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The peak body for small businesses associations has ranked the major parties on 12 issues it considers vital to the small business sector.

Adem Somyurek, Victoria's small business minister, has resigned from the frontbench amid allegations he spearheaded an illegal branch stacking operation.

In my discussions with business people, they have been less than enamoured with the Coalition. But that doesn’t translate into support for Labor.

Election 2019: Here's what small-business owners need to know before they head to the polls on Saturday, covering everything from payment times to red tape.

Labor wants sub-contractors to have access to a payment guarantee fund if they're left out of pocket by illegal phoenixing activity on government projects.

The capacity of the Fair Work Commission to order pay rises for workers in women-dominated industries will be strengthened under Labor policy.

Labor leader Bill Shorten will go to the next election promising significant changes to industrial relations laws, amid pressure from the union movement.

By Dominic Powell and Emma Koehn. 

Businesses that breach the Fair Work Act would be disqualified from getting government contracts and …

By Helen Hodgson, Curtin University

The Australian superannuation system is already complex to navigate without the added uncertainty of…

Most of the fresh female faces we’ll see in the new Federal Parliament will be in the Labor party, given the Australian Labor Party manage…

An election commitment by the Labor Party to introduce a national licensing scheme for labour hire companies will increase the red tape burd…

By Michelle Rowland

Small businesses play a unique role in the economy and have helped underpin Australia’s economy growth for the past…