing to follow through on their pledges to support women startup founders, who already risk losing out on stable salaries when launching a new enterprise, according to leaders in the Australian fintech space.

In June, Victorian Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events Steve Dimopoulos declared Taylor Swift’s Melbourne concert dates a “major event”.

ACMA and Australia Post have warned consumers to be on the lookout for dodgy parcel delivery SMS and email messages this Father's Day.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has issued its new corporate plan, pledging to crack down on unfair contract terms and dodgy deals offered by big business partners and financiers.

The expanded agreement will give more opportunities for businesses from both nations to lift their skills and expertise and make stronger intercultural connections.

Queensland's advertised salaries were up 5.3% over the year, following a growth trend that began in 2021.

It was meant to slash costs and complexity for Australian businesses. Instead, the federal government has scrapped the Modernising Business Registers program, owing to billion-dollar blowouts, crushing delays, and a significant underestimation of the task at hand.

Fee-free TAFE enrolments have topped 214,000, soaring past the initial 180,000 target six months earlier than anticipated.

As small businesses complete their tax-time filings, the Australian Taxation Office has issued a quick and concise guide to the most common errors it is observing in SME lodgments.

Proposed penalties of up to $1.1 million for individuals and $5.5 million for corporations were passed in the NSW parliament.

Australia is getting older, the tax base is changing, but there are opportunities to boost productivity, the Intergenerational Report says.

Significant growth to its loan book underpinned those results, with Judo Bank increasing its SME lending portfolio from $6.1 billion to $8.9 billion.